JUNE 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1127

Borough of Westport.
Town Clerk's Office, Westport, New Zealand,
1st June, 1900.
SIR,--In accordance with the provision contained in section 184 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886," I have the honour to forward you the following notice:

Borough of Westport.
The following is the result of the poll of burgesses taken on the 31st day of May, 1900, on the proposal to borrow £15,000 to construct waterworks for the Borough of Westport:
Number of votes in favour of the proposal, 263; number of votes against the proposal, 124; informal votes, 9: majority in favour of the proposal, 139.
I therefore declare the proposal duly carried.
I have, &c.,
JAS. SCANLON,
Mayor.
The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

Declaration.
I, James Scanlon, of the Borough of Westport, in the Colony of New Zealand, Mayor of the said borough, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all the 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 loan of £15,000 for the said borough have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of such proposal has been duly carried.
And I make this 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."
JAS. SCANLON.
Declared at Westport, this 2nd day of June, 1900, before me--J. W. Fair, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Waitara West Road Board, County of Taranaki.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1900.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Waitara West Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
J. G. WARD.

WAITARA WEST ROAD BOARD.
NOTICE is hereby given that at a poll, taken on the 31st May, 1900, on a proposal to raise a loan of £100, under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," and the amendments thereof, for forming and metalling a portion of the Richmond Road, the following votes were recorded:
For the proposal, 2; against the proposal, none; ratepayer who did not vote, 1: total number of ratepayers and of votes, 3.
The required majority of votes having been obtained, I hereby declare the above proposal to be carried.
THOMAS WESTERN,
Chairman.
Dated 6th June, 1900.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Waimate Road Board, County of Hawera.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1900.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Waimate Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
J. G. WARD.

WAIMATE ROAD BOARD.
PROPOSED Opunake Road Loan of £550, raised under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," and its amendments, for the purpose of forming, ditching, culverting, gravelling, and metalling the Opunake Road from the Kiri Road eastwards to a point 2 chains east of the Punehu Stream:

Result of Poll taken on 28th May, 1900.
Number of ratepayers on roll, 8, representing 8 votes: Number of ratepayers voting in favour, 4; number of votes recorded in favour, 4; number of ratepayers voting against, 2; number of votes recorded against, 2; number of ratepayers not voting, 1; number of votes not recorded, 1;
number of informal votes, 1.

The number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal being at least three-fifths of the total number of the valid votes recorded, I therefore declare the above proposals to be duly carried.
WALTER BLAIR,
Manaiia, 30th May, 1900.
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Linwood.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1900.
THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Linwood, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886."
J. G. WARD.

BOROUGH OF LINWOOD.
Result of Poll for Public Works Loan.
I HEREBY give public notice that at a poll taken on the 22nd May, 1900, on the proposal of the Linwood Borough Council to raise a special loan of £12,000 for the purpose of constructing or establishing the following public works--concrete channelling and kerbing (half cost only to be paid out of loan), tanks and artesian wells for fire-prevention, regrading footways and roads, and other public works--there were recorded : In favour of the proposal, 164 valid votes ; against the proposal, 53 valid votes.
As the number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal exceeds the number of valid votes recorded against the same, I therefore declare the resolution to be carried.
FRED. BOARD,
Mayor.
Linwood, 4th June, 1900.

In the matter of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886," and in the matter of a proposal by the Linwood Borough Council to raise, under the provisions of the said Act, by way of special loan, the sum of £12,000, for the purpose of constructing or establishing the following public works : Concrete channelling and kerbing (half cost only to be paid out of loan), tanks and artesian wells for fire-prevention, regrading footways and roads, and other public works.
I, Frederick John Kenneth McClane Board, Mayor of the Borough of Linwood, 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 above-mentioned proposal have been duly taken, and that the proposal has been duly carried; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and under and by virtue of "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."
FRED. BOARD.
Declared at Christchurch, this 4th day of June, 1900, before me--C. M. Gray, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

Justice of the Peace resigned.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th June, 1900.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by JOHN ALLAN BEACH, Esq., of Hunterville, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.
JAMES McGOWAN.

Notice to Mariners No. 29 of 1900.
INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th June, 1900.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Trade has decided that the revised International Code of Signals is to be used on and after the 1st January, 1901. The Board state that there is reason to believe that the code will be generally adopted by the chief maritime Powers from that date, or as soon after as the necessity for translating and printing may allow.
From the 1st January, 1901, until the 1st January, 1902, the new edition and the old edition of the code will be used concurrently, the use of the new edition being denoted by the hoisting of the code pennant with the fly tied to the halyards, having above it a black ball or shape.
From the 1st January, 1902, the new edition will alone be used, and its distinguishing sign will thenceforward be the code pennant hoisted in the ordinary way.
WM. HALL-JONES.