Oct. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1839

Special Order made by the Opotiki County Council merging Opotiki Road District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1900.

THE following special order, made by the Opotiki County Council, is published for general information.
J. G. WARD.

OPOTIKI COUNTY COUNCIL.
Special Order.

I HEREBY certify that a special order as underwritten was adopted at a special meeting of the Opotiki County Council held on the 27th day of June, 1900, and was confirmed at a special meeting of the said Council held on the 27th July, 1900, viz. :

“That the Opotiki Road Board be dissolved, and the Opotiki Road District merged in the Opotiki County, on the 1st day of August, 1900.”

The above-written special order was duly made on petition, and all the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886,” were duly observed in respect thereof.

Dated at Opotiki, this 4th October, 1900.
W. S. CHARLSWORTH,
County Clerk.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th October, 1900.

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

OPAHEKE ROAD DISTRICT.

THE following is the result of a poll on the proposal to raise a loan of £1,000 for the purpose of forming parts of main road, and metalling main road, and purchasing two deviations :

For the proposal, 31; against the proposal, 24: majority for the proposal, 7.

I declare the proposal carried, this 29th day of September, 1900.

E. WAGNER,
Chairman, Opaheke Road Board.

Opaheke, 29th September, 1900.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of City of Dunedin.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1900.

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

Mayor’s Office,
Dunedin, N.Z., 20th September, 1900.

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary.

I HEREBY give you notice that at a poll held at Dunedin on Monday, the 17th day of September, 1900, to determine whether the Corporation of the said city should borrow the sum of £65,000 for the purpose of extending the existing waterworks of the said city, there voted for the said proposal so to borrow 692 burgesses, and against the same 413 burgesses; and that, the said poll having been duly conducted and taken in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” and “The Municipal Franchise Reform Act, 1898,” the resolution in favour of the said proposal was duly carried.

Dated this 20th day of September, 1900.
R. CHISHOLM,
Mayor.

In the matter of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

I, Robert Chisholm, Mayor of the City of Dunedin, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows :

1. That a poll of the burgesses of the said city was duly taken on Monday, the 17th day of September, 1900, to determine whether the Corporation of the said city should borrow the sum of £65,000 proposed to be borrowed for the purpose of extending the existing waterworks of the said city.

2. All proceedings required by the above Act to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the burgesses to the said proposal have been duly taken, and 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 provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

R. CHISHOLM.

Declared at Dunedin, this 20th day of September, 1900, before me—J. Robin, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Wirokino Road Board, County of Horowhenua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1900.

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

WALLACE ROAD LOAN.

RESULT of poll of ratepayers of Wallace Road Special Rating District, taken on Wednesday, the 3rd October, 1900, on the proposal to borrow £350, under the Government Loans to Local Bodies Acts, for the purpose of regrading, re forming, and metalling Wallace Road :

Number of valid votes recorded, 6: Number of valid votes for the proposal, 6; number of valid votes against the proposal, nil.

The number of valid votes recorded for the proposal being more than three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded, I hereby declare the poll carried.

JNO. DAVIES,
Chairman, Wirokino Road Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Riverton.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th October, 1900.

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

BOROUGH OF RIVERTON.

I HEREBY give public notice that the following is the result of the poll taken on the 18th day of September, 1900, upon the proposal by the Council of the Borough of Riverton to borrow £1,200 by way of special loan for the purpose of completing a permanent system of drainage for the town, viz. :

Total number of valid votes on special roll, 182: Number of valid votes recorded for the proposal, 33; number of valid votes recorded against the proposal, nil.

As the number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal exceeds three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded, I hereby, under the provisions of “The Local Government Voting Reform Act, 1899,” declare the proposal duly carried.

DANIEL DURBRIDGE,
Mayor, Borough of Riverton.

Council Chambers, 19th September, 1900.

I, George Osborne Cassels, Town Clerk of the Borough of Riverton, 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 Borough of Riverton to the proposal of borrowing the sum of £1,200 for the purpose of completing a permanent system of drainage for the Town of Riverton have been 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 an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

GEO. O. CASSELS.

Declared at Riverton, this 21st day of September, 1900, before me—George Robertson, Justice of the Peace.

Government Life Insurance Department.—Agency opened at Katikati.

Government Life Insurance Department,
Wellington, 5th October, 1900.

AN agency of the above department will be opened at THE POST-OFFICE, KATIKATI,
as from the 15th October, 1900.
J. H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.