MAY 13.] . THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1309

Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, of the cancellation of the commission granted the under-mentioned officer:—

Timaru City Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Ernest Porter. Date of cancellation of commission, 16th April, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of Services, Volunteer Band.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under paragraph 370, Amended General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, as published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 16th April, 1908, the services of

The Milton Volunteer Band,

and to approve that they be attached to the 4th Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers, with effect from 8th April, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1908,” in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Retention of Title of “Honourable.”

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th May, 1909.

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(New Zealand.—Miscellaneous.)
Downing Street, 17th March, 1909.

My LORD,—In reply to your despatch (No. 9) of the 26th of January, I have the honour to request you to inform your Ministers that the King has been pleased to approve of the Honourable James McGowan retaining the title of “Honourable” for life.

2. A notification to this effect will be published in the London Gazette.

I have, &c.,
CREWE.

Governor the Right Honourable Lord Plunket,
K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., &c.

Holiday to be observed on 24th May, Empire Day.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th May, 1909.

MONDAY, the 24th May instant, being Empire Day, will be observed as a public holiday in the Government offices throughout the Dominion.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Holiday to be observed on Prince of Wales’s Birthday.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th May, 1909.

THURSDAY, the 3rd June next, being the anniversary of the birthday of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, will be observed as a public holiday in the Government offices throughout the Dominion.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Fixing Date on which certain Returns under “The Fire Brigades Act, 1908,” are to be furnished.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th May, 1909.

PURSUANT to section 22 of “The Fire Brigades Act, 1908,” it is hereby notified that the returns showing the total gross amount of the premiums received by or due to fire-insurance companies during the year ended 31st December, 1908, shall be transmitted to the Fire Boards concerned, in the manner prescribed by the said section, on or before the 31st day of May, 1909.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Whangamarino Road Board, County of Waikato.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th May, 1909.

THE following special order, made by the Whangamarino Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1908.”

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

WHANGAMARINO ROAD BOARD.

Special Order making Special Rate.

THAT, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges for a loan (additional) of £400, authorised to be raised by above Board, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” for the purpose of clearing off an overdraft incurred in the further metalling of roads in the Waerenga Special-rating District, the Whangamarino Road Board makes and levies a special rate of 4d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property in the Waerenga Special-rating District, with the exception of Sections Nos. 481, 499, 480, 391, 477A, 476, 398, 429, 428, 390; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of August 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. The rate of interest to be 3½ per cent. per annum.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1908.”

THOMAS LOFTUS,
Clerk.

Taniwha, Waerenga, 3rd April, 1909.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 13th May, 1909.

THE following special order, made by the Whangamomona County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” in substitution for that already gazetted on page 1183 of the New Zealand Gazette, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

WHANGAMOMONA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order making Special Rate.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” the Whangamomona 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 Whangamomona County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for felling, forming to dray-road width, bridging (exclusive of the Mangaehu Bridge), and culverting the Mangaehu Road from the end of the present dray-road formation in a continuously easterly direction towards the