JUNE 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1575

Commission appointing Lord Plunket to be Governor of New Zealand.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1904.

THE following Commission, appointing the Right Honourable Lord Plunket, K.C.V.O., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, is published for general information.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.

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NEW ZEALAND.

COMMISSION passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, appointing the Right Honourable Lord Plunket, K.C.V.O., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies.

EDWARD R. & I.

Edward the Seventh, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India: To Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of Our Royal Victorian Order: Greeting.

We do by this Our Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet appoint you, the said William Lee, Baron Plunket, to be, during Our pleasure, Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, with all the powers, rights, privileges, and advantages to the said Office belonging or appertaining.

II. And We do hereby authorise, empower, and command you to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions contained in certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster the Twenty-first day of February, 1879, or in any other Letters Patent adding to, amending, or substituted for the same, according to such Orders and Instructions as Our said Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the time being hath already received, and to such further Orders and Instructions as you may hereafter receive from Us.

III. And We do hereby appoint that so soon as you shall have taken the prescribed Oaths and have entered upon the duties of your Office, this Our present Commission shall supersede the Commission under the Sign Manual and Signet of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, bearing date the Sixth day of April, 1897, appointing Our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved Cousin Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, (now Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George), to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our said Colony and its Dependencies.

IV. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Colony and its Dependencies and all others whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof, and to give their ready obedience accordingly.

Given at Our Court at St. James’s, this Ninth day of March, 1904, in the Fourth year of Our Reign.

By His Majesty’s Command,

ALFRED LYTTELTON.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 16th 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.

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KIWITEA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

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 £150, authorised to be raised by the Kiwitea County Council, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the construction of Main Street, Rangiwahia, the said Kiwitea County Council do hereby make and levy a special rate of 1½d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property of the Main Street Rangiwahia Special-rating District, comprising Sections 55, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, Block IV., 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 £150.

The above special order was adopted by the Kiwitea County Council at a special meeting held on the 16th January, 1904, and confirmed at a special meeting held on the 20th February, 1904.

SAML. J. CARMAN,
Chairman.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 17th June, 1904.

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

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Treasurer.

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BALCLUTHA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Special Order making Special Rate.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” the Balclutha Borough Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £500, authorised to be raised by the Balclutha Borough Council, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the payment of the said Council’s share of renewing the Balclutha Traffic-bridge, the said Balclutha Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of ⅞d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation (unimproved value) of all rateable property of the Borough of Balclutha; 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 August and the 1st day of February 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 hereby certify that the above special order was duly made on the 9th May, 1904, and confirmed on the 7th June, 1904.

JOHN C. MITCHELL,
Town Clerk.

11th June, 1904.

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Special Order made by the Turanga Road Board, County of Manukau, making By-laws.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1904.

THE following special order, made by the Turanga Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. G. WARD.

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TURANGA ROAD DISTRICT.

BY-LAWS of the body corporate of the Inhabitants of the Turanga Road District, made and enacted by and under special order of the Turanga Road Board passed on the 7th day of May, 1904, and sealed with the common seal of the said Board on the 4th day of June, 1904; to come into force when gazetted:—

In pursuance of the powers vested in them by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and its amendments, “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and its amendments, the Turanga Road Board do hereby make the following by-laws:—

1. No person shall upon any road within the Turanga Road District load any vehicle with, or place upon or attach to any vehicle, any timber or logs except at places which shall have been appointed by the said Board for that purpose.

2. No person shall take any engine, agricultural or other machine, or any load or materials of any kind, weighing more than 2 tons on one pair of wheels across any bridge within the said district.

3. The width of the tires of the wheels upon vehicles used upon roads within the district shall be in proportion to the weight carried according to the following scale:—

(a.) Upon vehicles with tires over 4½ in. wide the load carried shall not exceed 15 cwt. on unmetalled roads and 25 cwt. on metalled roads for each pair of wheels.