May 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 793

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Mauriceville Road Board, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1896.

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

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

MAURICEVILLE ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of a poll taken on a proposal to raise a loan of £225 under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, to extend the formation on Dagg’s Road:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 4, representing 4 votes: Number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the proposal, 3, representing 3 votes; number of votes unrecorded, 1.

As a majority of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to more than one-half in number of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I declare the proposal to be carried.

CHARLES FORSBERG.
Chairman, Mauriceville Road Board.

Mauriceville, 14th May, 1896.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road over Native Lands in the Auckland Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was duly taken and laid off through the lands specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by warrant dated the 7th October, 1895.

SCHEDULE.

ROAD THROUGH THE AORANGI BLOCK (5872 IN RED).

As the said areas are delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Auckland, in the Auckland Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 14th day of May, 1896.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road over Land in the Auckland Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on 26th September, 1894, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by warrant dated the 1st June, 1893. .

SCHEDULE.

ROAD KNOWN AS THE WAITOKA ROAD, MAUNGAKARETU SURVEY DISTRICT.

As the said area is delineated upon the plan above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Department of Lands and Survey at Auckland, in the Auckland Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 14th day of May, 1896.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road over Native Lands in the Auckland Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was duly taken and laid off through the lands specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by warrant dated the 11th May, 1890.

SCHEDULE.

ROAD IN THE WHIRINAKI BLOCK (5982 IN RED).

As the above areas are delineated on the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Department of Lands and Survey at Auckland, in the Auckland Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 14th day of May, 1896.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road over Lands in the Auckland Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 6th August, 1895, duly taken and laid off through the lands specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by a warrant dated the 15th August, 1890.

SCHEDULE.

ROAD THROUGH WAIRAU BLOCK (NO. 2012A IN RED), BLOCK IX., WAOKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

As the said areas are shown upon the plan mentioned above, deposited in the District Office of the Department of Lands and Survey at Auckland, in the Auckland Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 14th day of May, 1896.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Bonus for Destruction of Rabbits.—Notice No. 436.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, N.Z., 14th December, 1895.

A BONUS of £1,000 is offered for a practical scheme for the destruction of rabbits.

The following are the conditions:—

1. All applications for the bonus must be sent addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, Wellington, New Zealand, and must reach him not later than 31st May, 1896. Each application must be accompanied by a full description of the means proposed to be adopted.

2. The Government shall appoint a committee of three or more experts, to whom all applications shall be submitted. Such committee shall, after perusal, state what schemes they deem worthy of further consideration, and are satisfied may be used with absolute safety.

On completion of the committee’s preliminary investigations each applicant will be notified of the decision arrived

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