Nov. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2655

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

Office of Minister of Native Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE THOMAS WILKINSON, of Otorohanga,
a member of the Waikato District Maori Land Council,
under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900.”

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Control and Management of the Morven Public Library Site vested in Trustees.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st November, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” been pleased to vest the control and management of the public-library site at Morven, being Section No. 3599 (in red), Block V., Town of Morven, Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, and more particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 49116, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in

THOMAS LAWSON HART,
GEORGE EDWIN MARSHALL, and
MICHAEL CROWE,

all of Morven, farmers. T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Cancellation of Sharebroker’s License.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 1st November, 1904.

IN pursuance of the provisions of section 8 of “The Sharebrokers Act, 1902,” I, James Carroll, the Commissioner of Stamps, do hereby notify that the sharebroker’s license issued on the 6th day of January, 1904, to

ALFRED THOMAS HENDRY,

of Auckland, has been this day cancelled.
Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of October, 1904.

J. CARROLL,
Commissioner of Stamps.

Notice of Cancellation of Sharebroker’s License.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 1st November, 1904.

IN pursuance of the provisions of section 8 of “The Sharebrokers Act, 1902,” I, James Carroll, the Commissioner of Stamps, do hereby notify that the sharebroker’s license issued on the 29th day of December, 1903, to

JAMES SCOTT LENNOX,

of Auckland, has been this day cancelled.
Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of October, 1904.

J. CARROLL,
Commissioner of Stamps.

Notice of Cancellation of Sharebroker’s License.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 1st November, 1904.

IN pursuance of the provisions of section 8 of “The Sharebrokers Act, 1902,” I, James Carroll, the Commissioner of Stamps, do hereby notify that the sharebroker’s license issued on the 2nd day of September, 1904, to

LINDSAY BROWNLOW HORROCKS,

of Auckland, has been this day cancelled.
Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of October, 1904.

J. CARROLL,
Commissioner of Stamps.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1904.

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

D Battery New Zealand Field Artillery Volunteers.
Charles Edward Carter to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 7th September, 1904.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.
Robert Church to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 4th October, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1904.

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

Masterton Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Henry Bisdee Stuckey. Date of resignation, 10th October, 1904.

Civil Service Rifle Volunteers (Christchurch).
Lieutenant Joseph Willis. Date of resignation, 4th October, 1904.

Waipawa Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Alfred Ernest Eames. Date of resignation, 1st October, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and appointed to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by

Captain WILLIAM JESSE REEVE, of the Pahiatua Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment as Adjutant to the 5th Battalion Wellington (Centre or Ruahine) Rifle Volunteers, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 7th October, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Name of Volunteer Officer (deceased) removed from the New Zealand Army List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1904.

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

Surgeon-Captain WILLIAM R. CLOSE-ERSON, New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff,

be erased from the New Zealand Army List, he having died on the 20th September, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 17, (3), “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteer Corps:—

No. 2 Company, Napier High School Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers,

with headquarters at Napier, which are to be attached to No. 2 Battalion, Wellington Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers, and designated “E Company,” as from the 13th October, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Council of the City of Wellington.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 27th October, 1904.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

Notice is hereby given that at a special meeting of the Council of the City of Wellington, duly convened, and held at the Council Chambers, Brandon Street, Wellington, on the 22nd day of September, 1904, the following resolution (intended to operate as a special order) was duly passed; and at the ordinary meeting of the said Council, duly convened, and held on the 20th day of October, 1904, the said resolution was duly confirmed, which said resolution is as follows:—

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Wellington City Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £33,500, authorised to be raised by the Wellington City Council under the above-mentioned Act