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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 89

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces' Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 410, Private JOHN TONEYCLIFFE,
Port Guards Rifle Volunteers (Timaru) he having a total efficient service counting towards the Medal to the 28th February, 1902, of twenty years eleven months and twenty-nine days.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Sergeant Bugler HENRY THEODOR ELGEN,
South Canterbury Battalion of Infantry Volunteers, he having a total efficient service counting towards the Medal to the 28th February, 1902, of twenty years and two months.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve of the following appointment:—

Christ College Rifle Volunteers.
The Reverend Arthur Norris, M.A., to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 17th July, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept the resignation of the undermentioned officer:—

South Wairarapa Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Finlayson Sutherland. Date of resignation, 16th October, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1902.

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

Alexandra South Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Lindsay. Date of resignation, 17th September, 1901.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Trustee of Tokanui Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1902.

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

JOHN SHIELD
as a Trustee of the Tokanui Public Cemetery.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Petone.

Colonial Secretary's Office.
Wellington, 5th November, 1902.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Petone, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Town Clerk's Office,
Petone, 22nd October, 1902.

The Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

Sir,—I have the honour to notify you that a resolution to borrow a sum of £8,000 for additions to and extension of the borough gasworks was carried by a poll of ratepayers at Petone on Saturday, the 18th October instant, and that the following is the number of votes recorded in connection therewith:—

For the proposal, 139; against the proposal, 28: total, 167. Majority of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 111.

I have, &c.,

R. MOTHES, Mayor.

I, Richard Mothes, of Petone, Mayor, do solemnly and sincerely declare that a poll on a proposal to raise a loan of £8,000 sterling for additions to and extension of the borough gasworks was taken upon the 18th day of October instant at Petone, and that all proceedings required by law under section 121 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the electors to the proposal have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the proposal has been duly carried.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

R. MOTHES.

Declared at Petone, this 22nd day of October, 1902, before me—G. T. London, J.P.

Special Order made by the Parihaka Road Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 31st October, 1902.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

PARIHAKA ROAD BOARD.—SPECIAL ORDER.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and “The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901,” the Parihaka Road Board hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £3,224, authorised to be raised by the Parihaka Road Board, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901,” for draining, forming, culverting, and metalling the undrained, unformed, uncultivated, and unmetalled portions of the Ngariki Road, lying between the Main South Road and the Forest Reserve, the said Parihaka Road Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 3½d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property of the Ngariki (No. 2) Special-rating District, comprising Subsection 1 (Ngatituhekerangi), Block 1; Subsection 2 (Ngatituhekerangi), Blocks 1 and 2; Subsections 3, 4, 5, 6, 2 of Section 1, Subsections 1, 2, and 3 of Section 42 (Ngatituhekerangi), Block 2; Subsections 1 and 2 of Section 2 (Ngatituhekerangi), Block 3; Sections 16, 17, 18, 19, and 1 of Block 3; Section 3, Subsections 13 and 12, Block 4; Subsections 11, 10, 9, and 8, Block 3; Sections 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, and 4, Block 2; and Section 103, Block 1 (provided, however, that the said Subsection 1 (Ngatituhekerangi), Block 1; Section 103, Block 1; and Subsections 8 and 9 of Block 3, shall be charged half-rates only), Opunake Survey District; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable in one instalment on the 1st day of January in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-six years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

The interest on the said loan shall be at the rate of 4½ per centum per annum.

I hereby certify that the above special order was made at a special meeting of the Parihaka Road Board on Friday, 26th September, 1902, and confirmed at a special meeting of the said Board on Saturday, 25th October, 1902, and was duly made in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

EDWIN R. MORGAN,
Clerk.