Nov. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3393

No. 1 Company, Ohinemuri Rifle Volunteers.
George Dean to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th September, 1907.

Linwood Rifle Volunteers.
James Timbrell to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 4th September, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and appointed to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by Captain ROBERT HEATON RHODES, Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers,

on his appointment as Acting-Lieutenant-Colonel to the 1st Regiment, North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers, and with effect from 11th October, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and appointed to Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by Captain GEORGE FREDERICK WEBSTER, Hokianga Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment, under paragraph 84A, General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, as Honorary Captain, Pay- and Quarter-master to the 3rd Regiment, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers, with effect from 20th August, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred to Active List (Unattached).

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of Lieutenant ROBERT JOSEPH CARTER from the Eltham Rifle Volunteers to the Active List (Unattached), and with effect from 26th October, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Lieutenant CHARLES JACOB JACKSON, Waimate Rifle Volunteers,

he having a total service to 22nd October, 1907, entitling him thereto of twenty years and fourteen days.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Notice respecting Proposed Borough of Karangahake, County of Ohinemuri.

Office of Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th November, 1907.

PURSUANT to section 175 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a petition has been presented to him praying for the constitution of the area described in the Schedule hereto as a borough under the said Act, to be named the Borough of Karangahake. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to, or petitions against, the constitution of the said borough which they may desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED BOROUGH OF KARANGAHAKE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point on the right bank of the Ohinemuri River at the junction of the main road to Paeroa with the road forming the south-western boundary of Section No. 4, Block XIII, Ohinemuri Survey District; thence across the said Ohinemuri River and along its left bank in a southerly direction to the western boundary of the Karatu Block; thence along the western boundary of that block to its southernmost corner; thence due south to a point due west of the confluence of the Waitawheta and Mangakino Streams; thence due east to the said confluence; thence by the right bank of the Waitawheta Stream to its intersection by a line running due north and south 4,300 chains east of Mount Eden Initial Station; thence due north to a point in line with the southern boundary of the Ngatitamatera Block; thence by a right line to and along the southern boundary of that block to its south-western corner; and thence by a right line to the place of commencement.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st November, 1907.

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

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Mangere Road Board, County of Manukau, making By-laws.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1907.

THE following special order, made by the Mangere Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

MANGERE ROAD BOARD.

By-laws of the Body Corporate under the Name of “The Inhabitants of the Mangere Road District” made and enacted by the Mangere Road Board.

In pursuance of the powers vested in it by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and its amendments, “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and its amendments, “The Dog Registration Act, 1880,” and its amendments, and “The Public Health Act, 1900,” and its amendments, and by all or any other statutes it hereunto enabling, the Road Board of the Mangere Road District doth hereby make and enact the following by-laws (to come into operation on the gazetting thereof), namely:—

PART I.—GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Interpretation.

1. In the interpretation of these by-laws, unless inconsistent with the context,—
   “Board” means the Mangere Road Board:
   “District” means the Mangere Road District, as defined by the New Zealand Gazette of the 18th May, 1883, page 651, and any alterations thereof which may from time to time be legally made:
   “Heavy traffic” means the transportation of any vehicle, engine, or machine which shall together with any stone, earth, timber, shell, bricks, or scoria ash being transported thereon weigh more than one and a half tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels:
   “Occupier” in respect of any premises means the person by whom or on whose behalf such premises are actually occupied, and in the case of a factory includes any agent, manager, foreman, or other person acting or apparently acting in the general management or control of such factory, and in the case of any premises not actually occupied by any person means the owner of such premises:
   “Offensive matter” includes offal, putrid or decayed animal or vegetable matter or fish, the refuse of fruit and vegetables, carrion, dead animals, and any other matter giving off an offensive odour or being in any way injurious to health: