April 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 629

interest and other annual charges on a loan of £450, borrowed
under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,'
for the construction of the portion of the Kahuterawa Road
from the north-west corner of Section 307, Block VII., Ara-
waru Survey District, to 4 chains, more or less, beyond
the northern corner of Section 317, Block VIII., Arawaru
Survey District, both sections being in the Fitzherbert Road
District; such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for a
period of twenty-six years, and shall be payable at the office
of the Fitzherbert Road Board, in two instalments—viz., on
the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each
year.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been
duly made by the Fitzherbert Road Board, as required by
"The Road Boards Act, 1882."

J. STANLEY BRUCE,
Secretary, Fitzherbert Road Board.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1894.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Ngatapa Road Board, is published in accordance with
the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

NGATAPA ROAD BOARD.
I HEREBY give notice that at a poll taken on the 2nd day of
September, 1893, upon a proposal by this Board to raise
a loan of £2,000 for the construction of a road to connect
part of Motu Block with the road from Ngatapa Station,
the following votes were recorded:—
For the proposal, 7 persons, exercising 7 votes; against
the proposal, none. Total number of voters on the roll of
the special district, 10 persons, capable of exercising 10
votes.
As a majority of the persons on the special roll exercised a
majority of votes in favour of the proposal, I declare it car-
ried.

W. K. CHAMBERS,
Chairman.
Wm. PORTER,
Secretary.

[This notice is in lieu of that published in page 140
of the New Zealand Gazette, No. 7, of the 25th January,
1894, in which the amount of the loan was wrongly stated.]

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Wairokino Road Board,
County of Horowhenua.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1894.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Wairokino Road Board, is published in accordance
with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

WAIROKINO ROAD BOARD.
RESULT of Polling on Proposal to borrow £250 for the
Tavistock Road under "The Government Loans to Local
Bodies Act, 1886."
I HEREBY declare the result of the poll taken for the above
loan on 15th March, 1894, to be as follows:—
Number of ratepayers on roll, 14; number of votes exer-
cisable, 20: Ratepayers voting in favour, 9; ratepayers voting
against, 1; votes in favour, 13; votes against, 1; votes not
exercised, 6.
As a majority of the ratepayers on the special roll, repre-
senting a majority of the votes exercisable, have voted in
favour, I hereby declare the proposal to be duly carried.
JNO. DAVIES,
Chairman, Wairokino Road Board.
Levin, 17th March, 1894.

Result of Polls for Proposed Loans, Eketahuna Road
Board, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1894.
THE following notices, received from the Chairman of
the Eketahuna Road Board, are published in accord-
ance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans
Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

EKETAHUNA ROAD BOARD, WAIRARAPA NORTH COUNTY.
The following is the result of a poll taken at the Road Board
Office, Eketahuna, on the 19th April, 1894, upon a proposal
to raise a loan of £2,500 for formation and metalling in the
northern portion of Wellington No. 1 S.S. Block:—
Number of ratepayers on the special roll, 33; number of

pollable votes, 34: Number of ratepayers who voted for the
proposal, 19 (being entitled to exercise 19 votes); number of
ratepayers who voted against the proposal, none; number of
ratepayers who did not record their votes, 14 (being entitled
to exercise 15 votes).
As the number of ratepayers who voted and the number
of votes recorded in favour of the proposal are in each case
a majority of the total number on the roll, I therefore
declare the proposal carried.
THOMAS PARSONS,
Chairman.

The following is the result of a poll taken at the Road
Board Office, Eketahuna, on the 19th April, 1894, upon a
proposal to raise a loan of £100 for 20 chains of formation
and metalling on Broom Street and Bright Street, Parkville
Township:—
Number of ratepayers on the special roll, 9; number of
pollable votes, 9: Number of ratepayers who voted for the
proposal, 5 (exercising 5 votes); number of ratepayers who
voted against the proposal, none; number of ratepayers who
did not exercise their votes, 4 (being entitled to exercise
4 votes).
As the number of ratepayers who voted and the number
of votes recorded in favour of the proposal are in each case
a majority of the total number on the roll, I therefore
declare the proposal carried.
THOMAS PARSONS,
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1894.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Taranaki County Council, is published in accordance
with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

RESULT of a poll taken at Eltham Road, Parihaka Riding,
on the 3rd April, 1894, upon a proposal for a loan of £2,000,
under the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1886 ":—
Number of ratepayers on the roll of special rating district,
33, representing 35 votes: Number of votes recorded in
favour of the above proposal, 24; number of votes recorded
against the proposal, nil.
There being a sufficient majority of ratepayers and of
votes in favour of the proposal, I hereby declare the resolu-
tion in favour of the proposal to be carried.
WALTER BEWLEY,
Taranaki County Council Office,
Chairman.
New Plymouth, 6th April, 1894.

Examinations for the Civil Service of India.

REGULATIONS for the open competition of August,
1894. [N.B.—The Regulations are liable to be altered
in future years.]

1. On the 1st August, 1894, and following days, an examina-
   tion, open to all qualified persons, will be held in London(a).
   Not fewer than 60 persons will be selected if so many shall
   be found duly qualified—viz., 14 for the Lower Provinces of
   Bengal (including Assam), 25 for the Upper Provinces of
   Bengal (including the Punjab, Oudh, and the Central Pro-
   vinces), 6 for Burma, 8 for Madras, and 7 for Bombay(b).
2. No person will be deemed qualified who shall not satisfy
   the Civil Service Commissioners—
   (1.) That he is a natural-born subject of Her Majesty.
   (2.) That his age will be above twenty-one years and
   under twenty-three years on the 1st April, 1894.
   [N.B.—In the case of natives of India it will
   be necessary for a candidate to obtain a certifi-
   cate of age and nationality, signed, should he be
   a resident in British India, by the Secretary to
   Government of the province, or the Commissioner
   of the division within which his family resides,
   or, should he reside in a native State, by the
   highest political officer accredited to the State in
   which his family resides.]
   (3.) That he has no disease, constitutional affection, or
   bodily infirmity unfitting him, or likely to unfit
   him, for the Civil Service of India.
   (4.) That he is of good moral character.
3. Should the evidence upon the above points be primâ
   facie satisfactory to the Civil Service Commissioners, the
   candidate, on payment of the prescribed fee(c), will be
   admitted to the examination. The Commissioners may,
   (a) An order for admission to the examination will be sent to
   each candidate on the 18th July, 1894.
   (b) For the method of distribution see No.1 of the announcements
   following.
   (c) The fee (£5) will be payable by means of a special stamp,
   according to instructions which will be communicated to candi-
   dates.