Feb. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 295

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of poll taken on the 30th day of January, 1895, upon the proposal to borrow £300, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” to form, bridge, and drain part of the Ahuroa Road :—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 5; number of votes exercisable, 5: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 4; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 4; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, nil.

I declare the proposal to be carried.
WM. MONKHOUSE,
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board, County of Ashley.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1895.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Water-supply Act, 1891.”
P. A. BUCKLEY.

WAIMAKARIRI-ASHLEY WATER-SUPPLY DISTRICT, BROWN'S ROCK SUBDIVISION.—POLL FOR LOAN OF £10,000.

THE following is the result of the poll taken in the Brown's Rock Subdivision of the district on Tuesday, the 5th day of February, 1895:—

Votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 183, representing £443,600 rateable value; votes recorded against the proposal, 4, representing £3,120 rateable value; unrecorded votes, 120, representing £93,199 rateable value.

As the number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal exceeds half the total number of ratepayers on the roll, and the number so voting represent more than three-fifths of the total rateable value of the rateable property, I hereby declare the proposal carried.
JOHN O'HALLORAN,
Chairman of the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board.

I, John O'Halloran, of Glentui, Bennett's, sheep-farmer, Chairman of the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all proceedings required by “The Water-supply Act, 1891,” “The Counties Act, 1886,” and amendments thereto, and “The Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876,” and amendments thereto, to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the ratepayers of the Brown's Rock Subdivision of the district to the proposal to raise a special loan of £10,000 for the purpose of the construction of headworks leading from the Waimakariri River at Brown's Rock to a point on the terrace about 180 chains to the south-east of Brown's Rock, and distributing channels leading therefrom sufficient to supply water to the whole of the Brown's Rock Subdivision of the district, have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the proposal has been duly carried.
JOHN O'HALLORAN,
Chairman, Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board.

Declared at Oxford, this 7th day of February, 1895, before me—Marmaduke Dixon, a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

Bonus on Starch.—Time for receiving Applications extended.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th January, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the time within which notice of intention to claim the bonus on starch must be given has been extended to the 30th April, 1895. The notification as to conditions, &c., is republished hereunder.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

BONUS ON STARCH MANUFACTURED IN NEW ZEALAND.—AMENDED NOTICE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of two pounds (£2) a ton will be paid on 100 tons of starch manufactured in the Colony of New Zealand in each of the years 1893 and 1894.

Conditions.

1. Notice of intention to claim the bonus for 100 tons in 1893 must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1893. Notice of intention to claim the bonus for 100 tons in 1894 must be given in the same manner not later than the 31st December, 1894.
2. The claims must be made respectively before the 31st December, 1893 and 1894.
3. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions is to be the recipient of the bonus.
4. Evidence to be produced of such a nature as will enable an officer appointed by the Government to certify that the above-stated quantity in each year has been actually made, sold, and delivered.
5. The bonus to be paid only on the certificate of such officer.
   P. A. BUCKLEY.

[NOTE.—The above notice is in lieu of notice dated 10th October, 1893, published in Gazette of 12th October, 1893.]

Bonus for the Manufacture of Potassium Cyanide.

Department of Industries and Commerce,
Wellington, 17th January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1,000 will be paid for the erection of a plant and the manufacture in New Zealand of the first 200 tons of crude cyanide of potassium from colonial produce.

1. The plant must be capable of producing at least 70 tons of crude cyanide of potassium annually.
2. The crude cyanide of potassium so manufactured shall contain at least 75 per cent. of cyanogen.
3. The bonus will be paid in two equal instalments, the first instalment being payable on the production of the first 100 tons, and the second instalment on the production of the second 100 tons, of crude cyanide of potassium containing the required percentage of cyanogen.
4. On the completion of the plant, notice in writing must be sent to the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Wellington, who will appoint an officer to inspect the same, together with the raw material then available from which the cyanide of potassium is proposed to be manufactured.
5. The officer so appointed shall from time to time inspect the process of manufacture, in order that he may satisfy himself that the whole of the cyanide of potassium is being manufactured from material of New Zealand production; and before any bonus is paid such officer will be required to certify that he is satisfied the crude cyanide of potassium is the product of New Zealand material only, and that it contains the required percentage of cyanogen.
6. The bonus must be claimed for the first 100 tons on or before the 31st March, 1897, and for the second 100 tons on or before the 30th September, 1898.
   J. G. WARD.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept the resignations of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers:—

Dunedin Engineer Volunteers.
Lieutenant Charles May. Date of resignation, 25th January, 1895.

Greymouth Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Frank McGregor. Date of resignation, 31st December, 1894.

R. J. SEDDON.

Native School Site at Mangamuka.

Education Department,
Wellington, 11th February, 1895.

THE following report of the person appointed by the Governor, under the provisions of “The Native Schools Sites Act, 1880,” to ascertain the title of certain Natives to land at Mangamuka, in the County of Hokianga, appropriated by them for the site of a school, having been adopted by the Governor, is published in accordance with the said Act.
W. P. REEVES.

Stipendiary Magistrate's Office,
Russell, 12th January, 1895.

SIR,—Having been appointed under the hand of His Excellency the Governor to make inquiry, under “The Native Schools Sites Act, 1880,” in relation to a certain piece of land situate at Mangamuka, in the Hokianga District, as shown upon the plan appended hereto and coloured red, I have the honour to report that on the 9th instant I held a meeting of Te Ihutai Hapu, at Rawene, Hokianga, the said meeting having been adjourned from the 19th day of De-