Aug. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1739

Registrar under “The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871,” District of Canterbury, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER SEPTIMUS FISHER

to be a Registrar, under “The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871,” for the Provincial District of Canterbury, vice R. Beetham, Esq.

J. G. WARD.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Acts, Grey District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th August, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE JACOBS

to be a Ranger, under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Grey.

J. G. WARD.

Female Official Visitor appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 5th August, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sister HANNAH DAWSON

to be Female Official Visitor of H.M. Prison at Auckland.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Colonial Analyst appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 31st July, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER AUGUSTUS BICKERTON

to be a Colonial Analyst, under “The Adulteration Prevention Act, 1880,” vice William Bickerton, resigned. Appointment to date from the 28th day of July, 1903.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Public Vaccinator appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 31st July, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ISABEL WATSON, L.R.C.P. Edin., L.R.C.S. Edin.,

to be a Public Vaccinator under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the District of Wellington. Appointment to date from the 28th day of July, 1903.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Vaccination Inspectors appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 31st July, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Vaccination Inspectors under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” viz.:

HENRY GEORGE YOUNGMAN

for the District of Arrow, as from the 28th day of July, 1903, vice J. A. Algie, resigned;

GEORGE PERCY WAKE

for the District of Eltham, as from the 1st day of July, 1903, vice J. W. Middleton, deceased.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Crown Lands Ranger appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th July, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DAVID CRAIG

to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Land District of Wellington.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Cadet appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HERBERT VALENTINE CROXTON

to be a cadet in the Education Department. The appointment to date from the 27th June, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Education.

Deputy Harbourmaster at Foxton appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th August, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in him by section 13 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” to appoint

JAMES ALEXANDER RODIE

to be Deputy Harbourmaster for the Port of Foxton, in the place of George James Walsh.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 31st July, 1903.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF MASTERON.

I HEREBY give public notice that at a poll taken on Thursday, the 23rd day of July, 1903, on the proposal of the Masterton Borough Council to raise a special loan of £2,500, as follows:—

1. To undertake the providing and erecting of a new retort-house and beds of retorts, additional purifiers, exhauster, with n.p. steam engine and boiler, bye-pass for scrubber, alterations and additions to works and plant, and extensions of mains;

2. For this purpose to borrow the sum of £2,500;

3. To give as security for such loan a further charge upon the works, and the revenue derived therefrom, and a special rate of ½d. in the pound on the rateable valuation (unimproved) of all rateable property in the Borough of Masterton—such loan to be repayable on the 28th day of February, 1907, with a sinking fund of not exceeding 2 per cent. per annum;

4. To pay out of such loan the cost of raising the loan and the interest for the first year,—

the following votes were recorded: For the proposal, 116; against the proposal, 108: majority in favour of the proposal, 8. I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

JAS. M. CORADINE,
Mayor.

Notice to Mariners No. 52 of 1903.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 30th July, 1903.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 77 of 1902, issued by this Department on the 18th October last, the following notice, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

NORMANBY SOUND.—TORRES STRAITS.

Discontinuance of Leading Lights.

Notice is hereby given that, on and after the 1st August proximo, the leading lights in Normanby Sound, Port