APRIL 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 637

Trustee of Volunteer Drill-shed resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th April, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

Captain REGINALD BAYLEY,
Taranaki Rifle Volunteers, of his appointment as a Trustee of the New Plymouth Volunteer Drill-shed. Date of resignation, 25th March, 1896.

W. C. WALKER,
For Defence Minister.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th April, 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.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1896.

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.”

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

MOA ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of poll of ratepayers of the Dudley Road West Special Rating District, taken on 12th February, 1896, upon the following proposal: (1.) To metal a portion of the Dudley Road West, from Section 131, Moa, westwards. (2.) To borrow for such purpose the sum of £400 under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886.” (3.) To strike as security for such loan a special rate of ⅔d. in the pound. (4.) To constitute the Dudley Road West Special Rating District, to comprise the following lands—namely, Sections part 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 138, 139, Moa; 1, 2, 3, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, Block VII., Egmont Survey District; 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, Block VIII., Egmont Survey District; 1, Block XI., Egmont Survey District:—

Total number of ratepayers on special roll, 27; total number of votes exercisable, 27: Number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 21; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, 1; number of ratepayers who did not vote, 5.

I hereby declare the proposal carried.

J. BROWN,
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Hawera.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th April, 1896.

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

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

HAWERA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

SIR,—I, Charles Edwin Major, Mayor of the Borough of Hawera, in the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, pursuant to section 184 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” give you notice that, on the 31st day of March, 1896, a poll of the burgesses of the said Borough of Hawera was taken, under the provisions of the said Act, on a proposal of the Council of the said borough to borrow the sum of £350 by way of special loan under the provisions of the said Act, a copy of which proposal is next hereinafter set out.

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Hawera Borough Council.—Loan for Erection of Public Institute and Library.

1. The particular work proposed to be undertaken: The erection of a new Public Institute and Library.
2. The sum proposed to be borrowed for such purposes: £350.
3. The security for such loan: The rents accruing from part Allotment 15 of Section 19, Hawera Borough, and at present leased to the Hawera Town Hall Company.

C. E. MAJOR,
Mayor.

And I also give you notice that the number of votes recorded upon the taking of the said poll for and against the said proposal was as follows: Number of voters on roll, 359; number of votes exercisable, 452: Number of voters for proposal, 195; number of votes for proposal, 264; number of voters against proposal, 2; number of votes against proposal, 6; number of voters not voting, 162; number of votes not exercised, 182.

Dated this 10th day of April, 1896.

C. E. MAJOR,
Mayor.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

In the matter of a loan for erection of Public Institute and Library, and a proposal by the Hawera Borough Council to borrow the sum of £350 for such purpose under Part IX. of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” I, Charles Edwin Major, of High Street, in the Borough of Hawera, in the Colony of New Zealand, Mayor of the said borough, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:—

1. That all proceedings as required by the above-named Act to be taken towards obtaining the sanction of the burgesses of the said Borough of Hawera to a proposal of the Council of the said borough to raise the sum of £350 by way of special loan under the provisions of the said Act have been duly taken.
2. That, upon a poll of the said burgesses taken on the said proposal on the 31st day of March, 1896, the said proposal was duly carried within the meaning of the above-named Act.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

C. E. MAJOR,
Mayor of Hawera.

Declared at Hawera, this 11th day of April, 1896, before me—W. A. Parkinson, J.P., Journalist, Hawera.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1896.

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.”

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

MOA ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of a poll taken at the Moa Road Board Office, Inglewood, on Wednesday, 8th April, 1896, on a proposal to raise a loan of £2,000, in conjunction with the Clifton County Council, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of metalling that portion of the Junction Road between Kaimata Road and the Waitara River:—

Total number of ratepayers on special roll, 43; total number of votes exercisable, 48: Number of votes recorded for the proposal, 35; number of votes recorded against the proposal, nil; number of votes not recorded, 13.

I hereby declare the proposal carried.

J. BROWN,
Chairman, Moa Road Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Clifton County Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1896.

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

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

CLIFTON COUNTY.

RESULT of a poll taken at Mr. Usher Lucas’s residence, Tarata, Ngatimaru Riding, on Tuesday, the 7th April, 1896, on a proposal to raise a loan of £2,000 in conjunction with