Mar. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 825

Volunteer Officer transferred to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1904.

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

Captain JOHN PETER OAKES

from the command of the Canterbury Native Rifle Volunteers to the Battalion Staff of the 2nd North Canterbury Battalion of Infantry Volunteers, as Pay- and Quarter-master, with his present rank, and with effect from 12th February, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Name of Volunteer Officer (deceased) removed from New Zealand Army List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the name of the late

Surgeon-Major CHARLES LLOYD MORICE,

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff, who died on the 20th February, 1904, be removed from the New Zealand Army List.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Government Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club:—

Ruanui Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Ruanui. Date of disbandment, 16th February, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Upper Wangaehu Road Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1904.

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

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Treasurer.

UPPER WANGAEHU ROAD BOARD.

Special Orders passed on the 6th Day of February, 1904.

At a duly convened meeting of the Upper Wangaehu Road Board held at Mangamahu on 6th February, 1904, the following resolutions were carried:—

1. That the Board, by special order, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” hereby resolves as follows: That a loan of £4,000 be raised as provided for in section 14 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the following purposes: (1) To provide for engineering, preliminary expenses of raising loan, and first year’s interest on loan during construction, £200; (2) for forming the Turakina Valley Cart-road from the Turakina–Mataroa Road to the northern boundary of the road district, £1,200; (3) for forming the Wangaehu Valley Cart-road from Crowley’s Flat to the northern boundary of the road district, £700; (4) for forming the Koukopu Cart-road from the Owhakura Road to the natural clearing opposite Mr. Bell’s house, £450; (5) for forming the Owhakura Cart-road, £1,450. Any surplus from any one work to be applied as provided for in section 62, “Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.” The loan to be for the term of forty-one years, and to bear interest and sinking fund at the rate of £4 per centum per annum.

2. That the Board, by special order, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing interest and other charges on a loan of £4,000, authorised to be raised by the Upper Wangaehu Road Board under the above-mentioned Act for forming the Owhakura and parts of the Turakina Valley, Wangaehu Valley, and Koukopu Cart-roads, the said Upper Wangaehu Road Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 4½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property in the Rangi-waea Special-rating District, being all the properties within that portion of the Upper Wangaehu Road District comprised within the following boundaries: Starting from the north-west corner of Section 1, Block IV., Ngamatea Survey District; east by the northern boundary of the road district to the Turakina River; thence east to the north-east corner of Section 3B, Raketepauma Block; thence south to the south-east corner of Section 3C, Raketepauma Block, and west to the north-east corner of Section 3D, Raketepauma Block; thence south and west by the eastern and southern boundaries of the said Section 3D to the Turakina River; thence by the Turakina River to the north-east corner of Section 77, Block X., Maungakaretu Survey District; thence west by a straight line to the north-west corner of Section 75, Block V., Maungakaretu Survey District; thence south by the Koukopu Stream to the boundary of the Pungataua Block; thence west by the boundary of the Pungataua Block to the south-west corner of Section 4, Block VIII., Ngamatea Survey District; thence north by the western boundary of the said Section 4 and the Wangaehu River to the point of commencement: 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 April and the 1st day of October 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.

Public notice of these special orders was given by resolution of the Board at a duly convened meeting held at Mangamahu on 2nd January, 1904, and was published in the Rangitikei Advocate of the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th January, 1904.

The common seal of the Upper Wangaehu Road Board is hereto affixed in the presence of—

ALLAN ROBINSON,
Chairman.

A. C. MANNINGTON,
Clerk.

18th February, 1904.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of special orders made by the Upper Wangaehu Road Board at a duly convened meeting held on 6th February, 1904.

A. C. MANNINGTON,
Clerk.

Special Order made by the Southland County, merging Knapdale Road District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1904.

THE following special order, made by the Southland County Council, is published for general information.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

SOUTHLAND COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

RESOLUTION passed at meeting of 12th February, 1904, and carried unanimously:—

“That this Council hereby confirms the special order as contained in resolution No. 1 of the 8th January, 1904, dissolving the Knapdale Road Board, and merging the Knapdale Road District in Southland County, as on and after the 1st day of April, 1904, under the provisions of sections 53 and 54 of ‘The Counties Act, 1886,’ and its amendments.”

I hereby certify that the above special order has been made in accordance with “The Counties Act, 1886.”

R. P. MacGOUN,
Clerk to the Southland County Council.

Invercargill, 29th February, 1904.

Special Order made by the Council of the County of Inangahua.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 8th March, 1904.

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

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Treasurer.

INANGAHUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order making Special Rate.

Proposed by Mr. Stevenson, seconded by Mr. Harold, and carried, That, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and “The Public Health Act, 1900,” the Inangahua County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing interest and other charges on a loan of £2,000, authorised to be raised by the Inangahua County Council under the above-mentioned Acts for the