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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 103

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces (4th Class) :—
The Reverend Michael Joseph Furlong. Dated 14th August, 1916.
The Reverend William Skinner. Dated 17th August, 1916.
The Reverend John Achilles Rogers. Dated 23rd August, 1916.
The Reverend Harold Bayne Winsbury White. Dated 23rd August, 1916.
The Reverend George Edward Weeks. Dated 23rd August, 1916.

Unattached List (b).

Honorary Lieutenant Sydney Herbert Sargeant is granted the honorary rank of Captain (temporarily) while employed as Sanitary Inspector, Trentham Camp. Dated 1st September, 1916.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
George William Morice.
Arthur Stanley Tonkin.

Lieutenant Alan Duncan Stitt is transferred to the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment. Dated 1st February, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant William Mervyn Dawn is transferred to the New Zealand Garrison Artillery (Auckland Garrison Artillery Division). Dated 19th August, 1916.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—
Frederick James Colmer.
Reginald Gillon Christophers.
Alfred James Garry.
Arthur James Papps.
Vivian Henry Sanson.
Patrick Smyth.

Sergeant Vernon Warren Russell to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 12th August, 1916.

Hatarā Awarau (ex-Quartermaster-Sergeant) is granted the rank of Honorary 2nd Lieutenant (temporarily) while employed as a Maori Recruiting Agent, and is posted to the General-List. Dated 12th August, 1916.

John Joseph Rodgers to be Lieutenant (temporarily), vice 2nd Lieutenant Banks, on active service. Dated 21st August, 1916.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporarily) during the absence of officers on active service :—
Richard James Frewin. Dated 24th July, 1916.
Andrew Paterson, vice Lieutenant Kennedy. Dated 24th July, 1916.
George William Currie, vice 2nd Lieutenant Dalton. Dated 21st August, 1916.
James Anstice, vice Lieutenant Vercoe. Dated 21st August, 1916.
Frederick Charles Jannings, vice 2nd Lieutenant Tremewan. Dated 21st August, 1916.
William Boyd Kirkwood, vice Lieutenant Hatrick. Dated 21st August, 1916.
Frank Harding Wilkie, vice 2nd Lieutenant Hammond. Dated 21st August, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 7th September, 1916.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Awakino, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

A. M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

AWAKINO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Mangaotaki Special-rating District, in the Awakino County, taken on the 29th day of August, 1916, on the proposal of the Awakino County Council to borrow the sum of £5,440 for the purpose of completing the forming of and for metalling portions of the Mangaotaki Road, the Upper Mangaotaki Road, the Mahoenui–Kawhia Road, and for other works more fully described, and on the terms stated in the public notice published in the Te Kuiti Chronicle newspaper on the 19th and 26th July, 1916, and the 2nd and 9th August, 1916, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 10, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was nil. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 2nd day of September, 1916.

R. BODDY,
Chairman of the County.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 12th September, 1916.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Wairoa Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

A. M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

WAIROA ROAD BOARD.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and amendments, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Wairoa Road Board was taken on the 10th day of April, 1916, on the proposal of the Wairoa Road Board to borrow the sum of £440 for the construction of a bridge over the Kohi Stream, together with engineering expenses and contingencies.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 18, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was nil. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 10th day of April, 1916.

FREDERIC WILSON,
Chairman, Wairoa Road Board.

J. E. PALMER,
Returning Officer, Wairoa Road Board.

Consent under Section 298 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

IN pursuance of the power conferred upon the Native Minister by subsection (b) of section 298 of the Native Land Act, 1909, I, William Herbert Herries, Native Minister, acting on the recommendation of the Waiariki District Maori Land Board, do hereby consent to a lease of Rangiuru No. 2A No. 10 Block, containing 51 acres, situated in the Provincial District of Auckland, subject to the same restrictions and to the same requirements as to confirmation and otherwise as if the land was not subject to Part XVI of the Native Land Act, 1909.

As witness my hand this 9th day of September, 1916.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block VI, Takahue Survey District, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road in Block VI, Takahue Survey District; and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Kaitaia, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken :—

A. R. P.
0 2 0, portion of 8 E.R.; coloured purple.
2 0 20 " 8 E.R. " red.
0 1 20 " Crown land; coloured purple.
0 3 0 " 8 E.R.; coloured red.

Situated in Mangatete Parish, Block VI, Takahue Survey District (S.O. 18955).

In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 40846 (sheet 1), deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 11th day of September, 1916.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works