Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4223

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 12th December, 1910.

THE following notice, received from the Havelock Harbour Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

HAVELOCK HARBOUR BOARD.

Result of Poll for making Special Rate.

I HEREBY give notice, under the provisions of the Havelock Harbour Board Act, 1905, the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, and the amendments thereof respectively, that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Havelock Harbour District, taken on the 7th day of December, 1910, upon a proposal to make and levy an annual-recurring special rate of ½d. in the pound on the capital value of all rateable property in the Havelock Harbour District, for a period of thirty-six years and a half, as security on a loan of £750 for harbour improvements, as authorized to be raised by the Havelock Harbour Board under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, the number of votes recorded for and against the proposal was as follows: For the proposal, 31 votes; against the proposal, 0 votes.

I therefore declare the said proposal to be carried.

H. M. READER,
Chairman, Havelock Harbour Board.

Resolution made by the Council of the Borough of Foxton.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 14th December, 1910.

THE following resolution, made by the Foxton Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

FOXTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

12th December, 1910.

Resolution making Special Rate.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1908, and the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1910, and of every other power (if any) it in that behalf enabling, the Foxton Borough Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £11,000, authorized to be raised by the Foxton Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the purchase and extension of the Foxton Gasworks, the said Foxton Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 2¹⁵⁄₁₆d. in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property of the Borough of Foxton, comprising the whole of the Borough of Foxton; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of July in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

G. H. STILES,
Mayor.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy.

ALF. FRASER,
Town Clerk.

13th December, 1910.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Earnock Avenue, in the Town of Takapuna Extension No. 7, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 13th December, 1910.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I, Joseph George Ward, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorize the laying-off of Earnock Avenue, in the Town of Takapuna Extension No. 7, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Notice to Mariners No. 150 of 1910.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 10th December, 1910.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

GULF ST. VINCENT.—PORT ADELAIDE RIVER.

MASTERS of vessels, pilots, and others are informed that from a recent survey it has been found that the latest issue of the chart of the Port Adelaide River is not quite correct in the vicinity of No. 6 Green Light Beacon, abreast of which and for some distance in an easterly and westerly direction the bank extends about 40 ft. further into the channel than shown by the chart. The edge of the channel is about 60 ft. south of the No. 6 beacon.

The correct soundings will be shown in the next issue of the chart.

This affects Admiralty Charts 2389B, 1750, and 1752.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 14th November, 1910.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops in the Remuera Road District under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in which groceries are sold by retail in the Remuera Road District, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the road-district shall be closed as follows: 7 o’clock p.m. on four days in the week; 1 o’clock p.m. on the day of the statutory half-holiday; 10 o’clock p.m. on Saturdays; 11 o’clock on the evening preceding Christmas Day and New Year’s Day; and 9 o’clock on the evening preceding any other public holiday: And whereas the Remuera Road Board has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in which groceries are retailed within the Remuera Road District:

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 19th day of December, 1910, all such shops in the Remuera Road District shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of December, 1910.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Booksellers’, Stationers’, News-agents, or Fancy-goods Shops in the Borough of Te Kuiti under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops wherein is carried on the trade of a seller of stationery, books, newspapers, or fancy-goods in the Borough of Te Kuiti, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8 p.m.; and Thursday 1 p.m., being the statutory half-holiday; and Saturday at 10 p.m.: And whereas the Te Kuiti Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops wherein stationery, books, newspapers, or fancy-goods are sold within the Borough of Te Kuiti:

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 2nd day of January, 1911, all such shops in the Borough of Te Kuiti shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of December, 1910.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

NOTE.—This notice (for the Te Kuiti Borough) supersedes the one gazetted on the 31st May, 1906, fixing the closing-hours of all shops in the Waitomo County.