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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

To borrow by way of special loan the sum of £5,000 at a rate of interest not exceeding £5 per centum per annum, the loan to be repayable on a period ending the 1st day of October, 1922, and to be for the following purposes: £5,000 to lay out a new street between Gill Street and Brougham Street, in the Borough of New Plymouth; to acquire, in connection with the laying-out of such street, such lands and appurtenances as may be required; to pay compensation to any person injuriously affected; to construct a new bridge and approaches thereto, and such street-formation, channelling, and metalling as may be required for the laying-out of such street; and to effect any other works incidental to or in relation to any of the above purposes.

The Council proposes to pledge as security for the loan of £5,000 and the interest thereon a special rate of 1½d. in the pound on the rateable value (on the basis of the annual value) of all rateable property within the borough; and also its revenues, rents, tolls, issues, and profits, with the exception of all lands taken, acquired, or used for a public abattoir, and all buildings, erections, structures, and appurtenances now or hereafter thereto belonging, and the revenues, rents, tolls, and profits therefrom, and also excepting moneys received or receivable by way of grant from the Government. It is proposed to pay out of the loan the cost of raising the loan and the interest for the first year.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 307. The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 113. Informal votes, 15.

And I therefore declare that the said proposal was carried. Dated the 1st day of September, 1909.

GUSTAVE TISCH,
Mayor.

BOROUGH OF NEW PLYMOUTH.

"The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908."

I, Gustave Tisch, Mayor of the Borough of New Plymouth, do hereby give you notice, in pursuance of section 13 (1) of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908," that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of New Plymouth was taken on the 25th day of August, 1909, upon the following proposal of the Council of the said borough:—

To borrow by way of special loan the sum of £3,000 at a rate of interest not exceeding £5 per centum per annum, the loan to be repayable on a period ending the 1st day of October, 1922, and to be for the following purposes: £3,000 to construct a new bridge or culvert in Powderham Street, in the Town of New Plymouth; to pay compensation to any person injuriously affected; to construct approaches to such bridge or culvert, and make such formations, channelling, and metalling; and to effect any other works incidental to or in relation to such purposes.

The Council proposes to pledge as security for the loan of £3,000 and the interest thereon a special rate of ¾d. in the pound on the rateable value (on the basis of the annual value) of all rateable property within the borough, and its revenues, rents, tolls, issues, and profits, with the exception of all lands taken, acquired, or used for a public abattoir, and all buildings, erections, structures, and appurtenances now or hereafter thereto belonging, and the revenues, rents, tolls, and profits therefrom, and also excepting moneys received or receivable by way of grant from the Government. It is proposed to pay out of the loan the cost of raising the loan and the interest for the first year.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 347. The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 77. Informal votes, 11.

And I therefore declare that the said proposal was carried. Dated the 1st day of September, 1909.

GUSTAVE TISCH,
Mayor.

Authorising the Laying-off of Miro and Rata Streets, in the Town of Oban Extension No. 2, of a Width of not less than 66 ft. each.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 8th September, 1909.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of "The Land Act, 1908," I, David Buddo, Acting Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Miro and Rata Streets, in the Town of Oban Extension No. 2, Southland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. each, instead of 99 ft.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

Authorising the Laying-off of Sea View Road, in the Town of Avondale Extension No. 3, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 8th September, 1909.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of "The Land Act, 1908," I, David Buddo, Acting Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Sea View Road, in the Town of Avondale Extension No. 3, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft., instead of 99 ft.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

Notice to Mariners No. 70 of 1909.

HOKIANGA HARBOUR SIGNALS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th September, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that, on and after the 1st November, 1909, the following additional signals will be made when required at Hokianga Harbour Signal-station. When two or more vessels are outside the bar at Hokianga the signal-number of the vessel that is to take the bar will be hoisted as well as the four balls, in which case only the vessel so instructed is to come in.

For outward-bound vessels the same signals as those in use at Kaipara will in future be shown from the Hokianga Signal-station, viz.:—

1. Flag P. Bar workable by all vessels, steam or sailing.
2. Flag S. Bar workable by steam-vessels or vessels in tow of steam-vessels.
3. Flag B. Bar unworkable.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Plans 1091A, 1091B, and Chart 2525; "New Zealand Pilot," eighth edition, Chap. vii, page 202.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 71 of 1909.

TIMARU HARBOUR.—ALTERATION OF BREAKWATER AND EXTENSION MOLE LIGHTS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th September, 1909.

WITH reference to Notice to Mariners No. 69, issued by this Department on the 31st ultimo, it is hereby notified that the alteration in the Timaru Harbour lights described therein will not be made until the 1st December, 1909. On and after that date these alterations will take effect. They provide that two green lights will be placed vertically 5 ft. apart, and exhibited from the north end of the Timaru Eastern Extension Mole, in lieu of the present white light. The lights will be at heights of 30 ft. and 35 ft. above high water. Also that the red light on the north end of the concrete breakwater will be lowered to 20 ft. above high water, so that it will be hidden from view to vessels making the harbour until open of the north end of the Eastern Extension Breakwater.

Charts, &c., affected: Plan on Admiralty Chart No. 2532 and Chart No. 3630; "New Zealand Pilot," eighth edition, 1908, Chap. viii, page 246; "New Zealand Nautical Almanac," 1909, pages 183 and 303, and plan facing page 182.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 72 of 1909.

WANGANUI HARBOUR.—REMOVAL AND ALTERATION OF BEACONS, AND ALTERED DIRECTIONS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th September, 1909.

THE Wanganui Harbour Board have notified that the black and white beacons on South Head have been removed, and the leading-beacons on North Head have been