July 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1275

I, Reginald Edward Beckett, Mayor of the Borough of Marton, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all proceedings required by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” for obtaining the sanction of the burgesses of the said borough on a proposal by the Council of the said borough to raise a special loan of £5,000 for the purpose of constructing and maintaining works to light the Town of Marton and supplying any of its inhabitants with gas or electricity, and to pledge a special rate to be levied within the borough as security for such £5,000, have been duly taken. And the resolution in favour of such proposal was duly carried at a poll of the said burgesses on the 26th day of May, 1899.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

R. E. BECKETT.

Declared at Marton aforesaid, this 23rd day of June, 1899, before me—J. J. McDonald, a Justice of the Peace.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Wairau Road District, County of Marlborough.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1899.

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

J. CARROLL.

WAIRAU ROAD BOARD.

Result of Poll.

NOTICE is hereby given that the poll of ratepayers taken on the proposal to raise a loan of £200 to provide the balance of the necessary funds required to defray the cost of constructing a road from Rock Ferry to Kaituna, on Monday, the 26th June, 1899, resulted as follows:

Number of voters on the roll, 29: Number of voters who voted for proposal, 10; number of voters who voted against proposal, 9. Number of votes on the roll, 36: Number of votes recorded for the proposal, 17; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 10.

As neither a majority in number of the ratepayers on the roll nor a majority in number of the votes exercisable were in favour of the proposal, I declare the proposal lost.

THOMAS CARTER,
Chairman, Wairau Road Board.

Blenheim, 28th June, 1899.

Notice under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act Amendment Act, 1896.”

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 4th July, 1899.

IN exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon me by “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act Amendment Act, 1896,” and in accordance with a requisition signed by a three-fifths majority of the shopkeepers in the Borough of Pahiatua, I, Richard John Seddon, Minister of Labour, hereby intimate that the Gazette notice of 18th May, 1899, relating to the closing of shops in the Borough of Pahiatua on 9 o’clock on the evening of Saturday in each week, is hereby revoked.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Notice to Mariners, No. 19 of 1899.

OTAGO HARBOUR SIGNAL AT TAIAROA HEAD FOR OPEN BOATS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 4th July, 1899.

THE Otago Harbour Board have notified for the information of fishermen and others that, on and after Monday, the 1st August, 1899, when the entrance to the harbour is unsafe for open boats a black ball will be hoisted on the north yard-arm of the signal-staff at Taiaroa Head Signal-station.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Teacher’s Certificate cancelled.

Education Department,
Wellington, 29th June, 1899.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the certificate under “The Education Act, 1877,” issued to

SHERIDAN CARLISLE HALL,

lately a teacher in the Wanganui Education District, has been cancelled.

W. C. WALKER.

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and any amendment thereof, and also of “The Government Railways Act, 1894,” I, Alfred Jerome Cadman, the Minister for Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 10th day of July, 1899:—

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

Except otherwise specified, goods of classes A, B, C, D, conveyed between Auckland, Newmarket, or Onehunga, and Thames will be charged 25s. per ton.

As witness my hand, this twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 5th July, 1899.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the under-mentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 617.]

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—ALFRED GILLMAN HALL, Esq., of Melbourne, Victoria, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria, has this day been appointed by his Honour Mr. Justice Edwards a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Victoria, under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of July, 1899.

W. A. HAWKINS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.