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"43 acres 2 roods 26 perches, being the eastern portion of
Pouparae Block, and having a frontage to the eastern side of
the Gisborne-Ormond Road."
The common seal of the inhabitants of the Poverty Bay
Road District was hereto affixed in the presence of
GEO. DE BLAQUIÈRE,
Clerk, Poverty Bay Road Board.
I certify the foregoing special order was made in accord-
ance with law, and that all the provisions of "The Local
Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," and "The Road Boards Act, 1882,"
have been complied with.
GEO. DE BLAQUIÈRE,
Clerk.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1895.
THE following special order, made by the Mauriceville
Road Board, is published in accordance with the pro-
visions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

MAURICEVILLE ROAD BOARD.—SPECIAL ORDER.
THAT, to secure the repayment and meet the interest and
charges on a loan of £700, to be raised under "The Govern-
ment Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," and its amend-
ments, for the purpose of forming Cleland's Road from Wa-
gaehu Road to Section 108, a special rate of 6¾d. in the
pound be made and levied on the rateable value for the time
being of all the properties comprised within the following
boundaries: Commencing at the north-east corner of Sec-
tion 108, Block VII., Kopuaranga Survey District; proceed in
a north-west direction along the north-east boundary of said
section and Section 107; follow north-western boundary of
Section 107 to Section 106; all in said Block VII.; thence
by north-east boundary and western boundary and its pro-
duction of the last-mentioned section to the boundary of the
Mauriceville Road District; thence follow the boundary of
the said road district first in an easterly and then northerly
direction to point of commencement. The said rate to be an
annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, or until the
loan is repaid, and is payable in two half-yearly instalments,
on the 2nd of January and 2nd of July in each year.
I certify that the above special order was made at a meet-
ing held on the 24th of November, and confirmed at a meet-
ing held on the 29th of December, 1894.
W. GRAY,
Clerk to the Mauriceville Road Board.
Mauriceville, 3rd January, 1895.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th January, 1895.
THE following special order, made by the Mauriceville
Road Board, is published in accordance with the pro-
visions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

MAURICEVILLE ROAD BOARD.—SPECIAL ORDER.
THAT, to secure the repayment and provide for the interest and
charges on a loan of £1,200, to be raised under "The Go-
vernment Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," and its amend-
ments, for the purpose of forming the Central Mangamahoe
Road from the termination of the present formation to the
junction with the Ihuraua Valley Road, a special rate of 3¼d.
in the pound be made and levied on the rateable value for
the time being of the following sections: 72, 65, Block XIV.;
74, Blocks XIV. and XV.; 24, 25, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 66, 7, 1,
2, 3, and 200, Block XV.; all in the Mangaone Survey Dis-
trict. The amount to be set apart in each year to pay off
the loan is £60. Said rate to be an annually-recurring rate
for twenty-six years, or until the loan is repaid, and shall be
payable in two equal half-yearly instalments on the 2nd of
January and 2nd of July in each year.
I certify that the above special order was made and con-
firmed by the Mauriceville Road Board in accordance with
the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."
W. GRAY,
Clerk.
Mauriceville, 7th January, 1895.

Notice to Mariners, No. 49 of 1894.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th December, 1894.
THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the
Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, and the Depart-
ment of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, are pub-
lished for general information.
J. G. WARD.

Wide Bay Bar.—South Channel.
Notice is hereby given that, in consequence of the rapid
growth northward of the South Spit, the triangular beacons
on Hook Point, which lead through the South Channel,
Wide Bay Bar, must be kept open twice their own width to
the northward. This channel must be used with great
caution.
T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.
Marine Department,
Brisbane, 7th December, 1894.

South Channel, Port Phillip Bay.
Referring to Notice to Mariners, dated 29th February,
1892, it is hereby notified that dredging will be recommenced
on and after the 4th December, 1894, in the vicinity of the
Pile Light, South Channel, and the south edge of the channel
will not be buoyed off, but instead thereof two small red can
buoys will be moored in the vicinity of No. 11 gas buoy
between sunrise and sunset to mark the alignment of the
dredging operations, and it is requested that care be taken
to avoid such marks. A basket-ball will be exhibited from
the port or starboard side of the dredger by day, and three
red lights in a vertical position by night, to indicate the side
on which vessels navigating the channel are to pass such
dredger.

Caution.
Mariners and others must pass the dredge at the slowest
possible speed, and must stop engines while passing over the
dredge's chain.
By order.
ALEXANDER WILSON,
Port Officer.
Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 29th November, 1894.

Notice of Intention to take Land for a School.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of "The West Coast Settlements Act,
1892," and "The Public Works Act, 1894," to execute a
certain public work, to wit, the construction of a school,
on Subdivision No. 1 of Section 59, Block I., Hawera Survey
District, and for the purposes of such public work the land
described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken;
and notice is further given that the plan of the land so
required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Nor-
manby, and is there open for inspection. And notice is
hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of
the said public work or by the taking of the said land shall,
if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution
of the said public work or to the taking of such land, 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 parcel of land mentioned hereunder :—

Approximate | Being | Situated in | Survey
Area of the | | Block No. | District of
Parcel of Land | | |
required to be | | |
taken. | | |
A. R. P. | Subdivision No. | I. | Hawera.
5 0 0 | 1 of Section | |
| No. 59 | |

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this ninth day of
January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
five.
W. P. REEVES,
For Minister for Public Works.

Trustees for Hurunui Rabbit District elected.—Notice
No. 411.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 7th January, 1895.
NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the
Returning Officer (Mr. J. G. S. Tonkin), that on the
5th November, 1894,
THOMAS CHAPMAN,
EDMUND DOUGLAS GILES,
GEORGE DEAN GREENWOOD,
WILLIAM OLIVER RUTHERFORD, and
WILLIAM THOMAS ROBINSON