Mar. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1161

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 27th March, 1911.

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

J. A. MILLAR,
Acting Minister of Finance.

In the matter of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act, 1909, the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, and the amendments thereof respectively.

I, JAMES IRWIN WILSON, the Younger, the duly appointed Deputy Mayor for the Borough of Whangarei, hereby publicly notify that at a poll taken at Whangarei on Friday, the 10th day of March, 1911, the votes recorded on the following separate proposals were as follows:—

That the Whangarei Borough Council raise a special loan of £19,200 for the purposes of formation and construction of streets and footpaths, and for surface drainage of the Borough of Whangarei; and to make an annually recurring special rate of 25/30 of a penny in the pound on the capital value of all rateable property in the said borough as security for the interest and sinking fund in connection with such loan. The expenses of raising the loan and the first year’s interest to be paid out of the loan, and such loan to be taken up under the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act, 1909, and its amendments.

Votes.
For the proposal … … … … 165
Against the proposal … … … 102
Informal … … … … 5

That the Whangarei Borough Council raise a special loan of £800 for the purpose of constructing a bridge in Walton Street over the Waiarohia Creek; and make an annually recurring special rate of 1/30 of a penny in the pound on the capital value of all rateable property in the said borough as security for the interest and sinking fund in connection with such loan. The expenses of raising the loan and the first year’s interest to be paid out of the loan, and such loan to be taken up under the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act, 1909, and its amendments.

Votes.
For the proposal … … … … 209
Against the proposal … … … 60
Informal … … … … 3

That the Whangarei Borough Council raise a special loan of £8,000 for the purpose of acquiring a site (if necessary), and building municipal hall, library, and offices thereon; and to make an annually recurring special rate of ⅓d. in the pound on the capital value of all rateable property in the said borough as security for interest and sinking fund in connection with such loan. The expenses of raising the loan and first year’s interest to be paid out of the loan.

Votes.
For the proposal … … … … 171
Against the proposal … … … 96
Informal … … … … 5

That the Whangarei Borough Council raise a special loan of £550 for the purpose (with the assistance of the Government subsidy offered) of acquiring the bushclad hills on the west of the borough, or so much of them as is now offered to this Council, as a scenic reserve and park for the inhabitants of the borough; and to make an annually recurring special rate of 1/40 of a penny in the pound of the capital value of all rateable property in the said borough as security for the interest and sinking fund in connection with such loan. The expenses of raising the loan and the first year’s interest to be paid out of the loan.

Votes.
For the proposal … … … … 143
Against the proposal … … … 123
Informal … … … … 6

I therefore declare each of the proposals to be carried.
Dated this 20th day of March, 1911.

JAS. I. WILSON, Jun.,
Deputy Mayor.

Notice to Mariners No. 35 of 1911.

OTAGO LOWER HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 21st March, 1911.

THE Otago Harbour Board have notified that eight new beacons are in course of erection in Otago Lower Harbour, distributed as follows:—
One on starboard side of channel by Middle Bank, and one on the port side. Two on the starboard side in Deborah Bay, and two on the port side. One on the starboard side off Rocky Point, and one on the edge of the bank abreast of Port Chalmers.
These beacons will be in 18 ft. at low water, and carry white light on the port hand and red light on the starboard hand. The exact position of the beacons and the date when they will be lighted will be duly notified on a future date.
Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2411; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter viii, page 253; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1911, page 261, and plan facing page 258. Corrections should also be made on page 261, and plan facing page 258 of “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1911, re the lights in the bend south of Harrington Point, mentioned in Notice No. 128 of 1910.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Chemists’ and Druggists’ Shops in the Borough of Tauranga under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ and druggists’ shops in the Borough of Tauranga, 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, 6 o’clock p.m.; Thursday, 1 o’clock p.m., reopening from 7 till 8 o’clock; Saturday, 9 o’clock p.m.: And whereas the Tauranga Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ and druggists’ shops within the Borough of Tauranga:
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 3rd day of April, 1911, all chemists’ and druggists’ shops in the Borough of Tauranga shall be closed in accordance with such requisition, excepting that on Thursday (the statutory half-holiday) all such shops may reopen from 7 till 8 o’clock only for the supply of medicines and surgical appliances.
Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of March, 1911.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of a Road through Section 5, Block VIII, Ohura Survey District, Taranaki Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, under the authority of section 14 of the Land Act, 1908, that the road described in the Schedule hereto was duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said Dominion, by Warrant dated the 6th day of January, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Taranaki Land District; as the said area is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington.
Dated this 23rd day of March, 1911.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.