Nov. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1855

of rebuilding the Wangaehu, Mangawhero, and Heao Bridges, the result of the poll was as under:—
For the proposal, 188 votes; against the proposal, 27 votes.
And I, Alexander Higgie, Chairman of the Wanganui County, do hereby declare the said resolution to be carried.
ALEX. HIGGIE.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Kiwitea County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1898.

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

J. CARROLL.

KIWITEA COUNTY COUNCIL.

THE following is the result of poll on the proposals to borrow £1,011 15s. for forming, culverting, and metalling streets within the Birmingham Township:—
Number of ratepayers on roll, 127, representing 128 votes: Number of ratepayers voting, 81; votes recorded for the proposal, 80; votes against, 1; informal, 1.
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 the ratepayers, I hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

A. H. TOMPKINS,
Chairman.

Birmingham, 14th November, 1898.

30th November to be a Holiday (St. Andrew’s Day).

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1898.

WEDNESDAY, the 30th November instant, being St. Andrew’s Day, will be observed as a public holiday in the Government offices throughout New Zealand, excepting those in the City of Auckland, which will be closed on Thursday, 1st December next, being date of opening of Auckland Industrial Exhibition.

J. CARROLL.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Section 3, Block I., Lillburn District, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road and approach to the Waiau–Clifden Bridge, in Lillburn Survey District, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken; and notice is further given that the plan of the said road and approach and of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Clifden, and is there open for inspection. And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

As the said area is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 39708, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road through Maungaraki A Block, Wainuioru Survey District.

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 road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 13th August, 1898, 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 1st August, 1898.

SCHEDULE.

ADMIRAL’S ROAD.

As the said area is delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 15th day of November, 1898.

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road through Ngawaka-a-Kupe Block, in the Waipawa Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, under the authority contained in section 96 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” and the amendments thereof, that the road mentioned in the Schedule hereto was, on the 13th August, 1892, surveyed and laid off over the Native land therein mentioned, under my direction; and that, in terms of the said Act, the site of such road shall be deemed to be a road dedicated to the public, and shall vest in Her Majesty.

SCHEDULE.

As the said areas are delineated upon the plans marked as above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department, Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 11th day of November, 1898.

S. PERCY SMITH,
Surveyor-General.

Election of Trustees, Manawatu and Sluggish River Drainage Districts, County of Manawatu.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1898.

THE following results of the election of Trustees of the Manawatu and Sluggish River Drainage Districts have been received from the Returning Officers, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Manawatu Drainage District:
Lewis R. Bryant.
John Reid.
Samuel Sanson.
Christian Voss.
Frederick J. Nathan.
Oscar Monrad.
Robert Were.

Sluggish River Drainage District:
Frederick G. G. Couper.
Isaac Greenaway.
Robert H. MacMillan.
Charles Dunk.
William Amon.