July 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1477

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1902.

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

Queen’s Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Robert Milligan. Date of resignation, 3rd May, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1902.

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

Kelburne Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Peter Hallyburton Miller. Date of resignation, 9th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Certain Cadet Corps transferred from Control of Defence Department to Education Department.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in pursuance of clause 17 (1), “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” of the transfer of the under-mentioned Volunteer Cadet Corps from the control of the Defence Department to that of the Education Department :—

Canterbury District.

Timaru (Main) Public School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Otago District.

Union Street School (Dunedin) Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Normal School (Dunedin) Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
South District School (Dunedin) Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Arthur Street School (Dunedin) Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Oamaru North School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Oamaru South School Artillery Cadet Volunteers.
Palmerston South District High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Lawrence District High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
North-east Valley School (Dunedin) Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Albany Street School (Dunedin) Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Tokomairiro School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Invercargill Middle School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
George Street School (Dunedin) Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Balclutha District High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Nelson District.

Blenheim Borough School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Wellington District.

Mount Cook (Wellington) School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
New Plymouth School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Wanganui Boys’ Public School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Masterton School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Despatch.—Act assented to.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1902.

THE following despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies is published for general information.

J. G. WARD.

(New Zealand, No. 44.) Downing Street, 14th May, 1902.

My Lord,—I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty will not be advised to exercise his powers of disallowance with respect to the Act No. 15 of 1901 of the Legislature of New Zealand, entitled “An Act to amend the Law relating to the Exportation of Arms and other Military and Naval Stores,” a transcript of which accompanied your despatch No. 126, of the 18th December last.

I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Raglan County Council.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 8th July, 1902.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Raglan County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

J. G. WARD,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

RESULT OF POLL FOR PROPOSED LOAN.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on Saturday, the 21st day of June, 1902, on the proposal of the Raglan County Council to borrow the sum of £1,000 for erection of a bridge over the Opotoro Creek, and the sum of £200 for the purpose of forming portion of the Ruapuke Mountain Road, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and to levy a special rate of 1/6d. in the pound within the Special Rating District of Opotoro as security for the loan :—

Number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 37; against, 4.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

BASIL HEWETT,
Chairman.

Ngaruawahia, 25th June, 1902.

Special Order made by the Manchester Road Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 8th July, 1902.

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

J. G. WARD,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

MANCHESTER ROAD BOARD.

Copy of Special Order.

PROPOSED by G. Wheeler, seconded by J. Petersen : “That, in order to provide the interest on a loan of £250, to be borrowed under ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,’ and ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1899,’ the Manchester Road Board doth hereby make and levy a special rate of ½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of the following properties within the Manchester Road District, viz., Lots 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21, part of Section 28, Block XIV.; Lots 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28, part of Sections 28 and 29, Block XIV.; and Lot 29A, part of Sections 26 and 32, Blocks XI. and XIV.; all in the Oroua Survey District and Subdivision D of the Manchester Block: such rate to be an annual-recurring rate, payable at the Board’s office by equal half-yearly instalments on the 1st day of April and October in each year for a period of forty-one years, in accordance with subsection (3) of section 2 of ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1899.’ The said £250 is for the purpose of providing the cost of constructing a road known as the Continuation of Pharazyn’s Road, as set forth in the proposal advertised in the Rangitikei Advocate on the 17th, 24th, and 31st October and the 7th November, 1901.”

GEORGE WHEELER,
Chairman, Manchester Road Board.

9th May, 1902.

Notice to Mariners No. 46 of 1902.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd July, 1902.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, and the Chief Harbourmaster’s Office, Fremantle, Western Australia, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

VICTORIA.—PORT PHILLIP ENTRANCE-CHANNEL TIDAL SIGNALS.

MARINERS and others are hereby notified that on and after the 1st January, 1903, there will be exhibited each night between sunset and sunrise from the lighthouse at Point Lonsdale, below the main light thereof, the following signals with reference to the direction of the stream between Point Lonsdale and Point Nepean, at the entrance to Port Phillip, viz. :—

Flood tide : One green light.
Ebb tide : Two green lights.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 6th June, 1902.