Oct. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2757

the special-rating area, comprising all that part of the Borough of Hamilton to the west of the Waikato River, and all that part of the Borough of Hamilton, being part of the Town of Hamilton East, bounded commencing at a point on the Waikato River by a line, being the south-eastern boundary-line of Allotment 219 of the Parish of Kirikiriroa, produced to the Waikato River; thence by the said Allotment 219, a line across Heaphy Terrace, Allotment 220 of the Parish of Kirikiriroa, and a line across a road 100 links wide to the north-east corner of Allotment 413 of the Town of Hamilton East; thence by an education reserve to a point in Clyde Street opposite the north-west corner of Allotment 53 of the Town of Hamilton East; thence by a line across Clyde Street, Allotments 53, 52, and 51A of the Town of Hamilton East, a line across Cook Street, Allotments 54, 55, 56, 57, and 58 of the Town of Hamilton East, a line across Wellington Street, and Allotments 153, 152, and 151 of the Town of Hamilton East, to the north-west corner of Allotment 148 of the Town of Hamilton East; thence by Allotments 147, 146, 145, of the Town of Hamilton East, a line across Nixon Street, Allotments 138, 137, 136, 135, 134, and 133 of the Town of Hamilton East, a line across Firth Street, Allotments 129, 128, 127, and 124 of the Town of Hamilton East, a line across Heaphy Terrace, and Allotments 112 and 107 of the Town of Hamilton East, to the north-west corner of the said Allotment 107; thence by the said Allotment 107 to its southern corner; thence by a line across McFarlane Street and Allotment 100 of the Town of Hamilton East to the eastern corner of Allotment 102 of the Town of Hamilton East; thence by the said Allotment 102 to its northern corner; thence by the said Allotment 102 and Allotments 103 and 83 of the Town of Hamilton East to the north-west corner of the said Allotment 83; thence by Whitaker Street to the Waikato River; thence by the Waikato River to the commencing-point: and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of April and the 1st day of October in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-six years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

Dated this 27th day of September, 1909.

E. J. DAVEY,
Town Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly adopted at a special meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council held on the 24th day of September, and was duly confirmed at an ordinary meeting of the Council held on the 22nd day of October, 1909.

Dated this 23rd day of October, 1909.

J. A. YOUNG,
Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 25th October, 1909.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Birkenhead, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

A.

BOROUGH OF BIRKENHEAD.

Poll of Ratepayers re Loan of £4,000.

PURSUANT to “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” ‘The Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908,” and section 13 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” public notice is hereby given that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Birkenhead was taken on the 14th day of October, 1909, on the proposal of the Birkenhead Borough Council to borrow the sum of £4,000 for the completion of the necessary cuttings, fillings, general construction, metalling, kerbing, channelling, formation of and tarring and sanding footpaths, and to pay compensation (if any) and incidental expenses in connection with works rendered necessary in the scheme for providing a suitable grade from the new wharf along the Main Road to a point at the upper side of Bath Road, and from that point to the junction of Harbour View Road and the Main Road, according to the plans and details lying at the office of the Town Clerk. The security for the repayment of the loan to be a special rate of 5d. in the pound upon the annual rateable value of the property in the borough to provide interest and sinking fund in connection with the loan. The cost of raising the loan and first year’s interest to be paid out of loan. Interest on such loan to be at a rate not exceeding £5 10s. per centum per annum, and also a sinking fund of not less than 10s. per centum per annum.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 210. The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 148. The number of informal votes recorded was 6. Majority in favour of the loan, 62.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

ALEXANDER KEYES,
Mayor.

A. L. WHITE,
Returning Officer.

Dated at Birkenhead, this 15th day of October, 1909.

I, Alexander Keyes, Mayor of the Borough of Birkenhead and Chairman of the statutory meeting of ratepayers, certify that all proceedings required by law to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the ratepayers to the proposal to raise the loan of £4,000 referred to in the advertisement marked “A” have been duly taken, and that the proposal has been duly carried; and I make this declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and in virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.”

Declared at Auckland, this 22nd day of October, 1909, before me—Frederick L. Prime, J.P.

A. KEYES,
Mayor and Chairman of Statutory Meeting of Ratepayers.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 26th October, 1909.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Invercargill, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance

INVERCARGILL AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.

Joint Tramways Loan.

In the matter of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” and the amendments thereof; and in the matter of a special loan of £75,000 proposed to be raised jointly by the Boroughs of Invercargill, Avenal, Gladstone, North Invercargill, East Invercargill, and South Invercargill.

We hereby give notice that on the 14th day of October, 1909, a proposal was submitted by the respective Councils of the above-mentioned boroughs to the ratepayers of the respective Boroughs of Invercargill, Avenal, Gladstone, North Invercargill, East Invercargill, and South Invercargill for raising a joint special loan of £75,000 for and in connection with the constructing, providing, and establishing the public works and engaging in the undertaking and for the purpose mentioned and set forth in the said proposal, which said proposal was published in the Southland Daily News newspaper of the 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd days of September, 1909, and that the number of votes respectively for and against the proposal in the respective boroughs was as follows:—

BOROUGH OF INVERCARGILL.

For the proposal .. .. .. 815 votes.
Against the proposal .. .. .. 313 votes.

And I declare the said proposal to be carried in the Borough of Invercargill.

Dated the 16th day of October, 1909.

CHAS. S. LONGUET,
Mayor of the Borough of Invercargill.

BOROUGH OF AVENAL.

For the proposal .. .. .. 73 votes.
Against the proposal.. .. .. 30 votes.

And I declare the said proposal to be carried in the Borough of Avenal.

Dated the 16th day of October, 1909.

E. R. STEPHENS,
Mayor of the Borough of Avenal.

BOROUGH OF GLADSTONE.

For the proposal .. .. .. 161 votes.
Against the proposal.. .. .. 15 votes.

And I declare the said proposal to be carried in the Borough of Gladstone.

Dated the 16th day of October, 1909.

A. F. HAWKE,
Mayor of the Borough of Gladstone.