Nov. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1467

Special Order made by the Kumeroa Road Board, County of Waipawa.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st November, 1892.

THE following special order, made by the Kumeroa Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

KUMEROA ROAD BOARD.

THE following special order was made by the Kumeroa Road Board, at a meeting held on the 29th day of October, 1892, viz.:

That this Board adopt “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” generally.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made in conformity with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

THOS. P. HEWITT,
Clerk, Kumeroa Road Board.

Dated at Kumeroa, this 29th day of October, 1892.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st November, 1892.

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.

RESULT OF POLL FOR PROPOSED LOAN, EKETAHUNA ROAD DISTRICT, COUNTY OF WAIRARAPA NORTH.

THE following is the result of a poll taken at the Road Board Office, Ekatahuna, on the 27th October, 1892, on a proposal to raise a loan of £125 for formation and metalling on Makakahi Road South:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 3; number of pollable votes, 3; number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal 2, exercising 2 votes; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, none; number of ratepayers who did not record their vote 1, being entitled to exercise 1 vote.

As the number of ratepayers who voted, and the number of votes recorded, in favour of the proposal are in each case a majority of the total numbers on the roll, I therefore declare the proposal carried.

THOS. PARSONS,
Chairman.

Result of Polls for Proposed Loans, Stratford County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1892.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Stratford County Council, are published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESULT of poll taken on the 27th October, 1892, upon the proposal to borrow £123, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” to erect a new culvert over Mangawarawara Stream on the Cornwall Road, and to form, grade, and metal portions of the said road:—

Total number of ratepayers on roll 3, exercising 4 votes; number of ratepayers voting in favour of proposal, 3; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 4; number of votes recorded against the proposal, nil.

I declare the proposal to be carried.

WM. MONKHOUSE,
Chairman.

RESULT of poll taken on the 28th October, 1892, upon the proposal to borrow £300, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” to form, grade, and metal one mile of the Waingongoro Road, immediately in continuation to the westward of the existing metalled portion of the said road:—

Total number of ratepayers on roll 7, exercising 7 votes; number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 6; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 6; number of votes recorded against the proposal, nil.

I declare the proposal to be carried.

WM. MONKHOUSE,
Chairman.

RESULT of poll taken on the 29th October, 1892, upon the proposal to borrow £650, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” to form, grade, and metal the Sole Road:—

Total number of ratepayers on roll 9, exercising 10 votes; number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 6; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 7; number of votes recorded against the proposal, nil.

I declare the proposal carried.

WM. MONKHOUSE,
Chairman.

Stratford, 31st October, 1892.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Salt.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 24th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1 per ton will be paid on the production of the first 500 tons of salt, exclusively either by evaporation of salt-water or from rock mined in the colony, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st March, 1893.

2. Not more than £250 will be paid for salt manufactured in the North Island, and not more than £250 for salt manufactured in the South Island.

3. The bonus will be payable in instalments of £50 as each lot of 50 tons of salt is manufactured, on the certificate of an officer appointed by the Minister of Mines that the salt is of good marketable quality.

4. In the event of more than one person manufacturing the stated quantity of salt in the North or South Islands respectively before the 31st March, 1893, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus in either the North Island or the South Island, the amount will be divided, but in no case shall more than £250 be paid for salt manufactured in the North Island and £250 for salt manufactured in the South Island.

5. The salt in respect of which any bonus is claimed and the material used in its manufacture will be examined by the officer aforesaid, who may require proof that the salt is of genuine New Zealand production, and that sales have been made at fair market prices.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Pig-iron from Ironsand or Iron-ore.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1 per ton will be paid on the production of the first 500 tons of pig-iron of marketable quality manufactured in the colony after this date from magnetic or titaniferous ironsand or iron-ore, all material, fuel, and fluxes being the produce of New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st March, 1893.

2. The bonus will be payable in instalments of £50 as each lot of 50 tons of iron is manufactured, on the certificate of an officer appointed by the Minister of Mines that the iron is of good marketable quality.

3. In the event of more than one person manufacturing the required quality of pig-iron before the date named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus, the amount will be divided; but in no case shall the total amount of money paid by way of bonus exceed £500.

4. The iron in respect of which any bonus is claimed and the ironsand or ore from which it is manufactured will be examined by the officer aforesaid, who may require proof that not only the ore, but that the lime, coal, and any other material used in the manufacture, is of genuine New Zealand production, and that sales of pig-iron have been made at fair market prices.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 15th September, 1892.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1894, the period of literature will be the reign of Queen Anne, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s King Henry V. and Lamb’s Essays of Elia.

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education,