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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 99

Special Orders made by the Mauku Road Board, County of Manukau.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1900.

THE following special orders, made by the Mauku Road Board, are published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882." J. G. WARD.

MAUKU ROAD BOARD.

SPECIAL ORDERS made by the Mauku Road Board at a Special Meeting held on the 27th Day of October, 1900.

THAT a special order be now made adopting generally the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," and its amendments.

That a special order be now made to readjust the existing loans from the Government to the Mauku Road Board, under subsection (1) of section 2 of "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1899."

I hereby certify that the above special orders were made by the Mauku Road Board on the 27th day of October, 1900, in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882." A. E. WRIGHT.
Clerk, Mauku Road Board.

Patumahoe, 24th November, 1900.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1900.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Drury Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886." J. G. WARD.

DRURY ROAD BOARD.

The following is the result of a poll taken in the Drury Road District on the 24th November, 1900, on a proposal to borrow from the Government, under the provisions of the Government Loans to Local Bodies Act and its amendments, the sum of £1,000 for forty-one years, at 3½ per cent., for the construction of road-works in the district:-

For the proposal, 42 votes ; against the proposal, 12 votes.

There being the requisite majority in favour, I declare the proposal carried.

Jos. FLANAGAN,
Chairman.

Drury Road District, 26th November, 1900.

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

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1900.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Mauku Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886." J. G. WARD.

MAUKU ROAD BOARD.

Result of a poll taken at Patumahoe Hall on Monday, the 5th November, 1900, on a proposal to raise a loan of £400 under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," and its amendments for the purpose of forming and metalling portions of the Patumahoe-West Mauku Road :-

Number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 22 ; number of valid votes recorded against the proposal, 15 ; informal, 2.

As the number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal is less than three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded, I therefore declare the proposal rejected.
W. T. WRIGHT,
Chairman.

Patumahoe, 24th November, 1900.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Manawatu County.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1900.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Manawatu County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886." J. G. WARD.

MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

The following is the result of the poll of ratepayers, taken on the 24th November, 1900, on a proposal to raise a loan of £7,000, under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," and amendments, for construction (extension) of tramway from Sanson to the Rangitikei River :--

Total number of votes recorded, 347; Number of votes recorded in favour of proposal, 331; number of votes recorded against proposal, 13 ; informal votes, 3.

The number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal being more than three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded, I hereby declare the proposal to be carried.
JAMES G. WILSON,
Chairman.

Sanson, 27th November, 1900.

Resignation of Coroner.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th November, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by
LEONARD G. BOOR, Esq., of his appointment as a Coroner for the Colony of New Zealand.
JAMES McGOWAN.

Notice to Mariners No. 54 of 1900.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 4th December, 1900.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information.
WM. HALL-JONES.

VICTORIA.-PORT OF PORT PHILLIP.-WEST CHANNEL BUOYS AND LIGHTS.

Notice is hereby given that on the 15th February, 1901, a rearrangement of the buoyage and lighting of the West Channel will be made, with a view to facilitate the navigation of the waters eastward of the pile light and the waters between Royal George and Pope's Eye Shoals and the Swashway, as an additional entrance to the West Channel. Such rearrangement will be as follows :-

1. Exhibiting a red sector from the pile light, such red sector having its northern extremity bearing S. 80° W., and the southern extremity N. 77° W., to the pile light, in lieu of the present white light between such bearings.

2. Removing the present gas buoy, and substituting a can buoy to mark the Swanspit.

3. Removing No. 4 cone buoy to the south-western extremity of the shoal it now marks.

4. Removing the present Swashway cone buoy, and substituting a gas buoy, having a fixed red light, at the northern extremity of the Royal George Shoal.

5. Establishing a gas beacon on the western portion of the Pope's Eye annulus, such beacon to have an occulting white light elevated 24 ft. above sea-level, and visible at a distance of seven miles in clear weather.

6. Altering the colour of the present occulting light of No. 2 gas buoy, situated at the south-western extremity of the Royal George Shoal, from white to red.
   C. W. MACLEAN,
   Port Officer.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 9th November, 1900.

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road through Blocks VII., X., and XI., Newcastle Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of "The Public Works Act, 1894," to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road through Blocks VII., X., and XI., Newcastle Survey District, and for the purposes of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken ; and notice is further given that the plans of the said road and of the lands so required to be taken are deposited in the Post-office, Ngaruawahia, and are there open for inspection. And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such lands, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.