July 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1545

HOBSON COUNTY.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LANDS FOR (LUSK’S) ROADS IN THE OKAHU RIDING OF HOBSON COUNTY.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is the intention of the Hobson County Council, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to take land for the construction of Lusk’s Road deviations (in lieu of the portions of road stopped in exchange by agreement with the settlers), and for the purposes of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereunder written are required to be taken: And notice is hereby given that the plans of the said road and of the land so required to be taken are deposited in the Council Chambers, Aratapu, and are there open for inspection during office hours: And further notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objection to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such lands, set forth the same in writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Chairman of the Hobson County Council at Aratapu.

SCHEDULE.

Council Chambers, Aratapu, 4th July, 1902. W. A. SPIERS,
County Chairman. 85-

WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LAND.

In the matter of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” and “The Public Works Act, 1894.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the City of Wellington proposes, under the provisions of the above-named Acts, to acquire the lands described below for the purpose of extending and improving the water-supply system of the City of Wellington. And notice is hereby further given that a plan showing the lands so proposed to be taken is deposited in the public office of the Town Clerk to the said Council, situated at the corner of Brandon Street and Featherston Street, in the said city, and is open for inspection without fee by all persons during ordinary office hours; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work, or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing to the Town Clerk, Wellington, within forty days from the first publication of this notice.

Schedule.

The parcels of land required to be taken:—

In the Land District of Wellington; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan above mentioned, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 10th day of July, 1902. J. E. PAGE,
Town Clerk. 862

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership hitherto subsisting between JOHN PHILIP MASON and CHARLES PEARSON ROBERTS, trading together under the style or firm of “Mason and Roberts,” as Totalisator Proprietors, was this day dissolved by mutual consent.

Dated at Dunedin, this 1st day of July, 1902.

PHILIP MASON.

Witness to the signature of John Philip Mason—A. E. Gascoigne, Solicitor, Dunedin.

CHAS. P. ROBERTS.

Witness to the signature of Charles Pearson Roberts—P. S. K. Macassey, Solicitor, Dunedin. 847

GREY EDUCATION BOARD.

I HEREBY notify that, as for the three vacancies on the Board to be filled not more than three persons have been nominated, I declare

JOHN BYRNE,
JEREMIAH M’CARTHY, and
JOSEPH PETRIE

to be duly elected members of the Board for the ensuing three years from 1st August, 1902.

F. W. RIEMENSCHNEIDER,
Returning Officer. 849

7th July, 1902.

BOROUGH OF BALCLUTHA.

“THE RATING ON UNIMPROVED VALUE ACT, 1896.”

PUBLIC notice is hereby given that at the poll of rate-payers, taken this day, on the proposal that “The Rating on Unimproved Value Act, 1896,” be adopted in the Borough of Balclutha, and that henceforth property be rated upon the basis of the unimproved value thereof, the following votes were recorded:—

For the proposal .. .. 60
Against the proposal .. .. 33

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

Dated this 9th day of July, 1902. D. STEWART,
Mayor. 859