MAY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1471

proposal was as follows: For, 103; against, 56; informal, 7.

And I declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated this 27th day of April, 1911.

EDWARD PAGE,
Mayor of the Borough of Eketahuna.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st May, 1911.

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

J. A. MILLAR,
Acting Minister of Finance.

WANGANUI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Notice under Section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.

I HEREBY publicly notify that at the poll taken on the 26th day of April, 1911, on the proposal of the Wanganui Borough Council to borrow the sum of £11,500 for the erection, construction, and completion of a traffic-bridge across the Wanganui River, connecting the Borough of Wanganui with the Borough of Wanganui East from a point in the Wanganui Borough at the junction or intersection of Dublin Street and the River Bank Road to a point on the left bank of the Wanganui River abutting on Lot 3 or Lot 5 of Section 63 on the plan of the left bank of the Wanganui River, in the Borough of Wanganui East, and the necessary approaches thereto, according to a design, plans and specifications, and conditions prepared by the Public Works Department of the Dominion of New Zealand, and in accordance with Order in Council published in the New Zealand Gazette of date the 16th day of March, 1911, the following votes were recorded:—

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

C. E. MACKAY,
Mayor.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st May, 1911.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Wanganui East, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.

J. A. MILLAR,
Acting Minister of Finance.

WANGANUI EAST BOROUGH.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Wanganui East was taken on Wednesday, the 26th day of April, 1911, on the proposal of the Wanganui East Borough Council to raise a special loan of £2,300 for the several purposes hereunder mentioned, such loan to be allocated to the said several purposes as shown opposite each of them, namely:—

1. The formation and metalling of the following streets: Duncan Street, Bodyfield Street, Helmore Street, Young Street, Mackay Street, Scott Street, and Palmer Place, £1,000.

2. The formation and metalling of the following streets: Poutini Street, Maketu Street, Kepa Street, Patapu Street, Pehi Street, Paipai Street, Hipango Street, and Tipae Street, £680.

3. The formation and construction of a crossing for ordinary traffic over the railway-line to connect Poutini and Paipai Streets, or to procure such formation and construction and to defray the cost of the same, £120.

4. The purchase or acquisition for street purposes of sufficient parcels of land 1 chain in width to connect Mackay Street with Maketu Street and Mackay Street with Poutini Street, £200.

5. The sinking or boring of an artesian well near the mouth of the Mataongaonga Stream, and the reticulation of water therefrom through certain streets in the borough, including in such reticulation the laying of pipes in such streets and the providing of all appliances, plant, and things necessary or convenient thereto or for the efficient working thereof, £300.

It is proposed to establish during the currency of the loan a sinking fund of £1 per centum per annum on the amount for the time being of the said loan actually borrowed for or towards payment of such loan at its maturity; to appropriate and pledge by way of security to provide for the payment of interest on such loan and charges, and the payment of such sinking fund and loan, an annually recurring special rate of 1½d. in the pound on the annual value of all rateable property within the Wanganui East Borough; the whole of the said loan to be repayable on the expiration of twenty-one years from the raising of the loan; and to pay out of the said loan the cost of raising the loan and the first year’s interest thereon.

The number of votes recorded for the said proposal was 425, the number of votes recorded against the said proposal was 81, and there were 33 informal votes.

I therefore declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated at Wanganui East, this 28th day of April, 1911.

J. JONES,
Mayor of Wanganui East Borough.

WANGANUI EAST BOROUGH.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Wanganui East was taken on Wednesday, the 26th day of April, 1911, on the proposal of the Wanganui East Borough Council to raise a special loan, to be called the Tramways Loan, of £6,000 for the following purpose:—

The construction and equipment of a tramway of the following description: The route of the proposed tramway commences at a point midway on the bridge between the Wanganui Borough and the Wanganui East entrances to the bridge proposed to be erected across the Wanganui River from a point on the River Bank Road at its junction with Dublin Street, within the Borough of Wanganui, to a point on the left bank of the Wanganui River abutting on Lot 3 or Lot 5 of Section 63 on the plan of the left bank of the Wanganui River in the Borough of Wanganui East, the said point on the proposed bridge being the terminus of the proposed extension of the Wanganui Borough Tramway; then along a street proposed to be made along the south boundary of the said Lot 3 and through Lots 7 and 18 of Section 63 to Gellatly Street; thence north-easterly by way of Scott Street to its junction with Duncan Street; thence by way of Duncan Street and Tinirau Street to Pehi Road to a point at or near the junction of Pehi Road with Holyoake Street. The tramway is to be constructed of materials similar to that adopted by the Wanganui Borough Council in tramways now existing in the Wanganui Borough. The motor power is to be electricity obtained from the Wanganui Borough Council, and applied by overhead-trolley system; the tram-cars supplied by the Wanganui Borough Council.

And the acquisition of such land as may be necessary for the construction of such tramway, and to provide all machinery, appliances, plant, and things necessary, convenient, or expedient for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and working such tramway and all things incidental thereto or connected therewith.

It is proposed to establish during the currency of the loan a sinking fund of £1 per centum per annum on the amount for the time of the said loan actually borrowed for or towards payment of such loan at maturity; to appropriate and pledge by way of security to provide for the payment of interest on such loan and charges, and the payment of such sinking fund and loan, an annually recurring special rate of 5d. in the pound on the annual value of all rateable property within the Wanganui East Borough, the whole of the said loan to be repayable on