MAR. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 415

36, 37, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, Block XIV.; 1, 2, Block XV., Huiroa Survey District. Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, and shall be payable in two half-yearly instalments, on the 1st of January and the 1st of July in each year.

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

HENRY WATSON,
Clerk.

Midhirst, 6th March, 1894.

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MANGANUI ROAD BOARD.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following special order was made on Saturday, 20th January, 1894, and confirmed on Saturday, 3rd March, 1894:—

That, to secure the repayment of a loan of £180 raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of forming and metalling the Beaconsfield Road from the Mountain Road eastwards, a special rate of 1d. in the pound be made and levied over the following properties, namely: Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, Block IV.; 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18, Block V.; 10, 11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, Block VI.; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, Block VII.; 7, 8, 9, 10, Block VIII.; 10, 11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, Block IX., Midhirst East; and Sections 4, and 15, and part 6 (20 acres), Block XIII., Huiroa Survey District. Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, and shall be payable in two half-yearly instalments, on the 1st of January and the 1st of July in each year.

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

HENRY WATSON,
Clerk.

Midhirst, 6th March, 1894.

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Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Poverty Bay Road Board, Cook County.

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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1894.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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POVERTY BAY ROAD DISTRICT BOARD.—MAKAURI SPECIAL DISTRICT.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a poll of the ratepayers within this special district, taken on the 24th instant, upon a proposal to raise a loan of £300 for the draining of certain lands in the Makauri Special District, and erecting necessary culverts, the following votes were recorded:—

For the proposal, 14 persons, exercising 24 votes; against the proposal, none. Total number on the roll, 25 persons, capable of exercising 36 votes.

As a majority of persons exercised a majority of the votes in favour of the proposal, I declare it carried.

WM. KING,
Chairman.

Makaraka, 26th February, 1894.

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Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Patangata County Council.

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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1894.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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PATANGATA COUNTY COUNCIL.

AT a poll of the ratepayers of the Oero Riding, taken on the 9th March, 1894, upon a proposal to raise a loan of £2,000 for the purpose of repairing the Oero Bridge at Patangata, the following votes were recorded:—

For the proposal, 10 persons, exercising 31 votes. Number of ratepayers on the roll 11, exercising 36 votes.

As a majority in number of the ratepayers recorded their votes in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to more than half the number of votes exercisable, I therefore declare the proposal to be duly carried.

WM. WHITE,
Chairman, Patangata County Council.

Waipukurau, 10th March, 1894.

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Result of Polls (3) for Proposed Loans, County of Hutt.

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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th March, 1894.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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COUNTY OF HUTT.—WHAREROA RIDING, NO. 1 LOAN.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 24th day of February, 1894, on a proposal to raise a loan of £250, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of forming a bridle track from Mr. Cruickshank’s gate to Wainui, on the line of road laid down by Mr. Bennett:—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 13, representing 22 votes; number of ratepayers who voted in favour, 8, exercising 15 votes; votes not recorded, 7.

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

H. Cook,
Chairman.

Hutt County Council Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1894.

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COUNTY OF HUTT.—WAINUI-O-MATA RIDING, NO. 1 LOAN.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 3rd day of March, 1894, on a proposal to raise a loan of £250, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” to form and metal a portion of the Lower Wainui-o-Mata Road:—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 36, representing 55 votes; number of ratepayers who voted in favour, 13, exercising 23 votes; number of ratepayers who voted against, nil; number of votes not recorded, 32.

As the number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal is less than one-half, and represent less than one-half of the total number of votes exercisable, I hereby declare the proposal to be rejected.

H. Cook,
Chairman.

Hutt County Council Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1894.

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COUNTY OF HUTT.—MUNGAROA RIDING, NO. 1 LOAN.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 3rd day of March, 1894, on a proposal to raise a loan of £700, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of forming and metalling a portion of Upper Whiteman’s Valley Road and a portion of Park’s Line:—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 45, representing 60 votes; number of ratepayers who voted in favour, 12, exercising 16 votes; number of ratepayers who voted against, 13, exercising 16 votes; number of votes not recorded, 28.

As the number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal is less than one-half, and represent less than one-half of the total number of votes exercisable, I hereby declare the proposal to be rejected.

H. Cook,
Chairman.

Hutt County Council Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1894.

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Volunteer Cadet Corps disbanded.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the Kumara School Rifle Cadet Volunteers being disbanded, as from the 5th December, 1893.

The following gentleman therefore ceases to be an officer in the New Zealand Volunteer Force, his commission having lapsed under clause 51, Volunteer Regulations, 1889:—

ROBERT EGLESFIELD WYLDE, late Captain.

W. P. REEVES,
For Defence Minister.

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Civil Service Senior Examination.

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Education Department,
Wellington, 21st September, 1893.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1895, the period of literature will be the latter end of the eighteenth century, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” and Thackeray’s “Esmond.”

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.