APRIL 9. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1153

amendments, the sum of £600, to be expended on the pur-
chase and erection of a clock to be placed in the tower of the
Municipal Buildings, Petone.

The Council proposed to pledge an annually recurring
special rate of ½d. in the pound sterling on the unimproved
rateable value of all the rateable property within the borough
as security for the said loan of £600 and other charges
thereon. It was proposed that the whole amount of the
loan should be repayable at the expiration of a term not ex-
ceeding twenty-one years, to be computed from the date of
raising the loan.

And at such poll the number of votes recorded was 99 for
the proposal, and 120 against the proposal; informal votes, 9.
I do hereby declare the said proposal to be rejected.

J. W. McEWAN,
Mayor of Petone.

Dated this 27th day of March, 1908.
Declared before me, at Petone—R. Mothes, Justice of the
Peace in and for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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BOROUGH OF PETONE.

Result of Poll.

Notice is hereby given that a poll of ratepayers of the
Borough of Petone, including all persons entitled to vote on
proposals to raise loans, was duly taken at the Odd Fellows’
Hall, Petone, on Wednesday, the 25th day of March, 1908,
upon the following proposal :—

A proposal to borrow by way of special loan within the
meaning of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and its
amendments, the sum of £2,500, to be expended in the
purchase of or erections of buildings, and for the further
improvement of the recreation-grounds, the same being part
of Section 6, Hutt District.

The Council proposes to pledge an annually recurring special
rate of ¹⁄₁₈d. in the pound sterling on the unimproved rate-
able value of all the rateable property within the borough as
security for the said loan of £2,500 and other charges
thereon. It is proposed that the whole amount of the loan
shall be repayable at the expiration of a term not exceeding
twenty-one years, to be computed from the date of raising
the loan.

And at such poll the number of votes recorded was 124 for
the said proposal, and 94 against the proposal; informal
votes, 9.
I do hereby declare the said proposal to be carried.

J. W. McEWAN,
Mayor of Petone.

Dated this 27th day of March, 1908.
Declared before me, at Petone—R. Mothes, Justice of the
Peace in and for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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BOROUGH OF PETONE.

Result of Poll.

Notice is hereby given that a poll of the ratepayers of the
Borough of Petone, including all persons entitled to vote on
proposals to raise loans, was duly taken at the Odd Fellows’
Hall, Petone, on Wednesday, the 25th day of March, 1908,
upon the following proposal :—

A proposal to borrow by way of special loan within the
meaning of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and its
amendments, the sum of £800, to be expended in the forma-
tion and extension of Nelson Street northwards, for the
extension of Nelson Street culvert northwards from Udy
Street, also for diverting Percy’s Creek into Nelson Street
culvert.

The Council proposes to pledge an annually recurring
special rate of ¹⁄₅₀d. in the pound sterling on the unimproved
rateable value of all the rateable property within the borough
as security for the said loan of £800 and other charg-s
thereon. It is proposed that the whole amount of the loan
shall be repayable at the expiration of a term not exceeding
twenty-one years, to be computed from the date of raising
the loan.

And at such poll the number of votes recorded was 145 for
the said proposal, and 75 against the proposal; informal
votes, 7.
I do hereby declare the said proposal to be carried.

J. W. McEWAN,
Mayor of Petone.

Dated this 27th day of March, 1908.
Declared before me, at Petone—R. Mothes, Justice of the
Peace in and for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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BOROUGH OF PETONE.

Result of Poll.

Notice is hereby given that a poll of ratepayers of the
Borough of Petone, including all persons entitled to vote on
proposals to raise loans, was duly taken at the Odd Fellows’
Hall, Petone, on Wednesday, the 25th day of March, 1908,
upon the following proposal :—

A proposal to borrow by way of special loan within the
meaning of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and its
amendments, the sum of £6,550, to be expended in providing
a system of drainage for the lands within the boundaries of
the borough situated north of the stop-bank, and such other
lands within the borough as can conveniently be connected
with the proposed drainage system.

The Council proposes to pledge an annually recurring
special rate of ¼d. in the pound sterling on the unimproved
rateable value of all the rateable property within the borough
as security for the said loan of £6,550 and other charges
thereon. It is proposed that the whole amount of the loan
shall be repayable at the expiration of a term not exceeding
twenty-one years, to be computed from the date of raising
the loan.

And at such poll the number of votes recorded was 156 for
the said proposal, and 67 against the proposal; informal
votes, 6.
I do hereby declare the said proposal to be carried.

J. W. McEWAN,
Mayor of Petone.

Dated this 27th day of March, 1908.
Declared before me, at Petone—R. Mothes, Justice of the
Peace in and for the Dominion of New Zealand.

——

BOROUGH OF PETONE.

Result of Poll.

Notice is hereby given that a poll of ratepayers of the
Borough of Petone, including all persons entitled to vote
on proposals to raise loans, was duly taken at the Odd Fel-
lows’ Hall, Petone, on Wednesday, the 25th day of March,
1908, upon the following proposal :—

A proposal to borrow by way of special loan within the
meaning of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and its
amendments, the sum of £4,100, to be expended in the pur-
chase and acquisition of Lots Nos. 1, 4, and 8 on a plan
deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar, Wel-
ington, and numbered 1968, for the purposes of recreation-
grounds for the Borough of Petone, at the price of £2,952;
Lot 2 on the said plan for the purposes of a site for munici-
pal gasworks, at the price of £215; Lot 3 on the said plan for
the purposes of a public road, at the price of £45; Lot 5 on the
said plan for the purposes of a site for municipal buildings,
at the price of £340; Lot 6 on the said plan for the purposes
of providing an entrance to Lots 7 and 8, and for a Council
yard, at the price of £250; Lot 7 on the said plan for a site
for a technical school, at the price of £250.

The Council proposes to pledge an annually recurring
special rate of ¹⁄₁₂d. in the pound sterling on the unimproved
rateable value of all the rateable property within the borough,
also on the security of Lots 1, 2, 4, 5, and 8 on the aforesaid
deposited plan numbered 1968, as security for the said loan
of £4,100 and other charges thereon. It is proposed that the
whole amount of the loan shall be repayable at the expiration
of a term not exceeding twenty-one years, to be computed
from the date of raising the loan.

And at such poll the number of votes recorded was 167 for
the said proposal, and 47 against the proposal; informal
votes, 8.
I do hereby declare the said proposal to be carried.

J. W. McEWAN,
Mayor of Petone.

Dated this 27th day of March, 1908.
Declared before me, at Petone—R. Mothes, Justice of the
Peace in and for the Dominion of New Zealand.

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BOROUGH OF PETONE.

Result of Poll.

Notice is hereby given that a poll of ratepayers of the
Borough of Petone, including all persons entitled to vote on
proposals to raise loans, was duly taken at the Odd Fellows’
Hall, Petone, on Wednesday, the 25th day of March, 1908,
upon the following proposal :—

A proposal to borrow by way of special loan within the
meaning of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and its
amendments, the sum of £1,000, to be expended in the pay-
ment of lands acquired under the authority conferred by the
provisions contained in “The Petone and Hutt Corporations
Empowering Act, 1905,” the said lands being part of the
Petone foreshore a: d purchased for the purpose of giving an
approach to the Petone Wharf; also for the removal and
re-erection of the boatshed of the Petone Naval Artillery
Volunteers, such work being in lieu of a cash payment for
land acquired from the aforesaid Naval Artillery Company,
such land being part of the Petone foreshore; also for the
payment of survey fees, legal costs, and other charges in con-