SEPT. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1841

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned person to be an Inspector under “The Factories Act, 1894,” and to assign to him the district set opposite his name, viz. :

Name. District.
Constable WILLIAM JOHN The North Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto.
BUTLER
R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 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.

Special Order made by the Hokianga County Council, altering Ridings, &c.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1899.

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

J. CARROLL.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT on and after the 20th day of October, 1899, the Omapere Riding be divided into two ridings, each to be represented by one member. Ridings to be named and constituted as follows :

1. Omapere Riding.

Bounded towards the west by the sea, starting from the south head of the Hokianga Harbour; thence southwards to the south-western intersection of Block I., Waipoua Survey District; thence eastward by the southern boundaries of Blocks I., II., III., and IV., Waipoua Survey District, and I. and part of Block II., Tutamoe Survey District, to a point where the boundary of the Taheke Riding intersects; towards the east by the Taheke Riding; towards the north by the Rawene Riding and the Hokianga River to the starting-point at the south head of the Hokianga Harbour.

2. Waipoua Riding.

Bounded towards the west by the sea, starting from the north-western intersection of Block V., Waipoua Survey District; thence southwards to the county boundary at the Maunganui Bluff; towards the south by the county boundary to the Tutamoe Trig.; towards the east by the Taheke Riding; towards the north by the Omapere Riding to starting-point at the north-western intersection of Block V., Waipoua Survey District.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly passed in the manner prescribed by section 124 of “The Counties Act, 1886.”

E. McLEOD,
County Clerk.

Witness to signature—W. O. Lamb.
Hokianga County Office,
13th September, 1899.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of St. Kilda.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1899.

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

J. CARROLL.

Borough of St. Kilda,
20th September, 1899.

SIR,--

I have the honour to inform you that a poll was taken on the 30th day of August, 1899, on the proposal to borrow £5,000 for constructing a waterworks for the Borough of St. Kilda, and the result of the poll was—

Votes for the proposal, 180; votes against the proposal, 10.

A majority in number of the burgesses voting in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting being entitled to more than one-half of the votes which could be exercised by the whole number of burgesses, I declare the resolution carried.

THOS. S. CULLING,
Mayor.

The Colonial Secretary,
Wellington.

Borough of St. Kilda,
20th September, 1899.

I, John Gore, Town Clerk of the Borough of St. Kilda, 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 to the proposal to borrow the sum of £5,000 sterling for the purpose of constructing a waterworks for the Borough of St. Kilda have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the proposal has been duly carried. 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.”

JNO. GORE,
Town Clerk.

Declared at Dunedin, this 20th day of September, 1899, before me—L. Mendelsohn, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Ashburton.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1899.

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

J. CARROLL.

Ashburton Borough Council,
16th September, 1899.

To the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

In pursuance of the provisions of the 184th section of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” I give you notice that, on the 14th day of September, 1899, a poll was taken of the burgesses of the Borough of Ashburton in respect of a proposal of the Ashburton Borough Council to raise and borrow the sum of £7,500 by way of special loan for the construction and establishment of certain public works which are deemed necessary for promoting the convenience and health of the inhabitants of the borough, and that the following votes were recorded for and against the said proposal: For the proposal, 352 votes; against the proposal, 12 votes. The total number of burgesses entitled to vote at the said poll was 644.

As a majority in number of the burgesses entitled to vote at the said poll voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to more than one-half in number of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of burgesses, I have declared the resolution in favour of the proposal to be carried.

HUGO FRIEDLANDER,
Mayor of the Borough of Ashburton.

I, Charles Edward Fooks, of Ashburton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, in the Colony of New Zealand, Town Clerk of the Borough of Ashburton, do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. I am Town Clerk of the Borough of Ashburton.

2. All proceedings required by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the burgesses of the Borough of Ashburton to the proposal of the Council of the said borough for raising and borrowing a sum of £7,500 for the construction and establishment of certain public works which are deemed necessary for promoting the convenience and health of the inhabitants of the borough have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the proposal has been duly carried.