Oct. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2495

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, Wellington District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

LEONARD OXENHAM SAYER and
JAMES COX ARTHUR

to be Rangers under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Wellington.

J. G. WARD.

Clerk of Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st October, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable DAVID JACKSON

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Akaroa, from the 7th instant, vice Constable E. P. Bird, transferred.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st October, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Moses WHITE, Esq., J.P.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Timaru, vice R. McQueen, Esq., deceased.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Cadet appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th October, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN GILMAN SHARP DUNN

to be a cadet in the Supreme Court at Christchurch, from the 13th instant.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Assayers appointed.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 24th October, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM MEGGET and
JAMES IRWIN

to be Assayers of Gold under “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882.”

C. H. MILLS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Inspector of Sea-fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th October, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in him by subsection (2) of section 6 of “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” to appoint

JOHN TIMOTHY SULLIVAN,

of Dunedin, to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing under the above-mentioned Act.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Stipendiary Magistrate, &c., resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st October, 1904.

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

EDWARD CLARE BLOMFIELD, Esq.,

of his appointments as a Stipendiary Magistrate and Warden for the Colony of New Zealand, and also as a Commissioner of the Native Land Court, as from the 31st instant.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Resignation of Trustee, Oamaru Drill-shed Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 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

JOHN LYTE ALLAN, Esq.,

as Trustee of the Oamaru Drill-shed Reserve. Date of resignation, 22nd September, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 25th October, 1904.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

EKETAHUNA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Ekatahuna County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing for the interest and other charges on a loan of £200 sterling, authorised to be raised by the Ekatahuna County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of building two traffic-bridges and about 40 chains of road-formation on the Central Mangaone Road East—the formation to commence at the eastern boundary of Section 46, Block VII., Mangaone Survey District, extending in an easterly direction to the western boundary of Section 37, Block VII., Mangaone Survey District—the £200 to be borrowed to supplement the Government grant of £200 (pound for pound)—the said Ekatahuna County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Central Mangaone Road East Special-rating District, comprising Sections 23, 24, 32, 36, and the western two-thirds of Section 37, all of Block VII., Mangaone 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 February and the 1st day of August in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, at 4 per centum per annum, or until the loan is fully paid off: the cost of raising the loan, and the interest for the first year, to be paid out of the loan.

I hereby certify that the above special order was made by resolution at a special meeting of the Council held on the 10th September, 1904, and was confirmed at a special meeting held on the 8th October, 1904.

F. C. TURNOR,
Chairman, Ekatahuna County Council.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Ekatahuna was impressed hereon by Francis Collison Turnor, Chairman of the Ekatahuna County Council, in my presence—

R. J. McLEAN,
County Clerk.

Ekatahuna, 8th October, 1904.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 26th October, 1904.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF SUMNER.

In the matter of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and its amendments.

Special Order making Special Rate.

THAT, in pursuance of the powers vested in it by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and its amendments, and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, the Sumner Borough Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £3,750,