JUNE 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 693

RESULT of poll in proposal to borrow £300, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for the purpose of cutting a main drain in Clarendon Drainage District, Clarendon Riding, County of Bruce, on the 23th day of April, 1888:—
Total number of ratepayers on roll, 6; representing 7 votes. Votes recorded for the proposal, 7; number of ratepayers voting for the proposal, 6; votes against, nil; number of ratepayers voting against proposal, nil; votes not recorded, nil.
As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to more than half the number of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of the ratepayers, I do hereby declare the proposal carried.
Dated this 15th day of June, 1888.
HENRY CLARK,
Chairman, Bruce County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Hobson.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1888.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Hobson County Council, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”
T. W. HISLOP.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan of £6,000 for Road Construction, Metalling, &c.
I, Frederick William Matthews, Chairman of the Hobson County Council, do hereby notify that the result of the poll is as follows:—
Number of ratepayers entitled to vote, 400; voters for proposal, 276; ratepayers who did not vote, 118; voters against the proposal, 18; majority in favour, 258. Number of votes that could be exercised, 514; votes for the proposal, 320; votes against the proposal, 18; votes not recorded, 176; majority in favour, 126.
I therefore declare the proposal has been carried by an absolute majority of votes and voters entitled to poll.
FREDERICK WILLIAM MATTHEWS,
Chairman, Hobson County.
Aratapu, 13th June, 1888.

Notice to Owners of Native Land under “The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882.”

“TE Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882,” me te Ture Whakatikatika i taua Ture.
Ki te tangata nana, ki nga tangata ranei na ratou nga whenua kua whakahuatia i roto i nga rooru whakaatu inga utu o nga whenua Maori, kua tukua atu nei ki nga poari takiwa e mau nei nga ingoa i roto i te Kupu Apiti ki tenei, i raro i nga tikanga o nga Ture kua whakahuatia i runga ake nei me era atu Ture katoa e pa ana e whai tikanga ana.
NOTEMEA kua tukua mai he tono ki ahau Te Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o Niu Tireni, e mau nei toko ingoa i raro iho nei, e nga poari takiwa e tetahi tangata ranei mo te taha ki a ratou, i raro i nga tikanga o “Te Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882,” kia utua nga rciti e meingatia ana kia utua i runga i nga tikanga o aua rooru mo te tau i oti atu 31 Maehe 1888:
He panuitanga tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o koutou, kia mohio ai koutou kua takoto nga rooru o nga whenua Maori ki nga tari o aua poari takiwa ko aua rooru he mea tuhi ki te reo Maori, a e whakaatu ana hoki i nga utu o nga whenua Maori kua whakahuatia i runga i aua rooru.
Na he tono tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata hoki o koutou nga tangata na ratou aua whenua kia utua e koutou aua reiti a te 30 o nga ra o Hune, 1888, i mua mai ranei o taua ra, me utu e koutou aua moni reiti i te tari o te poari o te takiwa i takoto ai aua whenua, tena te whakaaturanga kei te Kupu Apiti.

KUPU APITI.

He mea tuhi nei toku ingoa i tenei te 20 o Hune, 1888.
H. A. ATKINSON,
Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o te Koroni.

[TRANSLATION.]
“THE Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882,” and the Amendment thereof.
To each and every the owner or owners of land described in the substituted valuation-rolls of Native lands supplied to the local bodies; the names of which are set forth in the Schedule hereunder, under the provisions of the above Acts and all other Acts affecting the same or relating thereto.
WHEREAS demand having been made to me, the undersigned Colonial Treasurer of the Colony of New Zealand, in accordance with the provisions of “The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882,” by or on behalf of the said local bodies, for payment of the rates appearing to be payable under or by virtue of the said rolls for the year ended the 31st March, 1888:
Notice is hereby given to you and each and every of you that rolls of Native lands are now deposited at the offices of the said several local bodies, which said rolls are in the Maori language, and show the rateable value of the Native lands therein mentioned or described.
And you and each and every of you, the owners of the said lands, are hereby required and directed to pay the said rates on or before the 30th June, 1888, such payment to be made by you at the office of the local body in whose district the lands affected are respectively comprised, and as noted in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

As witness my hand this twentieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.
H. A. ATKINSON,
Colonial Treasurer.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1888.
THE following notices of election of Members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”
G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Matakana West Road District, County of Rodney:
Septimus Meiklejohn.
William Smith.
Thomas Williams.
Ishmael Anderson.

Opaheke Road District, County of Manukau:
Daniel Maher.
Michael Shannessay.
James Greene.

Ormond Road District, County of Cook:
George Bruce.
Joseph Hamon.
Winter John Hamon.

Mauriceville Road District, County of Wairarapa North
Peter Christian Madsen.

Eketahuna Road District, County of Wairarapa North:
Albert Wylie.

Motoroa Road District, County of Patea:
Henry John Mussen.
William Howie.
Alexander Howie, jun.
Alexander Dickie.

Waitotara-Momahaki Road District, County of Patea:
No. 1, Waitotara Subdivision—
Thomas Kells.
No. 2, Umeroa Subdivision—
John McKenzie.
No. 3, Oteka Subdivision—
Hugh Muldrock.
No. 4, Richardson Subdivision—
Walter Henry Cox.
No. 5, Ngutuera Subdivision—
Thomas William Fisher.

Manganui Road District, County of Taranaki:
Edwin Scrivener.

Pelorus Road District, County of Marlborough:
John Cameron, jun.
John Brownlee.
Arthur Wellington Dillon.