Mar. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 783

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Weber Road Board, County of Patangata.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1901.

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

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RESULT OF POLL FOR PROPOSED LOAN OF £3,000 FOR METALLING PURPOSES.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on the 12th day of March, 1901, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £3,000, under the provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, and of subsection (3) of section 2 of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1899,” for a period of forty-one years, the interest and other charges to be at the rate of 3½ per cent. per annum :—
Number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 123; number of valid votes recorded against the proposal, 1; informal votes, 2.
As the prescribed majority of votes required were received in favour of the proposal, I hereby declare the proposal carried.
HARRY CHOTE,
Chairman, Weber Road Board.

Weber Road Board Office,
Ti-tree Point, 15th March, 1901.

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Special Order made by the Eden Terrace Road Board, County of Eden.

Colonial Secretary’s Office.
Wellington, 20th March, 1901.

THE following special order, made by the Eden Terrace Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”
J. G. WARD.

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SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT, to secure the repayment of a loan of £3,000, which it is proposed to borrow, under the provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, for the purpose of providing a complete system of drainage for the whole of the Eden Terrace Road District, the said loan to be for a period of thirty-two years, and the interest to be paid to be 4 per cent. per annum, a special rate be now made and levied of 1¼d. in the pound on all rateable property in the Eden Terrace Road District, such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for a period of thirty-two years, and to be payable in one sum on the 1st day of August, 1901, and each succeeding 1st day of August during the aforesaid period of thirty-two years, subject to the provisions of sections 24 to 30 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and section 4 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act Amendment Act, 1900.”
JOHN THOMAS HOUGH.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly passed by the Eden Terrace Road Board in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”
WILLIAM OWEN POCKLINGTON,
Clerk to the Board.

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Bonus on Mineral Oil produced from Shale obtained in New Zealand.—Further Extension of Time.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1901.

THE time for notifying intention to claim the under-mentioned bonus, and for making such claim, has been further extended as follows :—
Notice of intention to claim the bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 30th June, 1901.
The claim must be made before the 31st December, 1901.
J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.

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Bonus on Mineral Oil produced from Shale obtained in New Zealand.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the production of mineral oil under the following conditions :—

1. A bonus of 1s. per gallon (£5,000) will be paid on the first 100,000 gallons of mineral oil produced from shale obtained in the Colony of New Zealand, the oil to be of a quality approved of by Government, and to be sold at a price not exceeding 1s. a gallon at any port of shipment in the colony.
2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1899.
3. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1900.
4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the recipient of the bonus.
5. The other conditions—as to quantity, priority, quality, and value—to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.
   J. CARROLL.

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Announcing the Appointment and the First Meeting of the Board of Examiners under “The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners Act, 1900.”

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 27th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following persons have been appointed by His Excellency the Governor in Council, under the powers conferred by section 11 of “The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners Act, 1900,” to be, with the Surveyor-General, “The Surveyors Board” constituted by the said Act, viz. :—
JOHN WILLIAM ALLMAN MARCHANT,
MORGAN CARKEEK,
Honourable GEORGE FREDERICK RICHARDSON, and
ARTHUR O’NEILL O’DONAHOO.

And notice is hereby further given that the first meeting of the said Board shall be held at Room No. 26, on the top floor of the Government Departmental Buildings, in the City of Wellington, on Wednesday, the 3rd day of April, 1901, at 8 o’clock p.m.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Appointing the Time and Place for the First Meeting of the Institute of Surveyors.

IN pursuance and exercise of subsection (3) of section 7 of “The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners Act, 1900,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, the Minister of Lands, by this notice, do hereby appoint Monday, the 13th day of May, 1901, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., as the time, and the Chamber of Commerce, Lambton Quay, in the City of Wellington, as the place, when and where the first meeting of the Institute of Surveyors incorporated under the said Act shall be held.
As witness my hand, this 28th day of March, 1901.
T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th February, 1901.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1902, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books George Eliot’s “Romola” and Shakespeare’s “King Lear.”
W. C. WALKER.

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Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that, for the Civil Service Senior Examination of January, 1902, candidates may read “The Tempest” as an alternative to “King Lear,” one of the special books already prescribed for the examination. The examination papers will contain alternative questions on these two plays, in addition to questions on the other work set.
W. C. WALKER.

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Special Order made by the Pahiatua Borough Council, abolishing Wards.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1901.

THE following special order, made by the Pahiatua Borough Council, is published in accordance with “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”
HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

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SPECIAL ORDER ABOLISHING THE WARDS OF THE BOROUGH OF PAHIATUA.

THE following resolution was adopted at a special meeting held on the 21st January, and confirmed at a special meeting held on the 18th February, 1901 : “That the wards of the