Jan. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 31

BOROUGH OF OAMARU.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

In the matter of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and the Acts amending the same.

I HEREBY give notice that on the 20th day of December, 1905, a proposal was submitted by the Oamaru Borough Council to the ratepayers of the borough to borrow the sum of £4,000 for the erection of a Town Hall and municipal offices, and that the number of votes recorded respectively for and against the proposal was as follows: For the proposal, 403; against the proposal, 144; informal votes, 13; majority for the proposal, 259.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

ROBERT MILLIGAN,
Mayor.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 21st December, 1905.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

ERECTON OF NATIVE SCHOOL AND RESIDENCE AT TAUTORO, AUCKLAND.

Accepted.

Frankham, C. H., Auckland .. .. 835 0 0

Declined.

Cook, W., and Son, Waimate North .. 1,034 0 0

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 30th December, 1905.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

ERECTON OF POST-OFFICE, LOWER HUTT.

Accepted.

Wakelin, R. A., Wellington .. .. 2,449 9 6

Declined.

Emeny, W. G., Wellington .. .. 2,666 0 0
Harris, S., Wellington .. .. 2,684 0 0
Moffat, J., Wellington .. .. 2,704 18 11
Croft, G. T., Lower Hutt .. .. 3,053 10 0

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of Roads through Umukaimata No. 1a No. 2 and Mahoenui No. 3b Block.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 93 of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” that the roads described in the Schedule hereto were duly taken and laid off, in October 1903, through the lands specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by Warrant dated the 1st July, 1903.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Taranaki Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked and coloured as above mentioned, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

Dated this 23rd day of December, 1905.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice of the Laying-off of Road through Karu-o-te-whenua B No. 2, Subdivision 5a, Awakino East Survey District, Waitomo County.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 93 of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 30th October, 1905, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by Warrant dated the 15th October, 1905.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 12 acres, more or less, situated in the Awakino East Survey District, and being a road-line of a width of not less than 100 links traversing the Karu-o-te-whenua B No. 2, Subdivision No. 5a, No. 7175, the eastern boundary of which commences at a point on the north-western boundary of the aforesaid block at a distance of 8630 links, more or less, from its north-eastern angle, and proceeds south-westerly for a distance of 9942·2 links to a point on the southern boundary of the aforesaid block at a distance of 1980 links, more or less, from the Mangaotaki River; as the same is delineated on Map 7263, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured sienna.

Also all that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods, more or less, situated in the Awakino East Survey District, and being a road-line of a width of not less than 100 links traversing a portion of the Karu-o-te-whenua B No. 2 Block, Subdivision No. 5a, No. 7175, the eastern side of which is bounded by the Mangaotaki River, and commences at the point of its intersection on the western bank of the road hereinbefore described, and proceeds northerly along the said river for a distance of 475 links, more or less, to the Ford; as the same is delineated on Map 7263, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured sienna.

In the Land District of Auckland; as the same are delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

Dated this 20th day of December, 1905.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Meetings of Hawke’s Bay Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th December, 1905.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 48 of “The Land Act, 1892,” approved of the future meetings of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board being held at Napier on the second Friday in each month, and at Gisborne on the first Monday after the second Friday in the months of January, April, July, and October.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Authorising the Laying-off of Brentwood Road, in the Town of Brentwood Extension, of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st December, 1905.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I do hereby authorise the laying-off of Brentwood Road, in the Town of Brentwood Extension, Auckland Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Minister of Lands.

Authorising the Laying-off of Howard Street, in the Town of Awatiu, of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st December, 1905.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I do hereby authorise the laying-off of Howard Street, in the Town of Awatiu, Auckland Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Minister of Lands.