Aug. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1227

Result of Polls (2) for Proposed Loans, Danevirke Borough Council.

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

THE following notices, received from His Worship the Mayor of the Borough of Danevirke, are published in accordance with the provisions of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

BOROUGH OF DANEVIRKE.

THE following is the result of the poll taken on 31st July, 1895, on a proposal to borrow £5,000 for drainage within the borough, and water-supply for flushing drains:—

Number of burgesses on the roll, 249, representing 310 votes: For the proposal, 134 burgesses, 189 votes; against the proposal, 18 burgesses, 19 votes; informal, 1 burgess, 1 vote.

I hereby declare the proposal carried.

ANGUS MACKAY,
Mayor, Borough of Danevirke.

I, Campbell Thomson, of Danevirke, Town Clerk, solemnly and sincerely declare that all proceedings required by "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886," in the matter of obtaining the sanction of the burgesses to a proposal for a special loan have been duly taken with reference to the special loan for £5,000 for which a poll of the burgesses of the Borough of Danevirke was taken on the 31st July, 1895. And I make this declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."

CAMPBELL THOMSON.

Declared at Danevirke, this 2nd day of August, 1895, before me—John Drummond, J.P.

BOROUGH OF DANEVIRKE.—CENTRAL WARD.

Result of poll for proposed loan of £1,000 for fire-prevention purposes, taken 31st July, 1895:—

Number of votes for the proposal, 108; number of votes against the proposal, 6.

I hereby declare the said proposal carried.

ANGUS MACKAY,
Mayor, Borough of Danevirke.

I, Campbell Thomson, of Danevirke, Town Clerk, solemnly and sincerely declare that all proceedings required by "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886," in the matter of obtaining the sanction of the burgesses to a proposal for a special loan have been duly taken with reference to the special loan for £1,000 for which a poll of the burgesses of the Central Ward of the Borough of Danevirke was taken on the 31st July, 1895. And I make this declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."

CAMPBELL THOMSON.

Declared at Danevirke, this 2nd day of August, 1895, before me—John Drummond, J.P.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1895.

THE following special order, made by the Upper Taueru Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

UPPER TAURERU ROAD BOARD, WAIRARAPA NORTH COUNTY.—SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT, to meet the interest and annual charges on a loan of £500, borrowed under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the purpose of forming the Manga-purapura Road, a special rate of 2½d. in the pound be now made and levied on the rateable value for the time being of the following properties: Part 1 of Section 874, part Section 863, Section 875, Section 873, Block X.; part Section 864, containing 386 acres, and Section 295, Block IX.: all in the Mangapakeha Survey District. Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for the period of twenty-six years, payable on the 1st day of September in each year.

I hereby certify that the above special order was made by the Upper Taueru Road Board at a meeting held on 5th July, 1895, and confirmed at a meeting held 3rd August, 1895.

ERNEST PRICE,
Clerk to the Upper Taueru Road Board.

Bideford, 5th August, 1895.

Services of Volunteer Cadet Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of the under-mentioned cadet corps, under paragraph 264, Volunteer Regulations, 1895.

Prince Albert (Auckland) Engineer Cadet Volunteers.
Wellesley Street (Auckland) Public School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Auckland College and Grammar School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Date of acceptance, 24th July, 1895.

R. J. SEDDON.

Notice to Mariners, No. 26 of 1895.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1895.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners, No. 46 of 1893, published by this department on the 14th November, 1893, the following notice, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, is published for general information.

J. G. WARD.

HOPETOUN CHANNEL, PORT OF GEELONG.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners published 18th October, 1893, it is hereby notified that the Hopetoun Channel has been dredged to an average low-water navigable depth of twenty-three (23) feet.

By order.
ALEXR. WILSON,
Port Officer.

Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 4th July, 1895.

Gold-mining Leases and Special Claims cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 7th August, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining leases and special claim cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

GOLD-MINING LEASES.

John Howell, for Burke's Creek Sluicing Company: Section 57, Block VII., Reefton Survey District, 10 acres. No. 1415.

Alexander Notman and Francis Mannon, for the Wonder Gold-mining Company: Section 61, Block XI., Reefton Survey District, 16 acres 2 roods. No. 1467.

Alexander McKenzie, for the Daydawn Gold-mining Company: Section 18, Block XI., Reefton Survey District, 16 acres and 38 perches. No. 1410.

Francis Mannon and Alexander Notman, for the Duke Gold-mining Company: Section 60, Block XI., Reefton Survey District, 15 acres 3 roods 32 perches. No. 1466.

SPECIAL CLAIM.

Golden Point Gold-mining Company (Limited), (now held by Gerald Perotti): Section 29, Block XIII., Reefton Survey District, 40 acres. No. 1431.

Westland Mining District.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th September, 1894.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1896, the period of literature will be the first half of the nineteenth century, and the special books will be Carlyle's "Sartor Resartus" and Milton's "Samson Agonistes."

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

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.