APRIL 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 569

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st April, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM HENRY SMITH

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waiapu, vice J. Somervell, resigned; and

HERBERT MCCLELLAND INGLIS

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Selwyn, vice H. F. Meadows, resigned.

T. THOMPSON.

Appointment of Persons to act on the Committee of the Waitaki Islands (Papakaio Portion).

Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in terms of clause 2 of the rules and regulations for the management of the Papakaio portion of the Waitaki Islands, dated 11th September, 1895, approved of the following persons acting on the Committee for the care, management, and protection of the said islands, viz:—

HUGH ROSS, Awamoko;
ALEXANDER WALKER, Papakaio;
WILLIAM JOSEPH WILLIAMS, Glenavy;

the said persons having retired from the Committee by ballot, and having been re-elected in terms of the said regulations.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Lands.

Member of Land Board, Hawke’s Bay, appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th March, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-appoint

ROBERT READ GROOM

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Hawke’s Bay, as from the 20th May, 1896.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Lands.

Date of First Election, &c., Otokia Land-drainage District, County of Taieri.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN GRANT

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of Trustees of the Otokia Drainage District;

Also to appoint Saturday, the 11th day of April next, to be the day, and the Taieri County Hut, Duck Bridge, to be the place, for holding the said election;

Also to appoint Monday, the 20th day of April next, at 2 o’clock p.m., to be the time, and the Taieri County Hut, Duck Bridge, to be the place, for the first meeting of the Trustees of the said drainage district.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1896.

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

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Special Order made by the Featherston Road Board, County of Wairarapa South.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1896.

THE following special order, made by the Featherston Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the Featherston Road Board, Wairarapa South County.

THAT, to meet the interest and charges on a loan of £300 (under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and its amendments) for the purpose of constructing a road from the Pahaoa Native Reserve to Glenburn boundary, a special rate of 1/8d. in the pound be now levied on the rateable value of the properties in the Pahaoa-Glenburn Special Rating District, comprising—Section 1, 157 acres; Section 4, 336 acres; Section 5, 324 acres; Section 10, 936 acres, all in Block IX., Mount Adams Survey District, as at present occupied by Mr. Duncan Cameron: and Section 10, Block VIII., 1,380 acres; Section 21, Block VI., 223 acres; and Section 22, Block IX., 237 acres, all in the Mount Adams Survey District, as at present occupied by Mr. John Cameron. Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, or until the loan is paid off; and shall be due and payable in two equal instalments on the 2nd days of January and July in each year, the first of such instalments to be payable on the 2nd day of July, 1896.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made and confirmed by the Featherston Road Board, in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

W. Bock,
Clerk.

Featherston, 21st March, 1896.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, County of Akaroa.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th March, 1896.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Akaroa County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESULT of a poll taken in the Akaroa County, upon the 21st day of March, 1896, upon a proposal to borrow £2,000, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for works to keep Lake Forsyth at a permanently low level, and to pledge as security for the loan, in addition to the special rate prescribed by law, the rents and profits which may now or in the future accrue from reserves dedicated to that purpose:—

Number of ratepayers on the county roll, 446, representing 828 votes: 135 ratepayers, representing 256 votes, voted in favour of the said loan; 17 ratepayers, representing 33 votes, voted against the proposal; 293 ratepayers, representing 538 votes, were not recorded; and there was 1 informal vote. Majority of ratepayers against and not voting, 175; majority of votes against and not recorded, 316.

And I therefore declare the said proposals to be rejected.

F. A. ANSON,
Chairman, Akaroa County Council.

Duvauchelle’s Bay, 26th March, 1896.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Alexandra South.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1896.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Alexandra South, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

BOROUGH OF ALEXANDRA SOUTH.—PROPOSAL TO RAISE A LOAN OF £2,500.

NOTICE is hereby given that the result of the poll taken on the 26th day of March, 1896, on the proposal to borrow £2,500, under the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for the following purpose—to construct waterworks and an electric-lighting plant for the Borough of Alexandra South—was as follows:—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 79; number of votes exercisable, 90: Number of burgesses who voted for the pro-