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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The Courthouse at PALMERSTON NORTH

to be a place wherein a Magistrate’s Court shall be held, in lieu of the Colonial Bank building, previously appointed.

T. THOMPSON.

Members of Westland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st March, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

JOHN SAMUEL LANG and
JAMES CHESNEY

to be members of the Land Board of the Land District of Westland, as from the 10th May, 1899.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Land Transfer Officer appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 20th March, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY HOWORTH, Esq.,

to be Deputy Examiner of Titles for the District of Canterbury, during the absence on leave of G. G. Bridges, Esq., as from the 1st day of March, 1899.

W. C. WALKER,
For Commissioner of Stamps.

Result of Polls for Proposed Loans, Stratford County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1899.

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

T. THOMPSON.

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 1st day of March, 1899, upon the proposal to borrow £1,500, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, for forming, grading, bridging, and culverting the Taihore Road from the Ohura Road to the Mangaehu River where it crosses the Taihore Road :—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 22 ; number of votes exercisable, 22: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 17 ; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 17 ; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, nil.

I declare the above proposal to be carried.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 2nd day of March, 1899, upon the proposal to borrow £640, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, to form, grade, and bridge the Tututawa Road from the Mangaotuku Road to the Government traverse-peg numbered 61 on the Tututawa Road :—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 5 ; number of votes exercisable, 5: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 1 ; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 1 ; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, nil.

As the necessary number of votes was not recorded, I hereby declare the proposal to be lost.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 9th day of March, 1899, upon the proposal to borrow £800, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, for forming, grading, and metalling the Hastings Road North :—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 9 ; number of votes exercisable, 10: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 7 ; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 8 ; Number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, nil.

I declare the above proposal to be carried.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

11th March, 1899.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Manganui Road District, County of Stratford.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1899.

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

T. THOMPSON.

MANGANUI ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of poll of ratepayers of the Croydon Road West Special Rating Area, taken on Wednesday, the 4th January, 1899, upon the proposal to raise a loan of £150 under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of continuing the metalling on the Croydon Road West, from the end of the present metal as far as Mr. Kowalewski’s gate; to strike as security on this loan a special rate of ½d. in the pound over the following lands, namely, Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, part 7 (66 acres), 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, of Block IX., Huiroa Survey District.

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 15 ; number of votes exercisable, 21 : Number of votes recorded for the proposal, 14 ; no votes were recorded against the proposal.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

JOSEPH MACKAY,
Chairman.

Special Order made by the Featherston Road Board, County of Wairarapa South.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1899.

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

T. THOMPSON.

RESOLVED: That, for the purpose of meeting interest and annual charges on a loan of £300, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for expenditure in constructing a road from its junction with the Greytown–Martinborough Road at Kaitara to the Greytown Borough boundary, a special rate of ⅞d. in the pound be made and levied on the rateable (capital) values of the following properties appearing on the valuation-roll of the Featherston Road District, and comprised in the Kaitara Special Rating District—viz., Sections 3 to 8, Uruokakati North, 297 acres; Subsection 15 of Kaitara No. 1, 60 acres; Subsections 13 and 14 of Kaitara No. 1, 113 acres; part of Kaitara No. 1, 43 acres; Subsections 2 to 5 of Sections 5 to 7, Uruokakati South, 228 acres; Subsections 6 to 12 of Sections 7 to 9, &c., Uruokakati South, 377 acres—as at present occupied by Messrs. Bazil Burch, John Hodge, jun., John McNamarra, James O. Sutherland, Richard A. Wakelin, and George Wiggins respectively. Such rate to be an annually recurring rate for twenty-six years, and payable at the office of the Board in one equal instalment on the 1st day of May in each year, commencing on the 1st day of May, 1899.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” at a meeting of the Featherston Road Board held on Saturday, the 11th day of March, 1899.

W. Bock,
Clerk.

Featherston, 13th March, 1899.

Notice respecting Native and Imported Game.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1899.

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