APRIL 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 581

Member of Patea Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in pursuance of the provisions of section 41 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” to appoint

CHARLES EDWIN MAJOR

to be a member of the Patea Harbour Board, the ratepayers of the Hawera Subdivision of the Patea Harbour District having, on the second Monday in February last, neglected to elect a member in accordance with the provisions of “The Patea Harbour Board Act, 1885.”

WM. HALL-JONES.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 4th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned person to be an Inspector under “The Factories Act, 1894,” and to assign to him the district set opposite his name, viz.:

Name. District.
Constable NORMAN Dow Abbott The North Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Labour.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1898.

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.

Result of Polls for Proposed Loans, Kiwitea County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1898.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

KIWITEA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll.

THE following is the result of the poll on the proposals to borrow £150 for construction of Oroua Valley Road, Apiti Riding:—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 7, representing 7 votes: Votes recorded for proposal, 5; number of ratepayers voting, 5; votes against, nil.

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

A. H. TOMPKINS,
Chairman.

Result of Poll.

The following is the result of poll on the proposals to borrow £400 for construction of Dick’s Road, Apiti Riding:—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 4, representing 10 votes: Votes recorded for proposal, 9; number of ratepayers voting, 3; votes against, nil.

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

J. J. WILLIAMSON,
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Stratford County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1898.

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.”

WM. HALL-JONES.

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 24th day of March, 1898, upon the proposal to borrow £1,050 under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, to form, grade, and metal portions of the Palmer and Duthie Roads:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 7; number of votes exercisable, 8: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 6; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 7; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, 1; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 1.

I declare the above proposal to be carried.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1898.

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.”

WM. HALL-JONES.

MOA ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of poll of ratepayers of the Kaipi Road Special Rating District, taken 23rd March, 1898, upon the following proposal: (1) To form and metal the Kaipi Road from the Egmont Road upwards; (2) to borrow for such purpose the sum of £100 under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886”; (3) to strike as security for such loan a special rate of 17d. in the pound; (4) to constitute the “Kaipi Road Special Rating District,” to comprise the following lands—viz., Sections 49, 51, 52, 56 (in two subdivisions), and part 61, Hua and Waiwakaiho:—

Total number of ratepayers on special roll, 6: Total number of votes exercised, 6; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 6; number of votes recorded against the proposal, nil; number of votes not recorded, nil.

I hereby declare the proposal carried.

S. BEETHAM,
Chairman.

Issue of New Zealand War Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the issue of the New Zealand War Medal to the under-mentioned members of the New Zealand Colonial Forces, whose claims have been investigated and admitted:—

No. 101, Private SAMUEL BROWN, Taranaki Military Settlers.

Private WALTER POUND ABRAM, Wanganui Militia.

T. THOMPSON.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence (4d.) per pound will be paid on the production of the first one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000lb.) of good marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impurities, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on or before the 31st March, 1900, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1901.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose certificate alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when,