SEPT. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3361

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Rangitikei was hereunto affixed on the 3rd day of September, 1910, in the presence of-

HAROLD H. RICHARDSON,
County Clerk.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1910.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Eketahuna, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

In the matter of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908, and the Acts amending the same respectively.

I HEREBY give notice that on the 30th day of August, 1910, a proposal was submitted by the Eketahuna Borough Council to the ratepayers of the Newman Road Special Rating Area, in the Borough of Eketahuna, for raising a special loan of £1,800 for the purpose of grading, forming, and metalling, footpathing and kerbing, Newman Road and purposes incidental thereto; and that the number of votes recorded respectively for and against the proposal was as follows : For, 39 ; against, 3; total, 42.

And I declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated the 30th day of August, 1910.

EDWARD PAGE,
Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1910.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of St. Kilda, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

In the matter of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, and of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908, and the Acts amending the same respectively.

I, THE undersigned, Donald Charles Cameron, junior, Mayor of the Borough of St. Kilda, hereby give notice that on the 29th day of August, 1910, a proposal was submitted by the St. Kilda Borough Council to the ratepayers

of the Borough of St. Kilda for raising a special loan of £9,000 for the following particular purposes, that is to say:-

(1.) The sum of £4,350 for waterworks;

(2.) The sum of £3,900 for the formation of roads and footpaths;

(3.) The sum of £750 for lighting;

and that, for the purpose of securing the repayment of the said special loan and of all interest which may from time to time become payable thereunder, the said Council proposes to appropriate and pledge the property of the Borough of St. Kilda, and any revenues of the said borough from any source other than moneys received by way of grant from the Government of New Zealand, and any funds and moneys of said borough subject to a special loan of £2,000 bearing interest at £4 10s. per centum per annum (secured on the general rates of the borough), and also to a special loan of £7,000 bearing interest at £4 per centum per annum (secured on the whole of a special rate of 6d. in the pound sterling on the rateable value of all property in the said borough and on the general indebtedness of the said borough), and also to a loan of £5,000 bearing interest at £4 per centum per annum (secured on the whole of the waterworks constructed being a first charge thereon, and also such water-supply rates as the Council is empowered to make and levy by virtue of all powers the said Council thereunto enabling), and also to a loan of £7,000 bearing interest at £4 10s. per centum per annum (secured on the property of the Borough of St. Kilda, and any revenues of the said borough from any source other than moneys received by way of grant from the Government of New Zealand, and any funds and moneys of the said borough): and that the said Council proposes to provide for the creation of a sinking fund by the permanent appropriation of such a sum as shall be equal to 1 per centum of the said loan, and by the permanent pledge of any part of the local fund not prohibited by any provision under the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908, from being made security for such loan: and that the whole of the loan is to be repayable on the 1st day of August, 1931, in accordance with debentures to be issued by the Council in connection with the said loan: and that it is proposed to provide that any preliminary expense incurred in connection with the scheme for which the said loan is to be raised, and the first year's interest on the loan during the construction of any works for which the said loan is to be raised, shall be paid out of the said loan-moneys: and that the number of votes recorded respectively for and against the proposal was as follows: For the proposal, 372; against the proposal, 168.

And I declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated the 30th day of August, 1910.

D. C. CAMERON, JUN.,
Mayor.

Commissions in the British Army.

Defence Office, Wellington, 5th September, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

THE following table, showing the campaigns and special periods of Military History on which papers will be set at the examinations for University Candidates and Officers of Colonial Military Forces stated, is published for general information.

[D. 10/2950.]

University and Colonial Candidates for Commissions in the Regular Army.

(See Appendix IV of the Regulations under which Commissions in the Regular Army may be obtained by University Candidates; and Appendix III of the Regulations under which Commissions in the British Army may be obtained by Officers of Colonial Military Forces.)

Alternative papers are set in October each year, so that University and Colonial Candidates may take up either of the special periods.