JULY 18.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 795

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Ross.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1889.

T HE following notice, received from the Mayor of the
Borough of Ross, is published in accordance with
"The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886."

T. W. HISLOP.

RESULT OF POLL.

NOTICE is hereby given that the poll of the burgesses of the
Borough of Ross, taken on the 6th day of July, 1889, on the
proposal of the Ross Borough Council to borrow £20,000 from
the General Government for the purpose of draining the
deep auriferous layers of the Ross Flats, as set forth in the
Ross Advocate of the 29th June, 1889, resulted as follows:-
Number of burgesses entitled to vote, 192; representing
205 votes. Number of votes in favour of the proposal, 142;
against the proposal, 21; informal, 1.
As the number of votes in favour of the proposal exceeds
half of the total number of votes which can be exercised, I
declare the proposal to be carried.

R. HIRTER,
Pro Mayor.

Mayor's Office, Ross, 8th July, 1889.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Masterton Road Board,
County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th July, 1889.

T HE following notice received from the Clerk to the
Masterton Road Board, is published in accordance
with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

T. W. HISLOP.

RESULT of a poll taken by the Masterton Road Board on the
13th instant, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £50, under
"The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the
formation and metalling of 20 chains of a road at Upper
Plain, in No. 2 Subdivision of the Masterton Road Dis-
trict:-
Number of votes exercisable, 10. Votes recorded for pro-
posal, 7; against proposal, nil; not recorded, 3.
As a majority of the number of ratepayers, having a
majority of the number of votes exercisable, voted for the
proposal, I hereby declare the same to be duly carried.

R. WILSONE,
Clerk.

Road Board Office, Masterton,
16th July, 1889.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1889.

T HE following lists of successful and unsuccessful tenders
are published for general information.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

NAPIER-PALMERSTON RAILWAY.- WOODVILLE-GORGE
SECTION. TUNNEL CONTRACT NO. 1.

Accepted.
Jones and Peters, Ashurst .. .. .. £ s. d.
2,115 6 0

Declined.
McGrath and Burke, Woodville .. .. 2,363 0 0
A. O'Mara, Woodville .. .. .. 3,636 6 0
A. Peebles, Woodville .. .. .. 3,883 1 4

NAPIER-PALMERSTON RAILWAY.---WOODVILLE-GORGE
SECTION. TUNNEL CONTRACT NO. 2.

McGrath and Burke, Woodville .. .. Accepted.
£ s. d.
1,972 0 0

Declined.
Jones and Peters, Ashurst .. .. 2,022 3 4
A. O'Mara, Woodville .. .. 3,042 19 0
L. Manghan, Halcombe .. .. 3,628 0 10
Contracts Nos. 1 and 2, J. Saunders and Co., Wellington,
withdrawn.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1888.

IN N pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1890, the period of litera-
ture will be the latter half of the Eighteenth Century, and
the special books will be Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice
and Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield.

GEO. FISHER.

Notice to Mariners, No. 18 of 1889.

DIRECTIONS FOR CLEARING TORY SHOAL, KAIPARA.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 17th July, 1889.

N OTICE is hereby given that, owing to the Tory Shoal,
when in the vicinity of the shoal, keep the beacons on the
high land on the North Head open to the north-westward
until the shoal is passed, when the beacons may again be
kept in line.

THOS. FERGUS,
(For the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.)

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

"T E 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 i nga
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 Whaka-
haere 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 Rèiti i nga
Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882," kia
utua nga reiti e meingatia ana ki 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 kia ia tangata ki ia tangata
hoki o koutou nga tangata na ratou aua whenua kia utua e
koutou aua reiti a te 31 o nga ra o Hurae, 1889, 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 whakaatu-
ranga kei te Kupu Apiti.

KUPU APΙΤΙ.

| Te Ingoa o te Poari Takiwa. | Te Tari o te Poari Takiwae
utua ai nga Moni Reiti. |
|---|---|
| Rori Poata o Picton .. .. | Tuamarina. |

He mea tuhi nei toku ingoa i tenei te 17 o Hurae, 1889.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o te Koroni.

[TRANSLATION.]

"T HE Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882," and
the Amendments 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 under-
signed 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 31st July, 1889 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.