Aug. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1563

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th August, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

J. CARROLL.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

J. CARROLL.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Parnell.

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

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Parnell, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

J. CARROLL.

BOROUGH OF PARNELL.

Notice of Poll to raise £10,000 by Special Loan.

Notice is hereby given that a poll of the burgesses of the Borough of Parnell was taken on Wednesday, the 2nd day of August, 1899, upon the following proposals:—

1. The works proposed to be undertaken are the extension of drainage-works, as shown on plan lying at the Borough Council Offices and now open for inspection by the ratepayers.

2. The sum proposed to be borrowed for such purpose is £10,000.

3. It is proposed to pledge, as security for the repayment of such loan, a special rate of 3d. in the pound, proposed to be made on the annual value of all rateable properties in the borough, such special rate being an annual rate to secure and pay the interest of such loan.

There voted for the proposal, 354; there voted against the proposal, 39; informal votes, 4: total number of voters on the roll, 632.

A majority in number of burgesses, being entitled to more than one-half in number of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of burgesses, having voted for the proposal, I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

Parnell, this 12th day of August, 1899.

HUGH CAMPBELL,
Mayor of Parnell.

I, Benjamin Gilmer, Town Clerk of the Borough of Parnell, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all proceedings required by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the burgesses of the said Borough of Parnell to the above proposal have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the said proposal has been duly carried; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

BENJAMIN GILMER.

Declared at Auckland, this 12th day of August, 1899, before me—D. B. McDonald, J.P.

Notice to Mariners, No. 27 of 1899.

TASMANIA, BUOY ON EGGS AND BACON REEF, HUON RIVER.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1899.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Hobart, Tasmania, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

NOTICE is hereby given that a white buoy has been placed to mark the reef known as Eggs and Bacon Reef, Huon River. This buoy is placed in 18 ft. at low water. The southern end of Huon Island bears S. 51° 37′ E., and Police Point S. 87° W., magnetic.

J. W. EVANS.
Master Warden.

Marine Board Office,
Hobart, 24th July, 1899.

Notice to Mariners, No. 28 of 1899.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 22nd August, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that Captain Eckford has placed a conical-shaped buoy about one cable’s length from the break of the surf outside the Wairau bar, bearing in a north-east direction. Masters of vessels making use of this buoy are requested to make fast to the chain, and not to the buoy.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notifying Reserves in the Township of Tokaanu.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th August, 1899.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the undermentioned lands, having been shown upon the deposited plan of the Native Township of Tokaanu as reserves for the purposes specified at the end of each of the descriptions in the Schedule hereto, are vested in Her Majesty in pursuance of subsection (2) of section 12 of “The Native Townships Act, 1895,” and will be dealt with as reserves under “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.

TOWNSHIP OF TOKAANU.

ALL that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being Section No. 30, Block I., Tokaanu Township. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 23; towards the north-east by Section No. 31; towards the south-east by Kaiwaka Street; and towards the south-west by Tawera Street: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For market reserve.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres and 15 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 40 and 41, Block I., Tokaanu Township. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 42; towards the south-east and north-east by Matariki Street; towards the south by Humu Street; and towards the west by road reserve, 100 links wide, along the Tokaanu River: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a public-school site.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods, more or less, being Sections Nos. 18 and 20, Block II., Tokaanu Township. Bounded towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 19 and 21; towards the south-east by Atutahi Street; towards the south-west by Tawera Street; and towards the north-west by Section No. 16: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For gravel reserves.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 36 perches, more or less, being Section No. 22, Block II., Tokaanu Township. Bounded towards the north-east by Tawera Street; towards the south-east by Atutahi Street; towards the south-west by Section No. 1A; and towards the north-west by Section No. 1: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a site for public buildings of the General Government.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 6, Block III., Tokaanu Township. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 4; towards the north-east by Section No. 7; towards the south-east by Atutahi Street; and towards the south-west by Sections Nos. 11, 10, 5, and 4: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a site for