MAR. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 613

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1900.

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,
For Colonial Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Hawera County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1900.

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

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

HAWERA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Proposed loan of £150, under the provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and the amendments thereof, for the purpose of metalling the Manawapou Road for, say, 50 chains—namely, from its junction with the Tawhiti Road to a point about 1 chain beyond the north-western boundary of Section 228, Blocks IX. and X., Hawera Survey District, the whole being one continuous public work:—

Notice is hereby given that the poll of ratepayers in respect of above, taken on 12th instant, resulted as follows:— Number of ratepayers on roll, 17; number of votes exercisable, 17: Number of voters for proposal, 12; number of votes for proposal, 12; number of voters and votes against proposal, nil.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

JOHN WINKS,
Chairman.

Hawera, 13th March, 1900.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Karori.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1900.

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

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

BOROUGH OF KARORI.

Proposal to raise a Special Loan of £2,000.

I HEREBY give notice that the result of the poll taken on Thursday, the 8th day of March, 1900, on the proposal to borrow £2,000 for completing works in connection with the construction of the tunnel, and the roads in connection therewith, and for contingencies arising out of such construction, is as follows:—

Number of votes in favour of the proposal, 88; number of votes against the proposal, 38; informal votes, 1: majority in favour of the proposal, 50.

As the majority of votes are in favour of the proposal, I hereby declare the proposal duly carried.

RICHARD CROFTS BULKLEY,
Mayor.

I Richard Crofts Bulkley, of the Borough of Karori, in the Provincial District of Wellington, Mayor of the said borough, 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 to the proposal to raise a special loan of £2,000 for the said borough have been duly taken, and that the resolution 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.”

RICHARD CROFTS BULKLEY,
Mayor.

Declared at Wellington, this 9th day of March, 1900, before me—C. H. Harbroe, J.P.

Notice respecting Native and Imported Game.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1900.

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 license to sell native game. But both licenses must be taken out if it is intended to sell both kinds of game.

“THE ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT AMENDMENT ACT, 1895.”

Section 6. Section 12 of “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” is repealed. No person can now sell game, or dispose thereof for any gain or reward, unless he be the holder of a license to sell such game.

Penalty not exceeding £20.

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road through Mangatainoka K No. 2 Block, Mangahao and Mangaone Survey Districts.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 92 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, in July, 1898, duly taken and laid off through the lands specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by a warrant dated the 14th June, 1898.

SCHEDULE.

ROAD IN MANGATAINOKA K NO. 2.

In the Land District of Wellington; as the said area is more particularly delineated on the plan marked 171/2E, deposited in the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Land District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

Dated this 16th day of March, 1900.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.