taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the electors to
the proposal to borrow the sum of £1,000 for the purpose of
completing the drainage-works in the No. 1 Drainage District
in the Borough of Carterton have been duly taken, and
that the proposal has been duly carried. 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.”

JAMES BROWN,
Mayor.

Declared at Carterton, this 9th day of June, 1906, before
me—A. Bish, Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of
New Zealand.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
The Treasury,
Wellington, 15th June, 1906.

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

ALBERT PITT,
In the place of the Colonial Treasurer.

WAIRoa COUNTY COUNCIL.
I HEREBY notify that at the poll taken this day in the North
Clyde Special District on the proposal to borrow £2,000 to
carry out certain works on the roads and streets in the
Orangitirohia and Awatere Blocks the number of votes recorded was as follows :—
For the proposal, 45 votes; against the proposal, 12 votes :
majority for the proposal, 33.
I therefore declare the proposal carried.

ALEXANDER SINCLAIR,
Chairman, Wairoa County Council.
Wairoa, 22nd May, 1906.

Notifying Land in the Auckland Land District subject to
“ The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 14th June, 1906.
PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Land for
Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its
amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned
Crown land, being the land known as the Carroll Settlement,
which has been acquired under the said Acts, is
subject to the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.
CARROLL SETTLEMENT.
ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District,
being part of Lot 17, Section 12, Suburbs of Auckland,
Waitemata Parish, and known as Carroll Settlement, and
containing by admeasurement 19 acres 1 rood 4 perches,
more or less. Commencing at the junction of the Great
South Road and the Rockfield Road, and bounded towards
the east by Rockfield Road, bearing 189° 20', 1234·3 links;
168° 24', 23 links ; towards the south-east by other part of
aforesaid Lot 17, bearing 221°, 395·4 links; towards the
south-west by Lot 15 of the aforesaid Section 12, bearing
306° 53', 1392·2 links; towards the north-west by Lot 16 of
the aforesaid section, bearing 32° 54', 471·4 links; again
towards the south-west by same Lot 16, bearing 300° 52',
42·3 links; again towards the north-west by other part of
Lot 17 aforesaid, bearing 30° 1', 1331·8 links; towards the
north-east by the Great South Road, bearing 141° 50',
481·9 links; again towards the south-east by other part of
Lot 17, bearing 208° 53', 516·3 links; again towards the
north-east by the same lot, bearing 300° 11', 189·6 links;
again towards the north-west by same lot, bearing 46° 52',
42·2 links; again towards the north-east by part of same lot,
bearing 141° 50', 138 links; again towards the north-west by
same lot, bearing 46° 52', 365 links; again towards the
north-east by the Great South Road aforesaid, bearing
141° 50', 141·9 links, to the point of commencement: be all
the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 19347,
deposited in the Head Office of the Lands and Survey
Department, Wellington, and thereon edged with green.
T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Permits to import Opium.
Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 7th June, 1906.
IT is hereby notified for public information that permits
to import opium crude, opium in powder, and solid
extract of opium have been granted to the following persons,
subject to the provisions of “The Opium Prohibition Act,
1901”:
Name.
District.
C. Ridd .. .. .. .. .Eltham.
G. E. Elson .. .. .. .. Wellington.
F. J. Parkinson .. .. .. .Greymouth.
A. Low (Young’s Chemical Company) Wellington.
Remington Bros. .. .. .. .Marton.
T. A. W. Nicholson .. .. .. Thames.
E. H. S. Dawe .. .. .. .. Timaru.
Leon Cohen (Barraud and Son) .. Wellington.
T. H. Garrett .. .. .. .. Gisborne.
G. Mee .. .. .. .. Wellington.
C. H. MILLS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Notice of Application to register Amalgamation of Branches
of a Friendly Society.
Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1906.
NOTICE is hereby given that application has been made
to the Registrar of Friendly Societies to register
special resolutions for the amalgamation of the Maraekakaho Lodge, a branch of the Hawke’s Bay District of the
New Zealand Branch of the Manchester Unity Independent
Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society, with the Hastings
Lodge, a branch of the same society, in terms of “The
Friendly Societies Act, 1882.”
C. T. BENZONI,
Deputy Registrar of Friendly Societies.
Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands
Act, 1894.”
To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing
l rood, more or less, being Allotment 253 of Section 2,
Town of Tauranga, situate at the northern corner of
Edgecumbe Road and Seventh Avenue. The grantee is
one Joseph Callaghan, described as a private in the lst
Waikato Militia, who cannot be found.
WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries,
and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or
owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes
that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony:
Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within
six months of the date of the publication of this notice in
this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public
Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice;
and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time
limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee
will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in
and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”
Dated this 15th day of June, 1906.
J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.
Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands
Act, 1894.”
To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing
24 acres and 9 perches, more or less, being Lots 6 to 17
(both inclusive) of Section 6, Suburbs of Packerington, in
the Provincial District of Auckland, bounded on three
sides by streets and on the south-east by Lots 5 and 18,
1248 links. The registered owner is Edmund James Cox,
described as of Auckland, solicitor, who cannot be found.
WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries,
and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or
owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes
that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony:
Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners,
within six months of the date of the publication of this
notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the
Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in
this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not,
within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the
Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities
granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act,
1894.”
Dated this 15th day of June, 1906.
J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.