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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 102

Members to represent Sounds County on Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board appointed.

Hospitals Department,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, under “The Sounds County Hospital Representation Act, 1887,” and “The Hospitals and Charitable Aid Boards Act, 1900,”

J. H. BLACK,
WILLIAM THOMAS ERSKINE, and
DONALD McCORMICK, Sen.,

to represent the Sounds County on the Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

GEO. FOWLDS.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 15, “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the

Mangakahia Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Oruoru, Auckland. Acceptance to date from 16th November, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under clause 39, (3), “The Defence Act, 1886,” of the disbandment of the undermentioned Volunteer corps:—

Ellesmere Guards Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Doyleston, Canterbury. Date of disbandment, 23rd October, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Resignation of Trustee, Duntroon Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1906.

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

DAVID STEWART, Esq., late Captain, Duntroon Rifle Volunteers,

as a Trustee of the Duntroon Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve. Date of resignation, 5th November, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Trustee, Duntroon Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” and “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” of the appointment of

Acting-Lieutenant MALCOLM FRANCIS, Duntroon Rifle Volunteers,

as a Trustee of the Duntroon Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve, vice Captain David Stewart, resigned. Appointment to date from 5th November, 1906.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th November, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

J. G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st December, 1906.

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

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.

MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Manawatu County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £600, authorised to be raised by the Manawatu County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the construction of drainage-works in the Oroua Downs Estate and Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company’s endowment, the said loan to be for a period of forty-one years, and that the interest to be paid is at the rate of 4 per centum per annum, the said Manawatu County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of ½d. in the pound sterling upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Downs Special-rating District, comprising Section 166, Block V, Te Kawa Survey District; Sections 5, 5A, 5B, 5C, 6, 12, 13, and 23 of the Oroua Downs Estate, Blocks IX and XIII, Te Kawa Survey District; and all that portion of the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company’s endowment situated to the north of the south boundary of Block III, Sandy, containing 2,700 acres, in the occupation of Robinson Brothers: and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly 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.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Manawatu was affixed in the presence of—

JAMES G. WILSON,
Chairman.

ROBERT B. MCKENZIE,
Councillor.

FRED PURNELL,
Clerk.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order was adopted by the Manawatu County Council at a special meeting held on the 10th day of October, 1906, and confirmed on the 28th November, 1906.

FRED PURNELL,
Clerk.

Sanson, 28th November, 1906.