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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 3

Tenders for Linseed-oils for New Zealand Railways.

Railway Department (Head Office), Wellington, 22nd December, 1908.

THE undermentioned successful and unsuccessful tender-rates for the supply of 10,700 gallons double-boiled and raw linseed-oil for the New Zealand railways are published for general information.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

"Conscience Money" received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 9th January, 1909.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge the receipt of 1s., forwarded to the Railway Department as "conscience money" to the Government by a person unknown (postmark, Spring Grove).

ROBERT J. COLLINS,
Receiver-General.

Town of Rotorua.—Dogs Registration.

WHEREAS by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, provision is made for the management of the Town of Rotorua by the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, and the said Department is in respect of the said town created a body corporate:

And whereas by section 5 of the said Act it is enacted that for the purposes of any Act relating to local authorities the said Department shall in respect of the said town be deemed to be a local authority, and that the provisions of any such Act shall (subject to such modifications or exceptions as the Governor by Order in Council directs) extend and apply as if the said town were a borough:

And whereas on the 11th day of April, 1908, His Excellency the Governor in Council, in exercise of the powers conferred in that behalf by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, made certain regulations for the effectual carrying-out of such Act, which regulations appear in the New Zealand Gazette of the 16th day of April, 1908:

And whereas by clause 3 of the said regulations it is provided that an order or direction in writing signed by the General Manager of the said Department should be sufficient in all cases in which, amongst other things, a special order of a Council is necessary in a borough:

Now, I, the undersigned, Thomas Edward Donne, the General Manager of the said Department, in exercise of the power given to the local authority by "The Dogs Registration Act, 1908," and also in exercise of the powers and authorities given by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, and the said regulations, do hereby order, direct, and declare that the fee for registration of any dog within the Town of Rotorua shall be five shillings, and that this order, direction, and declaration shall take effect on and from the 1st day of January, 1909.

As witness my hand, this thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

T. E. DONNE,
General Manager.

Witness—W. H. Frethey.

Tenders for Waitomo Caves Accommodation-house.

Department of Tourist and Health Resorts,
Wellington, 31st December, 1908.

THE following particulars of tenders for erection of Government accommodation-house at Waitomo Caves are published for general information, namely:—

Accepted.

R. C. Humphreys .. .. .. .. £ s. d.
2,076 0 0

Declined.

A. F. Gillert .. .. .. .. 2,187 10 0
S. Y. Sheldon .. .. .. .. 2,444 6 5

T. E. DONNE,
General Manager.

Election of Member of Marlborough Land Board.—Result of Poll.

I, FRANK STEPHENSON SMITH, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Marlborough Land Board, do hereby notify, in accordance with section 41 of "The Land Act, 1908," and the regulations thereunder, the result of the poll taken by me on the 4th day of January, 1909, for the election of a member of the Marlborough Land Board to be as follows:—

James Fulton .. .. .. .. 94
D’Arcy Chaytor .. .. .. .. 85
John George Armstrong .. .. .. .. 62
Samuel Munson Neville .. .. .. .. 48
Patrick Meehan .. .. .. .. 43
Alfred Daniel Loe .. .. .. .. 38
John Sumner Storey .. .. .. .. 30
George McLeod Gunn .. .. .. .. 26

Number of valid votes .. .. 426
Number of votes rejected as informal .. 29

Total votes recorded .. .. 455

And I do hereby declare that JAMES FULTON, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected a member of the Marlborough Land Board.

Dated at Blenheim, this 5th day of January, 1909.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
Returning Officer.