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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

Trustee of Volunteer Drill-shed resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1893.

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

Captain THOMAS JOHN THOMSON,
Port Chalmers Naval Artillery Volunteers, of his appointment as Trustee of the Port Chalmers Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve. Date of resignation, 10th August, 1893.

R. J. SEDDON.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—

N Battery, New Zealand Regiment Artillery Volunteers.
Lieutenant Joseph Thomas Brice. Date of resignation, 6th July, 1893.

R. J. SEDDON.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Licensing of Vehicles.—By-law made by the Buller County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st August, 1893.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 311 of "The Counties Act, 1886," that so much and such parts of the by-laws made by the Buller County Council, and sealed on the 5th day of June, 1893, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the county funds for the licensing of vehicles, has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Featherston Road District, County of Wairarapa South.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1893.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

KAHAUTARA-PUKEO ROAD, FEATHERSTON ROAD DISTRICT.

Result of poll taken at Kahautara, in the Kahautara Ward of the Featherston Road District, on a proposal to raise a loan of £600 under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the purpose of forming, &c., the Kahautara-Pukeo Road:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 6; number of votes which could be recorded, 13; number who voted for the proposal, 5; number of votes exercised, 9; number who did not vote, 1.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

ALFRED MATTHEWS,
Chairman.

Featherston, 17th August, 1893.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Wairoa County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1893.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

WAIROA COUNTY COUNCIL.

THE following is the result of a poll of ratepayers, taken under the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," on the 7th day of August, 1893, on the proposal to borrow a sum of £4,000 to erect a bridge over the Mohaka River, on the Napier-Wairoa Road:—

Number of ratepayers in the Wairoa County, 353, exercising 602 votes; number of ratepayers voting for the proposal, 179, exercising 357 votes; number of ratepayers voting against, nil.

As the number of ratepayers voting, and the number of votes recorded, for the proposal is in each case a majority of the total numbers on the roll, I therefore declare the proposal carried.

GEORGE BEE,
Chairman, Wairoa County Council.

Clyde, 11th August, 1893.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Pahiatua County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1893.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

PROPOSED LOAN NO. 35, MANGARAMARAMA SOUTH ROAD.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on the 18th August, 1893, on a proposal to borrow £600, under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for formation, metalling, and bridging about 150 chains of the Mangaramarama Road, commencing at the Tiraumea Road, and extending southward:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 8, representing 11 votes; votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 8, by 5 ratepayers; votes not recorded, 3.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

SAMUEL BOLTON,
Chairman, Pahiatua County Council.

19th August, 1893.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Whakatane County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1893.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

WHAKATANE COUNTY COUNCIL.

THE following is the result of a poll taken at Opotiki on the 2nd day of August, 1893, and at Whakatane and Omaio on the 29th day of July, 1893, on a proposal to borrow £3,000 under the provisions of "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886":—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 377, representing 454 votes; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 166; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 39.

The number of votes for the proposal not being more than one-half in number of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I declare the proposal rejected.

C. J. BOCKETT,
County Chairman.

Opotiki, 18th August, 1893.