Feb. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 529

Special Order made by the Motueka Borough Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1903.

THE following special order, made by the Motueka Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

SPECIAL ORDER MADE BY MOTUEKA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

THAT the number of the members of the Council be reduced from nine to six, exclusive of the Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th February, 1903.

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

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Treasurer.

MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

THE following is the result of the poll of ratepayers taken on the 6th instant upon a proposal to raise a loan of £600, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for construction of the Kakariki and Gust’s lines of roads :—

Total number of votes recorded, 23; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 23; number of votes recorded against proposal, nil; informal votes, nil.

The number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal being more than three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded, I hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

JAMES G. WILSON,
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th February, 1903.

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

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Treasurer.

FOXTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

I HEREBY give notice that, at a poll taken on Wednesday, the 4th day of February, 1903, on the proposal of the Foxton Borough Council to raise by way of loan from the Government the sum of £3,000, in two successive years, for construction of roads and streets, as advertised in the Manawatu Herald, the following votes were recorded :—

For the proposal, 77; against the proposal, 22; informal, 2: majority in favour of the proposal, 55.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

P. HENNESSY,
Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th February, 1903.

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

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Treasurer.

CLUTHA COUNTY COUNCIL.

THE following is the result of a poll of ratepayers of the Ahuriri Special-rating District, taken upon the 31st day of January, 1903, upon the proposal to raise a special loan of £500 :—

For the proposal, 19 votes; against the proposal, 4; informal, nil: total, 23.

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

WM. HAY,
Chairman, Clutha County Council.

County Offices, Balclutha, 6th February, 1903.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 14th February, 1903.

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

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Treasurer.

MANCHESTER ROAD BOARD.

THE following is the result of the poll taken on Friday, the 6th February, on a proposal to borrow £3,660 for the construction of roads, bridges, &c., in No. 5 Subdivision of the Manchester Road District—viz., No. 20 Special-rating District—as set forth in the schedule giving notice of the intention to raise such loan :—

Number of votes recorded for the proposal, 85; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 28; informal votes, 4.

As the number of votes recorded for the proposal is more than three-fifths of the total number of votes recorded, I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

GEORGE WHEELER,
Chairman, Manchester Road Board.

Jurisdiction of Austrian Consul at Auckland extended.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been informed by His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies that the Cook Islands, together with the Islands of Niue (Savage Island), Palmerston, Penrhyn, Manahiki, Rakahanga, and Suwarrow, have been included in the district of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Consulate at Auckland.

J. G. WARD.

Notice to Mariners No. 12 of 1903.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th February, 1903.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

VICTORIA.

Port of Port Phillip.—Point Gellibrand Light-vessel.

Referring to General Notice to Mariners, Victoria, dated 24th September, 1901, page 81, and to Notice to Mariners No. 49, of the 7th instant, it is hereby notified that on the 21st instant the Point Gellibrand light-vessel will be removed, and a gas buoy with a fixed red light will be temporarily moored in position thereof, pending relaying of moorings of the light-vessel.

In the event of foggy weather occurring, the system of signalling the position of the light-vessel by means of firing rockets will be maintained from the s.s. “Albert,” moored in the vicinity.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Department of Ports and Harbours, Port Officer.
Melbourne, 12th January, 1903.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke and annul the appointment of the undermentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely,—

Port of Dunedin.

The warehouse known as

BAXTER’S BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 635, of the 18th day of April, 1900.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and three.

C. H. MILLS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 708.]