APRIL 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 993

Appointment of Additional Member to Local Board of Military Examination.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1904.

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

Captain WILLIAM GEORGE MALONE, Adjutant 4th Battalion Wellington (Taranaki) Rifle Volunteers,

as an additional member of the Wellington Local Board of Military Examination, and with effect from 6th March, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Trustee of Wanganui Drill-shed resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” and “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” the resignation of

Colonel JOE REGINALD SOMMERVILLE, V.D. (Retired List),

of his appointment as Trustee of the Wanganui Drill-shed. Date of resignation, 26th February, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Trustee of Wanganui Drill-shed appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” and “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” of

Brevet-Colonel WILLIAM HOLDEN WEBB, N.Z. Militia, Officer Commanding Wellington District,

to be Trustee of the Wanganui Drill-shed, from 24th February, 1903, vice Colonel Thomas William Porter, C.B., N.Z. Militia, transferred to the command of Canterbury District.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st March, 1904.

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

FRANK HOOPER, Esq.,

of Timaru, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Resignations of Members of Assessment Courts accepted.

Valuation Department,
Wellington, 31st March, 1904.

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

DAVID GUILD

of his appointment as a member of the Assessment Court for the Counties of Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Woodville, Patangata, Pahiatua, Akitio, Castlepoint, Eketahuna, Mauriceville, Masterton, Wairarapa South, and Featherston, and the Boroughs of Hastings, Pahiatua, Masterton, Carterton, and Greytown, under “The Government Valuation of Land Act Amendment Act, 1900”; and also of

FREDERICK OVERTON

of his appointment as a member of the Assessment Court for the County of Selwyn, under “The Government Valuation of Land Act Amendment Act, 1900.”

C. H. MILLS.

Celebration of St. George’s Day.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1904.

THE Government offices throughout New Zealand will be closed on Saturday, the 23rd April instant, being St. George’s Day.

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Secretary.

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Special Order made by the Waiwakaiho Road Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th April, 1904.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

WAIWAKAIHO ROAD BOARD.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in them in that behalf by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Waiwakaiho Road Board do hereby resolve as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £600, authorised to be raised by the Waiwakaiho Road Board, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for forming and metalling a road from the Alfred Road to the Egmont Road along the boundary-line of Section 145, Block VII., Egmont Survey District, including the construction of a bridge across the Waiwakaiho River, and to purchase or acquire the land necessary therefor (the cost of raising such loan to be paid out of the loan), the said Waiwakaiho Road Board do hereby make and levy a special rate of 2d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property of the Upper Alfred Road Special-rating District, comprising Sections 1 and 2 of Block VI., Egmont Survey District, 21, 22, 23, 24, 119, 120, 137, 138, 139, 146, all those parts of Sections 122 (containing 40 acres) and 135 (containing 40 acres) lying between the Alfred Road and the Kaiauai River, all those parts of Sections 25 (8 acres), 118 (28 acres), 141 (10 acres), 142 (8 acres), 143 (5 acres), 144 (3 acres), 145 (2 acres 2 roods), and 164 (15 acres) lying between the Alfred Road and the Waiwakaiho River, all in Block VII., Egmont Survey District; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable on the 1st day of September 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.

I certify that the above special order was proposed to be made on the 29th January, 1904, and was duly made on the 2nd March, 1904, by the Waiwakaiho Road Board.

ARTHUR MORTON,
Clerk to the Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th April, 1904.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Otamatea County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

OTAMATEA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Declaration of Poll.

PROPOSAL to borrow £1,260 from the Colonial Treasurer, for the purpose of forming and metalling sundry roads within the boundaries of the Paparoa Riding, on which a poll was taken on the 18th day of March, 1904 :—

The result of the aforesaid poll having been ascertained, I hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for and against the said proposal was as follows: For the proposal, 53; against the proposal, 20.

And I hereby declare that, in view of the total number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal being more than three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded at the poll, the resolution in favour of such proposal was carried.

GEORGE F. LINNELL,
Chairman, Otamatea County Council.

Dated at Maungaturoto, this 28th day of March, 1904.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th April, 1904.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Otamatea County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.