MAY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1029

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Stratford.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1901.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Stratford, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Colonial Secretary.

STRATFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Stratford, 26th April, 1901.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

SIR,—I have the honour to inform you that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Stratford was taken on the 24th instant upon a proposal to borrow the sum of £3,000 for the purpose of erecting a Town Hall and of acquiring, if necessary, a site for the same, pledging as security the various securities named in the statutory declaration which I have the honour to enclose herewith. I have further to inform you that the said poll was taken in accordance with the proceedings required by law, and that the proposal was duly carried.

I have, &c.,
FRED. J. STEWART,
Mayor.

In the matter of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”
I, Thomas Harry Penn, Town Clerk of the Borough of Stratford, do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That on the 24th day of April, 1901, a poll of the electors of the Borough of Stratford was taken upon a proposal to borrow the sum of £3,000 for the purpose of erecting a Town Hall, and of acquiring (if necessary) a site for the same.
2. The said proposal was as follows:—(1) To erect a Town Hall, and acquire (if necessary) a site for the same, either by the purchase of any freehold land within the borough, or by the purchase of the surrender of any existing lease of any municipal reserve within the borough; (2) to raise for the above purpose the sum of £3,000 by way of special loan under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900”; (3) to pledge as security for the loan—(a) the borough revenues as a whole, not being moneys received or receivable by way of grant from the Government, or appropriated to any special purpose (subject, however, to the prior pledge, as security for a special loan of £28,900, of the borough waterworks, and the rents and profits of all municipal reserves, which said special loan of £28,900 is also secured by the pledge of a special rate of 2½d. in the pound on the capital value of all rateable property in the borough), (b) a special annually recurring rate of ¼d. in the pound of capital value levied upon all rateable property in the borough; (4) to provide for the repayment of the loan by the issue of debentures bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five per centum per annum, and payable, as to the principal, at the expiration of twenty years from the date of issue.
3. All proceedings required by law to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the electors of the said borough 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 believing 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.”

T. HARRY PENN,
Town Clerk.

Declared at Stratford, this 25th day of April, 1901, before me—S. H. James, J.P., Stratford.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Pahiatua County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1901.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Pahiatua County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Colonial Secretary.

PAHIATUA COUNTY.
Result of Poll.—Loan 61.—Woodville–Aohanga Road.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on 24th April, 1901, on a proposal to borrow £300, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and amendments, to metal portion of Woodville–Aohanga Road:—
Number of ratepayers on special roll, 7, representing 15 votes: Number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 4, representing 10 votes; number of ratepayers who did not record their votes, 3, representing 5 votes.

There being a majority of voters and votes in favour, I declare the proposal carried.
R. SMITH,
County Chairman.
25th April, 1901.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1901.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of the City of Nelson, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE OF POLL FOR SPECIAL LOAN.

To the Honourable the Colonial Secretary.

SIR,—In pursuance of the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” I hereby give notice that a poll of the electors of the City of Nelson was taken on Friday, the 19th day of April, 1901, upon the proposal to raise a special loan of £1,250 for the purchase of the tramway from the town to the port, with the following result:—
Number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 369; number of votes against the proposal, 244; informal, 12: majority in favour of the proposal, 125.

A majority of the valid votes cast at the said poll having been given in favour of the said proposal, I hereby declare that the resolution in favour of the said proposal has been duly carried.

Dated at Nelson, this 24th day of April, 1901.
Yours, &c.,
J. A. HARLEY,
Mayor.

I, Joseph Auty Harley, of the City of Nelson, in New Zealand, Mayor of the said city, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all the proceedings required by law to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the electors of the said city to the proposal to raise a special loan of £1,250 for the purchase of the tramway from the town to the port have been duly taken, and that 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.”

J. A. HARLEY.

Declared at the City of Nelson aforesaid, this 24th day of April, 1901, before me—Jesse Piper, J.P.

Special Order made by the Heathcote Road Board, County of Selwyn.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1901.

THE following special order, made by the Heathcote Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Colonial Secretary.

SPECIAL ORDER PASSED BY THE HEATHCOTE ROAD BOARD, SELWYN COUNTY.

THAT this Board doth declare the whole of the plants enumerated in the Second Schedule of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” to be noxious weeds on all lands and roads within the Heathcote Road District, such special order to take effect and come into force from the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.

ALEX. WEBSTER,
Clerk to the Board.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed by the Heathcote Road Board, in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900.”

ALEX. WEBSTER,
Clerk to the Board.

Heathcote Road Board Office, 30th April, 1901.

Special Order made by the Waiuku Road Board, County of Manukau.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1901.

THE following special order, made by the Waiuku Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Colonial Secretary.

WAIUKU ROAD BOARD.

Special Order.

THE following special order was made by the Waiuku Road Board on the 22nd day of February, 1901, in accord-