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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the period as to which he has personal knowledge; and each such declarant must in his declaration state, as to himself, the place of his residence, the fact that he is a natural-born British subject and not the agent or solicitor of the memorialist, and that he makes the declaration not from information merely, but from personal knowledge, and he must specify the circumstances under which such knowledge was acquired.

5. In addition, the statements in the memorial must be further verified generally, and the respectability and loyalty of the applicant vouched for, by a declaration made in like manner by four householders who are natural-born British subjects, and neither of them the agent or solicitor of the memorialist. The declaration may be made by such declarants jointly or by each separately; but each of the declarants must in his declaration state, as to himself, the fact that he is a householder and a natural-born British subject, and not the agent or solicitor of the memorialist, the place of his residence, and the period during which he has personally known the applicant.

6. No declaration will be received which is not duly stamped with the impressed 2s. 6d. stamp of the Board of Inland Revenue.

7. The statements in the memorial and the declarations will be made the subject of independent inquiry directed by the Secretary of State.

8. The Secretary of State, if he thinks fit to grant a certificate to the applicant, will cause him to be furnished with a blank form of the certificate and oath of allegiance.

9. The applicant will then take and subscribe the oath of allegiance.

10. The oath of allegiance may be taken and subscribed—in England and Ireland, in the presence of any Justice of the Peace, or any Commissioner authorised to administer oaths in Chancery; in Scotland, in the presence of any Sheriff, Sheriff-Substitute, or Justice of the Peace.

11. The fee for the administration of the oath is 2s. 6d., payable as follows: In England or Ireland, if the oath is administered by a Justice of the Peace, to the Clerk of such Justice, otherwise to the officer administering the oath; in Scotland, if the oath is administered by a Sheriff or Sheriff-Substitute, to the Sheriff-Clerk or any of his deputies; if by a Justice of the Peace, to the Clerk of the Peace or any of his deputies.

12. The applicant will forward to the Home Office the blank certificate and the oath of allegiance which has been subscribed, together with a fee of £5.

13. The certificate will then be signed by the Secretary of State, and the certificate and oath of allegiance will be duly registered without further payment, and redelivered to the applicant.

Home Office, 24th June, 1880.

N.B.—Care should be taken that the memorial is made an exhibit to the declarations which accompany it, so as to connect together the memorial and declarations.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Ekatahuna Road District, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1891.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

EKATAHUNA ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of a poll taken at Ekatahuna, on the 30th June, 1891, on a proposal to raise a loan of £100, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for building a suspension-bridge, Hawera Road:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll 9, representing 9 votes; number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the proposal 6, representing 6 votes; number of ratepayers who did not vote 3, representing 3 votes.

As the number of ratepayers who voted and the number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal were in each case a majority, I declare the proposal carried.

WILL. B. MATHESON,
Chairman.

1st July, 1891.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Special Orders made by the Taranaki County Council.—Altering Ridings and Road Districts.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1891.

THE following special orders, made by the Taranaki County Council, are published in accordance with “The Counties Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

RESOLVED, That the boundaries of the Moa Road District be altered as follows: All that area in the Provincial District of Taranaki bounded towards the north-west and west by the Waiwakaiho Road District; thence towards the north and north-west by the Egmont and Waitara West Road Districts to the confluence of the Manganui Stream and Waitara River; thence again towards the north-east and towards the east by that river and the Makino Stream to the north boundary of the North Riding of the Stratford County; thence towards the south and south-east by that riding to the summit of Mount Egmont, the place of commencement: excepting from the above-described area the Town District of Inglewood.

Description of the Moa Riding.

The Moa Riding comprises the Town District of Inglewood and the Road Districts of Moa, Waiwakaiho, and Mangorei.

SIDNEY WEETMAN, Chief Surveyor.

Confirmed at the meeting on the 1st July, 1891.

RICHARD PRICE, Chairman.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made.

RICHARD PRICE, Chairman.

Taranaki County Office,
New Plymouth, 1st July, 1891.

SPECIAL ORDER.

RESOLVED, That the boundaries of the Waitara West Road District be altered as follows: All that area in the Provincial District of Taranaki bounded towards the north-west and north by the ocean, from the northernmost corner of Section No. 30 (Bell), Paritutu Survey District, to the Waitara River; thence towards the north-east by that river and the Manganui River to the north-east corner of Section No. 13, Block XIII., Waitara Survey District; thence towards the south by Sections Nos. 13, 11, 10, 9, 1, 2, 221, 215, 214, Waitara Survey District aforesaid, and Sections Nos. 205, 212, 204 (Huirangi District), Paritutu Survey District aforesaid, to the north-western corner of last-mentioned section; thence again towards the west by Sections Nos. 98, 55, 54, 81, 14, 12, 24, 7, 1, and 2, Paritutu Survey District aforesaid, being the line known as the Tarurutangi Line; and thence by the western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 81, 78, 77, 73, 68, 66, 67, Paritutu Survey District aforesaid, and the western boundary-line of the last-mentioned section produced to the ocean, at the northernmost corner of Section No. 30 aforesaid, the place of commencement: excepting from the above-described area that part of the Town District of Raleigh situated on the left bank of the Waitara River.

Description of Waitara Riding.

The Waitara Riding comprises the Town District of Waitara and the Road Districts of Henui, Egmont, and Waitara West.

SIDNEY WEETMAN, Chief Surveyor.

Confirmed at the meeting on the 1st July, 1891.

RICHARD PRICE, Chairman.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made.

RICHARD PRICE, Chairman.

Taranaki County Office,
New Plymouth, 1st July, 1891.