Sept. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3591

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 27th September, 1910.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

MACKENZIE TOWN DISTRICT.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Mackenzie Town District was taken on the 21st day of September, 1910, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £100 to provide material for a sanitary service, such material to be used also for street-maintenance.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 14. The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 4. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 22nd day of September, 1910.

LOUIS E. LANGESEN,
Chairman of the Board.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Union Street, in the Town of Claudelands Subdivision No. 9, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 27th September, 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 Union Street, in the Town of Claudelands Subdivision No. 9, 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 Matara Road, in the Town of Remuera Extension No. 6, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 27th September, 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 Matara Road, in the Town of Remuera Extension No. 6, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Consent to Exchange of Crown Land for Native Land.

WHEREAS by Part XIX of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is provided, inter alia, that exchanges of Crown land for Native land must be effected through the Native Land Purchase Board: And whereas it is expedient that the exchange set out in the Schedule hereto should be effected:

Now, therefore, the Native Land Purchase Board, in pursuance of the powers conferred by Part XIX of the Native Land Act, 1909, doth hereby consent to such exchange:

And it is hereby declared that this notice, made under the provisions in that behalf of the Native Land Act, 1909, shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Native Land Purchase Board.

SCHEDULE.

Crown land: 14·1 perches, being defined parts of Ohura South G No. 1, situate in Block I, Piopiotea Survey District; in exchange for

Native land: 39·3 perches, being defined parts of Ohura South G No. 3, situate in Block I, Piopiotea Survey District.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of September, 1910.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Consent to Exchange of Crown Land for Native Land.

WHEREAS by Part XIX of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is provided, inter alia, that exchanges of Crown land for Native land must be effected through the Native Land Purchase Board: And whereas it is expedient that the exchange set out in the Schedule hereto should be effected:

Now, therefore, the Native Land Purchase Board, in pursuance of the powers conferred by Part XIX of the Native Land Act, 1909, doth hereby consent to such exchange:

And it is hereby declared that this notice, made under the provisions in that behalf of the Native Land Act, 1909, shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Native Land Purchase Board.

SCHEDULE.

Crown land: 15 acres in Block XV, Hundalee Survey District, situate on the western boundary of Native Reserve “L,” in Block XV, Hundalee Survey District; in exchange for

Native land: 15 acres, being Native Reserve “J” and part of Native Reserve “K,” in Block XV, Hundalee Survey District.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of September, 1910.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Defining River and Extended River Limits for Fishing-vessels at Lyttelton.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 189 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Marine, do hereby define the Lyttelton restricted limits within which river and extended river fishing-vessels may ply to be as follows:—

Between Lyttelton and Motunau Island on the north, and between Lyttelton and Akaroa Harbour on the south.

Fishing-vessels employed in such limits shall carry a life-boat of section A or B as described in the Life-saving Appliances Rules, and also the explosive signals required for home-trade vessels.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 98 of 1910.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—FREEMAN’S BAY.—DOLPHIN AND KAIPARA SHOAL LIGHT-VESSEL REMOVED.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 19th September, 1910.

WITH reference to Notice to Mariners No. 86, of the 2nd November, 1906, the Auckland Harbour Board has notified that the lighted dolphin in Freeman’s Bay, Auckland Harbour, bearing N. 83° W. and distant two and a quarter (2¼) cables from the end of the Hobson Street wharf, has been removed and the light discontinued.

With reference to Notice to Mariners No. 57, of the 28th May, 1910, the Auckland Harbour Board has notified that the light-vessel “Kuaka,” which was placed over the small patch of rock southward of the Kaipara shoal, has now been removed.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 2543, 1896, and 1970; “N.Z. Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. ii, pages 37 and 39.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 99 of 1910.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 19th September, 1910.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Department at Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA.—GREAT NORTH-EAST CHANNEL, TORRES STRAIT.

MASTERS of vessels entering or leaving Torres Strait by the Great North-east Passage are hereby notified that it has been reported by several shipmasters that during the prevalence of strong south-east winds an abnormal current,