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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

Appointment of Member to Military Pension Board in Substitution of Member left the Colony.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the name of

Surgeon-Major WALTER THOMAS

be substituted in lieu of Surgeon-Captain Arthur Castriot de Renzi (who has left the colony) as a member of the Pension Board for the Canterbury District, under clause 4 of “The Military Pensions Act, 1866.” Appointment to date from 8th May, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Member to Military Pension Board in Lieu of Member deceased.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the name of

Surgeon WILLIAM H. SYMES

be substituted in lieu of Surgeon John Henry Deamer (deceased) as a member of a Pension Board for the Canterbury District, under clause 4 of “The Military Pensions Act, 1866.” Appointment to date from 8th May, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th May, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

JOSEPH SCOTT, Esq.,

of Ngahere, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Justices of the Peace removed from Office.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th May, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in terms of section 7 of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882,” to direct the removal of the names of

ALEXANDER GEORGE CHRISTOPHER,
FREDERICK MALLARD, and
SPENCER GEORGE SMITH,

all of Dunedin, from the Commission of the Peace; and it is hereby notified that such names have been removed accordingly, and that such removal will take effect on and from the 22nd day of May instant.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Vice-Consulate of Sweden and Norway at Auckland abolished.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1902.

THE following despatch, received from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

J. G. WARD.

(New Zealand, No. 25.)
Downing Street, 13th March, 1902.

My Lord,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, the paper noted in the subjoined schedule.

I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.

The Officer administering the Government of New Zealand.

Foreign Office, 7th March, 1902.

Sir,—I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to state for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and for communication to the Government of New Zealand, that a note has been received from the Swedish and Norwegian Minister announcing the abolition of the Vice-Consulate of Sweden and Norway at Auckland.

I am, &c.,
MARTIN GOSSELIN.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

J. G. WARD.

Special Order made by the Seatoun Road Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 14th May, 1902.

THE following special order, made by the Seatoun Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

J. G. WARD,
For Colonial Treasurer.

SEATOUN ROAD BOARD.
Special Order.

THE following resolution (by way of special order) was passed by the Seatoun Road Board on the 12th day of August, 1901, and duly confirmed on the 9th day of September, 1901, viz.:—

“That this Board, to secure payment of interest and other charges on a loan of £275 (being 10 per cent. on the loan of £2,750 authorised for wharf-construction by the poll of ratepayers on the 24th September, 1900, to be raised under ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,’ as provided for in sections 21 and 22 of said Act), do hereby make and levy a special rate of 1½d. in the pound on the rateable value of all rateable lands within the boundaries of the Seatoun Road District, such rate to be an annually recurring rate for twenty-six years, and to be payable in one sum on the 1st day of April in each year at the office of the Board.”

F. TOWNSEND,
Chairman.

Special Order made by the Eketauna County Council.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 20th May, 1902.

THE following special order, made by the Eketauna County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Treasurer.

SPECIAL ORDER.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Counties Act, 1886,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Eketauna County Council hereby resolves as follows:—