SEPT. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1869

Town Hall, Westport, 22nd August, 1902.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

I, JAMES SCANLON, Mayor of the Borough of Westport, in the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Fifth Schedule of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” give you notice that on the 21st day of August, 1902, a poll was taken under the provisions of the said Act on a proposal of the Council of the said borough to borrow, by way of special loan, under the provisions of the said Act, the sum of £6,000, a copy of which proposal is next hereinafter set out.

WESTPORT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Proposed Special Loan for the Completion of the Waterworks.

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

The Council of the Borough of Westport hereby gives public notice that such Council proposes to borrow (by way of special loan within the meaning of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900”) the sum of £6,000, to be expended in the completion of the waterworks and the extension of the reticulation of water-mains within the Borough of Westport. The Council proposes to pledge a special rate of 4d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property within the Borough of Westport as security for the said loan of £6,000, and the interest and sinking fund thereon.

It is proposed that the whole amount of the loan shall be repayable at the expiration of a term of thirty years, computed from the 1st day of November, 1902.

Dated this 7th day of July, 1902.

A. D. G. CUMMING,
Town Clerk.

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 were as follows: For the proposal, 304; against the proposal, 27; majority for the proposal, 277. And, it being provided by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” that the majority required to carry any such proposal shall be a majority of the valid votes cast at the poll, I hereby further give you notice that the said proposal of the Council of the Borough of Westport was duly carried upon the taking of such poll.

JAS. SCANLON,
Mayor of the Borough of Westport.

I, James Scanlon, of the Town of Westport, builder, Mayor of the Borough of Westport, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:—

1. That all the proceedings required by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” in or towards obtaining the sanction of the burgesses of the Borough of Westport to a proposal of the Council of the said borough to borrow the sum of £6,000 by way of special loan under the provisions of the said Act, which proposal is set out in the voting-paper hereunto annexed and marked with the letter “A,” have been duly taken.

2. That upon a poll of the said burgesses taken on the said proposal on the 21st day of August, 1902, the said proposal was duly carried within the meaning of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”

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.”

JAS. SCANLON.

Declared at Westport, this 23rd day of August, 1902, before me—J. W. Fair, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

“A.”

VOTING-PAPER.

Westport Borough Council.

Proposal to raise a Special Loan, upon which a Poll will be taken upon the 21st day of August, 1902.

The Council of the Borough of Westport hereby gives public notice that such Council proposes to borrow (by way of special loan within the meaning of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900”) the sum of £6,000, to be expended in the completion of the waterworks and the extension of reticulation of water-mains within the Borough of Westport. The Council proposes to pledge a special rate of 4d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property within the Borough of Westport as security for the said loan of £6,000, and the interest and sinking fund thereon. It is proposed that the whole amount of the loan shall be repayable at the expiration of a term of thirty years, computed from the 1st day of November, 1902.

1. I vote for the above proposal.

2. I vote against the above proposal.

N.B.—The voter must erase the line marked 2 if he wishes to vote for the proposal, and line 1 if he wishes to vote against it. The voter shall erase one or other of the said lines, and his vote shall be deemed to be given according to the one of the said lines which he leaves unerased.

Special Order made by the Kiwitea County Council, abolishing and constituting certain Ridings.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1902.

THE following special order, made by the Kiwitea County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886.”

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT the whole of the boundaries of the various ridings of the county be dissolved, and that nine new ridings be formed, with boundaries as described. This special order to come into force on the 1st November, 1902.

The above special order was duly confirmed at a special meeting of the Council held on Saturday, the 16th August, 1902, and made in accordance with “The Counties Act, 1886.”

JAMES CORRY,
Chairman, Kiwitea County Council.

Kimbolton, 23rd August, 1902.

BOUNDARIES OF RIDINGS.

Cheltenham Riding.

Bounded on the south by the southern boundary of the county, commencing at the Oroua River; thence by the Cheltenham Cross Road to the western corner of Section 154, Block VII., Oroua; thence by the western boundaries of Sections 155, 157, 159, 161, and 163, to the junction of Mackay’s and Sinclair’s Roads; thence by the centre line of Mackay’s Road to the north-western corner of Section 175, Block IV., Oroua; thence along the northern boundary of Section 175 to Perry’s Road; thence by the centre line of Perry’s and Coulter’s Roads to the Oroua River; thence by the centre of the said river to the starting-point.

Ongo Riding.

Commencing at the western corner of Section 154, Block VII., Oroua; thence along the southern boundary of the county—viz., Cheltenham Cross Road and western boundaries of Sections 302 and 301, Block II., Oroua, and 284, Block XIV., Ongo, and southern boundaries of Sections 14, 13, 12, and 11, Block XIV., Ongo—to the centre of the Rangitikei River; thence along the centre of the said river to the northern boundary of Section 51, Block XI., Ongo; thence along the northern boundary of the said section to the Northern Line; thence by the centre of the Northern Line and Sinclair’s Road to the junction with Mackay’s Road; thence along the western boundaries of Sections 163, Block III., Oroua, 161, 159, 157, and 155, Block VII., Oroua, to the starting-point.

Waituna Riding.

Bounded on the south and west generally by the Ongo Riding to Section 60, Block IX., Ongo; thence along the southern and eastern boundaries of the said section to the Mangapipi Road; thence along the centre of the said road to the north-western corner of Section 29, Block XII., Ongo; thence along the western boundaries of the said section and Section 8, Block XII., Ongo, to the Tapuae Road; thence along the centre line of the said road to the junction with the Kiwitea–Tapuae Road; thence along the centre line of the Kiwitea–Tapuae Road to Section 189, Block XVI., Ongo; thence along the northern and eastern boundaries of said section and the eastern boundaries of Sections 193 to 198, Block IV., Oroua; thence along the southern boundary of Section 177, Block IV., Oroua, to Mackay’s Road; thence along the centre line of said road to the junction with Sinclair’s Road to the starting-point.

Kiwitea Riding.

Bounded on the south, commencing at the Oroua River, by the Cheltenham Riding, and on the west by the Waituna Riding; on the north, commencing at the north-western corner of Section 190, Block XIII., Apiti; thence along the northern boundary of the said section to McBeth’s Road; thence along the centre line of the said road to the south-western corner of Section 266, Block XIII., Apiti; thence along the southern boundaries of the said section and Sections 265 and 264, Block I., Pohangina, to the Oroua River; thence along the said river to the starting-point.

Kimbolton Riding.

Bounded on the south, commencing at the Oroua River, by the Kiwitea and Waituna Ridings; on the west by the Waituna Riding to the junction of the Tapuae and Kiwitea–Tapuae Roads; thence by the centre line of the Kiwitea–Tapuae and Middle Roads to the Kiwitea Stream; thence by the centre of the said stream to the north-western corner of Section 67, Block XIII., Apiti; thence by the northern