Aug. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2097

Resignation accepted of Secretary to Boards of Examiners under “The Mining Act, 1905,” and “The Coal-mines Act, 1905.”

Mines Department,
Wellington, 30th July, 1906.

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

THOMAS HUTCHINSON HAMER, Esq.,

as Secretary to the Boards of Examiners under “The Mining Act, 1905,” and “The Coal-mines Act, 1905,” as from the 31st July, 1906.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Secretary appointed to Boards of Examiners under “The Mining Act, 1905,” and “The Coal-mines Act, 1905.”

Mines Department,
Wellington, 30th July, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HERBERT EATON RADCLIFFE, Esq.,

as Secretary to the Boards of Examiners under “The Mining Act, 1905,” and “The Coal-mines Act, 1905,” as from the 1st August, 1906.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Member of Horowhenua Lake Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 30th July, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 2 of “The Horowhenua Lake Act, 1905,” been pleased to appoint

JOHN RODRICK McDONALD

to be a member of the Horowhenua Lake Domain Board, in the place of Waata Muruahi, resigned.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Members of Warea Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 30th July, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 3 of “The Domain Boards Act, 1904,” been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM BLAND CLARKE,
PERCIVAL AUSTIN PUTT, and
WILLIAM HENRY JULIAN

to be members of the Warea Domain Board, in the place of Patrick Murphy, deceased; James Ducker, resigned; and James Jeken Elwin, jun., removed from the district.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Commissioner appointed to classify Pastoral Runs in Hawke’s Bay Land District.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 31st July, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY TRENT

a Commissioner to classify pastoral runs in Hawke’s Bay Land District; to act in the place of Eric Charles Gold Smith, and in conjunction with Charles Richard Baines and Thomas Hyde, appointed by Warrant of the 2nd day of June, 1906.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Horowhenua Lake Domain Board resigned.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 30th July, 1906.

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

WAATA MURUAHI

as a member of the Horowhenua Lake Domain Board.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees of Kaponga Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 30th July, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has accepted the resignations of

JOHN HENRY FRETHEY,
RICHARD THOMAS BURT MELLOW,
MAURICE FITZGERALD,
ROBERT LAW, and
WILLIAM SWADLING

as Trustees of the Kaponga Public Cemetery.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Approval of Fees fixed by By-laws of Lake County Council for Licensing of Vehicles plying for Hire.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1906.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 311 of “The Counties Act, 1886,” that so much of the By-laws Nos. 8 and 9 made by the Lake County Council, and sealed on the 20th day of June, 1906, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Lake County funds for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire for the carriage of passengers or goods within the County of Lake has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor.

ALBERT PITT,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 27th July, 1906.

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

J. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Treasurer.

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

SPECIAL ORDER made on the 20th day of April, 1906; confirmed on the 26th day of May, 1906:—

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in them in that behalf by “The Counties Act, 1886,” and its amendments, the Cook County Council do hereby resolve as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £1,000, authorised to be raised by the Cook County Council, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the erection of a cart-bridge in continuation with railway-bridge over Waikohu Stream, the said Cook County Council do hereby make and levy a special rate of 1¼d. in the pound on all rateable property of the Waikohu Bridge Loan District, comprising all the lands in the Schedule hereto attached; 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 a period equal to the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-six years, or until the loan is fully paid off. The rate of interest to be 5 per cent., and the cost of raising the loan to be paid out of loan-moneys.

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

W. H. TUCKER,
Chairman.

JOHN WARREN,
Clerk.

I, John Warren, Clerk, of Gisborne, do hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been made in accordance with law, and that all the requirements of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” have been complied with.

JOHN WARREN.

SCHEDULE.

Description of the Waikohu Bridge Special-rating District.

Commencing at the intersection of the Cook County boundary and the Koranga River; thence northerly and easterly by the said county-boundary to the south-west corner of Section No. 2, Block II, Motu Survey District; thence easterly to the source of the Whakapaupokihī Stream; thence northerly and easterly by the said stream and Motu River to the western boundary of Mangatu No. 4 Block; thence southerly and easterly by the western boundary of Mangatu No. 4 and the