MAY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1475

confirmed at a special meeting held on the 30th day of April, 1907.

The common seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Wanganui was hereto affixed to the above-written special order by order of the Council and by and in the presence of—

C. E. MACKAY,
Mayor.

G. MURCH,
Town Clerk.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1907.

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

W. HALL-JONES,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF NEW BRIGHTON.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and amendments thereto respectively, I hereby give notice that on the 4th day of April, 1907, a proposal was submitted by the New Brighton Borough Council to the ratepayers of the Borough of New Brighton (and to all other persons entitled to vote on any proposal of the said Borough Council) for raising a special loan of £8,000 for the purpose of providing a fire-brigade plant and building, constructing kerbing and channelling, grading, forming, and metalling of roads and footpaths, tarring footpaths, improving Esplanade, planting marram-grass, sinking artesian wells and constructing tanks, protecting the river-bank, within the Borough of New Brighton, and for paying the first year’s interest on the said loan, and for meeting the expenses of surveys, supervision, and contingencies in respect to the foregoing works. That the number of votes recorded at a poll taken on the 24th day of April, 1907, was as follows: For the proposal, 69; against the proposal, 25; informal, 5.

And I declare the said proposal carried.

Dated this 29th day of April, 1907.

G. D. MACFARLANE,
Mayor of the Borough of New Brighton.

CHAS. FOSTER,
Returning Officer.

Declaration in support of Proposal to raise a Special Loan of £8,000 by the New Brighton Borough Council.

I, Charles Foster, Town Clerk of the Borough of New Brighton, do solemnly declare that all proceedings required by law in or towards obtaining the sanction of the electors to the proposal to raise a special loan of £8,000 (as set forth in notice attached hereto) have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the 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.”

CHAS. FOSTER,
Town Clerk.

Made and subscribed at New Brighton, in the Colony of New Zealand, this 29th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, before me—

A. W. McKinney, one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for the said colony.

Notice to Local Authorities under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th May, 1907.

PURSUANT to section 63 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Colonial Treasurer hereby gives notice that on Monday, the 3rd June, 1907, he will be prepared to consider applications from local authorities for loans under this Act.

Applications should be addressed to the Colonial Treasurer, and must be posted so as to arrive at the Treasury on or before the 31st instant.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

List of Fire-insurance Companies carrying on Business in New Zealand.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1907.

THE following list of fire-insurance companies carrying on business in New Zealand is published in accordance with clause 11 of the rules made under “The Fire Brigades Act, 1906.”

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

FIRE-INSURANCE COMPANIES.

Alliance Assurance Company.
Australian Alliance Assurance Company.
Atlas Assurance Company.
Commercial Union Assurance Company (Limited).
Farmers’ Co-operative Fire and Marine Insurance Association of Canterbury (Limited).
Guardian Assurance Company (Limited).
Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company.
London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company.
National Fire and Marine Insurance Company.
New Zealand Insurance Company (Limited).
Northern Assurance Company.
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company.
North Queensland Insurance Company (Limited).
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society.
Phoenix Assurance Company.
Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation.
Royal Insurance Company.
South British Fire and Marine Insurance Company.
Standard Fire and Marine Insurance Company.
State Fire Insurance Office.
Sun Insurance Office.
United Insurance Company (Limited).
Victoria Insurance Company (Limited).
Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Company.

Maungatautari Block.—Withdrawing Caveat against Registration of Dealings and Issue of Orders.

In the matter of the land known as Maungatautari Block, situate in the Waikato District, in the Land District of Auckland.

WHEREAS by section 11 of “The Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1904,” as amended by section 11 of “The Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1906,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor by Order in Council to appoint one or more Royal Commissions to investigate, inter alia, the claims and allegations of certain Natives claiming to be interested in the said land, and that the said enactment should operate as a caveat against the registration of any further dealings with the said land, or the issue of any orders still remaining in the custody of the Court, until Parliament has dealt with the recommendation of such Royal Commission or Commissions, or until the Minister by notice in the Gazette and Kahiti declares that the necessity for such caveat or non-issue of orders no longer exists either as to the whole or any portion of the said land:

Now, therefore, I, James Carroll, the Native Minister, in pursuance of the premises, and in exercise of all powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, do hereby declare that, in the case of the said land known as Maungatautari, the necessity for such caveat no longer exists, and that the said caveat against the registration of dealings and the issue of orders shall be and the same is hereby withdrawn.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this 3rd day of May, 1907.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Rules of the Taranaki Stock Exchange approved.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1907.

IT is hereby notified for general information that His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to approve the following rules of the Taranaki Stock Exchange under the provisions of section 13 of “The Sharebrokers Act, 1902.”

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Stamp Duties.

Approved.

PLUNKET, Governor.