Feb. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 581

MOA ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of poll of ratepayers of the Dudley Road East Special Rating District, taken February 10, 1897, upon the following proposal: (1.) To form and metal Dudley Road East. (2.) To borrow for such purpose the sum of £150 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 Dudley Road East Special Rating District, to comprise the following lands—viz., Sections 3, 4, 5, part 18, 19, 20, Moa:—

Total number of ratepayers on special roll, 5; total number of votes exercisable, 6: Number of votes recorded for the proposal, 4; number of votes recorded against the proposal, nil; number of votes not recorded, 2.

I hereby declare the proposal carried.

J. BROWN,
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Cook County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th February, 1897.

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

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.—WAIKOHU BRIDGE LOAN.

At a poll of the ratepayers within this special district, taken on the 3rd instant, upon a proposal by this Council to raise a loan of £3,000 for the purpose of erecting the Waikohu Bridge and constructing the connecting roads, the following votes were recorded:—

For the proposal, 23 persons exercised 54 votes; against the proposal, 2 persons exercised 3 votes: Total number on the roll, 39 persons, capable of exercising 103 votes.

As a majority of persons voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting exercised a majority of the votes exercisable in favour of the proposal, I declare it carried.

J. MACFARLANE,
Chairman.

Gisborne, 13th February, 1897.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Stratford County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1897.

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

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESULT of poll taken on the 25th day of January, 1897, upon the proposal to borrow £400 under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” to fell, clear, and make fit for horse traffic the Wingrove Road, in the Pukengahu Block, from the northern boundary-line of Subsection 1 to the Mangamingi Block:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 19; number of votes exercisable, 21: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 10; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 12; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, 2; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 2.

I declare the above proposal to be carried.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

Dated at Stratford, 6th February, 1897.

Special Order made by the Takapau Road Board, County of Waipawa.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1897.

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

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

TAKAPAU ROAD BOARD.

SPECIAL order confirmed by the Takapau Road Board at an ordinary meeting held on 9th February, 1897:—

“Notice is hereby given that at a meeting to be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 9th February, 1897, it is the intention of the above Board to adopt ‘The Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886.’”

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order was duly made on the above date, as required by “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

JAMES POWRIE,
Clerk, Takapau Road Board.

Takapau Road Board,
Takapau, H.B., 20th February, 1897.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1897.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Notice to Imprestees under “The Public Revenues Act, 1891.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 20th February, 1897.

EVERY officer holding advances of public money is hereby required to pay to the Public Account, at the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the unexpended balance in his hand on or before Wednesday, the 31st March proximo, and forthwith to transmit to the Treasury at Wellington the bank-receipt for such repayment, together with an account of his expenditure to the same date, as required by clause 4 of the Treasury Regulations.

As respects disbursements which officers may require to make immediately after the close of the financial year, requisitions for the amount required are to be made in such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later than the 16th March, so that the requisite funds may be placed at the disposal of the officer on the 1st April.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
For the Colonial Treasurer.

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and any amendment thereof, and also of “The Government Railways Act, 1894,” I, Alfred Jerome Cadman, the Minister for Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 22nd day of February, 1897:—

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

GREYMOUTH—BRUNNERTON AND GREYMOUTH—HOKITIKA SECTIONS.

Timber consigned to Greymouth by rail for export beyond the Colony of New Zealand will be charged 1d. per hundred superficial feet in addition to the classified or local rates, such charge to include four months’ storage in the timber-drying shed at Greymouth. For storage in the timber-drying shed, for each month or fractional part of a month after the first four months an additional charge of 1d. per hundred superficial feet will be made.

Timber for export beyond the Colony of New Zealand previously carried to Greymouth by rail will be charged 2d. per hundred superficial feet for haulage from timber-drying shed to ship’s side and the use of sheets to cover such timber. All damage to sheets so used to be paid for by consignors of timber.

The unloading, handling, and loading of all timber placed in or removed from the drying-shed must be done by owners. These regulations will also apply to timber ex the Midland Railway when consigned to Greymouth for export beyond the colony.

Timber other than specified above will not be received into the timber-drying shed at Greymouth.

As witness my hand, this twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.