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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 127,
and the number of votes recorded against the proposal
was 21.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated at Levin, this 4th day of March, 1911.
B. R. GARDENER,
Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th March, 1911.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Christchurch Tramway Board, is published in
accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans
Act, 1908.
J. A. MILLAR,
Acting Minister of Finance.

CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAY BOARD.
In the matter of the Christchurch Tramway Board ;
and in the matter of the Christchurch Tramway Dis-
trict Act, 1906, and of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act,
1908 ; and in the matter of the Hackthorne Road
Tramway.
We hereby give notice that on the 2nd day of March,
1911, a proposal was submitted by the Christchurch Tram-
way Board to a poll of ratepayers of that portion of the
Christchurch Tramways District covered by the Hack-
thorne Road Tramway District Special Loan Rating Area,
for raising a special loan of £24,000 to be expended in
tramway construction and equipment within the Christ-
church Tramways District, exclusive of the Riccarton-
Sockburn Subdistrict, particulars of which proposals have
been advertised in this newspaper ; and that the number
of votes recorded respectively for and against the proposal
was as follows : For, 154 ; against, 17.
And we declare the said proposal to be carried.
Dated the 3rd day of March, 1911.
HERBERT PEARCE,
Chairman, Christchurch Tramway Board.
GEORGE WILLIAM HULME,
Returning Officer.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 15th March, 1911.
THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the
Borough of Lower Hutt, is published in accordance
with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.
J. A. MILLAR,
Acting Minister of Finance.

LOWER HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Result of Poll on a Proposal to raise a Loan of £10,000
for Drainage.
Pursuant to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act,
1908, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers
(including all other persons entitled to vote on proposals
to raise loans) of the Borough of Lower Hutt taken on
the 8th March, 1911, on the following proposal—
A proposal of the Lower Hutt Borough Council to
borrow the sum of £10,000 from the State-guaranteed
Advances Board, under Part IV of the State-guaran-
teed Advances Act, 1909, and under the Municipal
Corporations Act, 1908, for a period of thirty-six
years and a half, at a rate of interest not exceeding
5 per cent. per annum ; £9,000 to be applied for the
construction of sewage drainage-works, and £1,000
for surface drainage-works (including the taking and
acquisition of lands or other rights), within the
Borough of Lower Hutt. It is not proposed to pay
out of the loan the cost of raising the loan, nor the
interest for the first year. The Council proposes to
pledge a special rate of 1/7 of a penny in the pound
on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved
value) on all rateable property in the borough as
security for the said loan and the interest thereon—
the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 173,
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 93,
and informal votes 6.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated at Lower Hutt, this 9th day of March, 1911.
E. P. BUNNY,
Mayor of Lower Hutt.

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in
Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me
under the Government Railways Act, 1908, I, John
Andrew Millar, Minister of Railways, do hereby make the
following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges
in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for
traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the
20th day of March, 1911 :—

PART VI.—WHARVES.
WESTLAND SECTION. GREYMOUTH WHARF.
Cancel—
Coal, coke, bricks, fireclay, and timber (carried
by rail for export) .. .. .. .. Free.
Insert—
Coal, coke, bricks, and fireclay (carried by rail
for export) .. .. .. .. Free.
Timber (carried by rail for export), per 100 super-
ficial feet .. .. .. .. 0 1
As witness my hand, this fifteenth day of March,
one thousand nine hundred and eleven.
J. A. MILLAR.
Minister of Railways.

Notice to Mariners No. 22 of 1911.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 20th February, 1911.
THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the
Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, are
published for general information.
J. A. MILLAR.

WEST COAST, FOWLER BAY.
MASTERS of vessels and others are hereby informed that the
haul-off buoy situated off the end of the jetty at Fowler
Bay has been removed, together with the anchor and
chains to which it was attached.
Approximate position : Lat. 32° S., long. 132° 27′ E.
This affects Admiralty Chart No. 1061.

KANGAROO ISLAND.—NEPEAN BAY, WESTERN COVE.
Also that a black, cheese-shaped buoy has been placed
in position about half a mile N. by E. from the end of
the jetty at Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, in 5 ft. L.W.S.
to mark the eastern edge of a reef extending from the
shore, and having on it 3 ft. at L.W.S. just inside the buoy.
Approximate position : Lat. 35° 39½′ S., long. 137° 39′ E.
This affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 2389a and 3641.
ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.
Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 16th January, 1911.

Notice to Mariners No. 33 of 1911.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 9th March, 1911.
THE following extracts from Notices to Mariners, re-
ceived from the United States Hydrographic Office,
at Washington, are published for general information.
J. A. MILLAR.

CHILE.
MAGELLAN STRAIT.—JENTE GRANDE BAY.—HYDROGRAPHIC
INFORMATION.—S. C. Loveland, master of the American
steam-yacht “Alcedo,” reports that he entered Jente Grande
Bay, Magellan Strait, drawing 17 ft., and found it easy of
access, and a clean body of water, deep, and with no tide-rips
of consequence. He further states that the beacon on
Quartermaster Island was easily distinguished from a long
distance, and was of assistance.
Captain Loveland recommends the southern channel, the
shoals on the southern side of which are generally made out
by the change in the colour of the water rather than by
kelp. Serpiente Shoal, on the northern side, is always dis-
tinguishable either as a sand bar or by tide-rips.
Approximate position of Quartermaster Island beacon :
Latitude 52° 57′ S., longitude 70° 21′ 50″ W.
INFORMATION CONCERNING AIDS TO NAVIGATION.—The fol-
lowing information has been received concerning the aids to
navigation in Magellan Strait :—