June 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1545

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1904.

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

Coromandel Rifle Volunteers.

HENRY RUSHTON HYATT to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd March, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commissions held by the undermentioned officers:—

Piako Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Francis Joseph Marshall. Date of resignation, 20th April, 1904.

Ruahine Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Captain William Henry Hartgill. Date of resignation, 2nd May, 1904.

Studholme Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Harold Hill Fisher. Date of resignation, 28th March, 1904.

Waitara Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Roger Delamere Dansey. Date of resignation, 3rd May, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer: Date of Commission altered.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the date of appointment of the Reverend Julius Millis Whitehead as Honorary Chaplain to the Waimakiriri Mounted Rifle Volunteers, which was published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 2, of 9th January, 1902; as taking effect from “24th November, 1901,” be made to read “as from 30th August, 1900.”

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Militia: Names of Officers (deceased) removed from New Zealand Army List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the names of the undermentioned deceased officers, borne on the New Zealand Militia Unattached List, be removed from the New Zealand Army List:—

Captain Henare Tomoana.
Henare Pukuatua.
Lieutenant William Aitken.
James Hume.
Ensign Edward McDonnell.
Charles Holmes Borlase.
Arthur Baker.
Freeman Jackson.
Sub-Lieutenant John G. Ginger.
Gervaise Disney Hamerton.
Surgeon Edward Waddington.
Patrick Joseph O’Neil O’Carroll, V.D.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Militia: Names of Officers removed from the New Zealand Army List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the names of the undermentioned officers be removed from the New Zealand Army List, they having left the colony, and with effect from 26th May, 1904:—

Lieutenant CHARLES EDWARD BROWNE, New Zealand Militia (Active List).
Lieutenant ALFRED BARNES ROSE, New Zealand Militia (Active List).
Lieutenant CHARLES SIMSON, New Zealand Militia (Active List).

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

President of Council under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” appointed.

Office of Minister of Native Affairs,
Wellington, 8th June, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HERBERT FRANK EDGER, a Judge of the Native Land Court,

to the office of President of the Tokerau District Maori Land Council, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” vice Edward Clare Blomfield, resigned.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Resignation of President of Council under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” accepted.

Office of Minister of Native Affairs,
Wellington, 8th June, 1904.

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

EDWARD CLARE BLOMFIELD

of the office of President of the Tokerau District Maori Land Council, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900.”

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 10th June, 1904.

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

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Treasurer.

KIWITEA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

Proposed by Councillor MacDonald, seconded by Councillor Short,——

That, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in them in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Kiwitea County Council do hereby resolve as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £200, authorised to be raised by the Kiwitea County Council under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the metalling of Middle Road, the said Kiwitea County Council do hereby make and levy a special rate of 4½d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property of the Dick’s Special-rating District, comprising Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, Block IX., Apiti Survey District, and part Section 10, part 15, Block X., Apiti Survey District; and that such special rate shall be an annual-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 a period equal to the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off. The cost of raising the loan, and the interest for the first year, shall be paid out of the aforesaid sum of £200.

I, Samuel J. Carman, Chairman of the Kiwitea County Council, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a special order adopted at a special meeting of the Council held on the 19th March, 1904, and confirmed at a special meeting of the Council held on the 16th April, 1904.

SAML. J. CARMAN,
Chairman.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Councillor.