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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 98

"That the Egmont Road Board hereby resolves, by way of special order, to readjust the now-existing loans of £1,252 17s. 6d. on the Egmont Road, £200 on the Tarurutangi District, £100 on the Kaipi Road, under the provisions of subsection (1) of section 2 of ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1899,’ so that interest shall be paid at the reduced yearly rate of 4½ per centum per annum for the unexpired residue of the original respective terms of the said loans, such readjustment to take effect on the 1st day of February, 1901."

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of special order which has been duly made by the Egmont Road Board as required by the Road Board Acts.

G. H. Foote,
Clerk, Egmont Road Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Hutt County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th November, 1900.

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

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

COUNTY OF HUTT.

Result of a Poll on a Proposal to raise a Loan of £3,500 to purchase the County Offices and Site.

WHEREAS a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Hutt was taken on the 20th day of November, 1900, in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and any and every enabling Act in that behalf, upon a proposal to raise a loan of £3,500 to purchase the County offices and site: And whereas the said proposal was to be deemed to be carried if at least three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded were in favour of the proposal: Now I hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded upon the taking of the said poll was as follows, viz.:-

For the proposal, 168; against the proposal, 193; informal, 2.

And, as the required number of votes in favour of the proposal was not polled, I hereby declare the said proposal to be rejected.

JOHN WAKEHAM,
Chairman of the Hutt County Council.

Hutt County Council Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1900.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans, Hawera County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th November, 1900.

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

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

HAWERA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Re loan of £500, under the provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and the amendments, for metalling the Hu Road from the Rawhitiroa Road northwards as far as funds will permit.

Notice is hereby given that the poll of the ratepayers, taken on the 12th instant, resulted as follows:—

Number of voters on roll, 5; number of votes exercisable, 7: Number of voters for proposal, 4; number of votes for proposal, 6; number of voters and votes against proposal, nil.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

JOHN WINKS,
Chairman.

Hawera, 13th November, 1900.

HAWERA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Re loan of £500, under the provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and the amendments thereof, for the purpose of metalling Tempsky Road from Ahipaipa Road to the Palmer Road; thence the Palmer Road northwards a distance of, say, 30 chains, the whole being one continuous public work.

Notice is hereby given that a poll of the ratepayers, taken on the 14th instant, resulted as follows:—

Number of voters on roll, 9; number of votes exercisable, 9: Number of voters for proposal, 7; number of votes for proposal, 7; number of voters and votes against proposal, nil.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

JOHN WINKS,
Chairman.

Hawera, 15th November, 1900.

Regulations for the Issue of Certificates for Drivers of Stationary Engines and Boilers.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st November, 1900.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the 8th section of “The Inspection of Machinery Act Amendment Act, 1900,” I do hereby make the following regulations for the examinations for certificates under the said Act, and for prescribing the fees to be paid by applicants for certificates by examination or by service, and the forms of such certificates.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

REGULATIONS.

Examinations.

1. Examinations for certificates under “The Inspection of Machinery Act Amendment Act, 1900” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), will be conducted at the offices of the Inspectors of Machinery at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin on the first week-day (and on following days, if necessary to complete examinations) of the months of February, May, August, and November, or at such other times and places as the Chief Inspector of Machinery may direct.

2. All books necessary for the use of candidates under examination will be provided by the Examiners, and applicants are not permitted to take into the examining-room any book, paper, document, or memoranda of any description whatever.

3. Candidates will be allowed, in the time allotted, to cancel any part of their work, and, when required, additional papers will be supplied by the Examiner; but they will not be allowed to work out the problems on a slate or on paper other than that supplied by the Examiner. The additional sheets must be attached to and form part of the examination-papers.

4. In the event of any candidate being discovered copying from another, or affording any assistance or giving information to another, or communicating in any way with another during the time of examination, he will be regarded as having failed in his examination, and will be turned back for three months, in the same manner as if he had failed in the practical part of the examination, and no part of the fees he may have paid for the examination will be returned to him.

5. If a candidate leaves the room before answering any question which has been given to him, he cannot afterwards be permitted to answer it, but the Examiner may substitute other data or another question.

6. In case of failure, no part of the fee will be returned, and the candidate will not be eligible for re-examination until after the expiration of three calendar months from the date of failure.

Certificates of Service.

7. Certificates of service will be granted by the Board, without examination, to any person of good repute who, not later than the 1st day of January, 1902, applies for the same by filling up the application-form referred to in paragraph 10, and pays the fee as there stated.

For Class A (2), First-class Stationary Engine Drivers.

8. Applicant must forward with his application form and fee a testimonial from his former employer or employers of his having been for a period of twelve months prior to the 1st day of January, 1901, actually engaged and in charge of a steam stationary engine the area of cylinder or combined area of cylinders of which exceeds 200 circular inches, and of its boilers; and also the testimonial referred to in paragraph 13 as to character.

For Class A (3), Second-class Stationary Engine Drivers.

9. Applicant must forward with his application form and fee a testimonial from his former employer or employers of his having been for a period of twelve months prior to the 1st day of January, 1901, actually engaged and in charge of a steam stationary-engine the area of cylinder or combined area of cylinders of which exceeds 144 circular inches, and of its boilers, or has had charge and been actually engaged in working a boiler over 15-horse power, and also the character testimonial referred to in paragraph 18.

Applications.

10. Each applicant for a certificate must forward to the Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington, an application on Form 14A, properly filled in. [Such form can be had at the offices of the Inspectors of Machinery in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin.] The testimonials of the candidate, and the fee for the particular class of certificate required, must be sent with the application.

11. Every holder of a certificate, when applying to be ex-