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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer:—

Amuri Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Henry George Wyndham Gray. Date of resignation, 21st April, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer:—

Ellesmere Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Honorary Chaplain the Reverend Philip John Cocks. Date of resignation, 26th March, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer:—

Wakari Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant James Elliott. Date of resignation, 6th March, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer:—

Wanganui Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant David John Ferguson McFarlane. Date of resignation, 1st April, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1902.

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

Surgeon-Captain Percy William Menzies, New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff,

so far as his connection with the Napier Guards Rifle Volunteers is concerned, as from the 29th April, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Addition made to Volunteer Regulations.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the words, “Provided he has obtained an aggregate of 80 in (a), (b), and (c),” be added to the end of paragraph 11, Amendments to Volunteer Regulations, as published in New Zealand Gazette No. 18, dated the 6th March, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Borough of Oamaru.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th June, 1902.

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

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Treasurer.

OAMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

THAT for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £2,500 authorised to be raised by the Oamaru Borough Council under the provisions of “The Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1901,” for the erection of a public abattoir, the said Oamaru Borough Council makes and levies a special rate of 4d. in the pound upon the value of the rateable property within the borough, containing by admeasurement 1,111 acres, the boundaries of which are set forth on page 1105 of the New Zealand Gazette of 5th August, 1880; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and shall be payable half-yearly on 31st day of December and 30th day of June in every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

And it is further decided that we hold a special meeting in Council Chambers on Friday, 30th day of May, 1902, at 12 o’clock noon, to confirm the above resolution.

I, Allan Hedley, Mayor of Borough of Oamaru, hereby certify that the Oamaru Borough Council has, by special order, duly authorised the raising of the sum of two thousand five hundred pounds sterling (£2,500) by way of special loan for the purpose of establishing an abattoir under section 5 of “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900.”

ALLAN HEDLEY,
Mayor.

Oamaru, 9th May, 1902.

Witness to signature and seal—T. M. Cunningham, Town Clerk.

This resolution was confirmed by a special meeting of Council held in Council Chambers on Friday, 30th May, 1902, at 12 o’clock noon.

ALLAN HEDLEY,
Mayor.

30th May, 1902.

Notice to Mariners No. 40 of 1902.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th June, 1902.

REFERRING to Notices to Mariners issued by this Department, No. 74 of 1901, of the 2nd December, 1901, and No. 11 of 1902, of the 18th February, 1902, the following notices received from the Collector of Customs, Suva, Fiji, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

FIJI ISLANDS.

Lighthouse on Cape Washington, Kadavu.

Notice is hereby given that on the 1st March, 1902, the light was installed in the lighthouse at Cape Washington, the most westerly point of the Island of Kadavu (latitude 19° 6′ S., longitude 177° 58′ E.).

The height of the light is 202 ft. above high-water level.

The light is a fourth-order white dioptric fixed light, and is visible between the magnetic bearings of S. 3° W. through W. to N. 13° E.

WM. SUTHERLAND,
Acting Receiver-General.

Suva, 10th May, 1902.

Lighthouse on Koro.

Notice is hereby given that on the 1st March, 1902, the light was installed in the lighthouse at Vunuku, the most easterly point of the Island of Koro (latitude 17° 22′ S., longitude 179° 26′ E.).

The height of the light is 187 ft. above high-water level.

The light is a fourth-order red dioptric fixed light, and is visible between the magnetic bearings of S. 40° W. through E. to N. 40° E.

WM. SUTHERLAND,
Acting Receiver-General.

Suva, 10th May, 1902.