Oct. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3141

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-
service Medal to

No. 36/1728, Colour-Sergeant JOHN DUNCAN ROBERT-
son, 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment,

he having a total service to the 22nd July, 1912, entitling
him thereto of twenty years one hundred and forty-eight
days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1912.

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

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Retention of the Title of “Honourable.”

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th October, 1912.

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

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(New Zealand.—Miscellaneous.)
Downing Street, 30th August, 1912.

My Lord,—With reference to your Lordship’s despatch
No. 107, of the 11th of July last, I have the honour to
request that you will inform your Prime Minister that His
Majesty the King has been pleased to approve of the reten-
tion of the title of “Honourable” by Mr. Thomas Mackenzie,
who has served for more than three years as a Member of
the Executive Council of the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.

Governor the Right Honourable Lord Islington,
K.C.M.G., D.S.O., &c.

By-laws of Akaroa Borough Council confirmed under the
By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th October, 1912.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed
copy of the by-laws made by the Akaroa Borough
Council on the 10th July, 1912.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm
the within By-laws No. 2, 1912, of the Akaroa Borough
Council, and declare that the same came into force on the
1st August, 1912.

Dated this 26th day of October, 1912.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

By-law of Masterton Borough Council confirmed under
the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th October, 1912.

THE following certificate has been executed on the
sealed copy of the by-law entitled “Motor-car and
Motor-cycle By-law,” made by the Masterton Borough
Council on the 16th July, 1912.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm
the above-written by-law, and declare that the same came
into force on the 1st September, 1912.

Dated this 29th day of October, 1912.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Remuera Road Board, County of
Eden.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 31st October, 1912.

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

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs

REMUERA ROAD BOARD.

THE Remuera Road Board hereby resolves that the num-
ber of its members be increased from five to nine, and
that this resolution is intended to operate as a special order
and to take effect from the date of gazetting.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been
duly passed in accordance with the Road Boards Act, 1908.

CHAS. S. WILSON,
Clerk, Remuera Road Board.

Special Order made by the New Plymouth Borough
Council altering Boundaries and Representation of St.
Aubyn-Moturoa Ward.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 31st October, 1912.

THE following special order, made by the New Plymouth
Borough Council, is published in accordance with the
provisions of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act,
1910.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

NEW PLYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Resolution passed on the 9th day of September, 1912, and
confirmed as a Special Order on the 14th Day of October,
1912.

THAT all that area in the Taranaki Land District situate in
Blocks 4 and 5, Paritutu Survey District (hereinafter styled
“the Hurworth Area”), and now forming part of the Borough
of New Plymouth, as more particularly described in the
Schedule to the Order in Council bearing date the 27th day
March, 1912 (New Zealand Gazette, page 1193), and de-
lineated in plan marked 59A, deposited in the Head Office,
Lands and Survey Department, Wellington, he added to and
merged in the St. Aubyn - Moturoa Ward, particulars of
which ward are set forth in the Schedule to the Order in
Council bearing date the 26th day of August, 1912 (New
Zealand Gazette, page 2599). That the number of Coun-
cillors to represent the St. Aubyn - Moturoa Ward so in-
creased by the addition and merger of the Hurworth Area be
one.

I, George William Browne, Mayor of the Borough of
New Plymouth, do hereby certify that the above special
order bearing date the 14th day of October, 1912, has been
duly passed.

G. W. BROWNE,
Mayor of the Borough of New Plymouth.

I hereby certify that the description contained in this
special order is sufficient to render the boundaries of each
subdivision affected capable of identification.

H. J. LOWE,
For Chief Surveyor.

New Plymouth, 23rd October, 1912.