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The number of votes recorded respectively for and against the proposal was as follows: For, 238; against, 114; informal votes, 1.
And I therefore declare the said proposal to be carried.
Dated at Petone, this 3rd day of September, 1912.
J. W. McEWAN,
Mayor.

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

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 the ratepayers of the special-rating area of Eastern Petone, as defined by resolution of the Council passed on 13th June, 1912, was taken on the 2nd day of September, 1912, on the proposal of the Petone Borough Council to borrow the sum of £2,000 for the purpose of making payment of moneys advanced for the purchase of Native lands, for the repayment of moneys advanced for fencing the waterworks reserve, and the balance for improvements in the waterworks main pipe-line, and for the payment of the costs of the raising of the loan.
The number of votes recorded respectively for and against the proposal was as follows: For, 237; against, 112; informal votes, 4.
And I therefore declare the said proposal to be carried.
Dated at Petone, this 3rd day of September, 1912.
J. W. McEWAN,
Mayor.

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

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 the ratepayers of the special-rating area of Eastern Petone, as defined by resolution of the Council passed on 13th June, 1912, was taken on the 2nd day of September, 1912, on the proposal of the Petone Borough Council to borrow the sum of £600 for the purpose of providing a clock and chimes for the tower of the Municipal Buildings, Petone, and for the payment of the costs of raising the loan.
The number of votes recorded respectively for and against the proposal was as follows: For, 186; against, 160; informal votes, 7.
And I therefore declare the said proposal to be carried.
Dated at Petone, this 3rd day of September, 1912.
J. W. McEWAN,
Mayor.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds by Cook County Council.—Notice No. 1643.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1912.

It is hereby notified for public information that the Cook County Council has by special order declared the undermentioned plants to be noxious weeds within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the Cook County :—

Bathurst burr (Xanthium spinosum).
Gorse (Ulex Europæus).
Thistles: Any species of Carlina (stemless thistle), Cnicus (woolly-headed thistle), Centaurea (star thistle, and Silybum (milk thistle).

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Defining River and Extended-river Limits for Otago Harbour.

In pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 189 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, I, Francis Marion Bates Fisher, Minister of Marine, do hereby define the Otago Harbour limits within which restricted-limits steamships and ships propelled by gas, oil, fluid, electricity, or any mechanical power other than steam, and to which restricted-limits certificates are issued, may ply to be those set forth herein, and I do divide such limits into river and extended-river limits.

River Limits.—Inside Taiaroa Head.
Extended-river Limits for Fishing-boats only.—Within a radius of twenty miles from Taiaroa Head Lighthouse.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 29th day of August 1912.

F. M. B. FISHER.

Tenders for Repairs to Training-ship “Amokura.”

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1912.

The following tenders have been received for repairs to the training-ship “Amokura” :—

Accepted.

£

S. Luke and Co. (Limited), Wellington … … 1,175

Declined.

Robertson and Co., Wellington … … 1,225
Cable and Co., Wellington … … 1,265
Crabtree and Sons, Wellington … … 1,294

F. M. B. FISHER.

Notice to Mariners No. 104 of 1912.

OAMARU HARBOUR.—DREDGING AT ENTRANCE.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd September, 1912.

The Oamaru Harbour Board have notified that the dredge “Progress” is now working in the vicinity of the entrance to Oamaru Harbour. The dredge has six moorings laid out in different directions, and mariners and others are warned to proceed with great caution when passing the dredge.

A red flag will be shown by day and a white light by night on the clearest side for passing the dredge.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2532; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter viii, page 248.

F. M. B. FISHER.

Notice to Mariners No. 105 of 1912.

KAIPARA BAR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 4th September, 1912.

Notice is hereby given that recent soundings taken by Captain Bollons, of the Government s.s. “Hinemoa,” on the Kaipara Bar show that the channel has been shoaling, the shoalest water in the channel now being 3½ fathoms at L.W.O.S. instead of 4½ to 4¾ as stated in Notice No. 106, of September, 1911. Referring to this notice and page 235 of the “New Zealand Nautical Almanac” for 1912, the paragraphs should be altered as follows :—

The deepest water over the bar at Kaipara is now (August, 1912) on the north side of the line of beacons. With the middle beacon midway between the top beacon and the flagstaff there is 4 fathoms, and with the middle beacon in line with the flagstaff the depth is 3½ fathoms at L.W.S.

In view of the published semaphore signals in the “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” page 236 of the 1912 edition, regarding the tug, it is notified that no tug is now stationed at Kaipara to go outside the Heads, as the tug “Stirling” has been laid up for a considerable time.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2614; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter vii, page 208; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1912, page 235.

F. M. B. FISHER.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonded Tobacco-manufactory.

In pursuance of the powers and authority in me for this purpose vested, I, Francis Marion Bates Fisher, the Minister of Customs, do by this order under my hand revoke and annul the appointment of the undermentioned building or premises as a manufactory in which tobacco may be manufactured prior to the payment of duty thereon, namely,—

Port of Wellington.

The manufactory known as

THE BRITISH EMPIRE TRADING COMPANY’S TOBACCO-FACTORY,
as appointed and described in Minister’s Order No. 832, of the 12th day of February, 1907.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this 2nd day of September, 1912.

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister of Customs.

Minister’s Order No. 1016.]