Nov. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1571

Number of ratepayers on roll 40, representing 40 votes; number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal 23; number of votes not recorded, 17.

A majority of ratepayers, exercising more than one-half of the total number of votes, being in favour of the proposal, I declare the said proposal carried.

SAMUEL BOLTON,
Chairman, Pahiatua County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Clifton County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1892.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

THE following is the result of a poll, taken on the 11th November, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for raising a loan from the Government of £500 for reconstructing the Mimi and Waiau Bridges:—

Number of ratepayers within the special district 193, capable of exercising 270 votes; number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the proposal 46, exercising 78 votes; number of votes against the proposal, 9; number who did not exercise their votes, 112.

As the number who voted did not exercise a majority, I therefore declare the proposal lost.

A. F. HALCOMBE,
Chairman.

Clifton County Council Office,
Waitara, 16th November, 1892.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans, Bruce County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1892.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

BRUCE COUNTY COUNCIL.—LAKES DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

RESULT of poll on the proposal to borrow £750, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for the purpose of cutting a canal from Matau River to Kaitangata Lake, and up through said lake and Morrison’s Creek to Tuakitoto Lake, taken on the 4th day of November, 1892:—

Total ratepayers on roll 24, representing 39 votes; votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 23; ratepayers voting for the proposal, 14; ratepayers voting against the proposal, 3; votes against the proposal, 6; votes not recorded, 10.

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

Dated at Milton, this 18th day of November, 1892.

HENRY CLARK, Chairman.
ALEX. NELSON, County Clerk.

TOKOMAIRIRO WORKS DISTRICT.

RESULT of poll on the proposal to borrow £800, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for the purpose of constructing and metalling district road within Tokomairiro Riding, taken on the 8th day of November, 1892:—

Total ratepayers on roll 221, representing 301 votes; votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 25; ratepayers voting for the proposal, 12; ratepayers voting against the proposal, 7; votes against the proposal, 13; votes not recorded, 263.

As a majority of the ratepayers did not vote in favour of the proposal, I hereby declare the resolution to be rejected.

Dated at Milton, this 18th day of November, 1892.

HENRY CLARK, Chairman.
ALEX. NELSON, County Clerk.

MATAU DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

RESULT of poll on the proposal to borrow £850, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for the purpose of cutting a main drain and branches from Kaitangata Lake to Stirling Township, taken on the 10th day of November, 1892:—

Total ratepayers on roll 37, representing 59 votes; votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 30; number of ratepayers voting for the proposal, 20; ratepayers voting against the proposal, 4; votes against the proposal, 7; votes not recorded, 22.

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

Dated at Milton, this 18th day of November, 1892.

HENRY CLARK, Chairman.
ALEX. NELSON, County Clerk.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1892.

THE following notices of elections of Members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Hikurangi Road District, County of Whangarei:

George Buchanan.
John Hutchings Carter.
Donald MacLeod.
George Smith.
Charles Wright.

Opaheke Road District, County of Manukau:

Patrick Quane.

Kirikiriroa Road District, County of Waikato:

Charles Alfred Davis.

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely:—

Port of Invercargill.

Portion of building of wood and iron, with iron roof, situate on the Railway Reserve, Liddel Street, Invercargill, to be known as

TOTHILL’S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this tenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister acting for the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 433.]

Treaty between Great Britain and United States of America respecting Merchant Seamen Deserters.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 16th November, 1892.

THE following despatch and enclosures, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, are published for general information.

A. J. CADMAN.

For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 29th August, 1892.

My LORD,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your government, a copy of a treaty between the Governments of Great Britain and the United States of America relative to merchant seamen deserters, signed at Washington on the 3rd of June, and of which the ratifications were exchanged at Washington on the 1st August last, together with a copy of an Order of the Queen in Council, dated the 18th of August, extending the provisions of “The Foreign Deserters Act, 1852,” to the United States.

I have, &c.,

RIPON.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

TREATY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES RESPECTING MERCHANT SEAMEN DESERTERS.—[Signed at Washington, 3rd June, 1892. Ratifications exchanged at Washington, 1st August, 1892.]

WHEREAS the Governments of Great Britain and the United States of America are desirous to make provision for the apprehension, recovery, and restoration of persons who may desert from merchant-vessels of their respective countries while in the ports of the other country, and to conclude a treaty for the above purpose, the high contracting parties have accordingly appointed as their Plenipotentiaries to conclude the said treaty, that is to say,—