SEPT. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2269

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 17th September, 1904.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF INGLEWOOD.
Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

I, BENJAMIN HOWARD NICHOLLS, Mayor of the Borough of Inglewood, in the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and section 5 of the Fifth Schedule of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” give you notice that on the 9th day of September, 1904, a poll was taken under the provisions of the said Acts on a proposal of the Council of the said borough to borrow a sum of £14,000 by way of special loan, a copy of the notice in respect of which is next hereinafter set out; and that on the taking of the said poll 132 electors voted for the said proposal and 58 against it; informal, 3; and that accordingly the said proposal and the resolution in favour thereof has been duly carried.

Inglewood, 12th September, 1904.

BENJ. H. NICHOLLS,
Mayor.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED LOAN, BOROUGH OF INGLEWOOD.

Proposed Loan of £14,000.

Under and by virtue of provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Inglewood Borough Council proposes to borrow, by way of special loan, the sum of £14,000, at a rate of interest not exceeding 5 per cent. per annum, to be repayable at the expiration of a term of twenty-five years computed from the 1st day of October, 1904, for the following purposes: (1) £9,000 for the construction of water-supply works, and acquiring lands, rights, easements, and appurtenances in connection therewith; (2) £3,000 for the construction of drainage and sewerage works; (3) £2,000 for the purpose of making streets.

The property to be specially appropriated and pledged as security for such loan and the interest thereon, pursuant to the said Acts, is to be the said water, drainage, and sewerage works (the subject-matter of the loan), and a special rate of 1½d. in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all property within the said borough, and its revenue, tolls, issues, and profits thereof. It is also proposed that the cost of raising the loan and interest for the first year are to be paid out of the said loan.

ROBT. ELLIS,
Town Clerk.

DECLARATION OF MAYOR.

I, Benjamin Howard Nicholls, Mayor of the Borough of Inglewood, in the Colony of New Zealand, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:—

(1.) That all the proceedings required by the said Acts in or towards obtaining the sanction of the burgesses of the Borough of Inglewood to a proposal of the Council of the said borough to borrow the sum of £14,000 by way of special loan, as set out above, have been duly taken.

(2.) That a resolution in favour of the said proposal has been duly carried at a poll of the electors of the Borough of Inglewood, duly taken on the 9th day of September, 1904, pursuant to “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”

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.”

BENJ. H. NICHOLLS,
Mayor of Inglewood.

Declared at Inglewood, this 13th day of September, 1904, before me—Joseph Pennington, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 17th September, 1904.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

I, FERGUS FERGUSON MUNRO, Mayor of the Borough of Westport, in the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” give notice that on the 8th day of September, 1904, 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 £2,200, a copy of which proposal is next hereinafter set out:—

WESTPORT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Proposed Special Loan of £2,200.

To be floated locally (or elsewhere), by issue of debentures at 5 per cent., under the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901”:—

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 Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901”), the sum of £2,200, to be expended on the undertakings as hereunder set forth: For fencing, planting, erection of requisite buildings, and otherwise improving Victoria Square, and making it suitable for recreation purposes, £2,000; for the fencing, planting, &c., of the Recreation Reserve on the beach, £200: total, £2,200: each of the above sums being appropriated to the work above set forth.

The Council proposes to pledge a special rate of 1½d. in the pound on the rateable value (on the basis of the annual renting-value) of all rateable property within the Borough of Westport, as security for the said loan, and the payment of interest and sinking fund thereon. It is proposed that the whole amount of the loan shall be repayable at the expiration of forty-one years, computed from the 1st day of October, 1904. It is proposed to pay out of the loan the cost of raising the loan, and the interest thereon for the first year.

Dated this 20th day of July, 1904.

A. D. G. CUMMING,
Town Clerk.

And I also give 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, 265; against the proposal, 158; informal, 6: Majority for the proposal, 107. And, it being provided by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” that in the case of a borough a majority of the total votes recorded shall suffice to carry the proposal, I hereby give further notice that the said proposal of the Council of the Borough of Westport was duly carried upon the taking of such poll.

F. MUNRO,
Mayor of the Borough of Westport.

I, Fergus Ferguson Munro, of the Town of Westport, auctioneer, Mayor of the Borough of Westport, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:—

1. That all the proceedings required by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” in or towards obtaining the sanction of the ratepayers of the Borough of Westport to a proposal of the Council of the said borough to borrow the sum of £2,200 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 ratepayers taken on the said proposal on the 8th day of September, 1904, the said proposal was duly carried within the meaning of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

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.”

F. MUNRO.

Town Hall, Westport, 12th September, 1904.

Declared at Westport, this 12th day of September, 1904, before me—Wm. Gothard, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

Notice to Mariners No. 67 of 1904.

ALTERATION OF LEADING-BEACON LIGHTS FOR WAIRAU BAR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 17th September, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after Wednesday, the 5th October, 1904, the white and red lights which are at present exhibited at tide time on the leading-beacons for Wairau Bar will be changed to two red lights. The back red light will show slightly above the front one. When the second set of beacon-lights is required to be used there will be exhibited from the beacons two green lights