JAN. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 7

Your Excellency will see that the position assumed by the
Premier of New Zealand is one calculated to cause a very
great amount of inconvenience and annoyance, and I trust
that some very definite instructions will be laid down by Her
Majesty's Government for the guidance of the Governors of
the various colonies.

I am leaving to-morrow by the "Richmond," and expect
to return here within two months

I have, &c.,
JOHN T. ARUNDEL.

To His Excellency Sir John Thurston, K.C.M.G.,
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, Suva, Fiji.

Downing Street, 17th August, 1892.

SIR,—I am directed by Lord Knutsford to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 9th of May last, relating to the
grant under "The Pacific Islanders Protection Act, 1872,"
of a license for your schooner "Ivanhoe."

In reply I am desired by Lord Knutsford to point out that
under section 5 of the above Act the Governor is given an
absolute discretion as to issuing a license, and he might, if
he should think fit to do so, issue a license without consult-
ing his Ministers. But, in the case of a colony with Respon-
sible Government, the Governor would, in Lord Knutsford's
opinion, be right in consulting his Ministers, and in acting
upon their advice. Such a course is consistent with the
principles now well established as governing the relations
between the Governor and his Responsible Ministers.

Lord Knutsford has communicated copies of this corre-
spondence to the Governors of the Australasian Colonies.

I have, &c.,
JOHN BRAMSTON.

J. Arundel, Esq.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Mackenzie.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1892.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Mackenzie County Council, is published in accord-
ance with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

MACKENZIE COUNTY COUNCIL.—ASHWICK FLAT SUBDIVISION
OF THE FAIRLIE WATER DISTRICT.

The following is the result of a poll taken at the Ashwick
Flat Schoolhouse, on the 17th day of December, 1892, on the
proposal to borrow £1,500, under "The Government Loans to
Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the purpose of constructing
water-races in the Ashwick Flat Subdivision of the Fairlie
Water District:—

Number of ratepayers within the special district 15, cap-
able of exercising 15 votes; number of ratepayers who voted
in favour of the proposal 8, exercising 8 votes; number of
votes against the proposal, 0; number of ratepayers who did
not exercise their votes, 7.

As a majority of the ratepayers within the special district
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 Fairlie, this 19th day of December, 1892.

JAMES I. MILNE,
Chairman, Mackenzie County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Collingwood.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1892.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Collingwood County Council, is published in ac-
cordance with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

UNDER the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1886," and "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act,
1886," I hereby give notice that, at a poll taken this 8th
day of October, 1892, on the proposal to raise a loan of
£2,000, the following was the result:—

Total ratepayers 274, exercising 296 votes; for 159, exer-
cising 176 votes; against 2, exercising 2 votes; informal 1,
exercising 1 vote.

As a majority of ratepayers, exercising a majority of votes,
have voted in favour of the proposal, I hereby declare it to
be duly carried.

Dated at Takaka, this 17th day of October, 1892.

W. C. RILEY,
County Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loans, Waimata Road Board, County of Cook.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1892.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of
the Waimata Road Board, are published in accordance
with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

WAIMATA ROAD DISTRICT BOARD.—WAIMATA RIVER SPECIAL
DISTRICT.

It is hereby notified that, at a poll taken on the 19th Decem-
ber, 1892, upon a proposal to borrow an additional sum of
£800, in terms of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," for
the purpose of completing the construction of a road from a
point of the county road, Waimata, known as "The Cabstand,"
to the boundaries of Sections 26 and 27, Whataupoko G, the
following was the result:—

Number of ratepayers on roll of special district 4, exer-
cising 11 votes; number of ratepayers who voted in favour
of proposal 4, exercising 11 votes.

As all the ratepayers of the special district voted in favour
of the proposal, I declare the same to have been carried.

JOHN TOMBLESON,
Gisborne, 21st December, 1892.
Chairman.

WAIMATA ROAD DISTRICT BOARD.—WAIMATA SOUTH SPECIAL
DISTRICT.

It is hereby notified that, at a poll taken on the 19th Decem-
ber, 1892, upon a proposal to borrow £800, in terms of "The
Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," for the purpose of construct-
ing a dray-road from the head of Pouawa Valley for a distance
of 3 miles 12 chains, the following was the result:—

Number of ratepayers on roll of special district 1, exer-
cising 5 votes; number of ratepayers who voted in favour of
the proposal 1, exercising 5 votes.

I therefore declare the proposal to have been carried.

JOHN TOMBLESON,
Gisborne, 21st December, 1892.
Chairman.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1892.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Kumeroa Road Board, is published in accordance
with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

KUMEROA ROAD BOARD.

The following is the result of a poll taken at Kumeroa on
the 27th December, 1892, upon a proposal to raise a loan of
£600, under "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," for the
purpose of forming, metalling, and bridging a portion of the
Totara Road:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll 6, representing 7
votes; number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal 5,
representing 6 votes; number of ratepayers who voted
against the proposal, nil; number of ratepayers who did not
exercise their votes 1, being entitled to 1 vote.

A majority in number of the ratepayers, exercising more
than one-half of the total number of votes exercisable,
having voted in favour of the proposal, I therefore declare
the said proposal to be duly carried.

P. H. LYNCH,
Chairman, Kumeroa Road Board.

Kumeroa, 28th December, 1892.

Special Order made by the Masterton Road Board, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1892.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER, MADE BY THE BOARD OF THE MASTERTON
ROAD DISTRICT, STRIKING A SPECIAL RATE UNDER "THE
LOCAL BODIES' LOANS ACT, 1886."

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it for that
purpose the Board of the Masterton Road District resolves
as follows:—

That, for the purpose of meeting interest and annual
charges on a loan of £300, raised under "The Local Bodies'
Loans Act, 1886," for formation and bridge-building on the
Kiriwhakapapa Road, a special rate of 1/10d. in the pound
be made on the rateable value for the time being of Sections