Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2727

Native Interpreter licensed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 15th October, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise

AKUHATA TAKATUA, of Torere, Opotiki,

to act as an Interpreter of the First Grade, under the provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and “The Native Interpreters Classification Act, 1900.”

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th October, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM AGATE ELLIS

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Rangitikei, vice R. H. Coltman, resigned.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th October, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM GLENDINNING RIDDELL, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wanganui, vice R. L. Stanford, Esq., S.M.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 16th October, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable JOHN LANDER

to be an Inspector under “The Factories Act, 1901.” Appointment is dated 3rd October, 1906.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Members of Kelso Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 15th October, 1906.

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

ROBERT FOSTER and
THOMAS JENKINS, Jun.,

to be members of the Kelso Domain Board, in the place of Lewis Shaw and George Goodwin, deceased.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Mackaytown Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 15th October, 1906.

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

HENRY WILLIAM GUTHRIE

to be a member of the Mackaytown Domain Board, in the place of William Hutchison, deceased.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1906.

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

Wimbledon Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Wimbledon, Hawke’s Bay. Acceptance to date from 12th September, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

School Commissioner appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th October, 1906.

PURSUANT to section 2 of “The Education Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1882,” the Education Board of the District of Wanganui has appointed

FRANK YATES LETHBRIDGE, M.H.R.,

to be a School Commissioner for the Provincial District of Wellington.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Education.

Despatch from Secretary of State for the Colonies.—Act of New Zealand Parliament assented to.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th October, 1906.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

ALBERT PITT,
Colonial Secretary.

(New Zealand.—No. 77.)
Downing Street, 23rd August, 1906.

My Lord,—I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty will not be advised to exercise his powers of disallowance with respect to the Act No. 1 of 1906 of the Parliament of New Zealand, entitled “An Act to temporarily amend the Law relating to the Public Revenues,” a transcript of which accompanied your despatch No. 38, of the 9th ultimo.

I have, &c.,
ELGIN.

The Officer Administering the
Government of New Zealand.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th October, 1906.

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

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.

WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Copy of Special Order re Loan of £1,500 to pay Waipa County Council’s Share of Construction of Cambridge High-level Bridge.

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by section 118 of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Waipa County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £1,500, authorised to be raised by the Waipa County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the share of the Waipa County Council of the cost of erecting a bridge across the Waikato River at Cambridge, the said Waipa County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 3½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property in the County of Waipa, comprising all lands included in the said Waipa County, as defined under the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886”; 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