Aug. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3151

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 10th August, 1910.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

NOTICE OF RESULT OF POLL OR PROPOSAL TO RAISE A LOAN.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Road District of Otahuhu was taken on Wednesday, the 3rd day of August, 1910, on the proposal of the Otahuhu Road Board to borrow the sum of £15,000 for the purpose of providing a joint system of water-supply and sewerage for the Road District of Otahuhu, including the acquisition or erection of all lands, buildings, plant, reservoirs, and machinery as may be necessary for such undertaking.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 218; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 27.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 4th day of August, 1910.

JOHN TOOR,
Chairman, Otahuhu Road Board.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Claude Street, in the Town of Claudelands Extension No. 1, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 4th August, 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 Claude Street, in the Town of Claudelands Extension No. 1, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Authorizing the Laying-off of McNutt Street, in the Town of Waipukurau Extension No. 13, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 4th August, 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 McNutt Street, in the Town of Waipukurau Extension No. 13, Hawke’s Bay Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Perry Street, in the Town of Gisborne Extension No. 9, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 4th August, 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 Perry Street, in the Town of Gisborne Extension No. 9, Hawke’s Bay Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Meola Street in the Town of Meola, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 9th August, 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 Meola Street, in the Town of Meola, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Kitchener, Mania, Hansen, Taumata, Warea Roads, and Duncan Avenue, in the Town of Edendale Extension No. 5, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 9th August, 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 Kitchener, Mania, Hansen, Taumata, and Warea Roads, and Duncan Avenue, in the Town of Edendale Extension No. 5, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land in Canterbury Land District subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 4th August, 1910.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Ruapuna No. 2 Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Act, is subject to the said Act as from 30th June, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

RUAPUNA NO. 2 SETTLEMENT.

ALL that area in Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 4426 acres 2 roods 31 perches, being Rural Sections Nos. 30748, 30749, 32633, 33103, 33104, 35965, 36183, and part of 32222, situate in Blocks VI, VII, X, XI, XIV, XV, Shepherd’s Bush Survey District; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 19413, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured pink.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Tenders for Manufacture of Haversacks.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1910.

THE following is a list of tenders received for the manufacture of haversacks for the Defence Department:—

• Contract equally divided between Messrs. Donkin, Blake, and Reid.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Pardon to Deserters from the Imperial Army on Occasion of His Majesty King George V’s Accession.

Defence Office,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th August, 1910.

THE following despatch and special Army Order, with reference to the pardon of deserters from the Imperial Army, on the occasion of His Majesty the King’s