APRIL 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 833

District, comprising Section 107, Block II., Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 105, 106, 108, 126, 127, 128, 131, and 147, Block VI., all in the Egmont Survey District; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable on the 1st day of September in each and every year during a period equal to the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-six years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

The above special order was duly made by the Waiwakaiho Road Board on the 21st day of February, 1902, and passed by the Board on the 3rd day of April, 1902, in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

ARTHUR MORTON,
Clerk to the Board.

Egmont Village, 5th April, 1902.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Carterton.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th April, 1902.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Carterton, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”

J. G. WARD.

CARTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

To the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

In pursuance of the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” I hereby give you notice that a poll was taken on the 27th day of March, 1902, on the proposal to borrow £10,000 for the purpose of providing a high-pressure water-supply for the Borough of Carterton, and that such proposal was duly carried.

Number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 215; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 98; informal, 3.

JAMES BAILLIE,
Mayor.

Carterton, 29th March, 1902.

I, James Baillie, of Carterton, chemist, and Mayor of the Borough of Carterton, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all proceedings required by law to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the electors to the proposal to borrow £10,000 for the purpose of providing a high-pressure water-supply for the Borough of Carterton have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the 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.”

JAMES BAILLIE,
Mayor.

Declared at Carterton, this 29th day of March, 1902, before me—A. Bish, Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Mornington.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th April, 1902.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Mornington, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”

J. G. WARD.

BOROUGH OF MORNINGTON.

To the Honourable the Colonial Secretary for the Colony of New Zealand, Wellington.

Notice is hereby given that on the 25th day of March, 1902, a poll of the electors of the Borough of Mornington was taken upon the proposal that the Borough of Mornington should borrow the sum of £40,000 for the purpose of constructing, providing, and establishing a system of tramways for the Borough of Mornington, both within and without the said borough, and the purchase or other acquisition of all lands, buildings, and structures necessary for carrying out such public work, and that such proposal was duly carried at such poll as aforesaid.

Dated at Mornington, this 2nd day of April, 1902.

JAMES ANNAND,
Mayor of the Borough of Mornington.

In the matter of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900”; and in the matter of a proposal by the Borough of Mornington to borrow the sum of £40,000 to construct or acquire tramways.

I, James Annand, of Mornington, in the Provincial District of Otago and Colony of New Zealand, builder, do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That I am Mayor of the Borough of Mornington.
2. That all proceedings required by law to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the electors of the Borough of Mornington to the above-mentioned proposal have been duly taken in accordance with the provisions of the above-mentioned Act.
3. That on the 25th day of March, 1902, a poll of the said electors was duly taken and the said proposal was 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.”

JAMES ANNAND.

Declared at Dunedin, this 2nd day of April, 1902, before me—Thos. Ross, a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 8th April, 1902.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 688.]

Tenders.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 8th April, 1902.

THE following list of accepted tenders for lease of refreshment-rooms at the undermentioned stations on the New Zealand Government railways for three years ending 31st March, 1905, is published for general information.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.