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£400, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” to construct the following cart-traffic roads: viz., That portion of Victoria Road from southern boundary of Section 238, Blocks VI. and X., Tiffin Survey District, to Dalefield Road, and that portion of Dalefield Road extending in a north-westerly direction from junction of Jervois Road to south-western corner of Section 237:—

Total number of voters on special roll, 48; number of votes exercisable by them, 60: Number of voters who voted for the proposal, 30; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 37; number of voters who voted against the proposal, 1; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 1.

I therefore declare the above proposal duly carried.

Dated at Carterton, this 7th day of January, 1898.

HENRY R. BUNNY,
Chairman, Taratahi-Carterton Road Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Amuri County Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1898.

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

W. C. WALKER.

AMURI COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESULT OF POLL for Proposed Special Loan of £4,000 for Lower Waiau Traffic Bridge.

At a poll of ratepayers of the County of Amuri, taken on Wednesday, 12th day of January, 1898, upon a proposal to raise a loan of £4,000 under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for the purpose of erecting a new superstructure to the Lower Waiau Traffic-bridge, the following votes were recorded:—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 158, representing 248 votes: Number of votes recorded for the proposal, 87; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 6.

As a majority in number of ratepayers did not vote in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting were not entitled to more than one-half in number of votes which could be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers on the roll, I therefore declare the proposal to be rejected.

DUNCAN RUTHERFORD,
Chairman of the Council of the County of Amuri.

County Council Office,
Culverden, 13th January, 1898.

Special Orders made by the Waimate Road Board, County of Hawera.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th January, 1898.

THE following special orders, made by the Waimate Road Board, are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

W. C. WALKER.

WAIMATE ROAD BOARD.

SPECIAL ORDERS re Proposed Opunake Road £350 Loan and Upper Rowan Road £500 Loan.

THAT, to secure repayment of a loan of £350, and interest thereon, raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, for the purpose of forming and metalling the Opunake Road from the Auroa Road eastwards as far as the loan-moneys will permit, a special annual-recurring rate of 2¾d. in the pound be made and levied for a period of twenty-six years over the Opunake Road Special Rating-area, comprising the following sections: viz., 29 to 42, 44, the southern portion of Section 45 (13 acres and 12 perches), the southern portion of Section 46 (25 acres and 2 perches), 47, 48, 49, the northern portion of Section 50 (25 acres), the northern portion of Section 51 (25 acres and 2 perches), 52, 53, 54, and the northern portion of Section 55 (17 acres 1 rood), Block X., Kaupokonui Survey District. Such rate to be payable, if required, in one instalment, on the 1st day of January in each year of the aforesaid period.

That, to secure payment of a loan of £500, and interest thereon, raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, for the purpose of forming and metalling the unmetalled portions of the Upper Rowan Road, from the Eltham Road northwards to the Stratford County boundary, a special annual-recurring rate of 1⁷⁄₁₆d. in the pound be made and levied for a period of twenty-six years over the Upper Rowan Road Special Rating-area, comprising the following sections: 79, 81, 83, the northern portion of 88 (73 acres 2 roods 35 perches), Block X.; 80, 82, 85, and the northern portion of 88 (50 acres), Block XI.; all in the Kaupokonui Survey District. Such rate to be payable, if required, in one instalment, on the 1st day of January in each year of the aforesaid period.

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

JAMES C. DATSON,
Clerk.

Manaia, 14th January, 1898.

Special Order made by the Eketahuna Road Board, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th January, 1898.

THE following special order, made by the Eketahuna Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and is in substitution of one published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 95, of the 11th November, 1897, at foot of first column of page 2057.

W. C. WALKER.

EKETAHUNA ROAD BOARD.—SPECIAL ORDER No. 4.

THAT, for the purpose of securing payment of the sum of £20, being such amount additional to the sum of £753 already borrowed by the Board under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of construction of portion of Mangatainoka Valley Road, a special rate of ½d. in the pound be made and levied on the rateable value for the time being of the following properties: The western half of Section 12, fronting the Mangatainoka Valley Road, as divided by a line at right angles to the dividing-line between Sections 12 and 15; the southern half of Section 13, as divided by a line at right angles to the Mangatainoka Valley Road; the western half of Section 15, as divided by a line at right angles to the dividing-line between Sections 12 and 15; the eastern half of Section 34, as divided by a line at right angles to the dividing-line between Sections 32 and 34; the southern half of Section 37, as divided by a line parallel with the section-line between Sections 37 and 40; the southern half of Section 40, as divided by a line parallel to the section-line between Sections 37 and 40; the southern half of Section 44, as divided by a line parallel to the section-line between Sections 37 and 40; the southern half of Section 47, as divided by a line parallel to the section-line between Sections 47 and 44; also Sections 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 48: all in Block VII., Tararua Survey District.

Such rate shall be an annually-recurring rate, and shall be paid in two half-yearly instalments for twenty-six years, on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each year, until the debt is liquidated.

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

T. T. YOULE,
Clerk.

Eketahuna, 7th August, 1897.

Notice to Mariners, No. 6 of 1898.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th January, 1898.

THE following Hydrographic Notice, received from his Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief, Australian Station, is published for general information.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Marine.

AUSTRALIAN STATION.

“Orlando,” at Sydney,
15th December, 1897.

(Hydrographic Notice No. 47.)

Naitonitoni Anchorage, Fiji.

THE buoy formerly in this anchorage has now been replaced. It is moored on a very small patch, which has 17ft. of water on it at low water, and is distant about one cable from the extreme of Western Reef.

Chart No. 167.

Sailing directions: Pacific Islands, Vol. ii., page 128.

Australian Station, Hydrographic Notice No. 44, par. 5.

(Governor, Fiji, 13th November, 1897: Office No. 292.)

CYPRIAN A. G. BRIDGE,
Rear-Admiral.

Notice to Mariners, No. 7 of 1898.

DAGGS SOUND, WEST COAST, MIDDLE ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 17th January, 1898.

CAPTAIN FAIRCHILD, of the Government steamer “Tutanekai,” reports that when leaving the head of Daggs Sound, into which the vessel had run for shelter