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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 91

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Kiwitea Road District, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th December, 1891.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Kiwitea Road Board, is published in accordance with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Kiwitea Road Board.—Result of Poll.
THE following is result of poll of ratepayers on proposals to borrow £5,000 for construction of roads in the Ongo Ward of the Kiwitea Road Board District:—
Ratepayers on roll 81, representing 81 votes; votes recorded for the proposals, 57; number of ratepayers voting, 57; against, nil.
As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposals, and the number so voting are entitled to more than one half of the votes that can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I hereby declare the proposals to be carried.
THOMAS R. TAYLOR,
Chairman, Kiwitea Road Board.
Feilding, 3rd December, 1891.

Special Order made by the Pakuranga Road Board, County of Manukau.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1891.
THE following special order, made by the Pakuranga Road Board, is published in accordance with "The Road Boards Act, 1882."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.
THAT a special rate of one-twelfth of a penny in the pound be levied on all properties in the Pakuranga Road District, for the purpose of securing the repayment of a loan of £200, to be raised under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for metalling the main road from Panmure to Howick. Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for a period of twenty-six years, and to be due and payable on the 1st day of February in each year.
I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made on the 31st day of October, and confirmed on the 28th day of November, 1891.
ALEX. BELL,
Clerk, Pakuranga Road Board.

Sealing prohibited in Tasmania.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 27th November, 1891.
THE following regulation, prohibiting the taking of seals in Tasmania and its dependencies (which include Macquarie Island), has been received from the Premier of Tasmania, and is published for general information.
A. J. CADMAN,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

The Governor in Council has been pleased, in accordance with the provisions of section 12 of "The Fisheries Act, 1889" (53 Victoria, No. 11), to amend and approve of the following regulation, the same having been made by the Commissioners of Fisheries, and published in accordance with section 13 of the said Act.
By His Excellency's command.
ALFRED T. PILLINGER,
For Chief Secretary, absent.
Chief Secretary's Office,
26th October, 1891.

REGULATION.

1. The taking of seals, whether known by the name of seals or any other local name, in Tasmania and its dependencies is hereby prohibited for a period of three years from the 20th day of July, 1891; and any person committing any breach of this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

Notice to Mariners, No. 42 of 1891.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1891.
THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.
A. J. CADMAN,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

TORRES STRAIT.—Reported Reef in Western Approach to Prince of Wales Channel.
MR. FRANK JARDINE reports that he crossed an unknown reef of small extent, with apparently not more than 6ft. over it at low-water springs, whilst sailing up to Thursday Island in a lugger.
When upon it his estimated position was about five miles west by north from Quoin Point, Goode Island. Very shortly after passing over it, whilst steering southerly, the Government Residency on Thursday Island opened clear of Quoin Point. Vessels are therefore cautioned to keep the Residency well open to the southward of Quoin Point when approaching from or leaving for the westward, and to exercise great care whilst in the locality.
T. M. ALMOND,
Department of Ports and Harbours, Portmaster.
Brisbane, 12th November, 1891.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th September, 1891.
IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1893, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books will be Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macaulay's Essays on Bacon and Walpole.
W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 8th December, 1891.
IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret "The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888," in relation to the under-mentioned articles as follow:—
Note.—"Not otherwise enumerated" appears as n.o.e.; "other kinds" as o.k.; "articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony" as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
For Secretary and Inspector.
Commissioner's Order No. 403.]

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Railways.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred by "The Government Railways Act, 1887," do hereby make the following alterations in and addition to the scale of fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand railways, to come into force on and after the 14th day of December, 1891:—

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.
Soot, in bags, as artificial manure, owner's risk .. Class P.
The common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this eighth day of December, (L.S.) one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, in the presence of
JAMES McKERROW,
J. P. MAXWELL,
W. M. HANNAY,
Railway Commissioners.