JAN. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 35

be designated the New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers, in the order of seniority and with the numbers as under, as from 19th December, 1902:—

No. 1 Company, N.Z.G.A.V. (Auckland Naval Artillery Volunteers).

No. 2 Company, N.Z.G.A.V. (Dunedin Naval Artillery Volunteers).

No. 3 Company, N.Z.G.A.V. (Port Chalmers Naval Artillery Volunteers).

No. 4 Company, N.Z.G.A.V. (Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers).

No. 5 Company, N.Z.G.A.V. (Lyttelton Naval Artillery Volunteers).

No. 6 Company, N.Z.G.A.V. (Petone Naval Artillery Volunteers).

No. 7 Company, N.Z.G.A.V. (N Battery).

No. 8 Company, N.Z.G.A.V. (Ponsonby Naval Artillery Volunteers).

No. 9 Company, N.Z.G.A.V. (Devonport Coastguard Artillery Volunteers).

No. 10 Company, N.Z.G.A.V. (Westport Position Artillery).

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Abolition of Volunteer Naval Brigade.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the abolition of the

Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteer Brigade.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Payment of Gratuity to Members, South African Constabulary.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th December, 1902.

THE following copy of a notice received from His Excellency the High Commissioner of South Africa is published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTABULARY.

Special War Gratuity.

Forms of application for payment of the above gratuity may be obtained from the Chief Paymaster, South African Constabulary, Johannesburg, by men who served with the South African Constabulary on or before 31st May, 1902, and have taken their discharge. These forms, when completed, should be returned to the Chief Paymaster, South African Constabulary, accompanied by discharge certificates from all corps or regiments in which the applicant has served during the war.

No gratuity is payable to men who have been discharged for misconduct; neither is the gratuity paid by the South African Constabulary if applicant has served in any other corps or regiment since leaving the South African Constabulary.

[D. 02/6245.

Special Order made by the Tomahawk Road Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 5th January, 1903.

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

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Treasurer.

TOMAHAWK ROAD BOARD.

Notice is hereby given that at a special meeting of the Tomahawk Road Board, held in the Board’s office, Tomahawk, on Monday, the 24th day of November, 1902, the following resolution was passed, to take effect as a special order, viz.:—

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” the Tomahawk Road Board hereby resolves as follows: “That for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on, and repaying of, a loan of £300 authorised to be raised by the Tomahawk Road Board under the provisions of ‘The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,’ for the formation and metalling of a deviation of the main road from the Lagoon to the Tomahawk, and connected with the Centre Road, and the continuation of the Centre Road to meet such deviation, the said Tomahawk Road Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of ½d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property of the Tomahawk Road District, comprising all that area in the Otago Peninsula situate in the Survey Districts of Tomahawk, Otago Peninsula, and Anderson’s Bay, bounded towards the south generally by the ocean, towards the south-west by the Borough of Caversham, towards the north-west and south-west generally by the Borough of St. Kilda, and towards the north-east and north generally by the Peninsula Road District, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 55, 19th September, 1889; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 2nd day of January in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of six years, or until the loan is fully paid off.”

I, John Bishop, Clerk to the Tomahawk Road Board, hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a special order made by the Tomahawk Road Board on the 24th day of November, 1902, and that the same has been duly passed.

Dated at Tomahawk, this 15th day of December, 1902.

JOHN BISHOP,
Clerk, Tomahawk Road Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 5th January, 1903.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Lower Hutt, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF LOWER HUTT.

Notice is hereby given that a poll of the rate-payers of the Borough of Lower Hutt, including all persons entitled to vote on proposals to raise loans, was duly taken at the Borough Council Chambers, Lower Hutt, on Wednesday, the 17th day of December, 1902, upon the following proposal:—

A proposal to raise a loan of £2,500 for the purpose of establishing and laying down a system of drainage in the said borough, which sum it is proposed to raise on the security of a special rate of ⅔d. in the pound sterling on the rateable value of all rateable property within the said borough, the debentures issued in respect thereof to carry interest at the rate of £3 10s. per centum per annum, and have a currency of forty-one years.

And on such poll the number of votes recorded was 238 votes for the said proposal, and 32 votes against the proposal; informal votes, 8.

I do hereby declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated this 24th day of December, 1902.

ORTON STEVENS,
Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 5th January, 1903.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Lower Hutt, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF LOWER HUTT.

Notice is hereby given that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of the Lower Hutt, including all persons entitled to vote on proposals to raise loans, was duly taken at the Borough Council Chambers, Lower Hutt, on Wednesday, the 17th day of December, 1902, upon the following proposal:—

A proposal to raise a loan of £8,000 for the formation of roads, streets, and bridges within the borough, which sum it is proposed to raise on the security of a special rate of ⅔d. in the pound sterling on the rateable value of all rateable property within the said borough.

And on such poll the number of votes recorded was 248 votes for the said proposal, and 27 votes against the proposal; informal votes, 3.

I do hereby declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated this 24th day of December, 1902.

ORTON STEVENS,
Mayor.