1818 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 85

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Moa Road Board, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1895.

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

Moa Road Board.

Result of poll of ratepayers of the Lincoln Road Special Rating District, taken 2nd October, 1895, upon the following proposal: (1) To metal a portion of the Lincoln Road, from Section 249, Huirangi, eastward; (2) to borrow for such purpose the sum of £200, under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886"; (3) to strike as security for such loan a special rate of 1½d. in the pound; (4) to constitute the "Lincoln Road Special Rating District," to comprise the following lands—viz., Sections 249, 231, 244, 247, 234, 248, 245, Huirangi Survey District:—

Total number of ratepayers on special roll, 6; total number of votes exercisable, 6; Number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 5; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, 1.

I hereby declare the proposal carried.
J. BROWN,
Chairman.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Notice of Intention to take Land for the Blackball Road, Grey County.

NOTICE is hereby given that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under the provisions of "The Public Works Act, 1894," for a certain public work, to wit, the construction of the Blackball Road, Grey County: And notice is further given that the plan of the said land so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office, Blackball, 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 land should, if they have any well-grounded objection to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth such objection 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 Area of the | Being Portion | Situated | Situated in
Parcel of Land | of | in Block No. | the Survey
to be taken. | | | District of
--- | --- | --- | ---
A. R. P. | Section 56 .. | VI. | Mawheranui
3 0 19 | | |

In the Provincial District of Nelson; as the same is more particularly delineated upon the plan marked P.W.D. 17579, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1895.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the erection of a Courthouse at St. Bathan's is published for general information.
R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
C. Sparrow, Dunedin .. .. 373 17 6

Declined.
T. Wilkinson, St. Bathan's .. .. 399 18 1
G. France, Gore .. .. 441 0 0
McKechinie and Nees, Dunedin .. .. 458 8 2

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1895.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the supply and delivery of bridge timber and piles for the Otago Central Railway is published for general information.
R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Murray, Arnold, and Co., Wellington .. .. 377 4 1

Declined.
National Mortgage and Agency Company, Dunedin .. .. 380 5 6
Thomson, Bridge, and Co., Dunedin .. .. 489 13 3
James Fox, Dunedin .. .. 558 9 11

Notice to Mariners, No. 46 of 1895.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th November, 1895.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 32 of 1895, published by this department on the 31st August last, the following Notice to Mariners, received from the Presidency Port Officer, Madras, is published for general information.
J. G. WARD.

Bay of Bengal, West Coast.—Godavari District, Madras Presidency.

In continuation of this office Notice to Mariners No. 23, dated 20th July, 1895, it is hereby notified that the temporary light opposite the Sacramento Shoal was exhibited on the 1st October, 1895. It is visible from seaward from N. 45° E. through W. to S. 45° W., at a distance of 10 miles.
WALTER POWELL,
Commander, R.I.M., Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office, Madras, 2nd October, 1895.

Election of Trustees of Drainage Districts.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1895.

THE following notices of results of elections of Trustees of Land Drainage Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of "The Land Drainage Act, 1893."
HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Aorangi Land Drainage District:
Hon. Walter Woods Johnston.
William Coombs.
Donald Grant.
John Motley Leigh.
Thomas Rayner Hodder.

Sluggish River Land Drainage District:
Joseph Beale.
Frederick George Grey Couper.
Charles Dunk.
Robert Hyslop Macmillan.
Matthew Morrison.