SEPT. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1675

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Cambridge.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1900.

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

CAMBRIDGE BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Town Clerk’s Office, 17th July, 1900.

Sir,—Re proposal to raise a loan of £6,000 for supplying the above borough with a water-supply :—

I have the honour to report that at a poll of the ratepayers and freeholders of the borough, taken yesterday, the resolution authorising the raising of the loan was carried by a large majority; and I herewith forward the statutory declaration required by section 184 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

I have, &c.,
W. F. BUCKLAND,
Mayor.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

I, William Francis Buckland, Mayor of the Borough of Cambridge, solicitor, 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 for obtaining a loan of £6,000 for supplying the borough with a water-supply 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.”

W. F. BUCKLAND.

Declared at Cambridge, this 17th day of July, 1900, before me—Thos. Wells, J.P.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans, Manchester Road Board, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1900.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Manchester Road Board, are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”
J. G. WARD.

MANCHESTER ROAD BOARD.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on Monday, 20th August, 1900, on a proposal of the Manchester Road Board to borrow £5,100, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1899,” for the construction of the several works in Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 Subdivisions of the Manchester Road District, as set forth in the Schedule attached to the proposal, and advertised in the Feilding Star :—

Number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 71; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 11.

The majority of votes recorded in favour of the proposal being more than three-fifths of the votes recorded, I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

FRANK Y. LETHBRIDGE,
Chairman, Manchester Road Board.

MANCHESTER ROAD BOARD.

THE following is the result of a poll taken at the Aritikio Schoolhouse on Monday, 20th day of August, 1900, on a proposal of the Manchester Road Board to borrow the sum of £650, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1899,” for the purpose of acquiring and constructing a road through Mr. G. Millen’s property—viz., Section 44, Block XVI., Oroua Survey District, known as the Valley Road Diversion :—

Number of votes recorded, 29.

The whole of the voting recorded being in favour of the proposal, I therefore declare it to be carried.

FRANK Y. LETHBRIDGE,
Chairman, Manchester Road Board.

Special Order made by the Waimea County Council, merging the Motueka Road District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1900.

THE following special order, made by the Waimea County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886.”
J. G. WARD.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT, in pursuance of the powers vested in them by “The Counties Act, 1886,” the Waimea County Council hereby make the following special order: That the prayer of the petition of the ratepayers in the Motueka Road District be given effect to, and that the Motueka Road Board be dissolved, and the said road district be merged in the County of Waimea, on and after the 2nd day of August, 1900.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order was duly made by the Waimea County Council at a special meeting held on the 7th day of June, 1900, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 2nd day of August, 1900.

S. BLOMFIELD,
County Clerk.

Waimea County Council Office,
Nelson, 30th August, 1900.

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and any amendment thereof, and also of “The Government Railways Act, 1894,” I, Joseph George Ward, the Minister for Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 10th day of September, 1900 :—

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

Booking between Auckland Section and Kaipara Ports.

Cancel—

Grass-seed, per sack .. .. .. 0 8
Chaff, per sack .. .. .. 0 6

Insert—

Goods carried by Railway Department under Classes E, F, N, P, and Q, in consignments of one ton and over, 7s. 6d. per ton.

Goods carried by Railway Department under Classes E, F, N, P, and Q, in consignments under one ton, but in all instances to be charged as one ton when cheaper to do so, 11s. 6d. per ton.

Class K.

Log timber from Auckland to Onehunga Wharf will be charged 11d. per 100 superficial feet, including wharfage at Onehunga.

Timber, other than white-pine, from Mamaku to Mount Eden will be charged 3s. per 100 superficial feet.

HURUNUI—BLUFF SECTION.

Class H.—Wool.

Wool, undumped, Wedderburn to Dunedin, will be charged 6d. per bale less than the classified rates.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE.

Insert—

Concentrates. Owners’ risk .. .. .. Q

PART VI.—WHARVES.

WESTPORT WHARF.

Cranage.

Insert—

Minimum charge for use of 20-ton steam-crane, 40s.

As witness my hand, this twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

Result of a Road Board Election.

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

THE following notice of the election of a member of a Road Board has been received at this office, and is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1892.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Wairoa Road District, County of Manukau :

Henry Walsh.
Daniel Crawford.
Ewen Donald McLennan.