964
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

Number of ratepayers on roll, 12, representing 15 votes:
Number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the proposal, 9,
representing 12 votes; votes not recorded, 3.
I therefore declare the proposal carried.
SAMUEL BOLTON,
Chairman, Pahiatua County.

PAHIATUA COUNTY. — RESULT OF POLL, PROPOSED LOAN
NO. 43, BRIDGE OVER THE TIRAUMEA AT MAKAIRI.
The following is the result of a poll taken on the 6th
January, 1894, on a proposal to borrow £500, under "The
Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the con-
struction of a traffic bridge over the Tiraumea River at Ma-
kairo, and forming approaches thereto:—
Number of ratepayers on special roll, 92, representing 110
votes: Number of ratepayers who voted on the proposal, 54,
representing 65 votes; number of ratepayers who voted in
favour of the proposal, 51, representing 62 votes; ratepayers
whose votes were informal, 3, representing 3 votes; rate-
payers who did not record their votes, 38, representing 45
votes.
There being a majority of voters and votes in favour of the
proposal, I declare it carried.
SAMUEL BOLTON,
County Chairman.
11th January, 1894.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Stratford County.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1894.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Stratford County Council, is published in accordance
with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.
Result of poll taken on the 7th day of June, 1894, upon the
proposal to borrow £900, under "The Government Loans to
Local Bodies Act, 1886," to complete the construction of
the Stratford-Opunake Road from the Hastings Road to
the Rowan Road:—
Total number of ratepayers on special roll, 50; total num-
ber of votes exercisable, 52: Total number of ratepayers
voting in favour of the proposal, 29; total number of votes
recorded in favour of the proposal, 31; total number of rate-
payers voting against the proposal, nil.
I declare the proposal to be carried.
WM. MONKHOUSE,
Chairman.
Stratford, 9th June, 1894.

"The Rating Act, 1882," to be in Force in the County of
Mackenzie and in the Taradale River District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th June, 1894.
THE following notices, received from the Chairman of
the Mackenzie County Council and the Clerk of the
Taradale River Board, are published in accordance with
section 2 of "The Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

MACKENZIE COUNTY COUNCIL.
Resolved, That, in accordance with the provisions of sub-
section (6) of section 2 of "The Rating Acts Amendment
Act, 1893," the Council of the County of Mackenzie hereby
determines that "The Rating Act, 1882," shall be in force
within the Mackenzie County.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a resolu-
tion duly approved and passed by the Mackenzie County
Council, at a meeting held on the 11th day of June, 1894.
R. L. BANKS,
Clerk, Mackenzie County Council.
County Council Offices,
Fairlie, 11th June, 1894.

TARADALE RIVER DISTRICT.
Resolution passed by the Taradale River Board re "Rating
Act, 1882":—
That this Board resolves, in accordance with the provisions
of section 2 of "The Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893,"
that the Rating Act of 1882 shall be in force in the Taradale
River District.
I, William Waterhouse, hereby certify that the copy of
resolution attached is a true copy of resolution as passed by
the Taradale River Board, and that the resolution was duly
passed by a majority of the Board.
W. WATERHOUSE,
Clerk, Taradale River Board.
Taradale, 11th June, 1894.

"The Rating Act, 1882," to be in Force in Howick Township
Road District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1894.
THE following notice, received from the Clerk of the
Howick Township Road Board, is published in ac-
cordance with section 2 of "The Rating Acts Amendment
Act, 1893."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

HOWICK TOWNSHIP ROAD BOARD.
Resolution, That, under the provisions of subsection (6) of
section 2 of "The Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893," the
local authority called the "Howick Township Road Board"
hereby determine that "The Rating Act, 1882," shall be the
Act in force within the Howick Township Road Board
District.
I certify the above to be a true copy of a resolution passed
at a meeting of the Board held on the 5th day of June, 1894,
THOS. McINNES,
Clerk, Howick Township Road Board.

Official Visitor resigned.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 18th June, 1894.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ac-
cept the resignation of
Mr. JOHN BELL
as Official Visitor of Her Majesty's prison at Auckland.
A. J. CADMAN.

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road to Tairaroa
Heads Lighthouse, Peninsula County.

NOTICE is hereby given, under the provisions of "The
Public Works Act, 1882," that the lands described in
the Schedule hereto are required to be taken for a certain
public work, to wit, a road to Tairaroa Heads Lighthouse, in
the County of Peninsula: And notice is further given that
the plan of the said road and of the lands so required to be
taken is deposited in the Public Works Office, Dunedin, and
is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by
the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the
said lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to
the said public work or to the taking of such lands, set forth
the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty
days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister
for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder :—

Approximate Area | Being Portion of | Situated in
of each of the | | the Survey Dis-
Parcels of | | trict of
Land required to | |
be taken. | |

A. R. P.
1 0 6 | Lot 27, No. 1, A1 | Otago Peninsula.
1 1 32 | Lot 32, No. 5, A1 | Otago Peninsula.
1 2 26 | Lot 49, No. 16, A2| Otago Peninsula.
0 3 27 | Lot 48, No. 15, A2| Otago Peninsula.

All in the Provincial District of Otago; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 17133,
deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at
Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and
thereon coloured red, yellow, and sepia.
As witness my hand, at Wellington, this ninth day of
June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
four.
R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice of the Laying-off of Roads over Lands in the
Taranaki Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under
the authority of "The Native Land Court Act, 1886," and
its amendments, that the roads described in the Schedule
hereto were, in October, 1893, duly taken and laid off through
the lands specified in the said Schedule, under the authority
of the Governor of the said colony, by a warrant dated the
31st July, 1891.