Aug. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1655

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1902.

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

Coromandel Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Peter Thomas Fortune to be Honorary Chaplain. Commission to date from 1st July, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Militia Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1902.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Lieutenant Aubrey Carteret de Carteret. Date of resignation, 24th July, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Deletion in Volunteer Regulations.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following amendment in Volunteer Regulations 1895, viz:—

Paragraph 225: Delete from “No. of Rounds” to “1 Case.”

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1902.

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

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Customs Holiday.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 6th August, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to order that Saturday, the 9th day of August instant, shall be kept as a holiday at the Customhouses throughout the colony, to celebrate the Coronation of His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward the Seventh.

C. H. MILLS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Special Order made by the Council of the Borough of Grey Lynn.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 5th August, 1902.

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

J. G. WARD,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

Borough of Grey Lynn.

Special Order making Special Rate.

I HEREBY give notice that, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Public Health Act, 1900,” the Grey Lynn Borough Council, at a special meeting convened for that purpose, and held in the Council Chambers on the 26th day of May, 1902, resolved as follows:—

“That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £1,500, authorised to be raised by the Grey Lynn Borough Council, under the provisions of ‘The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,’ for drainage purposes, the said Grey Lynn Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of ⅜d. in the pound upon the unimproved rateable valuation of all rateable property of the Borough of Grey Lynn, comprising the two wards of the said borough, known as Surrey and Sussex Wards, and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of June and the 1st day of December 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; the first payment to made on the 1st day of June next.”

Notice is also hereby given that a special meeting of the Council will be held in the Council Chambers, Grey Lynn, on the 23rd day of June, 1902, at 7.30 p.m., for the purpose of confirming the said resolution.

H. SYMONS,
Town Clerk.

I certify that the above is a true copy of the special order of which it purports to be a copy, and that the resolution referred to was duly confirmed at a special meeting of the Council on the 23rd day of June, 1902.

H. SYMONS,
Town Clerk.

Certified before me, Bunter Clapcott, J.P., this 28th day of July, 1902.

Special Order made by the Pahiatua County Council.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 5th August, 1902.

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

J. G. WARD,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

PAHIATUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

THAT a special rate of 1¾d. in the pound be struck on the rateable value for the time being of the following sections, comprising the special-rating area for Loan 62 (Sedcole Street, Kaitawa), viz., Kaitawa Suburban Sections 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, all in Block VIII., Makuri Survey District, to meet interest, sinking fund, and annual charges on a loan of £100, to be borrowed by this Council under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, to form and metal Sedcole Street, Kaitawa; such rate to be an annual-recurring rate for forty-one years, at 3½ per cent. per annum, and to be paid in one sum on 1st September in each year.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed by the Pahiatua County Council on 8th February, 1902, and confirmed on 3rd May, 1902, in accordance with “The Counties Act, 1886.”

GEORGE MOORE,
County Clerk.

Special Order made by the Wirokino Road Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 5th August, 1902.

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

J. G. WARD,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

WIROKINO ROAD BOARD.

Special Order.

THAT this Board now make the following special order:—

That, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” the Wirokino Road Board hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £250, authorised to be raised by the Wirokino Road Board under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the purpose of diverting the Otauru Stream