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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

notification so notified as aforesaid, the aforesaid poll-paper,
and the aforesaid resolution shall be deemed and taken to be
as valid to all intents and purposes as though the same were
regular and in form, and doth hereby declare that the pro-
ceedings relative to the publication of the said proposal, the
poll-paper, and the resolution for the special rate for the said
loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the
irregularities aforesaid.

F. G. MATTHEWS,
Acting for Clerk of the Executive Council.

Gisborne Fire District constituted.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eight-
teenth day of May, 1908.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section five of the Fire Brigades Act,
1907 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is
provided that the Governor may by Order in Council, on
the application of any Borough Council, declare the district
within the jurisdiction of such Borough Council to be a fire
district under the said Act: And whereas an application
has been made by the Gisborne Borough Council in
accordance with the provisions of the said Act, and it ap-
pears expedient to grant the said application :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said
Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby
declare the Borough of Gisborne to be a fire district under
the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointment of Trustees, Invercargill Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authority
conferred by “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands
Act, 1888,” “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees
Validation Act, 1890,” and the Defence Act Amendment Act,
1907 (hereinafter termed “the said Acts”), His Excellency
the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, the
Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, doth hereby
constitute and appoint

Lieutenant-Colonel JAMES EWART HANNAH, Retired
List;
Lieutenant-Colonel WALTER HENDERSON, V.D., Active
List (Unattached);
Major JOHN SARSFIELD MURPHY, 2nd Battalion, Otago
Rifle Volunteers;
Captain ROBERT BARBOUR MACKAY, Active List (Unat-
tached);
Captain JOHN GILKISON, Southland Mounted Rifle
Volunteers; and
Captain JAMES ERSKINE WATSON, Adjutant, 2nd Bat-
talion, Otago Rifle Volunteers,

to be Trustees of all that parcel of land in the Town of
Invercargill, in the Southland Land District, containing by
admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood 5 perches, more or less: bounded
towards the north by the reserve for public gardens, 442 links;
towards the east by Leven Street, 300 links; towards the
south by Spey Street, 413 links; and towards the west by the
Oreti Railway Reserve, 301 links: be all the aforesaid linkages
more or less: together with all buildings erected thereon: to
hold the said several premises for the purpose of maintaining
a drill-shed for Volunteer purposes, and generally for the pur-
poses of and with the powers conferred by the said Acts. And
it is hereby declared that the said Trustees shall be incor-
porated under the name of “The Trustees of the Invercargill
Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve,” and that they shall take office
as such Trustees on the fifth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and eight.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this ninth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and eight.
ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Trustees of the Stratford Volunteer Drill-
shed and Armoury Site Reserve.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authority
conferred by “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands
Act, 1888,” “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees
Validation Act, 1890,” and the Defence Act Amendment
Act, 1907 (hereinafter termed “the said Acts”), His
Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron
Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand,
doth hereby constitute and appoint

Lieutenant-Colonel EDWARD NELSON LYDEARD OKEY
4th Battalion, Wellington (Taranaki) Rifle Volunteers;
Acting-Major HARRY NORMAN LIARDET, 1st Regiment,
Wellington (West Coast) Mounted Rifle Volunteers;
and
Captain FREDERICK GEORGE KIMBELL, Active List
(Unattached),

to be Trustees of all that parcel of land in the Taranaki
Land District, being Sections Nos. 717 and 718, Town of
Stratford, and containing by admeasurement 1 rood
34 perches, more or less: together with all buildings erected
thereon: to hold the said several premises for the purpose
of maintaining a drill-shed for Volunteer purposes, and
generally for the purposes of and with the powers conferred
by the said Acts. And it is hereby declared that the said
Trustees shall be incorporated under the name of “The
Trustees of the Stratford Volunteer Drill-shed and Armoury
Site Reserve,” and that they shall take office as such
Trustees on the ninth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and eight.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and eight.
ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Trustees, Woodville Volunteer Drill-shed Re-
serve.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authority
conferred by “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands
Act, 1888,” “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees
Validation Act, 1890,” and the Defence Act Amendment
Act, 1907 (hereinafter termed “the said Acts”), His Ex-
cellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket,
the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, doth hereby
constitute and appoint

Lieutenant-Colonel ANDREW STEVENSON, Active List
(Unattached);
Captain WILLIAM HENRY NELSON, Adjutant, 5th Bat-
talion, Wellington (Centre or Ruahine) Rifle Volun-
teers;
Lieutenant WALTER CAIRNS, Pay- and Quarter-master,
5th Battalion, Wellington (Centre or Ruahine) Rifle
Volunteers;
LEONARD WHITTINGTON, Esquire, Woodville; and
ALBERT EDWARD LAURENCE, Esquire, Woodville,

to be Trustees of all that parcel of land in the Hawke’s Bay
Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods, more or
less, being portion of Suburban Section No. 43, in the Town-
ship of Woodville: bounded towards the north by other por-
tion of the said Section No. 43, 250 links; towards the south
by Suburban Section No. 42, 250 links; towards the east by
other portion of the said Section No. 43, 200 links; and
towards the west by Ross Street, 200 links, to the starting-
point: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: together
with all buildings erected thereon: to hold the said several
premises for the purpose of maintaining a drill-shed for
Volunteer purposes, and generally for the purposes of and
with the powers conferred by the said Acts. And it is hereby
declared that the said Trustees shall be incorporated under
the name of “The Trustees of the Woodville Volunteer
Drill-shed Reserve,” and that they shall take office as
such Trustees on the ninth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and eight.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and eight.
ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.