MAY 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1213

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Wellington Land District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to change or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in His Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, declare his intention to make such change, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto from a site for a Courthouse to a site for a post-office.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 1, Block II., Township of Taihape. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 2; towards the east by Crown land; towards the south generally by Huia Street; and towards the west generally by the main road: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Cadets appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM COLLINGBOURNE HEWITT and
IRWIN WILSON STOREY

to be cadets in the Magistrate’s Court at Auckland, from the 25th April and 1st May, 1904, respectively.

JAS. McGOWAN.

New Zealand Militia: Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments:—

New Zealand Militia.

Alexander James Maclaine (7th New Zealand Contingent) to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 12th June, 1901.

John Adolphus Laing to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 15th March, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Militia: Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th April, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment:—

New Zealand Militia.

William Ernest Christie (late 7th New Zealand Contingent) to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 12th June, 1901.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Militia: Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment:—

New Zealand Militia.

Charles Alfred Henry Tapper (late 10th New Zealand Contingent) to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 14th April, 1902.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the undermentioned officer:—

Bluff Guards Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Ernest Arnott Nichol to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted, and transferred from Active List to Retired List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1904.

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

Major ARTHUR MORROW, V.D.,

be transferred from the Active List, New Zealand Volunteers, to the Retired List, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, he having reached the age for retirement, and with effect from 16th April, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Holiday, 24th May (Empire Day).

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1904.

THE following extract from the New Zealand Gazette of the 26th March, 1903, page 858, is republished for general information.

The Government offices throughout the colony will therefore be closed on Tuesday, the 24th instant.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.

[Extract from New Zealand Gazette of 26th March, 1903.]

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1903.

It is hereby notified that in future the 24th May will be observed as a holiday in the Government offices in the colony, and that the said day will be known as “Empire Day.”

R. J. SEDDON.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1904.

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

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Treasurer.

BALCLUTHA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Result of Poll for Proposal to borrow £600.

Notice is hereby given that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Balclutha was duly taken at the Borough Council Chambers, Balclutha, on Wednesday, 9th September, 1903, upon the following proposal—a proposal to raise a loan of £600 for the purpose of erecting a town hall in the borough, which sum is proposed to be raised on the security of a special rate of 1d. in the pound levied on the rateable value of all rateable properties in the said borough—and on such poll the number of votes recorded was, for the proposal, 69; against the proposal, 44; informal, 6: majority for the proposal, 25.

JOHN DUNNE,
Mayor,
Council Chambers, Balclutha, 16th September, 1903.

Declaration by Mayor.—£600 Loan.

I, John Dunne, of the Borough of Balclutha, in the Provincial District of Otago, Mayor of the said borough, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all proceedings by “The