Oct. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1349

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, City of Wellington.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th October, 1892.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the City of Wellington, is published in accordance with “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

In the matter of “The Wellington City Sanitation Loan Empowering Act, 1892,” and of Part IX. of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

To the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, Mayor of the City of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, pursuant to section 13 of “The Wellington City Sanitation Loan Empowering Act, 1892,” and section 184 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” give you notice that on the 26th day of September, 1892, a poll of the citizens of the said City of Wellington was taken under the provisions of the said Acts on a proposal of the Council of the said city to borrow the sum of £165,000 by way of special loan under the provisions of the said Acts, a copy of which proposal is next hereinafter set out.

WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL.—PROPOSED SPECIAL LOAN.

In the matter of “The Wellington City Sanitation Loan Empowering Act, 1892,” and of Part IX. of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

I HEREBY give notice that the Council of the City of Wellington proposes, under the provisions of the above-named Acts, to borrow by way of special loan the sum of £165,000, to be applied as follows:—

I. As to £150,000, part of the said loan, for all or any of the purposes next hereinafter mentioned, and for no other purpose:—

(a.) The providing (in exercise of the powers given to the Council by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf) of an efficient system of drainage for the City of Wellington, whereby the sewage and drainage of the city will be conveyed and discharged direct into the sea in Cook Strait, or be dealt with under the provisions of the next subsection;

(b.) The acquisition of lands situate outside the city convenient for the collecting, utilising, and selling of sewage matter conveyed thereto under such system of drainage for agricultural and other purposes, or for disposing of such sewage matter by means of fertilising or otherwise improving the land so acquired;

(c.) The providing the cost of the connection of private premises situate within the city with new sewers and drains in cases where existing connections made by private owners or occupiers at their own expense will be interfered with;

(d.) The acquisition, in connection with such system of drainage, of lands situate within or without the city, and of any rights, easements, advantages, or appurtenances in respect of any land situate within or without the city, and of any buildings, engines, machinery, and other things;

(e.) The payment to any persons injuriously affected by reason of any of the matters or things aforesaid of such compensation as they may by law be entitled to;

(f.) Any other purpose incidental or in relation to any of the purposes hereinbefore defined.

II. As to £12,000, other portion of the said loan, exclusively for the purpose of repaying to the General Account of the Borough Fund of the Corporation the like sum of £12,000, being moneys, before the passing of “The Wellington City Sanitation Loan Empowering Act, 1892,” advanced from such account for the purpose of, and expended upon, permanent drainage-works within the city, in anticipation of the raising of a special loan for providing a system of drainage.

III. As to £3,000, the residue of the said loan, exclusively for making provision for depôts for rubbish and refuse, and for erecting retaining-walls within the portion of the harbour which the Corporation is authorised to reclaim from the sea.

And I further give notice that the Council proposes to establish a sinking fund of £1,650 per annum, during the currency of the loan, for or towards repayment of such loan at its maturity; and to pledge a special rate of 1s. in the pound on all rateable property within the city as security for the interest on such loan, and for the purpose of providing such sinking fund, such special rate to be made and struck (by special order) previously to the receipt by the Corporation of any part of the loan-money; and so much of such rate to be levied year by year, during the currency of the loan, as shall be sufficient to provide such interest and sinking fund as aforesaid. Such special rate to be, and remain permanently and exclusively, appropriated to the purposes of such interest and sinking fund.

Dated this 17th day of August, 1892.

F. H. D. BELL,
Mayor.

And I also give you notice that the number of votes recorded upon the taking of the said poll for and against the said proposal was as follows: For the proposal, 2,355 votes; against the proposal, 660 votes; total, 3,015 votes; majority for the proposal, 1,695. And, it being provided by the first above-named Act that the said proposal was to be deemed carried or rejected upon a majority of the votes given on the taking of the said poll, I hereby further give you notice that the said proposal of the Council of the City of Wellington was duly carried upon the taking of such poll.

Dated this 4th day of October, 1892.

F. H. D. BELL,
Mayor.

A.

FORM OF VOTING-PAPER FOR SPECIAL LOAN.—Proposal to raise a Special Loan, upon which a Poll will be taken upon the 26th day of September, 1892.—Wellington City Council.—Proposed Special Loan.

In the matter of “The Wellington City Sanitation Loan Empowering Act, 1892,” and of Part IX. of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

I HEREBY give notice that the Council of the City of Wellington proposes, under the provisions of the above-named Acts, to borrow by way of special loan the sum of £165,000, to be applied as follows:—

1. As to £150,000, part of the said loan, for all or any of the purposes next hereinafter mentioned, and for no other purpose:—

(a.) The providing (in exercise of the powers given to the Council by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf) of an efficient system of drainage for the City of Wellington, whereby the sewage and drainage of the city will be conveyed and discharged direct into the sea in Cook Strait, or be dealt with under the provisions of the next subsection;

(b.) The acquisition of land situate outside the city convenient for the collecting, utilising, and selling of sewage matter conveyed thereto under such system of drainage for agricultural and other purposes, or for disposing of such sewage matter by means of fertilising or otherwise improving the lands so acquired;

(c.) The providing the cost of the connection of private premises situate within the city with new sewers and drains in cases where existing connections made by private owners or occupiers at their own expense will be interfered with;

(d.) The acquisition, in connection with such system of drainage, of lands situate within or without the city, and of any rights, easements, advantages, or appurtenances in respect of any land situate within or without the city, and of any buildings, engines, machinery, and other things;

(e.) The payment to any persons injuriously affected by reason of any of the matters or things aforesaid of such compensation as they may by law be entitled to;

(f.) Any other purpose incidental or in relation to any of the purposes hereinbefore defined.

II. As to £12,000, other portion of the said loan, exclusively for the purpose of repaying to the General Account of the Borough Fund of the Corporation the like sum of £12,000, being moneys, before the passing of “The Wellington City Sanitation Loan Empowering Act, 1892,” advanced from such account for the purpose of, and expended upon, permanent drainage-works within the city, in anticipation of the raising of a special loan for providing a system of drainage.

III. As to £3,000, the residue of the said loan, exclusively for making provision for depôts for rubbish and refuse, and for erecting retaining-walls within the portion of the harbour which the Corporation is authorised to claim from the sea.

And I further give notice that the Council proposes to establish a sinking fund of £1,650 per annum, during the currency of the loan, for or towards repayment of such loan at its maturity; and to pledge a special rate of 1s. in the pound on all rateable property within the city as security for the interest on such loan, and for the purpose of providing such sinking fund, such special rate to be made and struck (by special order) previously to the receipt by the Corporation of any part of the loan-money; and so much of such rate to be levied year by year, during the currency of the loan, as shall be sufficient to provide such interest and sinking fund, such special rate to be made and struck (by special order) previously to the receipt by the Corporation of any part of the loan-money; and so much of such rate to be levied year by year, during the currency of the loan, as shall be sufficient to provide such interest and