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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 28th September, 1906.

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

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.

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AKITIO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Loan Proposal.

NOTICE is hereby given that a poll was taken within the County of Akito on Wednesday, the 19th September, 1906, on a proposal to raise a loan of £8,000, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and its amendments, for the purpose of metalling the Alfredton–Weber Road, £2,250; Makuri–Pongaroa Road, £1,850; Makuri–Rakaunui Road (known as Rimu Road), £450; formation and metalling Towai Road, £900; formation and metalling Pongaroa–Akito Road, £2,550.

The following votes were recorded: For the proposal, 150; against the proposal, 72.

As the number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal is more than the requisite three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded at the poll, I declare the proposal carried.

W. A. BURLING,
Chairman.

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New Zealand International Exhibition, 1906. — Minerals Court.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 30th July, 1906.

A GOLD medal and fifty guineas, a silver medal and twenty-five guineas, and a bronze medal and ten guineas will be awarded by the Mines Department for essays on the present condition and future prospects of the mineral resources of New Zealand, and the best means of fostering their development.

In judging the merits of the essays preference will be given to those which are of a practical character.

The essays must be sent in to the Under-Secretary for Mines, Wellington, signed with a motto, and accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the author’s name and address, on or before 1st December, 1906.

The essays will be submitted to a Board of three persons (to be hereafter appointed), on whose decision the above prizes will be awarded.

NOTE.—“Mineral” means any metal or mineral, and includes petroleum and other mineral oils.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

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Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 29th September, 1906.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

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OTAGO CENTRAL RAILWAY. — ERECTION OF ALEXANDRA AND GALLOWAY STATION BUILDINGS.

Accepted.

McLean, Robert, Owaka .. .. .. 2,075 17 6

Declined.

Wilkinson, T. .. .. .. 2,111 17 2
Drummey, J. .. .. .. 2,164 13 6
Rhodes, Watson, and Son .. .. .. 2,318 6 0
McKinnon and Hamilton .. .. .. 2,383 13 8
Lyders, H. .. .. .. 2,976 0 0

OTAGO CENTRAL RAILWAY. — ERECTION OF CLYDE STATION BUILDINGS.

Accepted.

Robson and Crawford, Mornington .. .. 6,287 0 0

Declined.

Wilkinson, T. .. .. .. 6,652 10 11
McKinnon and Hamilton .. .. .. 7,497 17 5
Rhodes, Watson, and Son .. .. .. 7,656 15 8
Lyders, H. .. .. .. 7,999 0 0

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ERECTION OF EXPLOSIVES MAGAZINE, GREYMOUTH.

Accepted.

Mouat, W. G., Greymouth .. .. .. 589 12 0

Declined.

Sweetman, E., Greymouth .. .. .. 649 0 0
O’Reilly, M., Greymouth .. .. .. 778 0 0
Dillon, T., Greymouth .. .. .. 792 15 9

MIDLAND RAILWAY. — ERECTION OF BROKEN RIVER STATION BUILDINGS.

Accepted.

Forbes, John, Cust .. .. .. 1,431 16 0

Declined.

Ballantine, Thomas, Christchurch .. .. 1,644 19 3
Maynard, J., Christchurch.. .. .. 1,678 0 0
Cowan, John, Christchurch .. .. .. 1,951 6 0

ERECTION OF POLICE RESIDENCE, ADDINGTON.

Accepted.

Taylor Bros., Christchurch .. .. .. 690 0 0

Declined.

Cowan, John, Christchurch .. .. .. 709 0 0
Hyndman, Peter, Christchurch .. .. 756 0 0
Taylor and Lister, Spreydon .. .. .. 776 0 0
Green, Henry, Christchurch .. .. .. 789 3 3
Ballantine, Thomas, Christchurch .. .. 790 19 8
Sutherland and Pearce, Christchurch .. .. 825 4 6

ERECTION OF POLICE-STATION, TAUMARUNUI.

Accepted.

Care, W. G., Cambridge .. .. .. 624 0 0

Declined.

Henderson, D., Ngaruawahia .. .. .. 734 0 0
Holloway, H. M., Devonport .. .. .. 856 18 0
Baldock, G., Auckland .. .. .. 919 0 0

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Notice to Mariners No. 72 of 1906.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th September, 1906.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Port Officer, Melbourne, and the President of the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, respectively, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

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POINT GELLIBRAND, PORT PHILLIP.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 155, dated 25th May, 1906 (New Zealand, No. 66, dated 21st August, 1906), it is hereby notified that in foggy weather a fog-horn will be sounded and a fog-rocket fired alternately every five minutes from the new pile lighthouse.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 30th August, 1906.

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GULF ST. VINCENT.—CORNy POINT LIGHTHOUSE.

Alteration of Light.

Notice is hereby given that it is intended, on or about the 1st January, 1907, to alter the characteristics of the above light in the following respects:—

Instead of the light being obscured over the Webb Rock and thence inshore as at present, a red sector will be shown over this arc—i.e., between the bearings of N.E. ½ E. and N.E. by N. ¾ N., where it is shut in by the first point to the southward of the lighthouse.

The red sector will be visible for fourteen miles, the full range of the light.

This affects Admiralty Chart No. 2389a.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
28th August, 1906.

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Notice to Mariners No. 75 of 1906.

EXPLOSIVES ANCHORAGE, AUCKLAND HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 26th September, 1906.

THE Auckland Harbour Board has notified that the boundaries of the new explosives anchorage are as follows:—

The western boundary is an imaginary line drawn across the harbour 1,000 ft. eastward of and parallel to an imaginary