SEPT. 25. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2151

Block X., Mimi Survey District; Sections part 9, 11,
14, 36-39, part 10, Block X., Mimi Survey District;
and such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate
during the currency of such loan, and be payable in one
instalment on the 1st day of February in each and every
year during the currency of such loan, being a period of
forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off, and that
the interest to be paid is at the rate of 3½ per cent. per
annum.

The above special order was adopted at a special meeting
of the Clifton County Council held 4th July, 1902, and
confirmed at a subsequent meeting held 5th September,
1902.

R. H. PIGOTT,
Chairman, Clifton County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Wirokino Road Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 19th September, 1902.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Wirokino Road Board, is published in accord-
ance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act,
1901.”

J. G. WARD,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

WEREROA LOAN, £500.

Result of poll of ratepayers of Wereroa Special-rating
District, taken on Thursday, 11th September, 1902, on the
proposal to borrow £500 under “The Local Bodies’ Loans
Act, 1901,” for the purpose of constructing all the roads in
Wereroa Township:—

Number of valid votes recorded, 21: Number of valid
votes for the proposal, 20; number of valid votes against
the proposal, 1.

The number of valid votes recorded for the proposal being
more than three-fifths of the total number of valid votes
recorded, I hereby declare the poll carried.

JNO. DAVIES,
Chairman, Wirokino Road Board.

Levin, 13th September, 1902.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Selwyn County Council.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 20th September, 1902.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Selwyn County Council, is published in accord-
ance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act,
1901.”

J. G. WARD,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

SELWYN COUNTY COUNCIL.

Notice pursuant to “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”
Pursuant to the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans
Act, 1901,” I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers
of the Coalgate Water-supply District, constituted under
“The Water-supply Act, 1891,” of the taking of which poll
notice was duly given and was published in The Press news-
papers of the 30th August and 3rd September, 1902, was duly
taken in the South Malvern Road Board Office, at Coalgate,
on Saturday, the 6th September, 1902, for the purpose of
deciding by the vote of the said ratepayers whether the
proposal contained in the notice published in The Press
newspaper of the 23rd and 30th July and 6th and 13th
August, 1902, to borrow from the Government of New
Zealand a sum of £500 for twenty-six years at 4½ per cent.
per annum, for the construction of water-races in the said
district, should be carried into effect; and I hereby also
give notice that the votes recorded were as follows:—

Number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 23;
number of votes recorded against the proposal, 4.

As the number of valid votes recorded in favour of the
proposal exceeds three-fifths of the total number of votes
recorded at the poll, I declare the said proposal carried.

Dated this 11th day of September, 1902.

RICH. WESTENRA,
Chairman of the County Council of Selwyn.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Selwyn County Council.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 20th September, 1902.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Selwyn County Council, is published in accord-
ance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans
Act, 1901.”

J. G. WARD,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

SELWYN COUNTY COUNCIL.

Notice pursuant to “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”
Pursuant to the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans
Act, 1901,” I hereby give notice that a poll of the rate-
payers of the Waimakariri Water-supply District, con-
stituted under “The Water-supply Act, 1891,” of the taking
of which poll notice was duly given and was published in
the Lyttelton Times newspapers of the 4th and 6th Sep-
tember, 1902, was duly taken in the office of the Selwyn
County Council, the office of the Midland Saleyards Com-
pany, Sockburn, and in the offices of the Templeton, Lincoln,
and Springs Road Boards, on Wednesday, the 10th Sep-
tember, 1902, for the purpose of deciding, by the vote of the
said ratepayers, whether the proposal contained in the
notice published in the Lyttelton Times newspaper of the
8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th August, 1902, to borrow from the
Government of New Zealand a sum of £700 for twenty-six
years, at 4½ per cent. per annum. for the construction of
water-races in the said district, should be carried into effect;
and I hereby also give notice that the votes recorded were
as follows:—

Number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 142;
number of votes recorded against the proposal, 2.

As the number of valid votes recorded in favour of the
proposal exceeds three-fifths of the total number of votes
recorded at the poll, I declare the said proposal carried.

Dated this 11th day of September, 1902.

RICH. WESTENRA,
Chairman of the County Council of Selwyn.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Manganui Road Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1902.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Manganui Road Board, is published in accordance
with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

J. G. WARD,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

MANGANUI ROAD BOARD.

Result of poll of ratepayers of the Kent Terrace Special
rating District, Township of Midhirst, taken on Monday,
the 15th September, 1902, upon the following proposal:—

To form, grade, and metal Kent Terrace, in the Township
of Midhirst, from the Beaconsfield Road to the Mountain
Road: to borrow for such purpose a loan of £275, under
“The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the loan to be for a
period of twenty-six years, and the rate of interest 4½ per
cent. per annum; to pay out of such loan the cost of raising
it: to strike as security on this loan a special annual-re-
curring rate of 4½d. in the pound, for twenty-six years, over
the following lands, namely, Block I., Midhirst East, Sec-
tions 1 to 24, both included; Block VI., Midhirst East,
Sections 1 to 25, both included; and Subsections 1, 2, 3, 4
of Section 3, Block XIII., Huiroa Survey District.

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 15; number of votes
exercisable, 15: Number of votes recorded in favour of the
proposal, 5; total number of votes recorded, 5.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Mosgiel Borough Council.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1902.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the
Borough of Mosgiel, is published in accordance with
the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

J. G. WARD,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

In the matter of the proposal of the Council of the Borough
of Mosgiel to raise a special loan of £7,500.

To the Hon. the Colonial Secretary.

I, THOMAS AITKEN, Mayor of the Borough of Mosgiel, do
hereby give you notice that on the 28th day of August, 1902,
a poll of the electors of the said borough was taken upon
the proposal of the Council of the said borough, in pursuance
of the powers and provisions contained in “The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1900,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans
Act, 1901,” and of all other powers enabling them in that
behalf, to raise a special loan of £7,500, to be called “The
Drainage and Waterworks Loan,” for and in connection
with the following public works, that is to say, (1) the
constructing drains, purchasing or otherwise acquiring
lands, and providing all buildings, engines, machinery, and
other things necessary for the drainage of the Borough of
Mosgiel; (2) the constructing, providing, or establishing