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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

NORMANBY TOWN DISTRICT.

RATING ON UNIMPROVED VALUE.—RESULT OF POLL.

Proposal to adopt “The Rating on Unimproved Value Act, 1896,” and thereby to rate Property upon the Basis of the Unimproved Value.

NOTICE is hereby given that the poll of ratepayers taken on the 15th instant resulted as follows:—

Number of voters on roll .. .. .. 116
Number of votes exercisable .. .. 248
Number of voters who voted .. .. 52
Number of votes for proposal .. .. 82
Number of votes against proposal .. .. 56
Number of votes informal .. .. .. 3
Majority of votes for proposal .. .. 26

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

R. S. THOMPSON,
Chairman.

Normanby, 22nd November, 1897.

THE MAGDEBURG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
(MAGDEBURGER FEUERVERSICHERUNGS GESELLSCHAFT.)

In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the above company proposes to carry on the business of fire insurance in New Zealand; and that its Offices or places of business in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill respectively, where legal proceedings of any kind may be served upon it, and to which notices of any kind may be addressed or given, are the offices of Messrs. Cook and Gray, situate as follows: Queen Street, Auckland; Victoria Street, Wellington; Hereford Street, Christchurch; High Street, Dunedin; Dee Street, Invercargill.

Dated this 23rd day of November, 1897.

W. R. COOK,
Attorney for the said Company.

1369

TO SOLICITORS, NATIVE AGENTS, ETC.

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JOHN MACKAY,
Government Printer.

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CONTENTS.

APPOINTMENTS .. .. .. .. 17
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES .. .. .. 47
CROWN LANDS NOTICES .. .. .. 21
LAND—
Declaring that the Perpetual-lease Tenant of an Educational Reserve may acquire the Freehold 1
Endowment Reserves for Education .. .. 18
For Sale by Public Auction .. .. .. 10–12
Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road .. 21
Notices of the Laying-off of Roads .. .. 20, 21
Proclaiming Roads as closed .. .. .. 3, 4
Proclaiming the Taking of a Road .. .. 1
Rural, open for Sale or Selection .. .. 12, 14–17
Set apart for Lease as Village-homestead Allotments .. .. .. .. 2, 3
Taken for Railway Purposes .. .. .. 3, 4
Taken for Roads .. .. .. .. 2, 3
Temporarily reserved .. .. .. .. 13
Withdrawn from Special Settlement .. .. 2
LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES .. .. .. 49
MINING NOTICES .. .. .. .. 48
MISCELLANEOUS—
Civil Service Senior Examination .. .. 19
Commission to inquire into the Kauri-gum Industry 20
Dentists’ Register .. .. .. .. 41
Examination of Land Surveyors .. .. .. 21
Letters of Naturalisation issued .. .. 19
Medical Practitioners’ Register .. .. 26
Notice to Mariners .. .. .. .. 19
Particulars of the Estates of Deceased Persons .. 47
Powers delegated under “The Public Domains Act, 1881” .. .. .. .. 5, 6
Proclaiming Wanga peka River a Watercourse .. 5
Proposed Loans .. .. .. .. 19
Recreation-ground brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881” .. .. .. 7
Regulations under “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885” .. .. .. 8
Road Board Elections .. .. .. .. 21
Special Orders .. .. .. .. 17, 18, 19
“The Kapiti Island Public Reserve Act, 1897” .. 19
Vesting Reserves .. .. .. .. 7
PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS .. .. .. 49

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.