May 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1163

valuation of all rateable property of the Taihape Special-rating District, comprising the Taihape Township and portion of Taihape Suburbs, bounded as follows: Commencing from the south-western corner of Block VII., Taihape Town; thence by a straight line in a north direction along the east boundary of Main Trunk Railway, across all roads, to a point being intersection of west boundary of Block XI., Taihape Town, produced southwards, and railway; thence in a straight line to south-west corner of said Block XI.; thence along west and north boundaries of said Block XI. and by north-west angle of a road to western corner of Section 14, Block XIII., Taihape Town; thence along west and north boundaries of said Block XIII., across road, and along south-east boundary of Section 36, Taihape Suburbs; thence across road to south-west corner of Section 1, Block XVIII., Taihape Town; thence along south-west, north-west, and north boundaries of said Block XVIII., and by a straight line being the said north boundary produced eastwards to its intersection with Hautapu River; thence by west bank of Hautapu River in a southerly direction to Otaihape Stream; thence by the Otaihape Stream to its intersection with railway; thence by a straight line across road and along south boundary of Block VII. to point of commencement: and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable in one sum on the 1st day of May 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.

I, John Willoughby Marshall, Chairman of the Rangitikei County Council, do hereby certify that the above special order was duly made and passed at a special meeting of the Rangitikei County Council held on the 4th day of April, 1903, and was duly confirmed at a special meeting of the said Rangitikei County Council held on the 9th day of May, 1903. In testimony whereof the common seal of the Rangitikei County Council has been hereunto affixed.

Dated this 9th day of May, 1903.

J. W. MARSHALL,
Chairman.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Rangitikei was hereunto affixed on the 9th day of May, 1903, in the presence of—Harold H. Richardson, County Clerk.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 12th May, 1903.

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

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Treasurer.

HAMILTON BOROUGH.

RESULT of poll on a proposal to borrow £3,700 for drainage purposes, taken on the 8th day of May, 1903:—

For the proposal, 55; against, 68; informal votes, 3.

I therefore declare the proposal negatived.

R. W. DYER,
Mayor.

Hamilton, 9th May, 1903.

Notice to Mariners No. 34 of 1903.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 6th May, 1903.

WITH reference to Notice to Mariners No. 30, issued by this Department on the 20th ultimo, information has been received from His Excellency Vice-Admiral Fanshawe that H.M.S “Penguin” has taken soundings where a shoal patch was reported south of the Kermadec Islands, in lat. 32° 27′ S. and long. 179° 1′ W. This position was reached on the 31st March, and a sounding of 411 fathoms was obtained. The search was continued till the evening of the 7th April, the result being to prove the existence of a narrow bank running nearly north and south, ten miles broad, with an uneven bottom. The least water obtained was 112 fathoms. No sign of shoal water was seen, and, the weather being generally rough, with heavy sea, any danger would have shown plainly.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 8th May, 1903.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Gisborne Departmental Buildings.—Repairs, Painting, etc., Contract.

Accepted. £ s. d.
Morrison Bros., Gisborne .. .. .. 542 0 0

Declined. £ s. d.
Walker, H. .. .. .. 546 10 0

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed in the County of Stratford.—Notice No. 773.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 8th May, 1903.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Stratford County Council has by special order declared ox-eye daisy to be a noxious weed within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under its jurisdiction.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed in the Borough of Palmerston North.—Notice No. 774.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 11th May, 1903.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Palmerston North Borough Council has by special order declared ragwort or ragweed to be a noxious weed within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under its jurisdiction.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Notifying Land in the Marlborough Land District subject to “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its Amendment.

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 12th May, 1903.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its amendment, I hereby notify that the undermentioned land, being the land known as Stronvar (having been acquired by exchange for 19,609 acres, or thereabouts, situated in the Survey Districts of Mount Olympus, Spray, Patriarch, and Leatham), is Crown land acquired under the said Act, and is subject to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

STRONVAR EXCHANGE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 6,442 acres 3 roods, more or less, situated in the Spray and Leatham Survey Districts, and being—in the Spray Survey District, Section 4 and part of Section 3, both of Square 48, Block I.; Sections 69, 135, 136, 152 to 156, Block V.; part of Section 137, Block II.; Section 67 and parts of Sections 65, 70, 71, and 72, Block VI.; Sections 90 to 96, and Sections 157 to 165, Block IX.: also, in the Leatham Survey District, Sections 97 to 100, Block XVIII.; the included part of Section 3 of Square 48, Block I.; of Section 137, Block II.; and parts of Sections 65, 70, 71, and 72, Block VI.: being severally bounded (towards the north generally) by the line of the rabbit-proof fence: as the same is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 19277, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged with red.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

By-laws regulating Traffic on Government Roads in the Wellington Land District.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 130 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and its amendments, I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do, in respect of the Government roads known as Alfredton-Weber Road (from junction of Wimbledon Road to Makuri-Pongaroa Road), the Pongaroa-Aohanga Road (from junction of Alfredton-Weber Road to Burling’s old homestead), the Waihi Road (from junction of Makuri-Pongaroa Road to Manuhara Road), the Waihi-Akitio Road (from junction of Alfredton-Weber Road to end of present widening), the Akitio-River Road (from junction of Alfredton-Weber Road to Kawakawa Road), the Mount Arthur Road (from junction of Akitio Road to ford), the Manuhara Road (from junction of Alfredton-Weber Road to end of widening), the Makuri-Pongaroa Road (from its junction with the Makuri-Aohanga Road to its junction with the Alfredton-Weber Road), the Makuri-Aohanga Road (from its junction