Mar. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 461

pound be made and levied on the rateable value for the time
being on the following properties: The southern half of Sec-
tion 17, as divided by a line at right-angles to the back line
of the section, Sections 19, 21, 23, 25, all in Block VII.,
Tararua Survey District; Sections 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, Block V.,
Mangaone Survey District. Such rate shall be an annually-
recurring rate, and shall be paid in two half-yearly instal-
ments for twenty-six years, on the 1st day of February and
the 1st day of August in each year, until the debt is
liquidated.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly
made in accordance with the provisions of the Road Boards
Act.
W. Bayliss,
Clerk to the Eketahuna Road Board.

Special Order made by the Manganui Road Board, County
of Stratford.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1895.

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

MANGANUI ROAD BOARD.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following special order was
made on Saturday, 5th January, 1895, and confirmed on
Saturday, 16th February, 1895:—
"That, to secure the repayment of a loan of £200, raised
under 'The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,'
for the purpose of forming the Mangaotea Road from Sec-
tion 17 to Tariki Road; to lay aside all deferred-payment
revenue accruing to the special rating area for the repay-
ment of the loan; to pay out of such loan the cost of raising
it; to strike as security on this loan a special rate of 5½d. in
the pound over the following lands—namely, Sections 12,
13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, Block X., Huiroa Survey District:
such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six
years, and shall be payable in two half-yearly instalments
on the 1st of January and the 1st of July in each year."

I hereby certify that the above special order was made in
accordance with "The Road Boards Act, 1882."
Henry Watson,
Clerk.
1st March, 1895.

Special Order made by the Masterton Road Board, County
of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1895.

THE following special order, made by the Masterton
Road Board, is published in accordance with the pro-
visions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the Board of the Masterton
Road District, striking a Special Rate under "The Local
Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that
behalf, the Board of the Masterton Road District resolves as
follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing interest and annual
charges on a loan of £100, raised under "The Government
Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," a special rate of ¼d. in
the pound be and the same is hereby made on the rateable
value for the time being of Sections 88, 86, 84, 85, 87, 89,
and 91, Block V.; 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 20, 28, 30, and 32, Block
VI.; 94, 79, 81, 83, 82, 80, and 78, Block IX., and those por-
tions of Sections 76 and 77 in the last-mentioned block lying
to the west of the Opaki-Rangitumau Road and Northcroft's
Road, containing 150 acres, more or less, and bounded to-
wards the west by Section 37 in the same block, and by
a straight line from the northernmost corner of said Sec-
tion 37 to a point on the northern boundary of Section 77
distant in a westerly direction 3375 links from Northcroft's
Road; and that portion of Section 9, Block X., all in the
Kopuaranga Survey District, lying to the westward of the
Kakaamu Road.

That the said rate shall be an annually-recurring rate for
a period of twenty-six years, and shall be payable at the
office for the time being of the Board in two equal instal-
ments on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August
in each and every year, commencing on the 1st day of Feb-
ruary, 1896.

Passed by the said Board this 26th day of January, 1895.
Confirmed this 2nd day of March, 1895.

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The common seal of the inhabitants of the Masterton Road
District was affixed hereto in the presence of—
D. J. CAMERON,
Chairman.
I certify that the above special order has been duly made.
F. G. MOORE,
Clerk.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans, Kiwitea County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th February, 1895.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of
the Kiwitea County Council, are published in accord-
ance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

KIWITEA COUNTY COUNCIL.

THE following is the result of poll on the proposal to borrow
£928 for the construction of McBeth's and Junction Roads:—
Number of ratepayers on roll, 14, representing 14 votes:
Number of votes recorded for proposal, 9; votes recorded
against 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 of the votes that can be exercised by the
whole number of ratepayers, I hereby declare the proposal
to be carried.
JAMES REID,
Chairman, Kiwitea County Council.
Feilding, 26th February, 1895.

The following is the result of poll on the proposal to
borrow £2,571 for the construction of Kiwitea Cross, Peep
O'Day, and Bluff Roads:—
Number of ratepayers on roll, 19, representing 20 votes:
Number of votes recorded for proposal, 12; votes recorded
against 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 of the votes that can be exercised by the
whole number of ratepayers, I hereby declare the proposal
to be carried.
JAMES REID,
Chairman, Kiwitea County Council.
Feilding, 26th February, 1895.

The following is the result of poll on the proposal to
borrow £4,572 for the construction of Pakihikura, Manga-
papa, and Mangatieka Roads:—
Number of ratepayers on roll, 20, representing 21 votes:
Number of votes recorded for proposal, 13; votes recorded
against 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 of the votes than can be exercised by the
whole number of ratepayers, I hereby declare the proposal
to be carried.
JAMES REID,
Chairman, Kiwitea County Council.
Feilding, 26th February, 1895.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Pohangina County
Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1895.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Pohangina County Council, is published in accordance
with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

POHANGINA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Following is result of poll of ratepayers on proposal to
borrow £7,328 for construction of roads in Pohangina and
part of the Mangaone Ridings, Pohangina County:—
Ratepayers on roll, 93, representing 93 votes: Votes
recorded for proposal, 53; number of ratepayers voting, 53;
votes against, 1; number of ratepayers voting against, 1.

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 of the votes that can be exercised by the
whole number of ratepayers, I declare the proposal to be
carried.
HERBERT DICKIN,
Chairman.
H. J. HAYNS,
County Clerk.
Pohangina, 4th March, 1895.

18th March to be a Holiday (St. Patrick's Day).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1895.

MONDAY, the 18th of March instant, will be observed as
a public holiday in the Government offices through-
out New Zealand, for the celebration of St. Patrick's Day.
P. A. BUCKLEY.