Dec. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2239

Vaccination Inspectors, for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
JAMES HOWARD SHEATH .. .. Hokitika.
HENRY MERCER .. .. .. Oxford.

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th December, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES FREDERICK ARNOLD, Esq., of Dunedin,
HENRY GEORGE ELL, Esq., of Christchurch,
GEORGE FOWLDS, Esq., of Auckland,
ROBERT HEATON RHODES, Esq., of Christchurch, and
JOSEPH HOWARD WITHEFORD, Esq., of Auckland,

to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Member of Southland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

DUNCAN KING

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Southland, as from the 27th December, 1900.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees for Hurunui Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. 614.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 11th December, 1900.

NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the Returning Officer (Mr. J. G. S. Tonkin), that on the 20th October last

THOMAS CHAPMAN,
HENRY GEORGE WYNDHAM GRAY, and
WILLIAM OLIVER RUTHERFORD

were duly elected Trustees of the Hurunui Rabbit District, as constituted under “The Rabbit Nuisance Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Castlepoint County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER MCHUTCHON

to be the person to make up electors’ rolls for the East and West Ridings in the County of Castlepoint, as constituted under “The Counties Act, 1886,” and “The Castlepoint County Act, 1900”; also to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first elections of members of the Council of the said county; and also to be Clerk of the Castlepoint County Council for the purpose of presiding at the first meeting thereof.

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Kiwitea County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1900.

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.”

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.

KIWITEA COUNTY COUNCIL.

THE following is the result of poll on the proposal to borrow £50 for construction of the Tuha Street (Township of Rangiwahia), Rangiwahia Riding:—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 3, representing 3 votes; votes recorded for the proposal, 3; number of ratepayers voting, 3; votes against, nil.

The number of the valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal being more than three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded, I hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

JAMES CORRY,
Chairman, Kiwitea County Council.
Kimbolton, 1st December, 1900.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Whakatane County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1900.

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

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.

WHAKATANE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Proposed Loan.

RESULT of poll taken on the 5th, 6th, and 7th days of November, 1900, in the Omataroa, Opouriao, and portion of the Waimana Ridings, Whakatane County, upon the proposal to borrow £2,500 from the Government, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and amendments, and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and amendments, for the purpose of forming and metalling portions of the Opouriao Valley Road; Awahou Road, Opouriao; Waimana Gorge Road, road from Whakatane to junction with Main Valley Road, reclamation Whakatane, and erecting shed on wharf:—

Number of valid votes recorded in favour of proposal, 68; number of valid votes recorded against proposal, 22.

As the number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal is more than three-fifths of the total valid votes recorded at the poll, I therefore declare the proposal carried.

ALEXANDER PEEBLES,
Chairman.

Whakatane County Council,
Whakatane, 24th November, 1900.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Lyttelton.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1900.

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

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

LYTTELTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Poll for £10,000 Loan.

I HEREBY give notice that the result of the polling on the proposal of the Lyttelton Borough Council to raise a loan of £10,000 for the purpose of the construction of waterworks extension is as follows:—

For the proposal, 128; against the proposal, 7.

I therefore declare the said proposal to be carried.

S. R. WEBB,
Acting-Mayor.

Town Clerk’s Office, 7th December, 1900.

In the matter of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” I, Samuel Rollin Webb, Acting-Mayor of the Borough of Lyttelton, do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That the proposal of the Lyttelton Borough Council to raise £10,000 by way of loan, for the purpose of the construction of waterworks extension, was submitted to a poll of the ratepayers taken at Lyttelton on the 28th day of November, 1900.

2. That all the proceedings required to be taken by the Municipal Corporations Act and the Local Bodies’ Loans Act in or towards obtaining the sanction of the burgesses of the said Borough of Lyttelton to the said proposal have been duly and properly taken and observed.

3. 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.”

S. R. WEBB.

Declared at Lyttelton, this 30th day of November, 1900, before me—J. T. Brice, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Papakura Road Board, County of Manukau.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1900.

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

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

PAPAKURA ROAD DISTRICT.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on the 1st December, 1900, on the proposal to borrow from the Government