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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Waipawa Town District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1898.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

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WAIPAWA TOWN BOARD.
Result of Poll for Loan.

I HEREBY give public notice that the poll of the Waipawa Town Board District, taken on the 23rd day of February, 1898, on the proposal to raise a loan of £500 under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the following works—namely, to complete 40 chains sewer-drain, flushing-tanks, and windmill, £350; extension of water-main, Great North Road, £50; formation and metalling, 30 chains, Bibby Street, including footpath, £100: total, £500—resulted as follows:—

Number on roll, 135: Number who voted, 60; number of votes exercisable, 180; number of votes in favour of proposal, 91; number who voted against proposal, 1; informal, 1; votes not exercised, 75.

I accordingly declare the above proposal rejected.

J. C. TAYLOR,
Returning Officer,
Waipawa Town Board.

Waipawa Town Board Office,
24th February, 1898.

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Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Mackenzie County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1898.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

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MACKENZIE COUNTY COUNCIL.
Result of Poll under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

THE following is the result of a poll of the ratepayers in the Three Springs-Fairlie Special Rating District, taken on the 17th March, 1898, on the proposal to borrow £850, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of constructing water-races in the Three Springs-Fairlie Water-supply District:—

Number of ratepayers within the special district, 126, capable of exercising 142 votes: Number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the proposal, 70, exercising 79 votes; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, 1, exercising 1 vote; number of ratepayers who did not vote, 55.

As a majority of the ratepayers within the Three Springs-Fairlie Special Rating District voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to a majority of the votes appearing on the special roll, I do hereby declare the proposal carried.

Dated at Fairlie, this 18th day of March, 1898.

F. R. GILLINGHAM,
Chairman, Mackenzie County Council.

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Special Order made by the Manganui Road Board, County of Stratford.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1898.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

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MANGANUI ROAD BOARD.

Notice is hereby given that the following special order was made on Saturday, 4th February, 1898, and confirmed on Saturday, 12th March, 1898:—

“That, to secure the repayment of a loan of £300, raised under ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,’ for the purpose of completing the draining, culverting, and formation required to give access to the sections in Block XVI., Egmont, on the upper portion of Radnor Road, and of forming and metalling a portion of the road commencing at the eastern boundary of Section 24, Manganui, and extending westwards about 40 chains; to set aside the Land Fund money accruing from Sections 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, Block XVI., Egmont, for the purpose of paying interest on this loan; to strike, as security on this loan, a special rate of 3¾d. in the pound over the following lands—namely, Sections 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, Block XVI., Egmont Survey District. Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years; and shall be payable in two half-yearly instalments, if required, on the 1st January and the 1st July in each year.”

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HENRY WATSON,
Clerk.

Manganui Road Board,
Midhirst, 14th March, 1898.

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Special Order made by the Upper Hurford Road Board, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1898.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

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UPPER HURFORD ROAD BOARD.

SPECIAL order made by the Upper Hurford Road Board at a special meeting held on 8th March, 1898, viz.:—

“That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £700 for the construction of the Hurford Road, authorised to be raised by the said Board under the provisions of ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,’ do hereby make and levy a special rate of 1¼d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all the property within the Upper Hurford Road District. That such rate shall be an annual-recurring rate for a period of twenty-six years, and shall be payable in two equal instalments at the office of the said Board on the 1st day of January and the 1st day of July in each and every year during the currency of the loan. The first year’s interest, and cost of raising the loan, to be paid out of the loan.”

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of special order that has been duly made and passed by the Upper Hurford Road Board as required by the Road Boards Act.

JABEZ S. GREENHILL,
Chairman.

New Plymouth, 16th March, 1898.

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Notice respecting Native and Imported Game.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1898.

THE attention of sportsmen, game-dealers, and others is called to the provisions of “The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1889,” and of “The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1895,” which are now in force. A digest of the chief of such provisions is subjoined, viz.:—

“THE ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT AMENDMENT ACT, 1889.”

Section 4. No person shall kill, destroy, or shoot at any game or native game with anything but a shoulder-gun, and no such gun must exceed size No. 10 at muzzle, or be fitted with barrels exceeding 36 in. in length. No gun shall exceed 10 lb. in weight.

Any person offending against this provision is liable to a penalty not exceeding £10.

Section 5. No person shall sell any native game, or take or kill any native game for the purpose of sale, without previously taking out the required license.

Penalty not exceeding £20.

Section 6. No sale of native game shall take place prior to the 1st May and subsequent to the 1st August in any year.

If any person hold a license to sell game—i.e., imported game—he is not liable to pay a second fee on taking out a license to sell native game. But both licenses must be taken out if it is intended to sell both kinds of game.

“THE ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT AMENDMENT ACT, 1895.”

Section 6. Section 12 of “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” is repealed. No person can now sell game, or dispose thereof for any gain or reward, unless he be the holder of a license to sell such game.

Penalty not exceeding £20.

J. CARROLL.

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Notice of the Laying-off of a Road through Blocks I. and II., Tutacariari, Ngaire and Omona Survey Districts.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 92 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” that the roads described in the Schedule hereto were, on the 28th day of June, 1897, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by a warrant dated the 23rd July, 1896.