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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

to raise a loan of £4,500 for a water-supply, 107 voters, representing 169 votes, voted for the proposal, and 16 voters, representing 20 votes, voted against the proposal. As 125 voters and 177 votes were required to carry the proposal, I hereby declare it to have been rejected.

W. J. KIRK,
Chairman, Petone Town Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Vincent.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1887.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Vincent County Council, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

VINCENT COUNTY COUNCIL.—NOTICE UNDER SECTION 39 OF “THE LOCAL BODIES’ LOANS ACT, 1886.”

NOTICE is hereby given that, at a poll of the ratepayers of the Vincent County, held in accordance with the above Act, on Saturday, the 14th day of May, 1887, on the proposal of the said Council to borrow the sum of £3,000 under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” the following result accrued:—

Number of ratepayers entitled to vote, 991; entitled to record, 1,088 votes.
Votes recorded for the proposal .. .. 462
Number of ratepayers that recorded their votes in favour of proposal .. .. 380
Votes against .. .. .. 7
Number of ratepayers that recorded their votes against the proposal .. .. 7
Informal votes .. .. .. 4

And whereas a majority in number of the ratepayers did not vote in favour of the above proposal, now, therefore, in accordance with section 39 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” I declare the said proposal to be rejected.

W. FRASER,
Chairman, Vincent County Council,
Vincent County Office, Clyde, 25th May, 1887.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Upper Wangaehu Road District, County of Wanganui.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1887.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Upper Wangaehu Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Mangamahu, 9th April, 1887.

SIR,—I have the honour herewith to forward you the following notice for insertion in the Gazette:—

RESULT of poll on proposal to borrow £2,000 for the Upper Wangaehu Road District, held the 7th March, 1887:—

Total number of ratepayers on roll, 15; representing 43 votes.
Votes recorded for proposal .. .. 25
Number of ratepayers voting for the proposal .. .. .. 10
Votes against .. .. .. Nil.
Number of ratepayers voting against the proposal .. .. .. Nil.
Informal .. .. .. Nil.
Votes not recorded .. .. .. 18

As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to more than one-half of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I do hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated this 9th day of April, 1887.

ALEX. HIGGIE,
Chairman.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Clive Road District, County of Hawke’s Bay.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th June, 1887.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Clive Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

CLIVE ROAD BOARD.

PROPOSAL to borrow £3,000 for the construction of a road from the Tukituki Bridge to Mr. Lushmen’s Tukituki Station :—

I, Frederick Sutton, Chairman of the Clive Road Board, do hereby notify that the result of the poll, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” is as follows:—

Voters voting in favour of proposal .. 106
Voters voting against proposal .. 2
Total number of voters on the roll .. 161
Majority in favour of the proposal .. 24
Votes recorded in favour of proposal .. 164
Votes recorded against proposal .. 5
Total number of votes exercisable .. 245
Majority of votes in favour of proposal .. 41

I therefore declare the proposal is carried by an absolute majority of the votes and voters entitled to poll.

F. SUTTON,
Chairman, Clive Road Board.

27th May, 1887.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Inangahua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th June, 1887.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Inangahua County Council, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies Loans’ Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

INANGAHUA COUNTY COUNCIL.—PUBLIC NOTICE.

IN accordance with section 39 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that the following is the result of the poll of the ratepayers taken in the County of Inangahua on the 21st May, 1887, on the proposal to raise a loan of £5,890 under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886:”—

For the proposal .. .. .. 436
Against the proposal .. .. .. Nil.
Total number of votes as appearing on the rolls, 681.

A majority of the ratepayers having voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting being entitled to more than one-half in number of the votes which can be exercised, I therefore declare the proposal carried.

JOHN C. CRAIG,
Chairman.

Special Order made by Hobson County Council.—Adopting “Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 1887.

THE following special order, made by the Hobson County Council, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER made by Hobson County Council, adopting “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” at a Meeting of the Council on the 25th day of May, 1887.

RESOLVED, That this Council hereby adopts “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” generally, for the purpose of obtaining from time to time money, by way of loan, for the construction of public works and for other purposes in terms of the said Act.

I hereby certify that the special order adopting “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” has been made in accordance with the law.

FREDK. L. BEART,
Clerk, Hobson County Council.

Council Office, 26th May, 1887.

Bonus for Canned and Cured Fish for Export.

Treasury Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that bonuses under “The Fisheries Encouragement Act, 1885,” as set forth in the following sections (Nos. 8, 9, and 10) of that Act, will be paid subject to the conditions named therein, and in the regulations contained in the Order in Council of even date herewith.

JULIUS VOGEL.

8. In order to encourage the production and curing of fish for export, the Colonial Treasurer shall during the next seven years after the passing of this Act, without further appropriation by Parliament, pay out of the Consolidated Fund to any person who shall prepare canned and cured fish for export, and actually export the same from the colony, a bonus or bonuses upon the quantity of canned and cured fish prepared and exported by such person as hereinafter mentioned, that is to say,—

(1.) In respect of the first 200 tons avoirdupois of fish canned with or without oil, the sum of 1d. per pound,