Aug. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2087

New Zealand Militia Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the undermentioned officer :—

New Zealand Militia.

Major Vere Staunton Smyth (late Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Reserve of Officers) to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Date of commission, 10th January, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment :—

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Donald Norman Watson Murray to be Captain. Date of commission, 10th June, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed to Defence Cadet Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment :—

No. 2 Battalion, Auckland Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

The Reverend John King Davis, M.A., to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 17th June, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer :—

Tuapeka Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Captain John Kinnison Smith. Date of resignation, 15th April, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Active List (Unattached).

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1908.

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

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Cowie Nichols, V.D., 1st Regiment, Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and with effect from 4th June, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under section 39, (3), of “The Defence Act, 1886,” of the disbandment of

No. 6 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Wellington Submarine Mining Volunteers),

with headquarters at Wellington. Disbandment to date from 18th November, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 39, (1), of “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of

No. 3 Company, Wellington Division, New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers (Electric-light Section),

with headquarters at Wellington. Acceptance to date from 18th November, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th August, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the undermentioned persons :—

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Council of the Borough of Onslow.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 4th August, 1908.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF ONSLOW.

Special Order.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” “The Public Health Act, 1900,” and “The Onslow Borough Drainage Empowering Act, 1906,” the Onslow Borough Council resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £1,164, authorised to be raised by the Onslow Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the construction of drainage-works for that portion of the Borough of Onslow described in the Schedule hereto and defined by the Borough Council under “The Onslow Borough Drainage Empowering Act, 1906,” as a drainage-area under the name of the Kaiwarra Drainage-area, which drainage-works have been recommended by the District Health Officer for the Public Health District of Wellington, comprising the Borough of Onslow, and approved by the Minister of Public Health, the said Onslow Borough Council hereby makes and levies (by special order), at a rate of 4 per centum per annum, a special rate of ½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of that portion of the East Ward of the Borough of Onslow described in the Schedule hereto; and that such rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of April and the 1st day of October in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-two years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land being part of Section 3, Harbour District, bounded as follows: Commencing at the most easterly point of the boundary-line between Sections 3 and 4, Harbour District (where such boundary-line meets Port Nicholson Harbour); thence in a north-westerly direction