AUG. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1195

Despatch. -"Property Assessment Act, 1879,"
assented to.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1880.

THE following despatch, received from Her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the
Colonies, is published for general information.
THOMAS DICK.

(No. 9.) Downing Street, 31st May, 1880.

SIR, -I have the honor to inform you that Her
Majesty will not be advised to exercise her power of
disallowance with respect to the Act of the Legis-
lature of New Zealand entitled "An Act to regulate
the Assessment of Real and Personal Property for
the purposes of Taxation" (43 Vict, No. 17), a
transcript of which accompanied your Despatch No.
85, of the 20th December last.

I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.

The Officer Administering the
Government of New Zealand.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th August, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization, under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz. :-

Name. Occupation. Residence.
John Wilson Hairdresser... Dunganville.
Peter Peterson Carpenter Windsor.

THOMAS DICK.

Abstract of Portobello Cemetery Accounts.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1880.

THE following abstract of accounts of the Porto-
bello Cemetery, County of Peninsula, is pub-
lished in accordance with "The Otago Cemetery
Reserves Management Ordinance, 1864."

THOMAS DICK.

ABSTRACT of ACCOUNTS for the Year ending the
31st March, 1880.

1879. INCOME.
      April 1. Deposited in Bank of New Zealand £ 25 0 0
      " Cash in Treasurer's hand 15 19 9
      " Ground sold for interments (3rd June,
      1879, to 5th January, 1880)... 8 8 0
      " Rent of office from Portobello Road
      Board, 10s.; insurance, 9s. 0 19 0

1880. Feb. 18. Interest for £25 in Bank 1 12 5
      £51 1 2

1881. EXPENDITURE.
      Thomas Bates, day labour (10th May,
      1879, to 17th February, 1880) £ 15 7 0
      May 29. William Martin, trees 3 3 6
      Sept. 3. Grass seed and clover 1 0 0

1882. Insurance 0 9 0
      Jan. 5. Printed rules 1 10 0
      Cash in Bank 25 0 0
      Cash in Treasurer's hand 4 11 8
      £51 1 2

JOSEPH YOUNG,
Treasurer.

I hereby certify that I have examined the books,
and found them correct.
JOHN JAMES MCAULEY.

The above statement is, to the best of my belief
and knowledge, true in every particular; and I make
this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the
same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The
Justices of the Peace Act, 1866."
JOSEPH YOUNG.

Taken and declared before me at Portobello, this
26th day of July, 1880-Jas. Seaton, J.P.

Notice of Proposed Loan, Borough of Invercargill.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th August, 1880.

THE following notice, received from his Worship
the Mayor of Invercargill, is published in
accordance with section 145 of "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1876."
THOMAS DICK.

BOROUGH OF INVERCARGILL.--PROPOSED LOAN
OF £20,000.

In accordance with "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1876," I hereby give notice that the votes
recorded at a poll of the burgesses of the Borough
of Invercargill, held on the 9th day of August, 1880,
at the Municipal Hall, Invercargill, on the proposal
of the Council of the said Borough to raise the sum
of £20,000 by way of special loan as follows:-

CORPORATION OF THE BOROUGH OF INVERCARGILL.

NOTICE is hereby given, on behalf of the Borough of Invercar-
gill, that it is the intention of the Corporation of the said
borough to borrow the sum of £20,000 by special loan, to be
expended for the benefit of the inhabitants of the said borough
for the following purposes, that is to say,-

1. The construction of the following public works, that is to
   say,-

The construction of 15 chains asphalt pathway, Dee Street;
22 chains asphalt pathway, Tay Street; 49 chains asphalt path-
way, Clyde Street-in all 86 chains, 5 feet wide.

The construction of 66 chains asphalt pathway, Esk Street;
44 chains asphalt pathway, south side of Don Street; 49 chains
asphalt pathway, south side of Spey Street-in all 159 chains,
4 feet wide.

Metalling and gravelling Gala Street; metalling and gravel-
ling Forth Street; and box-drain on north side of street.

The formation and gravelling of 5 chains of footpath and
roadway in Doon Street.

The formation of roadsides and footpaths in Tweed Street,
between Clyde Street and Elles Road, and gravelling of paths.

The formation and gravelling of Ettrick Street, between
Liddel Street and Elles Road.

The formation of roadsides and one footpath, and gravelling
of one pathway in Clyde Street, between the Puni Creek and
Biggar Street.

The gravelling of part of Earn Street, both roadway and foot-
paths, between Clyde Street and Ness Street.

The gravelling of Crinan Street from Liddel Street to Elles
Road, including 5 chains formation in west end.

The formation and gravelling of Eye Street, between Ythan
Street and Elles Road.

The formation and gravelling of Tyne Street, between Conon
Street and Ness Street.

The formation and gravelling of Teviot Street, between Clyde
Street and Ness Street.

The formation and gravelling of Bowmont Street, between
Clyde Street and Ness Street.

The formation and gravelling of Liddel Street, between Find-
horn Street and Esk Street.

The construction of box-drains at the intersection of the
newly-formed streets.

The formation and gravelling of Ness Street.

The formation and gravelling of 16 chains in Biggar Street.

The construction of a bridge in Ness Street over the Puni
Stream.

The construction of a bridge in Liddel Street over the Puni
Stream.

The construction of 44 chains of asphalt footpath, 4 feet
wide, on the north side of Don Street.