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payable half-yearly, and sinking fund of £1 per centum per
annum, payable half-yearly, and repayable as to principal
twenty-five years after the issue thereof, upon special rate
on the annual value of rateable property in the North and
South Wards of the Borough of Gore; that on the 14th day
of March, 1902, a poll of the electors of the North and South
Wards of the Borough of Gore was taken on the proposals
mentioned; that on the taking of the said poll all the said
proposals were carried.

And I hereby request you to cause a copy of this notice to
be published in the Gazette.

Dated at Gore, this 25th day of March, 1902.

ARCHD. A. MACGIBBON,
Mayor.

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

In the matter of “The Municipal Corporations Act,
1900.”

I, Archibald Alexander MacGibbon, Mayor of the Borough
of Gore, do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That I am Mayor of the Borough of Gore.
2. That on the 28th day of February, 1902, a meeting of
   the electors of the Borough of Gore was held to consider
   the following proposals: that is to say, that the Gore
   Borough Council be authorised to raise a special loan for
   the following undertakings—that is to say, footpaths, £750;
   drainage, £4,300: total, £5,050—and that the said loans
   be secured by the issue of debentures of £100 sterling or
   part of £100 sterling each, bearing interest at the rate of
   £4 10s. per centum per annum, and sinking fund of £1 per
   centum per annum, payable half-yearly, and repayable as
   to principal twenty-five years after the issue thereof, upon
   special rate on the annual value of rateable property in the
   North and South Wards of the Borough of Gore.
3. That on the 14th day of March, 1902, a poll of the
   electors of the North and South Wards of the Borough of
   Gore was taken on the proposals mentioned in paragraph 2
   hereof.
4. That on the taking of the said poll all the said pro-
   posals were carried.
5. That all proceedings required by law to be taken in or
   towards obtaining the sanction of the electors to the pro-
   posal have been duly taken, and that the resolutions in
   favour of the said proposals have been duly carried.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
lieving the same to be true, and under and by virtue of the
provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New
Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

ARCHD. A. MACGIBBON,
Mayor.

Declared by the said Archibald Alexander MacGibbon, as
such Mayor as aforesaid, at Gore aforesaid, this 25th day of
March, 1902, before me—A. A. Macdonald, Justice of the
Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Palmerston
North.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th April, 1902.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the
Borough of Palmerston North, is published in accord-
ance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1900.”

J. G. WARD.

PALMERSTON NORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

I, William Thomas Wood, Mayor of the Borough of Pal-
merston North, in the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby,
pursuant to “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” give
you notice that, on the 25th day of March, 1902, a poll of
burgesses of the said Borough of Palmerston North was
taken, under provisions of the said Act, and also under the
provisions of “The Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876,”
on a proposal of the Council of the said borough to borrow
a sum of £6,000 by way of special loan for the purpose of
erecting a public building under provisions of the said Acts,
a copy of which proposal is next hereinafter set out.

W. T. Wood,
Mayor of Palmerston North.

Palmerston North, 4th April, 1902.

Borough of Palmerston North.—Loan for Public Building.

The Palmerston North Borough Council propose to raise
a loan for the erection of a building to be used for public
functions as well as for recreation purposes, and it is pro-
posed to pay the first year’s interest and cost of raising loan
out of the principal. The sum proposed to be borrowed for
such purpose is £6,000; and it is proposed to pledge as
security for such loan a special rate of ½d. in the pound on
the unimproved value of the whole rateable property within
the borough, and to create a sinking fund of 1 per cent. per
annum as a provision for the repayment of the said loan.

ROBT. N. KEELING,
Town Clerk.

Palmerston North, 13th February, 1902.

And I also give you notice that the number of votes
recorded upon the taking of the said poll for and against the
said proposal was as follows: Number of votes for the pro-
posal, 316; number of votes against the proposal, 212.

Declaration.

In the matter of a loan of £6,000 for erection of a public
building, and a proposal of the Palmerston North Borough
Council to borrow the sum of £6,000 for such purpose
under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”

I, William Thomas Wood, of Palmerston North, in the
Provincial District of Wellington, in the Colony of New
Zealand, Mayor of the Borough of Palmerston North, do
solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:—

1. That all proceedings as required by the abovenamed
   Act to be taken towards obtaining the sanction of the
   burgesses of the said Borough of Palmerston North to a
   proposal of the said Council of the said borough to raise the
   sum of £6,000 by way of special loan under the provisions of
   the said Act have been duly taken.
2. That upon a poll of the said burgesses, taken on the
   said proposal on the 25th day of March, 1902, the said pro-
   posal was duly carried within the meaning of the above-
   named Act.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
lieving 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.”

W. T. Wood,
Mayor of Palmerston North.

Declared at Palmerston North, this 4th day of April, 1902,
before me—R. S. Abraham, J.P.

Celebration of St. George’s Day.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1902.

THE Government offices throughout New Zealand will
be closed on Wednesday, the 23rd April instant, being
St. George’s Day.

J. G. WARD.

“Conscience Money” received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th April, 1902.

THE Colonial Treasurer directs me to acknowledge the
receipt of £3, forwarded to the Collector of Customs,
Wellington, anonymously, with the request to “pass to
Government’s account, duty owing.”

JAS. B. HEYWOOD,
Receiver-General.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—ALFRED BOWMAN KIDSON, Esq., of Fremantle,
Western Australia, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court
of Western Australia, has this day been appointed by His
Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand in the State of Western Australia,
under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the
Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering
and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in
the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of April, 1902.

W. A. HAWKINS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—BEN PERCIVAL JOHNSON, Esq., of Yarram
Yarram, Victoria, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court
of Victoria, has this day been appointed by His Honour the
Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New
Zealand in the State of Victoria, under the 2nd section of
“The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for
the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths,
affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of April, 1902.

W. A. HAWKINS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.