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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 58

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:—

Taieri Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Robert Fairmaid to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 7th June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:—

Wakatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Edwin Allanson to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 10th May, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1902.

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

Ellesmere Guards Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Samuel P. Guiney. Date of resignation, 28th February, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1902.

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

Caversham Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Alexander Hume. Date of resignation, 23rd June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 15, “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the

Puerua Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Puerua (Otago). Acceptance to date from 21st June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 15, “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the

Tariki Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Tariki (Taranaki). Acceptance to date from 21st June, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds in the City of Auckland and the Counties of Inangahua and Wallace.—Notice No. 718.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 15th July, 1902.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the undermentioned local governing bodies have, by special order, declared the plants enumerated opposite each to be noxious weeds within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under the jurisdiction of each respectively:—

Local Bodies. Plants.
Auckland City Council Bathurst burr, broom, giant burdock, gorse, hakea, and ragwort.
Inangahua County Council Ragwort.
Wallace County Council Broom.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Special English for Civil Service Senior Examination, 1904, 1905, and 1906.

Education Department,
Wellington, 14th July, 1902.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Examination Act, 1900,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examinations of January, 1904, January, 1905, and January, 1906, no period of literature will be fixed. The special books of which a knowledge will be required are as follows:—

1904. Lamb—“Essays of Elia.” Shakespeare—“King Henry IV., Part I.” Tennyson—“Idylls of the King.”
1905. Carlyle — “French Revolution.” Shakespeare — “Merchant of Venice” and “Julius Cæsar.” Thackeray—“Esmond.”
1906. Carlyle—“Sartor Resartus.” Holmes—“Professor at the Breakfast Table.” Milton—“Samson Agonistes.”

W. C. WALKER.

Special Order made by the Borough of Alexandra South.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 15th July, 1902.

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

J. G. WARD,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF ALEXANDRA.

SPECIAL ORDER levying Special Rate.—Loan of £7,000 for providing Water-supply.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Council of the Borough of Alexandra hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £7,000, authorised to be raised by the Council of the Borough of Alexandra, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for and in connection with the construction and acquisition of waterworks for the supply of pure water for the use of the inhabitants of the said borough, and the acquisition of water for such supply, the said Council of the Borough of Alexandra hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1s. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all the rateable property of the Borough of Alexandra, comprising all that area bounded towards the north-west by Block VII., Leaning Rock District, 11919 links; towards the north-east by Block VII., Leaning Rock District, 7615 links; towards the east by the Manuherikia River, 8800 links; and towards the south by the Clutha River, 11000 links; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of May and the 1st day of November in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

I, James Kelman, Mayor of the Alexandra Borough Council, do hereby certify that the above special order was duly made and passed at a special meeting of the Alexandra Borough Council held on the 10th June, 1902, and was duly confirmed at a special meeting of the said Alexandra Borough Council held on the 9th July, 1902.

In testimony whereof the common seal of the Alexandra Borough Council has been hereunto affixed.

JAS. KELMAN,
Mayor.

9th July, 1902.

The common seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Alexandra was hereunto affixed on the 9th day of July, 1902, in the presence of—

FRANK YOUNG,
Town Clerk.