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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

Secretary, Bureau of Industries, appointed.

Wellington, 19th January, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD TREGEAR, Esq., F.R.G.S., F.R.Hist.S.,

to be Secretary to the Bureau of Industries. Such appointment to date from the 1st June, 1891.

W. P. REEVES.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Norsewood Road District, County of Waipawa.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th January, 1892.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

NORSEWOOD ROAD BOARD.—RESULT OF POLL.

THE following is the result of the poll taken on the 11th day of January, 1892, on a proposal to borrow £350 for the formation and metalling of France’s Road, Norsewood:—

Ratepayers on roll, 4, representing 5 votes; number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 3; against, nil; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 4; against, nil.

As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to more than one-half the votes that can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I hereby declare the said proposal to be carried.

O. O. NORDBYE,
Chairman.

Norsewood, 12th January, 1892.

Result of Polls for Proposed Loans, Manganui Road District, County of Stratford.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1892.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Manganui Road Board, are 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 January, 1892, 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 forming, grading, and graveling the Salisbury Road from the Beaconsfield Road:—

Number of ratepayers on the roll, 34; number of votes exercisable, 34; number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 21; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, nil; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 21; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 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.

Midhirst, 9th January, 1892.

MANGANUI ROAD BOARD.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on the 9th January, 1892, on a proposal to raise a loan of £600, under the provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and amendments, for the purpose of forming and grading the Croydon Road:—

Number of ratepayers on the roll, 24; number of votes exercisable, 24; number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 13; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, nil; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 13; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 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.

Midhirst, 9th January, 1892.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 14th January, 1892.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the Thames Post and Telegraph Office Additions and Alterations Contract is published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.

Accepted.

W. G. Smith, Auckland .. .. .. £ s. d.
391 0 0

Declined.

James Macandrew .. .. .. .. 443 0 0
Messrs. Donovan and Sinclair .. .. 444 11 0
C. H. Frankham .. .. .. .. 453 0 0
James Coombes .. .. .. .. 464 0 0
Messrs. Wrigley and Matthews .. .. 467 0 0
W. Elliott .. .. .. .. 493 17 8
Robert Farrell .. .. .. .. 534 2 6
George L. Grim .. .. .. .. 536 16 8

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 14th January, 1892.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the Tarukenga Contract of the Auckland–Rotorua Railway is published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.

Accepted.

Messrs. J. McLean and Son, Auckland .. £ s. d.
28,538 15 0

Declined.

M. Fallon, Auckland .. .. .. 33,524 17 6
Messrs. Coates and Metcalfe, Hamilton .. 33,644 0 0

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.

Member of the House of Representatives elected, City of Wellington District.

Clerk of the Writs’ Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1892.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the writ issued by him on the 16th December, 1891, for the election of a Member to serve in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of City of Wellington, and by the indorsement on such writ it appears that

WILLIAM McLEAN

has been duly elected to serve as a Member for the said district.

G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

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 additions to the scale of fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand railways, to come into force on and after the 25th day of January, 1892:—

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

Copra, candlenuts, peanuts, rape-seed, linseed, sodas, and other raw material, from Auckland to Westfield, for the manufacture of oil, soap, and candles, will be charged 3s. 6d. per ton, including all charges; minimum charge, 7s.

Oil, soap, candles, soda crystals, refined tallow, and oil-cake, from Westfield to Auckland, will be charged 3s. 6d. per ton; minimum charge, 7s.

The common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this eighteenth day of January, (L.S.) one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, in the presence of

JAMES McKERROW,
J. P. MAXWELL,
W. M. HANNAY,
} Railway Commissioners.