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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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would do his best. He got through the breakers, and swam
some considerable distance, when he was observed to turn
round and sink.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Rangitikei.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th July, 1888.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Rangitikei County Council, is published in accord-
ance with “The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886.”

T. W. HISLOP.

RESULT OF POLL FOR PROPOSED LOAN, MORGAN LINE
SPECIAL RATING DISTRICT.

THE following is the result of the poll taken on the 17th July,
1888, on a proposal to raise a loan of £100, under the pro-
visions of “The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886,” for the
purpose of constructing the Morgan line of road, situate
within the Makohau Riding, County of Rangitikei:—
Number of ratepayers on the roll, 4, representing 5 votes;
number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 4; number
of votes recorded for the proposal, 5.
All the ratepayers entitled to vote at the poll having voted
in favour of the proposal, I therefore declare it to be carried.

J. W. MARSHALL,
Chairman, Rangitikei County Council.
Rangitikei County Council Office,
Marton, 20th July, 1888.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th July, 1888.

THE following notices of elections 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.

Eastern Mahurangi Road District, County of Rodney:
James Tozer.
James Snell, jun.
James Lawrie.

Tauhoa Road District, County of Rodney:
Joseph Western.
Frank Obed Oldfield.
Joel Grant.
James Stone.

Lake Road District, County of Waitemata:
George Pickering Carr.

Turanga Road District, County of Manukau:
John J. Carruthers.
John Granger.
William Page.
Charles Wade.

Taotaoroa Road District, County of Piako:
Samuel Seddon.

Pirongia Road District, County of Raglan:
Isaac Hodgson.
Arthur B. Wheeler.
Sam J. Bates.

Wirokino Road District, County of Horowhenua:
Frederick Graham Andrews.

Ngaiire Road District, County of Hawera:
George Witherington Richardson.

Waiwakaiho Road District, County of Taranaki:
Robert Bielby.
William Bleasel.
Job Hayward.

Notice of Intention to take Land for an approach Road to
Woodhill Station on the Kaipara-Waikato Railway.

NOTICE is hereby given, that it is proposed, under the
provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” to exe-
cute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of
an approach road to Woodhill Station on the Kaipara-
Waikato Railway, and for the purposes of such public
work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are
required to be taken; and notice is further given that
the plans of the said road and of the lands so required to
be taken are deposited in the Post Office, at Woodhill, and
are there open for inspection. And notice is hereby given
that all persons affected by the execution of the said public
work or by the taking of the said lands shall, if they have
any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said
public work or to the taking of such lands, set forth the
same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days
from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for
Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the said
parcels of land are more particularly delineated on the plan
marked P.W.D. 15790, deposited in the office of the Minister
for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District
of Wellington, and thereon coloured neutral tint and yellow.
As witness my hand, at Wellington, this nineteenth
day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-eight.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Reward of £10,000 offered for the Discovery of New Gold-
fields.—Amended Conditions.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1888.

REWARDS of £10,000 are offered for the discovery of new
goldfields, upon the amended conditions set forth
hereunder.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

AMENDED CONDITIONS.

1. The maximum sum offered as a reward for any proved
   discovery of a new goldfield in accordance with these condi-
   tions is £5,000 for the North Island, and £5,000 for the
   Middle Island.
2. The newly-discovered goldfield must be situated not
   less than forty miles from any existing goldfield or any
   existing workings.
3. No reward shall be payable until 50,000 ounces of gold
   have been produced from the newly-discovered goldfield
   within three years from the date of its being registered.
4. Any person discovering new gold-workings, and being
   desirous of obtaining the reward, shall immediately forward
   a written report of such discovery, with full particulars, to
   the Warden or Resident Magistrate of the district within
   which such discovery shall be situated, and the Warden or
   Resident Magistrate shall forthwith register the report as an
   application for reward.
5. No prospecting will be allowed upon Native land with-
   out a prospecting license authorising the person therein
   named, with the consent of the owner of the land, to prospect,
   in accordance with the provisions of sections one hundred
   and thirty-five to one hundred and thirty-seven of “The
   Mining Act, 1886,” inclusive.
   No reward shall be paid for any discovery that may be
   made upon Native land without the consent of the Native
   owners and the approval of the Minister of Mines.

Officiating Ministers for 1888.—Notice No. 21.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1888.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth
year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled
“The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of Officiat-
ing Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are pub-
lished for general information:—

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Daniel Murphy.
The Reverend Adrian Holierhock.
The Reverend John W. Smiers.

Lutheran Church.
The Reverend Johannes Carl Georg Thiel.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.