JUNE 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1781

South Canterbury Battalion of Infantry Volunteers.
Lieutenant (Pay- and Quarter-master) Alfred Andrew Sutherland Hintz. Date of resignation, 17th April, 1907.

Winton Rifle Volunteers.
Captain John Francis White. Date of resignation, 15th March, 1907.

Popotunoa Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant James Begg. Date of resignation, 12th May, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Active List,
New Zealand Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 1907.

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

Lieutenant ALBERT JOSIAH GLASSON, Pukekohe Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), New Zealand Volunteers, with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 18th April, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Active List,
New Zealand Volunteers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 1907.

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

Captain THOMAS WHITE SOMMERVILLE, Hauraki Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), New Zealand Volunteers, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 29th April, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Resignation of Trustee of the Geraldine Rifle-range Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under “The Defence Act, 1886,” “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” and regulations thereunder, the resignation of

Captain JOHN ROGERSON MONTGOMERY, Active List (Unattached),

as a Trustee of the Geraldine Rifle-range Reserve. Date of resignation, 14th March, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Trustees of the Geraldine Rifle-range Reserve,
in place of Trustees resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1907.

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

Lieutenant-Colonel JOHN EDWARD HAWKINS, V.D., New Zealand Militia, Officer Commanding Canterbury District, and

Captain WILLIAM FERGUS PATERSON, Geraldine Rifle Volunteers,

as Trustees of the Geraldine Rifle-range Reserve, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Bauchop, C.M.G., and Captain John Rogerson Montgomery, resigned. Appointments to date from 8th April, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Cook County Council merging Hangaroa Road District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1907.

THE following special order, made by the Cook County Council, is published for general information.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

A Special Order made by the Cook County Council on Friday, 17th April, 1907, and confirmed at a Subsequent Meeting held on the 17th May, 1907.

RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the prayer of the petition of the inhabitants of the Hangaroa Road District, this Council does hereby order that the Hangaroa Road District be abolished and merged into the county, and the Board thereof dissolved.

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

JOHN WARREN,
Clerk, Cook Council.

I, John Warren, of Gisborne, Clerk of the Cook County Council, do hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been made in accordance with law, and that all the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886,” have been complied with.

JOHN WARREN.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th June, 1907.

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

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
For Colonial Treasurer.

HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Mangaone Loan, £2,500.—Special Order.—Special Meeting held on 11th May, 1907.

THAT, in pursuance of and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and the several amendments thereof, the Horowhenua County Council resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing interest at 4 per cent. and other charges on a loan of £2,500, under clauses 7 to 13 and 16 of the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of forming a road to connect Te Horo with Rikiorangi, known as the Mangaone Road, the said Horowhenua County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1/10d. in the pound upon the capital value of all rateable properties in the Te Horo Riding of the Horowhenua County; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable on the 1st day of June 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; and that it is proposed to pay the cost of raising such loan and the first year’s interest out of loan. This special order to be confirmed at a subsequent meeting to be held on the 8th day of June, 1907.—Adopted.

I certify the above to be a copy of the special order making special rate for loan of £2,500 for Mangaone Road.

JOHN MCCULLOCH,
Clerk to Council,

10th June, 1907.

HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Mangaone Loan, £2,500.—Confirmation of Special Order.
—Ordinary Meeting, 8th June, 1907.—Confirmation.

That the special order made at a special meeting held on the 11th day of May, 1907, for raising a loan of £2,500, under clauses 7 to 13 and 16 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the purpose of forming a road to connect Te Horo with Rikiorangi, known as the Mangaone Road, Te Horo Riding, and making and levying a special rate of 1/10d. in the pound upon the capital valuation of the whole Te Horo Riding, Horowhenua County, for forty-one years, at 4 per cent., be now confirmed.

I certify the above to be a copy of the resolution passed at an ordinary meeting of the above Council on the 8th day of June, 1907, in confirmation of the special order raising a loan of £2,500 for the Mangaone Road.

JOHN MCCULLOCH,
Clerk to Council.

10th June, 1907.