APRIL 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 897

security of the revenues of the City of Auckland, subject to
the existing loans secured thereon, and to be repaid within
twenty-one years from the date it is borrowed—and that the
resolution in favour of the said proposal was duly carried;
and I forward to you herewith the statutory declaration of
compliance with the said Act.

I have, &c.,
D. GOLDIE,
Mayor of the City of Auckland.

*In the matter of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”
I, David Goldie, of Auckland, timber merchant, Mayor of
the City of Auckland, do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That on the 27th day of March, 1901, a poll of the
   electors of the City of Auckland was taken upon a proposal
   to borrow the sum of £8,000 for the purpose of acquiring
   and laying out a public recreation-ground in Freeman’s Bay,
   City of Auckland.
2. The said proposal was as follows: “To accept and
   take a lease from the Auckland Harbour Board of about
   16½ acres of the reclaimed land in Freeman’s Bay for fifty
   years, at a rent not exceeding £500 a year; to fence and lay
   the same down in grass, and use the same for the purpose
   of a public recreation-ground, and not sublet the same on
   lease; and, to enable it so to do, to borrow a sum of £8,000
   upon the security of the revenues of the City of Auckland,
   subject to the existing loans secured thereon, and to be
   repaid within twenty-one years from the date it is bor-
   rowed.”
3. All proceedings required by law to be taken in or
   towards obtaining the sanction of the electors of the said
   city to the said proposal were duly taken, and the resolution
   in favour of the said proposal has been duly carried.
   And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
   lieving the same to be true, in virtue of the provisions of an
   Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The
   Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

D. GOLDIE,
Mayor.

Declared at Auckland, this 29th day of March, 1901,
before me—J. Lawson, J.P.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1901.

THE following special order, made by the Masterton
Borough Council, is published in accordance with
the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

SPECIAL ORDER.

By virtue of the authority vested in the Masterton Borough
Council by section 182, (3), of “The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1900,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling
the Council in this behalf, a special order is hereby made
abolishing all subdivisions in the Borough of Masterton;
and the said subdivisions are and shall be abolished as and
from the date of the confirmation of this special order.

R. BROWN, C. A. POWNALL,
Town Clerk. Mayor of Masterton.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Stratford County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1901.

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

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 9th day of April, 1901, upon
the proposal to raise a loan of £800, under “The Govern-
ment Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and the amend-
ments thereof, for forming and metalling the Climie Road,
in the West Riding:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 5; number of votes
exercisable, 6: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of
the proposal, 5; number of votes recorded in favour of the
proposal, 6; number of ratepayers voting against the pro-
posal, 0.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

11th April, 1901.

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Celebration of St. George’s Day.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1901.

THE Government offices throughout New Zealand will
be closed on Tuesday, the 23rd April instant, in cele-
bration of St. George’s Day.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Notification that the North Bank Estate, Marlborough, is
Crown Land subject to “The Land for Settlements Con-
solidation Act, 1900.”

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th March, 1901.

I DO hereby notify that the under-mentioned Crown
land, being the land known as the North Bank Estate,
which has been acquired under “The Land for Settlements
Consolidation Act, 1900,” shall be deemed to be Crown land
subject to the said Act as from the 1st April, 1901.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing
by admeasurement 12,994 acres. more or less, situated in
Blocks XVI., XVII., and XVIII., Pine Valley Survey
District, and Blocks II. and III., Mount Olympus Survey
District. Bounded towards the north generally by Crown
land; towards the east generally by Sections Nos. 4 and 2,
Block XVIII., Pine Valley Survey District; towards the
south-east by the Wairau River; and towards the west
generally by Small Grazing-runs Nos. 122 and 121, Mount
Olympus Survey District, and Crown land: exclusive of
Sections Nos. 55 and 64, Block XVII., Pine Valley Survey
District.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

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 Government Railways Act, 1900,”
I, Charles Houghton Mills, acting for the Minister for Rail-
ways, 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 28th day of April,
1901:—

PART I.—PASSENGERS: LOCAL FARES AND
REGULATIONS.

WELLINGTON-NAPIER-NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION.

Cancel—
For the purpose of charging fares for passengers
carried over the Rimutaka Incline the distance will be
counted as five miles more than the actual distance.

PART II.—LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.:
LOCAL RATES AND REGULATIONS.

Cancel—
For the purpose of charging for the conveyance of
parcels carried over the Rimutaka Incline the mileage
of such incline will be deemed to be five miles more
than its actual mileage.

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

WELLINGTON-NAPIER-NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION.

Cancel—
For the purpose of charging for the conveyance of all
goods and live stock carried over the Rimutaka Incline
the mileage of such incline will be deemed to be five
miles more than its actual mileage.

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.—FERNHILL BRANCH LINE.

Cancel—
Coal from or to Fernhill to or from stations beyond
Abbotsford will be charged 4½d. per ton in addition to
the classified rates and charges from or to Abbotsford.

As witness my hand, this sixteenth day of April,
one thousand nine hundred and one.

C. H. MILLS,
Acting for Minister for Railways.