Aug. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1245

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Mauriceville Road District, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1893.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

MAURICEVILLE ROAD BOARD.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on Monday, the 7th day of August, 1893, upon a proposal to borrow £250, under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the purpose of completing the formation and bridges on the Mount Bruce Road:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 9, representing 1 vote each; number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 5; number of votes unrecorded, 4.

I hereby declare the above proposal carried.

CHARLES FORSBERG,
Mauriceville, 8th August, 1893.
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Parihaka Road District, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1893.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

PARIHAKA ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of poll taken in Mr. Adlam's house, Warea East Road, on Thursday, 3rd August, 1893, re proposal to raise a loan of £600 under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the purpose of forming and metalling the Warea East Road:—

Number on special roll 21, representing 21 votes; for the proposal, 12; against the proposal, 0.

I therefore declare the above proposal carried.

T. McGLOIN,
Chairman.
Parihaka Road Board Office,
Rahotu, 12th August, 1893.

Coroner resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th August, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

JOHN SMYTH FLEMING, Esq.,
of Balclutha, of his appointment as a Coroner for the colony.

W. P. REEVES.

Notice to Mariners, No. 33 of 1893.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 12th August, 1893.

THE Waimakariri Harbour Board has given notice that the bar at the mouth of the Waimakariri River has shifted to the north a distance of a mile and a half, being to the northward of the signal-staff. The Board states that owing to the freshets and heavy break the pilot has been unable to take soundings, but that the channel is perfectly safe for vessels drawing 7ft. of water.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Notice to Mariners, No. 34 of 1893.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 12th August, 1893.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

INNER ROUTE TO TORRES STRAIT.—DANGER OFF No. 2 CLAREMONT ISLAND.

THE danger reported in May last to exist off No. 2 Claremont Island, and notified in Notice No. 18 from this department, has been found and examined by Captain Heming, of H.M.S. "Paluma," who reports as follows: "The danger is small in extent, and has 13ft. over it at low-water springs.

It lies with the north extreme of Hannah Islet (No. 2 Claremont) bearing E. by S. ½ S., distant 2 miles."

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 26th July, 1892.

Deferred-payment License forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st August, 1893.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned license was forfeited, by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, on the 25th February, 1892.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 102, Block VI., Mangahao Survey District, held by Charles Edward Townson.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Native School Site at Te Pupuke.

Education Department,
Wellington, 10th August, 1893.

THE following report of the person appointed by His Excellency the Governor, under the provisions of "The Native Schools Sites Act, 1880," to ascertain the title of certain Natives to land at Te Pupuke, in the County of Whangaroa, appropriated by them for the site of a school, having been adopted by His Excellency, is published in accordance with the said Act.

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

REPORT UNDER "THE NATIVE SCHOOLS SITES ACT, 1880."

HIS Excellency the Governor having been pleased, under the provisions of the above-recited Act, to appoint me to ascertain the title of certain Natives to a piece of land situate at Te Pupuke, in the County of Whangaroa, and containing 3 acres 1 rood, appropriated by them as a school-site, I respectfully beg to report,—

1. I gave notice in the Northern Luminary newspaper that I would hold an inquiry at the Courthouse, Whangaroa, on the 19th day of July, 1893, and which inquiry I subsequently postponed till Wednesday, the 26th day of July, 1893. I caused copies of the same to be forwarded to the several chiefs in the Whangaroa district.

2. On Wednesday, the 26th day of July instant, I held the inquiry notified at the Courthouse, Whangaroa, where I met the principal chiefs of the Tahawai Hapu (a section of Ngapuhi Tribe). I produced the plan of the proposed site, and explained to the Natives present the provisions of the above-recited Act.

3. Mita Hape, grandson of the late chief Ururoa, produced a letter from his uncle, Paora Putete Ururoa, the chief of the hapu Te Tahawai, consenting to the appropriation of the land specified in the survey plan as a school-site. Mita Hape then addressed the people assembled, as well as Mio Tuaauru and Paora Putete the younger.

It was unanimously agreed that the land set forth in the boundaries shown on the plan was the property of the hapu Te Tahawai, and that it should be set apart for a school-site. And I certify that, after due investigation, I am satisfied as to the ownership of the land, and that the owners consent to set it apart for a school-site, in accordance with the above-recited Act.

Given under my hand, at Whangaroa, this 26th day of July, 1893.

JAMES S. CLENDON,
Resident Magistrate.

DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND ABOVE REFERRED TO.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 1 rood, more or less, situated in Kaeo Survey District, being part of Pupuke Block. Bounded towards the north-east by the Matahuna Stream, from a point distant 38 links on a bearing N. 18° 53' E. from a peg situated 975786·3 links north and 471833·1 links west of Mount Eden Trig. Station, to a point on the said stream distant 375·8 links, and bearing N. 18° 53' E. from a peg situated 974881·3 links north and 471509·0 links west of Mount Eden Trig. Station; thence towards the south-east by a right line, 375·8 links, to the last-mentioned peg, 974881·3 links north and 471509·0 links west of Mount Eden Trig. Station; thence towards the south-west by a right line, 600 links, bearing N. 71° 7' W.; and thence towards the north-west by a right line, 789 links, bearing N. 18° 53' E., to the starting-point: excepting therefrom the portion of the Hokianga-Kaeo Road, 100 links wide, which intersects the above-described area.

JAMES S. CLENDON,
Resident Magistrate.