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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Majority of votes in excess of the half the number to which
the whole of the ratepayers were entitled, 83.
The proposals were therefore carried.
R. UDY,
Chairman, Mount Eden Road District.
Auckland, 7th March, 1887.

Result of Polls for Proposed Loans, Featherston Road Dis-
trict, County of Wairarapa South.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1887.
THE following notice of the results of polls for pro-
posed loans, Featherston Road District, are published
in accordance with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Featherston Road Board Office,
Featherston, 5th March, 1887.
SIR,—I have the honour to forward herewith, for publication
in the New Zealand Gazette, the result of polls taken under
the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," in
Nos. 5 and 6 Subdistricts of this Board :—

No. 6 SUBDISTRICT SPECIAL RATING DISTRICT.

Poll taken on the 2nd day of March, 1887, on the proposal
to borrow £2,000 for the construction of a bridge over the
Ruamahunga River at Kahautara, and to levy a special rate
of three-sixteenths of a penny in the pound to meet the
repayments of such loan :—

For the proposal .. 6 ratepayers, with 22 votes.
Against the proposal .. None.
Votes not recorded .. 4 ratepayers, with 16 votes.

As a majority of the number of ratepayers, having a
majority of the total number of votes exercisable, voted in
favour of the proposal, I declare the same duly carried.
JOHN TULLY,
Chairman, Featherston Road Board.
5th March, 1887.

No. 5 SUBDISTRICT SPECIAL RATING DISTRICT.

Poll taken on the 3rd day of March, 1887, on the proposal
to borrow £500 for the formation of roads in such special
rating district :—

For the proposal .. 2 ratepayers, with 2 votes.
Against the proposal .. 5 ratepayers, with 16 votes.

As a majority of the total number of ratepayers, having a
majority of the total number of votes, did not vote in favour
of the proposal, I declare the same rejected.
JOHN TULLY,
Chairman, Featherston Road Board.
5th March, 1887.
The Hon the Colonial Secretary.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouses.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this
purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and
Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke and annul
the appointment of the under-mentioned warehouses for the
reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused
without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof,
namely,—

Port of Nelson.

The warehouse known as

SCLANDERS AND CO'S. BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner's Order No.
89, of the 1st March, 1876.

Port of Kaipara.

The warehouse known as

MITCHELSON'S BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner's Order No.
110, of the 6th July, 1878.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eighth
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-seven.
JULIUS VOGEL,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner's Order No. 260.]

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this
purpose vested by "The Customs Laws Consolidation
Act, 1882," I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do
hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse
to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond,
namely,—

Port of Nelson.

A two-storey building, constructed of wood and iron, situ-
ated on reclamation near Railway Wharf, Nelson, to be
known as

SCLANDERS AND CO.'S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eleventh
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-seven.
JULIUS VOGEL,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner's Order No. 261.]

Recorders under "The Native Land Court Act, 1886," ap-
pointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1887.
HIS Excellency the Governor has, under powers con-
ferred by section 15 of "The Native Land Court Act,
1886," been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned Resi-
dent Magistrates to be Recorders of the Native Land Court
for the districts specified opposite the name of each respec-
tively, from the 1st instant, viz. :—

HELYAR WEDDERBURN BISHOP
The Bay of Islands Recorder's
District: All that area in the
Provincial District of Auckland
known as the Bay of Islands Re-
sident Magistrate's District, as
described in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 13, 3rd March, 1868.

JAMES STEPHENSON CLENDON
The Kaipara Recorder's Dis-
trict: All that area in the Pro-
vincial District of Auckland known
as the Whangarei Resident Magis-
trate's District, as described in
the New Zealand Gazette No. 42,
2nd June, 1881; and the Kaipara
Resident Magistrate's District, as
described in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 34, 17th June, 1886.

ROBERT SMELT BUSH
The Opotiki Recorder's District:
All that area in the Provincial
District of Auckland known as
the Opotiki Resident Magistrate's
District, as described in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 73, 12th
August, 1880.

GEORGE AUGUSTUS PREECE
The Hawke's Bay Recorder's
District: All that area in the
Provincial Districts of Auckland,
Hawke's Bay, and Wellington
known as the Napier and Wai-
pukurau Resident Magistrates'
Districts, as described in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 19, 14th
February, 1884.

JAMES BOOTH
The Poverty Bay Recorder's
District: All that area in the
Provincial Districts of Auckland
and Hawke's Bay known as the
Waiapu Resident Magistrate's
District, as described in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 44, 17th
May, 1877; and the Poverty Bay
and the Wairoa Resident Magis-
trates' Districts, as described in
the New Zealand Gazette No. 78,
12th August, 1880.

SPENCER WILLIAM VON STURMER
The Wairarapa Recorder's Dis-
trict: All that area in the Pro-
vincial District of Wellington
known as the Wairarapa Resident
Magistrate's District, as described
in the New Zealand Gazette No.
19, 14th February, 1884.

CHARLES ALLEN WRAY
The Taranaki Recorder's Dis-
trict: All that area in the Pro-
vincial Districts of Auckland,
Taranaki, and Wellington known
as the Taranaki Resident Magis-
trate's District, as described in
the New Zealand Gazette No. 103,
11th September, 1884; and the
Patea Resident Magistrate's Dis-
trict, as described in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 103, 11th
September, 1884.

J. BALLANCE,
Native Minister.