APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 585

Destruction of Seals, Sea-otters, &c., in certain Parts of Chilian Territories prohibited.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1894.

THE following letter, received from the Consul-General for the Republic of Chile at Sydney, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Consulado Jeneral de Chile en Australia y Nueva Zelandia,
Sydney, 7th March, 1894.

SIR,—I have the honour to inform your Excellency that on the 19th day of August last a law was promulgated by the Government of Chile at Santiago absolutely forbidding for the period of four years the fishing for and shooting of seals, sea-calves, otters, and other similar animals, on the coasts of the Islands of Chiloe and Juan Fernandez, and also in the Magellanic territories.

I venture to express the hope that your Excellency will see fit to cause this notification to be made public.

I have, &c.,
W. H. ELDRED.

To His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand,
Wellington.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Bruce County Council.

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

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

BRUCE COUNTY COUNCIL.—LAKES DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

RESULTS of poll on the proposal to borrow £500, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for the purpose of cutting a canal through Kaitangata Lake, widening Morrison’s Creek, and cutting canal into Tuakitoto Lake, taken on the 7th day of April, 1894:—

Total ratepayers on roll, 23, representing 39 votes: Votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 21; ratepayers voting for the proposal, 12; votes not recorded, 18.

As a majority of the ratepayers 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 Milton, this 10th day of April, 1894.

HENRY CLARK,
Chairman, Bruce County Council.

ALEX. NELSON,
County Clerk.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans, Kiwitea Road Board, County of Oroua.

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

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

KIWITEA ROAD BOARD.—RESULTS OF POLLS.

THE following is the result of the poll on proposal to borrow £6,049 for construction of roads in the Ongo and Hautapu Wards of the Kiwitea Road District:—

Ratepayers on roll, 20, representing 21 votes: Votes recorded for the proposal, 17; number of ratepayers voting, 16; votes against, nil.

As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, 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 proposal to be carried.

J. J. WILLIAMSON,
Chairman.

The following is the result of the poll on proposal to borrow £685 for construction of roads in the Apiti Ward of the Kiwitea Road District:—

Ratepayers on roll, 8, representing 8 votes: Votes recorded for the proposal, 8; number of ratepayers voting, 8; votes against, nil.

As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, 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 proposal to be carried.

J. J. WILLIAMSON,
Chairman.

The following is the result of the poll on proposal to borrow £11,560 for construction of roads in the Ongo and Hautapu Wards of the Kiwitea Road District:—

Ratepayers on roll, 78, representing 95 votes: Votes recorded for the proposal, 55; number of ratepayers voting, 50; votes against, 2.

As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, 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 proposal to be carried.

J. J. WILLIAMSON,
Chairman.

The following is the result of the poll on proposal to borrow £2,571 for construction of roads in the Apiti Ward of the Kiwitea Road District:—

Ratepayers on roll, 19, representing 20 votes: Votes recorded for the proposal, 14; number of ratepayers voting, 14; votes against, nil.

As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, 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 proposal to be carried.

J. J. WILLIAMSON,
Chairman.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1894.

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 Monday, 9th April, 1894, 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, 14; against the proposal, 0.

I therefore declare the above proposal carried.

T. McGLOIN,
Chairman.

Parihaka Road Board Office,
Rahotu, 11th April, 1894.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Kumara.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1894.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Kumara, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

At a poll of the ratepayers within the Borough of Kumara, taken on the 6th April, 1894, upon a proposal to raise a loan of £800 for water-supply purposes, the following votes were recorded:—

For the proposal, 131; against the proposal, 5: total number of persons on the roll capable of exercising votes, 228.

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

THOMAS V. BYRNE,
Mayor, Kumara.

Kumara, 10th April, 1894.

Result of Polls for Proposed Loans, Horowhenua County Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1894.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

HOROWHENUA COUNTY COUNCIL.—“LOCAL BODIES’ LOANS ACT, 1886.”—ARAPAEPÆ SPECIAL DISTRICT, WIROKINO RIDING.

RESULT of poll of ratepayers of the Arapaepae Special District, taken on Saturday, the 24th day of March, 1894, upon the proposal to borrow from the Colonial Treasurer the sum of £1,000, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, for the purpose of the completion of the formation and metalling of that portion of the main county road from the northern boundary of the Levu Block northward to the Waku Creek:—