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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

be or may be intended to be employed in any manufacture, trade, or business.

7. He shall construct such ashpit in such a manner and in such a position as to afford ready means of access to such ashpit for the purpose of cleansing the same and of removing the contents thereof, and, so far as may be practicable, in such a manner and in such a position as to admit of the contents of such ashpit being removed therefrom, and from the premises to which such ashpit may belong, without being carried through any dwellinghouse or public building, or any building in which any person may be or may be intended to be employed in any manufacture, trade, or business.

8. He shall construct such ashpit of a capacity not exceeding in any case nine cubic feet, or of such less capacity as may be sufficient to contain all dust, ashes, rubbish, and dry refuse which may accumulate during a period not exceeding one week upon the premises to which such ashpit may belong.

9. Any person committing a breach of, or failing to comply with, any of the provisions of this by-law shall be liable to, and shall for each offence forfeit and pay, a penalty not exceeding the sum of five pounds.

Schedule.

1. All that area in the Riccarton Road District lying to the eastward of the south-west boundary of Rural Section 118; a line running from the north-west corner of the last-mentioned section to the junction of centre of Blenheim Road with Princess Street; the centre of Blenheim Road; a line running parallel to and 5 chains west of Division Road; a line running parallel to and 5 chains west of Harakeke Street, and a continuation thereof to Waimairi Stream; the western boundary of Rural Section 18 to Fendalton Road; lines west of, running parallel to, and 5 chains distant from, Glandovey and Idris Roads to Bligh’s Road.

2. Also all that area in the Riccarton Road District lying to the eastward of the western boundary of the Delce Estate, part of Rural Section 323; a line north-west of, running parallel to, and about 4½ chains distant from, Sails Road; the Northern Railway line; and to the southward of the northern boundary of Rural Section 25 and south-west boundary of Hudson’s property.

3. Also all that area in the Riccarton Road District bounded on the south-west by the north-east boundary of Rural Section 159; on the north-west by a line parallel to the Lincoln Road and 25 chains distant therefrom; on the north-east by a line north-east of, parallel to, and 5 chains distant from Wright’s Road; and on the south-east by the Lincoln Road.

This by-law shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1905.

The seal of the Inhabitants of the Riccarton Road District was affixed to this special order this 10th day of April, 1905.

S. A. STAPLES,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that a special order of which the foregoing is a true copy has been duly passed by the Riccarton Road Board in accordance with law.

JAMES H. SHARPE,
Clerk of the Riccarton Road Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 20th April, 1905.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

WEST TAIERI DRAINAGE BOARD.

THE following is the result of a poll of the ratepayers of West Taieri Drainage District, taken this 13th day of April, 1905, to vote for or against the proposal of raising a special loan of £150, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and amendments, for drainage-works, for forty-one years, interest 4 per cent. per annum. The votes were as follows:—

For the proposal, 24 votes; against the proposal, 2 votes.

As the number of valid votes for the proposal exceeds three-fifths of the total valid votes recorded, I therefore declare the proposal carried.

JOHN BRUCE,
Chairman, West Taieri Drainage Board.

Outram, 15th April, 1905.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 20th April, 1905.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

OUTRAM TOWN BOARD.

THE following is the result of a poll of the ratepayers of Outram Town District, taken on Tuesday, the 11th April, 1905, for the purpose of raising a loan, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and amendments, for the purpose of kerbing and channelling the streets of Outram. The loan is for forty-one years, and the interest is 4 per cent. per annum.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 27; the number of votes recorded against the proposal, 3.

The total number of valid 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.

WILLIAM SNOW,
Chairman, Outram Town Board.

Outram, 15th April, 1905.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 25th April, 1905.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

MATAONGAONGA ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of poll taken upon a proposal to raise a special loan of £800, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” on the 12th day of April, 1905, for the purpose of (1) erecting a culvert and filling on the River-bank Road, £100; (2) acquiring land for road to connect Morgan Street, Sedgebrook, with the No. 3 Line of Road, and forming and metalling such road and building a new bridge thereon, £410; (3) erecting a new bridge and approaches near Mr. Pask’s property, No. 3 Line, £250; and (4) erecting a new culvert opposite Mr. Horsley’s property, No. 3 Line, £40. It is proposed, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges at the rate of 4 per centum per annum, to make and levy a special rate of ⅛d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property in the Mataongaonga Road District. Such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off. The cost of raising the loan and interest for the first year will be paid out of the loan.

For the proposal, 124; against the proposal, 43; informa votes, 3.

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 therefore declare the above proposal to be carried.

ROBERT NEILSON,
Chairman, Mataongaonga Road Board.

Rules for the Examination of Applicants for Certificates as Master of Sailing-vessels and Fishing-boats or Cargo-vessels.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 18th April, 1905.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power conferred upon me by paragraphs (g) and (h) of section 21 of “The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903,” I, William Hall-Jones, Minister of Marine, do hereby prescribe and declare that the master of a sailing-ship of over 5 tons and up to 25 tons register carrying passengers within such restricted limits as may be approved by the Minister shall hold a certificate of a grade to be called “Master of Restricted-limit Sailing-ship,” and that the master of a fishing-boat exclusively employed in fishing on the coast of the colony, whether sea-going or running within river or extended river limits, shall hold a certificate of a grade to be called “Master of Fishing-boat or Cargo-ship under 25 Tons Register.”