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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

Territorial Force Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1910.

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

3rd Battalion, Wellington (East Coast) Rifles.
Major (Acting Lieut.-Colonel) James Hislop to be Lieut.-Colonel. Date of commission, 1st June, 1910.

4th Regiment, Wellington (East Coast) Mounted Rifles.
Major (Acting Lieut.-Colonel) Andrew Hamilton Russell to be Lieut.-Colonel. Date of commission, 1st June, 1910.

New Zealand Medical Corps.
Major William Henry Parkes, M.B. (Principal Medical Officer, Auckland Military District), to be Lieut.-Colonel. Date of commission, 1st September, 1910.

Stratford Mounted Rifles.
Lieutenant John Bird Hine to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd September, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Territorial Force Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1910.

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

No. 2 Company, Wellington Division, New Zealand Garrison Artillery.
Lieutenant Richard Price. Date of resignation, 22nd July, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Principal Medical Officer, Wellington Military District, appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of

Major JAMES ROBERT PURDY, New Zealand Medical Corps,

as Principal Medical Officer to the Wellington Military District, with the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, and with effect from 6th January, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Services of a Senior Cadet Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, in accordance with section 6 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the undermentioned Senior Cadet Company :—

St. Mary’s Senior Rifle Cadets,
with headquarters at Christchurch. Date of acceptance, 2nd September, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Government Offices to be closed on Monday, 26th September (Dominion Day).

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th September, 1910.

THE Government Offices throughout New Zealand will be closed on Monday, the 26th September, 1910, being the third anniversary of the date on which the Colony of New Zealand was created a Dominion.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 12th September, 1910.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

FEATHERSTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order Levying Special Rate for Moroa Water-race Loan.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments, the Featherston County Council hereby resolves as follows : That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £4,000, authorized to be raised by the Featherston County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the construction of water-races in the Moroa Water-race District as extended by a special order of the said Council made and confirmed on the 17th day of December, 1909, the Featherston County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1¾d. in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable properties situated in the Moroa Water-race District as extended by the said special order, comprising the land following : All that portion of the Featherston County bounded as follows—commencing at the intersection of the south-western boundary of Section 1, Tawaha Settlement, with the south-eastern boundary of Section 78 ; thence along the eastern boundary of the Moroa Water-race District to its intersection with the south-western boundary of the Borough of Greytown; thence south-easterly and again north-easterly along the boundary of the said borough to the Mangarara Stream; thence along northern boundary of Section 1, Uruokakite North Block, to the Ruamahunga River; thence south-westerly along the boundary of the Waipakiaka Block to its intersection with the southern boundary of Section 8, Uruokakite North Block; thence westerly along the said Section 8 a distance of 15 chains; thence along the edge of a terrace through the Uruokakite South Block to its intersection with the northern corner of Section 18, Moroa; thence southerly along the boundary of the said Section 18 to the Glenmorven Road; thence still along the edge of the said terrace southerly through Sections 4, 3, and B 12, Uruokakite South Block, to the northern boundary of Section 5, Moiki Block; thence still along the said terrace westerly along the boundaries of Sections 5, 1, and 4, Moiki Block, to the Greytown–Martinborough Road; thence south-westerly along the said Greytown–Martinborough Road to the boundary of Section 36; thence southerly along the boundary of Section 36 a distance of 95 chains; thence westerly through Section 36 to the Greytown–Martinborough Road; thence south-westerly and southerly along the boundaries of Sections 30, 29, 28, 21, 16, and 17, Tawaha Settlement, to the boundary of Section 9, Tawaha Settlement; thence westerly, south-easterly, and south-westerly along the boundary of the said Section 9; thence north-westerly along the boundary of Section 8, Tawaha Settlement, to the Hikinui Stream; thence along the Hikinui Stream a distance of 23 chains; thence westerly through Sections 21, 90, and 91 to the Te Maire Road; thence north-westerly along the south-western boundary of Section 1, Tawaha Settlement, to the commencing-point: such land being within the Huangarua and Wairarapa Survey Districts: and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, to be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of January and the 1st day of July in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six years and a half, or until the loan be paid off. The rate of interest to be 3½ per cent. per annum. The annual amount of interest and principal shall be £4 17s. 6d. per cent. per annum, payable in equal half-yearly instalments. Also that the foregoing resolution be confirmed as a special order at a meeting of the Featherston County Council to be held on the 9th day of September, 1910.

Made by the Council of the Featherston County, this 12th day of August, 1910.

ALEX. D. McLEOD,
County Chairman.

I hereby certify that the above special order levying a special rate was duly made at a special meeting of the Featherston County Council held on the 12th day of August, 1910, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the Council held on the 9th day of September, 1910.

GEO. W. COBB,
County Clerk.