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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

As a majority of the ratepayers within the County of Mackenzie voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to a majority of the votes appearing on the county electoral roll, I do hereby declare the proposal carried.

Dated at Fairlie, this 3rd day of May, 1894.

JOHN McGREGOR,
Chairman, Mackenzie County Council.

Result of Polls for Proposed Loans, Pahiatua County Council.

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

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

PAHIATUA COUNTY.—RESULT OF PROPOSED LOAN No. 40.
THE following is the result of a poll taken on the 14th April, 1894, on a proposal to borrow £3,000 for the purpose of forming and metalling the Kaitawa Ridge and other roads:—

Number of ratepayers on the roll, 19, representing 19 votes: Number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 10; votes not recorded, 9.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

SAMUEL BOLTON,
County Chairman.

PAHIATUA COUNTY.—RESULT OF PROPOSED LOAN No. 44.
THE following is the result of a poll taken on the 4th May, 1894, on a proposal to raise a loan of £500 for the formation of a portion of the Ohinereiata Road:—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 5, representing 6 votes: Number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 4, by 3 ratepayers; votes not recorded, 2.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

SAMUEL BOLTON,
County Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Wairarapa North County Council.

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

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

WAIRARAPA NORTH COUNTY.—ALFREDTON OUTLYING DISTRICT.

RESULT of a poll held on the 5th day of May, 1894, upon a proposal to raise a loan of £3,222 for formation, &c., on Saunders Road:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 15, exercising 16 votes: Number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the proposal, 13, exercising 13 votes; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, 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 in number of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I declare the proposal to be carried.

F. VON REDEN,
County Chairman.

Masterton, 9th May, 1894.

Special Order made by the Sluggish River Drainage Board, County of Manawatu.

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

THE following special order, made by the Sluggish River Drainage Board, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SLUGGISH RIVER DRAINAGE BOARD.—SPECIAL ORDER.

NOTICE.—That the following special order will be proposed at a meeting of the Board of Trustees for the Sluggish River Drainage District to be held on Thursday, the 3rd day of May, 1894:—

“That the Sluggish River Drainage Board adopts generally ‘The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,’ and ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,’ with the amendments thereto.”

C. DUNK,
Chairman.

31st March, 1894.

I, Edward John Armstrong, Clerk to the Sluggish River Drainage Board, do solemnly declare that the special order placing this Board under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” was duly passed by the Board at a special meeting of the Board held at the Board’s office, Palmerston North, on Thursday, the 3rd day of May, 1894, and that the said special order was duly advertised for four consecutive weeks from the 31st day of March, 1894, in conformity with the Acts bearing thereon.

E. J. ARMSTRONG.

Declared before me, George M. Snelson, a Justice of the Peace, at Palmerston North, the 9th day of May, 1894.

“The Rating Act, 1876,” to be in Force in the Mataura Town District.

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

THE following resolution, received from the Clerk, Mataura Town District, is published in accordance with section 2 of “The Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

MATAURA TOWN DISTRICT.

THAT “The Rating Act, 1876,” be the Act in force in the Mataura Town District, and that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Colonial Secretary for insertion in the Government Gazette. Passed under the provisions of section 2 of “The Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893.”

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a resolution taken from the minute-book of the Mataura Town Board, and dated 24th April, 1894.

J. C. MACGREGOR,
Town Clerk.

“The Rating Act, 1876,” to be in Force in Foxton Borough.

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

THE following resolution, received from the Town Clerk, Foxton Borough Council, is published in accordance with section 2 of “The Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

FOXTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

PROPOSED by the Mayor, seconded by Councillor Jenks, “That, in pursuance of the powers and authority conferred by subsection (6) of section 2 of ‘The Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893,’ the local authority called the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Foxton doth hereby determine that ‘The Rating Act, 1876,’ shall be in force within the Borough of Foxton.”

Carried unanimously at a meeting of Council held at the Public Library on the 7th day of May, 1894, there being eight Councillors present (a full Council).

I hereby declare the above to be a true copy of resolution No. 3 of meeting of Council held on the 7th day of May, 1894.

THOS. F. GIBSON,
Foxton Borough Clerk.

Spanish Royal Decree.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 15th May, 1894.

THE following document, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

THE Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from Her Majesty’s Ambassador at Madrid the following translation, in précis, of a Royal Decree respecting the trade of Great Britain with Spain:—

[Extract from the Madrid Gazette of 1st January, 1894.]

PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS.

Preamble.

(Translation in précis.)

IN view of the fact that the conventions concluded with Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Holland come into operation on the 1st January, while the commercial treaties with Germany, Austria, and Italy, the conventions with Great Britain and Denmark, and the provisional agreement concluded with France are awaiting ratification, it becomes necessary to adopt certain measures for establishing a legitimate reciprocity until the Cortes shall have met, discussed the conventions, and submitted their suggestions for Royal sanction. These measures should not differ from those