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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Pohangina Road District, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th July, 1893.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

POHANGINA ROAD BOARD.

THE following is the result of the poll of ratepayers on proposals to borrow £4,970 for construction of roads in No. 3 Ward of the Pohangina Road District:—
Ratepayers on roll, 35, representing 36 votes; votes recorded for proposal, 20; number of ratepayers voting, 21; votes against, 1.

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

EDMD. GOODBEHERE,
Clerk to Pohangina Road Board.
Pohangina Road Board,
Feilding, 11th July, 1893.

Special Orders (2) made by the Kumeroa Road Board, County of Waipawa.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th July, 1893.

THE following special orders (2), made by the Kumeroa Road Board, are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDERS.

SPECIAL ORDERS made by the Kumeroa Road Board at a special meeting held on the 8th July, 1893:—
That a special rate of 1⅓d. in the pound be struck on Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 13, Block XVI., Tahoraita Survey District, to secure the repayment of a loan of £909 for the Mangatoro Valley Road. Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for a period of twenty-six years, and to be due and payable on the 1st of March in each year.

That a special rate of ½d. in the pound be struck on Section 4, Block XI., Sections 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9, Block XV., and Section 2, Block XVIII., all in the Tahoraita Survey District, to secure the repayment of a loan of £274 for the Otope Road. Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for a period of twenty-six years, and to be due and payable on the 1st of March in each year.

I hereby certify that the above special orders have been duly made in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

THOMAS P. HEWITT,
Clerk, Kumeroa Road Board.
Kumeroa, 10th July, 1893.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road over Land in the Wellington Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” and its amendments, that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 8th April, 1893, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by a warrant of the date mentioned therein.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 28 perches, more or less, situate in Block IV., Waitohu Survey District, and being part of Muhunoa No. 3A Block. Bounded towards the north-east by the north-east boundary-line of the said Muhunoa No. 3A Block, 25·5 links; towards the south-east by a road, 3711·8 links; towards the south-west by a road, 25·25 links; and towards the north-west by a right line parallel to the road before mentioned, 3713·6 links, to the north-east boundary-line of the Muhunoa No. 3A Block aforesaid: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated upon the plan numbered S.G. 17215, deposited in the District Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Land District of Wellington, and thereon coloured purple.

Date of Governor’s warrant, 1st August, 1892.
Dated this sixth day of July, 1893.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Bonus on Mineral Oil manufactured from Orepuki Shale.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the production of mineral oil under the following conditions:—

1. A bonus of 1s. per gallon (£5,000) will be paid on the first 100,000 gallons of mineral oil produced from shale obtained in the Orepuki district, Otago; the oil to be of a quality approved of by Government, and to be sold at a fair average market price.
2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1894.
3. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1895.
4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the recipient of the bonus.
5. The other conditions, as to quantity, priority, quality, and value, to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Prizes for Collections of Dried Specimens of Grasses and Forage Plants.—Notice No. 369.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 9th May, 1893.

PRIZES offered for collections of dried specimens of grasses and forage plants, introduced and native, prominence being given to the most useful indigenous species. First prize, £25; second, £15.

All specimens must have been gathered in the colony.
Each specimen must be mounted on paper, 18in. by 11in., and bear, if possible, both popular and scientific names, also the name of the locality where obtained.

The collections winning the prizes are to become the property of the department, where they will remain on exhibition, with the names of the collectors affixed.

All collections for competition must be delivered at the office of the Secretary for Agriculture, at the Government Buildings, Wellington, not later than the 31st March, 1894.

Each collection must be marked with a motto, and be accompanied by a sealed envelope containing a copy of such motto, together with the full name and address of the exhibitor.

The unsuccessful exhibits will be returned to the owners carriage-free.

The judges have power to withhold the prizes if they are of opinion that none of the collections are worthy of an award.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Prizes for Collections of Noxious Weeds and Insects.—Notice No. 368.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 9th May, 1893.

THE date for receiving the collections mentioned in Gazette Notice No. 365, and dated the 7th April, 1893, has been extended to the 31st March, 1894.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Prizes for Collections of Noxious Weeds and Insects.—Notice No. 365.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 7th April, 1893.

PRIZES offered for collections of noxious weeds and insects, &c.:—
Collection of noxious weeds: First prize, £10; second, £5. All specimens must have been gathered in the colony.
Each specimen must be mounted on paper 18in. by 11in., and bear, if possible, the popular and scientific name, also the locality where gathered.

Collection of insects injurious to New Zealand vegetation, and their natural enemies and parasites: First prize, £10; second, £5.

All insects must be properly set and named, also have locality tickets attached.

The collections winning the prizes to become the property of the department, where they will remain on exhibition with the name of the collector affixed.

All collections for competition must be delivered at the office of the Secretary for Agriculture, at the Government Buildings, at Wellington, not later than the 31st December, 1893.

Each collection must be marked with a motto, and accompanied by a sealed envelope containing a copy of such motto, together with the full name and address of the exhibitor.

The unsuccessful exhibits will be returned to the owners carriage-free.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.