May 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 563

Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of forming and metalling part of Mauriceville West Road :—
Number of ratepayers on special roll 27, representing 27 votes; 16 ratepayers, representing 16 votes, voted for the proposal; 10 ratepayers, representing 10 votes, unrecorded; 1 vote informal.
As a majority of voters and votes is in favour of the proposal, I therefore declare the poll carried.
GUNDER GUNDERSEN,
Chairman.
Mauriceville, 12th May, 1891.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Manganui Road District, County of Stratford.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1891.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Manganui Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”
P. A. BUCKLEY.

MANGANUI ROAD BOARD.
THE following is the result of a poll taken on the 9th May, 1891, on a proposal to raise a loan of £1,200, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and amendments, for the purpose of (a) forming, grading, and metalling a portion of the Salisbury Road from the Beaconsfield Road; (b) to expend £25 in forming the cross-road.
Number of ratepayers on the roll, 30; number of votes exercisable, 30; number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 16; number of ratepayers who voted against, nil; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 16; number of votes recorded against, nil.
As a majority in number of the ratepayers have voted in favour of the proposal, and the numbers so voting are entitled to more than one-half in number of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I hereby declare the resolution carried.
G. CAPPER,
Chairman.

Despatch. — Termination of Commercial Convention with Spain.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 1891.
THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 6th February, 1891.
SIR,—With reference to my predecessors’ circular despatches of the 10th of June and 20th of August, 1886, I have the honour to inform you that the Spanish Ambassador at this Court has given notice, on behalf of his Government, to terminate the Commercial Convention of the 26th of April, 1886, between Great Britain and Spain, which will accordingly expire on the 30th of June, 1892.
I have, &c.,
KNUTSFORD.
The Officer Administering the Government of
New Zealand.

Notice to Mariners, No. 19 of 1891.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th May, 1891.
THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.
JOHN MCKENZIE,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

TORRES STRAIT.—DEPTH OF WATER ON MID AND QUETTA ROCKS.
NOTICE is hereby given that Lieutenant George Pirie, R.N., commanding H.M. surveying-vessel “Paluma,” reports as follows concerning the above rocks, viz. :—
Mid Rock has a depth of 7ft. over it at low-water spring-tides, instead of 16ft. as hitherto charted.
Quetta Rock has a depth of 9ft. at low-water spring-tides, instead of 16ft. as hitherto charted.
T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 18th December, 1890.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1891.
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.

Matakana West Road District, County of Rodney :
John Greaves Derecourt.
Septimus Meiklejohn.
William Smith.

Wainui Road District, County of Waitemata :
Alexander J. Hatfield, jun.
Andrew Jack, jun.
Edward Scott.

Mount Wellington Road District, County of Eden :
Lieut.-Colonel Charlton Dawson.
Henry Pilkington.
Adam Kay.

Otahuhu Road District, County of Manukau :
James Atkinson.
Howard Hutton.

Pukekohe West Road District, County of Manukau :
James Graham.
Robert F. Webster.
Thomas Wilkinson.

Papatoitoi Road District, County of Manukau :
Robert Carruth.
John Wyllie.
George Scott.

Mangare Road District, County of Manukau :
Gabriel Smith.
Robert Wallace.
Andrew Anderson.

East Tamaki Road District, County of Manukau :
Robert Stimpson.
John Stoddart.
Alfred Harris.

Pukekohe East Road District, County of Manukau :
James Boyer Brown.
John A. Comrie.
William Jones.
William McKerras.
William Sharp.

Manawatu Road District, County of Oroua :
No. 3 Ward—
Alfred Allen.
No. 6 Ward—
Donald Grant.

Waikohu Road District, County of Cook :
James Orr.
Walter Wethered.

Meane Road District, County of Hawke’s Bay :
Taradale Subdivision—
Cartwright Brown.
James McMichael.
Meane Subdivision—
George Alexander McDonald.

Alfredton Road District, County of Wairarapa North :
Te Hoe Ward—
William McDonald Kebbell.

Waimate Road District, County of Hawera :
Robert Lambie.
Edward John Ellerm.
Walter Blair.
Ewen Macrae.

Ngaiere Road District, County of Hawera :
William Taylor.
Thomas Knight Worthington.

Egmont Road District, County of Taranaki :
Samuel Rundle.
Walter Bishop, jun.
Romulus Street.

Manganui Road District, County of Taranaki :
Michael Toohor.
Shafto Harrison Wicksteed.

Suburban North Road District, County of Waimea :
Samuel Neville.
Daniel Slater.
Thomas Waterhouse.

Outram Road District, County of Taieri :
Henley Subdivision—
David Thomson Shand.
Alexander Fleming.
West Taieri Subdivision—
John Bell Blair.
John Bathgate.