APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1121

Superintendent and Clerk, Hokitika Lunatic Asylum, appointed.

Lunacy Department,
Wellington, 15th April, 1904.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN DOWNEY

to be Superintendent and Clerk of the Lunatic Asylum at Hokitika, vice Hugh Gribben, retired. This appointment to take effect from the 1st April, 1904.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For the Minister in Charge.

Receiver, Hokitika Lunatic Asylum, appointed.

Lunacy Department,
Wellington, 15th April, 1904.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN DOWNEY

(Superintendent and Clerk of the Lunatic Asylum at Hokitika) to be the person to receive all moneys payable in respect of the maintenance of any lunatic in the said Asylum, and if necessary to sue for the same in any Court of competent jurisdiction.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For the Minister in Charge.

Inspector of Machinery appointed.

Inspection of Machinery Department,
Wellington, 31st March, 1904.

I T is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested by “The Inspection of Machinery Act, 1902,”

WILLIAM CULLEN

has been appointed Inspector of Machinery for the Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Nelson North, Nelson South, Canterbury, Otago, and Westland Districts.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Marine.

Engineer Surveyor and Examiner of Engineers appointed.

Inspection of Machinery Department,
Wellington, 31st March, 1904.

I T is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested by “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877,”

WILLIAM CULLEN

has been appointed Inspector and Surveyor and Engineer Surveyor for the purposes of the said Act, and also Examiner of Candidates for Certificates of Competency as Engineers of Sea-going Steamships, or of Steamships plying within Restricted Limits.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Marine.

Inspector of Machinery appointed.

Inspection of Machinery Department,
Wellington, 31st March, 1904.

I T is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested by “The Inspection of Machinery Act, 1902,”

ALEXANDER RAMSAY

has been appointed Inspector of Machinery for the Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Nelson North, Nelson South, Canterbury, Otago, and Westland Districts.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Marine.

Engineer Surveyor and Examiner of Engineers appointed.

Inspection of Machinery Department,
Wellington, 31st March, 1904.

I T is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested by “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877,”

ALEXANDER RAMSAY

has been appointed Inspector and Surveyor and Engineer Surveyor for the purposes of the said Act, and also Examiner of Candidates for Certificates of Competency as Engineers of Sea-going Steamships, or of Steamships plying within Restricted Limits.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Marine.

Public Vaccinator resigned.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 20th April, 1904.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

FREDERICK GEORGE MORRIS BRITTIN, Esq., M.R.C.S. Eng. 1872, L.S.A. Lond. 1871,

from the position of Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1900,” for the District of Christchurch.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Special Order made by the Council of the Borough of Masterton.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 15th April, 1904.

T HE following special order, made by the Masterton Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF MASTERON.

SPECIAL ORDER adopted by the Masterton Borough Council at a special meeting of the Council on the 22nd day of September, 1903, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the said Council held on the 21st day of October, 1903:—

By virtue of the authority vested in the Masterton Borough Council by “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900,” sections 5 and 10, “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling the Council in this behalf, a special order is hereby made raising a special loan of £4,000 for the establishment of an abattoir on the site and according to the plans approved by the Minister. And by this special order it is hereby declared as follows: Such special loan shall be raised under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” section 80, subsection (g), and shall be for a period of forty-one years, under section 59, subsection (c), of the said “Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.” Such special loan shall be secured on the works the subject-matter of the said loan, and the revenues therefrom, and a special rate over the whole of the Borough of Masterton, calculated to yield £10 per centum more than the annual or other charges in respect of the loan. The interest for the first year shall be paid out of the loan.

2. In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” the Masterton Borough Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £4,000, authorised to be raised by the Masterton Borough Council, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for an abattoir, the said Masterton Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of ⅓d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property of the Borough of Masterton, comprising all that area contained within the boundaries described in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th July, 1877, page 717; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 2nd day of January and the 2nd day of July 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.

Passed at a special meeting of the said Borough Council of Masterton on the 29th day of September, 1903, and confirmed at a properly constituted meeting of the said Council held on the 21st day of October, 1903.

In witness whereof the seal of the said Council has been hereunto affixed, this 25th day of March, 1904, in the presence of—

JAS. M. CORADINE,
Mayor.

R. BROWN,
Town Clerk.

I, James Moore Coradine, Mayor of the Borough of Masterton, hereby certify that the Masterton Borough