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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 16, representing
26 votes: Number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal,
11, representing 19 votes; number of ratepayers who did not
vote, 5, representing 7 votes.

As a majority of the ratepayers, capable of exercising a
majority of the votes, on the special roll voted in favour of the
above proposal, I do now hereby declare the same to be
carried.

JOHN KEBBELL,
Chairman, Horowhenua County Council.

Horowhenua County Council.—“Local Bodies' Loans
Act, 1886.”—Mangapouri Special District, Otaki
Riding.

Result of poll of ratepayers of the Mangapouri Special Dis-
trict, taken on Wednesday, the 28th day of March, 1894,
upon the proposal to borrow from the Colonial Treasurer the
sum of £500, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies
Act, 1886,” and its amendments, for the purpose of clearing
out and draining the Mangapouri Creek, in the above-named
special district:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 79, representing
94 votes: Number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal,
49, representing 60 votes; number of ratepayers who did not
vote, 30, representing 34 votes.

As a majority of the voters on the special roll, capable of
exercising a majority of votes, voted in favour of the above
proposal, I do hereby declare the same to be carried.

JOHN KEBBELL,
Chairman, Horowhenua County Council.

Special Order made by the Poverty Bay Road Board,
County of Cook.

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

THE following special order, made by the Poverty Bay
Road Board, is published in accordance with the
provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Poverty Bay Road Board.

A SPECIAL order made by the Poverty Bay Road Board at a
special meeting held on the 31st day of March, 1894:—
“Resolved, That an annual special rate of 4d. in the pound
be made upon all property within a special district herein-
after defined for a period of twenty-six years, commencing on
the 1st day of April, 1894, and ending on the 31st day of
March, 1920, to be due and payable in two equal instalments
on the 1st day of June and the 1st day of December in each
year, for the purpose of providing interest on a loan of £300,
to be obtained in terms of 'The Government Loans to Local
Bodies Act, 1886,' for the purpose of draining certain lands
and erecting culverts thereon.
“Schedule of lands within this special district: Sections
30 to 42, 50, Waerengaahika School Estate; Sections 7c, 8,
9, 15, 16, 17, 18A, 32A, 33, 33A, 33B, 33C, 33D, 34C, 37, Makauri,
part Pouparae.”

The common seal of the inhabitants of the Poverty Bay
Road District was hereto affixed in the presence of
GEORGE DE BLAQUIERE,
Clerk, Poverty Bay Road Board.

I certify that the foregoing special order was made in
accordance with law, and that all the provisions of the Local
Bodies' Loans Act have been complied with.
GEORGE DE BLAQUIERE,
Clerk.

Special Order made by the Wairarapa North County
Council, altering Boundaries of Ridings and Road
Districts.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1894.

THE following special order, made by the Wairarapa
North County Council, is published in accordance
with the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886.”
P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the Council of the County of Wai-
rarapa North, altering the boundaries of the Mauriceville,
Upper Taueru, Castlepoint, and Eketahuna Road Dis-
tricts, and the Alfredton Outlying District.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by
“The Counties Act, 1886,” the Council of the County of
Wairarapa North resolves as follows:—

1. That the boundary between the Eketahuna and Mau-
   riceville Road Districts be and the same is hereby amended
   by annexing to the Mauriceville District Sections 129, 131,
   132, Block XIII.; Sections 135, 140, 68, Block XIV.; Sec-
   tions 77, 73, 74, Blocks XIV. and XV.; Section 26, and
   parts of Sections 7, 66, 24, 23, and 29, Block XV.: all in the
   Mangaone Survey District.

2. That the boundary between the Alfredton Outlying
   District and the Mauriceville Road District be and the
   same is hereby amended by annexing part of Section 18,
   Block II., Sections 19, 8, and 7, Block III., Kopuaranga;
   parts of Sections 65, Block XIV., and 66, 7, 24, 23, and 29,
   Block XV., and Sections 25, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 200, 1, 2, 3,
   4, 5, 6, 91, and that part of Section 92 north-east of Dagg's
   Road, Block XV., Mangaone Survey District; Sections 93,
   94, 95, and parts 1 and 2 of Section 96, Block IV., Kopua-
   ranga, to the Mauriceville Road District.

3. That the boundary between the Upper Taueru and
   Mauriceville Road Districts be and the same is hereby
   amended by annexing Sections 17, 18, 99, 100, 101, 102,
   Block IV., and 108, Block VII., Kopuaranga, to the Maurice-
   ville Road District; and by annexing Lot 3, being the
   eastern portion of Section 118, Block VII., Kopuaranga, con-
   taining 340 acres, more or less, to the Upper Taueru Road
   District.

4. That the boundary between the Upper Taueru and
   Castlepoint Road Districts be and the same is hereby
   amended by annexing Section 875 and Part 1 of Section
   874, Block X., Mangapakeha, to the Upper Taueru Road
   District; and the boundary of Subdivision No. 1 of the
   Castlepoint Road District is amended accordingly.

5. That the boundary between the Alfredton Outlying
   District and the Eketahuna Road District be and the same
   is hereby amended by annexing to the Eketahuna Road
   District Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 15, Block IV.,
   Sections 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 27, 28, 28A, 40,
   41, 30, 30A, 30B, Block VII., and Sections 1, 4, 15, 8, 9, 10,
   11, and 12, Block VIII., all in the Mangaone Survey District,
   and so as to include the whole of Sections 45, Block IX., 30
   (Education Reserve), 46 and 47, Blocks XI. and XV., in the
   said survey district, in the Alfredton Outlying District; and
   the boundaries of subdivisions 2, 3, and 4 of the Eketahuna
   Road District are hereby amended accordingly.

6. That the boundaries of the Masterton, Eketahuna,
   Alfredton, and Castlepoint Ridings of the said county be
   and the same are hereby amended in accordance with the
   alterations made in the boundaries of the road districts
   respectively set forth in clauses 1 to 5 hereof.

7. That, in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of
   “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” the Boards of the Eketahuna,
   Mauriceville, Upper Taueru, and Castlepoint Road Districts
   are hereby dissolved, and this Council directs that the elec-
   tions of the new Boards for the said districts shall take place
   on the days fixed, or to be fixed, in the several districts
   respectively for the annual elections of members, during the
   first week in the month of May now next ensuing, and the
   Returning Officers of the said districts respectively are
   hereby appointed to conduct the said elections.

This special order shall take effect on the 20th day of April,
1894.

Passed at a special meeting of the said Council, this 8th
day of March, 1894, and confirmed this 12th day of April,
1894.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and in-
habitants of the County of Wairarapa North was affixed
hereto in the presence of
F. VON REDEN,
County Chairman.

I certify that the above special order has been duly passed.
F. G. MOORE,
County Clerk.

Application to Proclaim that Portion of the Watercourse
known as the Totara River, from its Junction with Don-
nelly's Creek to the Sea, and all its Tributaries, Water-
courses for the Deposit of Tailings.

NOTICE.—In pursuance of the powers vested in him by
section 152 of “The Mining Act, 1891,” His Excel-
lency the Governor directs it to be notified that application
has been made to him to proclaim that portion of the water-
course known as the Totara River, in the Provincial District
of Westland, from the junction of Donnelly's Creek to the
sea, and all the tributaries of such river within such limits, to
be watercourses into which tailings, mining débris, and waste
water of every kind used in, upon, or discharged from any
claim or licensed holding adjacent to such watercourses
shall be suffered to flow or be discharged.

Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of April, 1894.
A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

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

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of the Honourable
Sir James Prendergast, Knight, for and on behalf of
His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
and as his duly-appointed Deputy, under the authority of