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centum per annum, and to be made a continuing rate for a period of twenty-six years; and that the cost of raising the loan and the interest for the first year be paid out of the said loan.

PERCY R. PURSER,
Clerk, Hutt River Board.

Lower Hutt, 10th July, 1906.

And at such poll the number of votes recorded was as follows: For the proposal, 169; against the proposal, 91; informal votes, 2.

And I hereby declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated this 22nd day of August, 1906.

WALTER G. FOSTER,
Chairman.

Declared before me, this 22nd day of August, 1906—G. A. Chapman, a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 25th August, 1906.

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

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.

WAIPAWA TOWN BOARD.

I, THE undersigned, hereby give notice that at the poll, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and “The Local Elections Act, 1904,” and all amendments thereto, held on Friday, the 17th day of August, 1906, on the proposal to raise a loan of £7,000 for a water-supply for the Waipawa Town District, there was recorded the following number of votes: For the proposal, 61; against the proposal, 23; informal, 1: total, 85.

As the number of votes polled exceeded the three-fifths majority required, I hereby declare the proposal carried.

W. I. LIMBRICK,
Chairman.

21st August, 1906.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 27th August, 1906.

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

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.

NELSON CITY COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers was taken on Wednesday, the 22nd day of August, 1906, upon the following proposal to raise a special loan, viz.: (1.) The particular undertaking proposed to be engaged in is the extension of the gas-mains and the general improvement of the gas-reticulation in the City of Nelson. (2.) The sum proposed to be borrowed for the purpose is £2,500, repayable at the end of thirty years. (3.) The security proposed for such special loan is a special rate of ¾d. in the pound upon the annual value of all rateable property within the said city. It is proposed to provide a sinking fund of 1½ per cent. for the repayment of the said 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, 549; number of votes against the proposal, 367; informal, 10; majority in favour of the proposal, 182.

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.

J. PIPER,
Mayor.

Nelson, 23rd August, 1906.

In the matter of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

I, Jesse Piper, 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 £2,500 for gas-reticulation purposes have been duly taken, and that the resolution 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.”

J. PIPER.

Declared at the City of Nelson, this 23rd day of August, 1906, before me—George M. Rout, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

Approving and Appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the undermentioned warehouse to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely:—

Port of Auckland.

A building, constructed partly of brick and partly of stone, with slate roof, situate in Fort Street, on part of Allotment 8, Section 3, to be known as

GRAHAME’S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and six.

J. A. MILLAR,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 818.]

Notice to Mariners No. 67 of 1906.

ELECTRIC LIGHTS SHOWN FROM DENNISTON, NEAR WESTPORT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 27th August, 1906.

CAPTAIN STUBBS, of the barque “Fram,” reports that the electric lights shown from Denniston are very misleading, as they are visible at sea fully thirty miles, and are liable to be mistaken for the harbour lights.

Denniston, which is not marked on the chart, bears N. 76° E. from northern extreme to Westport Breakwater.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts 2591 and 2616; “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chapter X, page 375.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 68 of 1906.

ROCK OFF N.W. SHORE OF LITTLE BARRIER ISLAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 27th August, 1906.

CAPTAIN BOLLONS, of the Government steamer “Hinemoa,” reports that a rock, which is awash only at low water, spring tides, exists about half a mile off the N.W. shore of Little Barrier Island. It is a ridge steep-to on all sides, and about 60 ft. in length in a N.E. and S.W. direction, and 25 ft. across, N.W. to S.E.

The following marks and correct magnetic bearings give the position of the danger:—

North point of Little Barrier Island, N. 55° E., Miner’s Head open.

W.N.W. point of Little Barrier Island, S. 17° W., Kawau Tableland touching point.

White Cliffs, Little Barrier Island, S. 57° E., distant 4½ cables.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart 2543; “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chapter IV, page 117.

J. A. MILLAR.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 24th August, 1906.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

ERECTON OF TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, NAPIER.

Accepted.

Ward, William, Napier .. .. .. 1,656 10 0

Declined.

Griffin, J., Napier .. .. .. 1,690 0 0
Renouf, J., Nelson .. .. .. 1,760 13 7
Bull Bros., Napier .. .. .. 1,868 1 6

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