Oct. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2633

Invercargill City Guards Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Alexander Mackenzie to be Captain. Date of commission, 1st September, 1909.

No. 1 Company, Wellington Division, New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant Clive Sommerville to be Captain. Date of commission, 30th June, 1909.

1st Regiment, Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Ernest Christie to be Pay- and Quartermaster, with rank of Honorary Captain. Date of commission, 1st September, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1909.

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

Blenheim Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant (Acting-Captain) Russell Gerald Adams. Date of resignation, 19th August, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1909.

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

Lieutenant SIMON KEIR MARTIN, Port Guards Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 1st September, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Services of Officers’ Training Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, in accordance with the Regulations for the Officers’ Training Corps, New Zealand Defence Forces, as published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 64, of the 5th August, 1909, the services of the undermentioned Officers’ Training Corps (Senior Division):—

The Otago University Officers’ Training Corps,
with headquarters at Dunedin. Date of acceptance, 4th October, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 104 (1) of “The Defence Act, 1908,” the services of the

Kaitawa Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Pahiatua, Wellington Military District. Date of acceptance, 7th October, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-law, Mauriceville County Council.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th October, 1909.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 107 of “The Counties Act, 1908,” that so much of the by-law, 1909, made by the Mauriceville County Council and passed on the 11th day of September, 1909, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Mauriceville County funds for the licensing of vehicles has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 16th October, 1909.

THE following special order, made by the Ekatahuna County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

EKETAHUNA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” the Ekatahuna County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £600, authorised to be raised by the Ekatahuna County Council, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” for the purpose of metalling the Kopikopiko Road from the Mangahao River to a point joining the present metalled portion opposite Section 11, Block XIII, Mangahao Survey District, and also a branch of the same road giving access to Sections 13 and 21, Block XIII, Mangahao Survey District, the said Ekatahuna County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Kopikopiko Road Metalling £600 Special-rating District, comprising part Section 8 (14 acres), part Section 9 (60 acres), part Section 11 (156 acres), part Section 13 (50 acres), and Sections 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, and part Section 21 (58 acres), all of Block XIII, Mangahao Survey District; and Sections 1, 2, 4, and 9 of Block II, Tararua Survey District: and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of February and 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 interest to be paid on such loan to be at the rate of 3½ per cent. per annum. The cost of raising the loan and the interest for the first year to be paid out of the loan.

The above special order was passed at a special meeting of the Ekatahuna County Council held on the 14th day of August, 1909, and was confirmed at a special meeting held on the 11th day of September, 1909.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Ekatahuna was affixed to the above special order by resolution of the Council in the presence of—

THOS. MOSS,
Chairman.

R. J. McLEAN,
County Clerk.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 20th October, 1909.

THE following special order, made by the Matamata County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.