Nov. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2733

as a Trustee of the Tuapecra Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve,
vice Robert McKeich. Esq., deceased.
Appointment to date from 25th October, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Trustees, Temuka Rifle Range Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th November, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve, under “The Defence Act, 1886,” “The
Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” and regulations there-
under, of the appointment of

Lieutenant-Colonel ARTHUR BAUCHOP, C.M.G., New
Zealand Militia, Officer Commanding Canterbury
District;

Captain WILLIAM FERGUS PATERSON, Temuka Rifle
Volunteers; and

Lieutenant JOHN HOLWELL, Pay- and Quarter-master,
1st Battalion, South Canterbury Rifle Volunteers,

as Trustees of the Temuka Rifle Range Reserve, being
Reserve No. 1073, in the Canterbury Land District, and
containing 275 acres, more or less.
Appointments to date from 26th October, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Trustees, Kaiapoi Rifle Range Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th November, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove, under “The Defence Act, 1886,” “The
Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” and regulations there-
under, of the appointment of

Lieutenant-Colonel ARTHUR BAUCHOP, C.M.G., New
Zealand Militia, Officer Commanding Canterbury
District;

Captain ERNEST EDWARD PAPPRILL, Kaiapoi Rifle Volun-
teers; and

Captain THOMAS MILLAR, Active List, New Zealand
Volunteers,

as Trustees of the Kaiapoi Rifle Range Reserve, being
Reserve No. 270, in the Rangiora Survey District, Canter-
bury Land District, and containing 134 acres, more or less,
situate in the Mandeville district, on the sandhills, between
Kaiapoi and the sea. Bounded on the north by a road to
the beach, a distance of 43 chains 10 links; on the east by
a road along the edge of the sandhills, separating this
reserve from Sections Nos. 2397, 2398, 2409, and 993, a
distance altogether of about 31 chains 50 links; on the south
by Section No. 1393, a distance of 45 chains; and on the
west by another road along the edge of the sandhills,
separating this from Section 320, a distance of about
32 chains.
Appointments to date from 23rd October, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

New Electoral Rolls formed for certain Districts.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1905.

WHEREAS by “The Electoral Act, 1905,” it is enacted
that upon new electoral rolls being formed the
Registrar shall give notice thereof to the Colonial Secretary,
who shall publish the fact in the Gazette:
Now, therefore, I, the Colonial Secretary, do hereby
publish that I have received such notice from the Registrars
of the undermentioned electoral districts:—

Auckland West. Christchurch North.
Auckland East. Christchurch East.
Auckland Central. Christchurch South.
Wellington North. Dunedin North.
Wellington Central. Dunedin Central.
Wellington East. Dunedin South.

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Secretary.

30th November to be a Holiday in Celebration of St.
Andrew’s Day.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1905.

THE Government offices throughout New Zealand will
be closed on Thursday, 30th November instant, in
celebration of St. Andrew’s Day.

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Secretary.

Public Offices closed at Noon on 6th December, 1905
(Electoral and Licensing Polls).

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1905.

THE Government offices throughout the colony will be
closed at noon on Wednesday, the 6th December,
1905.

By order.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Approval of Fees fixed by By-law of Local Body for Licensing
of Vehicles.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1905.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 311 of
“The Counties Act, 1886,” that so much of the by-law
made by the Hobson County Council, and sealed on the
20th day of July, 1905, as appoints the several sums to be
paid to the Hobson County funds for the licensing of vehicles
has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor.

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Secretary.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 17th November, 1905.

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

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Treasurer.

WAIPAWA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Copy of a resolution made by the Waipawa County Council
on the 6th day of September, 1905, and confirmed on the
4th day of October, 1905:—

That, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it
in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the
Waipawa County Council hereby resolves as follows: That,
for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges
on a loan of £1,400, authorised to be raised by the Wai-
pawa County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for
the construction of 373 chains of the Te Uri Road, com-
mencing at its junction with the Mangapuaka Road, the said
Waipawa County Council hereby makes and levies a special
rate of 2½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rate-
able property of the Te Uri Road Loan Special rating District,
comprising Sections 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, half of Section 2, and
half of Section 6, all of Block VII., Sections 1 and 2 of
Block VIII., and Section 73 of Block XII., all of the Manga-
toro Survey District; and that such special rate shall be an
annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and
be payable on the 1st day of July 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. That the rate of
interest shall be 4 per centum per annum.

I, Albert Edward Jull, Chairman of the Waipawa County
Council, hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a
special order made by the said Council on the 6th day of
September, 1905, and confirmed on the 4th day of October,
1905.

A. E. JULL,
Chairman, Waipawa County Council.