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same, after having been emptied, shall have been deodorised,
and is free from noxious or offensive smell or odour.

14. Any person committing a breach of any of the fore-
    going by-laws shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for every such offence;
    and in the case of a continuous offence to a penalty of not
    more than £5 for each day during which such offence
    continues.

15. These by-laws shall come into force on the 9th day of
    May, 1904, and shall apply to the whole of the district.

The resolution to make these by-laws was adopted at a
special meeting of the Point Chevalier Road Board held
at Point Chevalier, in the office, on Friday, the 18th day of
March, 1904.

The common seal of the Inhabitants of the Point
Chevalier Road District was affixed hereto at a special
meeting, and by order of the Board of the said district,
on the 18th day of March, 1904, in the presence of--
THOS. C. THWAITES, Chairman.
PETER COLLINS,
J. HOSKEN,
THOS. WRENNALL,
H. T. G. MCELROY, Clerk.

I, Robert Haldane Makgill, District Health Officer at
Auckland, do hereby, pursuant to the provisions of section 100
of "The Public Health Act, 1900," approve of the foregoing
by-laws.

Dated this 15th day of March, 1904.

R. H. MAKGILL.

I, Herbert Thomas Granville McElroy, of Karangahape
Road, Newton, in the Provincial District of Auckland, in the
Colony of New Zealand, Clerk to the Point Chevalier Road
Board, do hereby certify that the foregoing being Offensive
Trades By-laws were duly passed as a special order by the
Point Chevalier Road Board at a meeting held on the 18th
day of March, 1904, and that the following is a true copy
of the resolution passing such special order, which resolution
was duly passed at such meeting held on the 18th day of
March, 1904:

"Moved by the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Collins, That
the Offensive Trades By-laws, as submitted by the Solicitor, be
passed and ordained, and that such by-laws be sealed.--
Carried."

And I further certify that such special resolution was duly
confirmed at a meeting of the said Board held on the 5th day
of April, 1904.

Dated this 20th day of April, 1904.

H. T. G. MCELROY,

Clerk of Point Chevalier Road Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 27th April, 1904.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Cook County Council, is published in accord-
ance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1901."

R. J. SEDDON,

Colonial Treasurer.

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

Bridge Fund Loan.

I HEREBY give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers, taken
on the 4th March, upon a proposal by this Council to raise a
loan of £6,000 for bridge purposes, the following votes were
recorded:

Against the proposal, 63 votes; for the proposal, 232 votes.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

W. H. TUCKER,

Chairman.

Gisborne, 19th April, 1904.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 27th April, 1904.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the
Borough of Nelson, is published in accordance with
the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901."

R. J. SEDDON,

Colonial Treasurer.

NELSON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

In pursuance of the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans
Act, 1901," I hereby give notice that a poll of the rate-
payers was taken on Wednesday, the 20th day of April,
1904, upon the following proposal to raise a special loan,
namely:-

1. The particular undertaking proposed to be engaged in

is the drainage of the City of Nelson by pipe sewers, dis-
charging into a septic tank near the present outfall, accord-
ing to the drainage scheme prepared by Mr. Mestayer, with
the addition of pipes to carry the effluent out into deep
water.

2. The sum proposed to be borrowed for such purpose is
   £55,000, to be raised as follows: £20,000 during the first
   year, £10,000 during each of the two succeeding years, and
   the balance of £15,000 as soon thereafter as it may be re-
   quired.

3. The security proposed for such loan is a special rate of
   10d. in the pound upon the annual value of all rateable
   property within the said city. It is proposed to repay the
   said loan by reborrowing at the expiration of twenty years
   from date of first issue of loan.

4. It is proposed that the cost of and incidental to raising
   the loan shall be paid out of the moneys borrowed.

The result of the said poll was as follows:--
Number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 463;
number of votes against the proposal, 353; informal, 6;
majority in favour of the proposal, 110.

A majority of valid votes cast at the said poll having been
given in favour of the said proposal, I hereby declare that
the resolution in favour of the said proposal has been duly
carried.

H. BAIGENT,

Nelson, 21st April, 1904.

Mayor.

In the matter of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901."

I, HENRY BAIGENT, of the City of Nelson, in New Zealand,
Mayor of the said city, do solemnly and sincerely declare
that all proceedings required by law to be taken in or
towards obtaining the sanction of the ratepayers of the said
city to the proposal to raise a special loan of £55,000 for
drainage purposes have been duly taken, and that the resolu-
tion in favour of the said proposal has been duly carried;
and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing
the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices of the
Peace Act, 1882."

H. BAIGENT.

Declared at the City of Nelson, this 22nd day of April,
1904, before me--W. C. Ancell, a Justice of the Peace in and
for the Colony of New Zealand.

Notice to Mariners No. 33 of 1904.

Marine Department,

Wellington, 22nd April, 1904.

NOTICE has been received from the Portmaster, Bris-
bane, Queensland, that the beacon on Dee (d) Reef,
south of Cooktown, is reported to be down, and will be re-
placed as soon as possible.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty chart No. 2923; "Aus-
tralia Directory," Vol. ii.

C. H. MILLS,

Acting Minister of Marine.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,

Wellington, 21st April, 1904.

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

JAS. McGOWAN,

Acting Minister for Public Works.

HANMER SANATORIUM. - COLD-WATER SWIMMING-BATH CON-
TRACT.

Accepted.

Wadey, Wm., Rangiora ... 954 0 0

Declined.

Forbes, R. A., Tai Tapu ... 986 0 0
Gulliver and Rogers, Rangiora ... 1,280 0 0

Authorising the Laying-off of Gellatly Street, in the Town
of Lundie, Wellington Land District, of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,

Wellington, 19th April, 1904.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by section 2 of "The Towns Main Streets Act,
1902," I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do
hereby authorise the laying-off of Gellatly Street, in the
Town of Lundie, Wellington Land District, of a width of
66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of "The
Land Act, 1892."

T. Y. DUNCAN,

Minister of Lands.