to the north-eastern corner of Section 5, Block VII, Waioeka Survey District; thence by the eastern boundary of said Section 5, Section 6 (forest reserve), Block VII, Waioeka Survey District, and scenic reserve adjoining Section 2, Block XI, Waioeka Survey District, to the northern boundary of Section 4, Block XII, Waioeka Survey District; thence again towards the north proceeding in an easterly direction by the northern boundary of said Section 4, Block XII, Waioeka Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of said Section 4, Block XII, Waioeka Survey District; thence again towards the east generally proceeding in a southerly direction generally by the eastern boundary of said Section 4, Block XII, Waioeka Survey District, Sections 2 and 3, Block XII, Waioeka Survey District, Sections 1, 3A, and 4, Block XVI, Waioeka Survey District, and Section 1, Block IV, Waioeka South Survey District, to the south-eastern corner of said Section 1, Block IV, Waioeka South Survey District; thence towards the south and west generally proceeding in a westerly direction by the southern boundary of the said Section 1, Block IV, Waioeka South Survey District, to the Waioeka River; thence again towards the east generally proceeding in a south-westerly direction along the western bank of said Waioeka River by the south-eastern boundary of Sections 1 and 3, Block III, Waioeka South Survey District; thence towards the south-west and south generally proceeding in a north-westerly direction by the south-western and southern boundaries of Sections 3 and 2, Block III, Waioeka South Survey District, to the south-western corner of Section 9, Block XV, Waioeka Survey District; thence towards the south-east proceeding in a south-westerly direction by the south-eastern boundary of Section 1, Block II, Waioeka South Survey District, to the south-western corner of said Section 1, Block II, Waioeka South Survey District; thence proceeding westerly by a right line to the western boundary of said Block II, Waioeka South Survey District; and thence towards the west by a right line proceeding in a northerly direction along the western boundary of said Block II, Waioeka South Survey District, Blocks XIV, X, VI, and II of the Waioeka Survey District, to the point of commencement: and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and shall be payable yearly on the 1st day of January in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six years and a half, or until the loan is fully paid off.—Seconded by Councillor C. Gordon, and carried unanimously. The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Opotiki was hereto affixed at the office of and pursuant to a resolution of the Opotiki County Council, in the presence of— J. B. Gow, Chairman. ALAN P. DAY, Clerk. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a resolution passed at a special meeting of the Opotiki County Council held on the 19th day of April, 1913. ALAN P. DAY, County Clerk. Result of Poll for Proposed Loan. State-guaranteed Advances Office, Wellington, 7th May, 1913. THE following notice, received from the Returning Officer of the Manunui Town Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908. W. FRASER, Acting Minister of Finance. MANUNUI TOWN BOARD. Notification of Result of Poll.—Proposal to borrow £2,500. WHEREAS the Manunui Town Board has this day submitted a proposal to borrow the sum of £2,500 for road-improvements to a poll of ratepayers in the Manunui Town District, I, Thomas Jeffree Pendray, Returning Officer to the Manunui Town Board, hereby declare the result of the aforesaid poll to be as follows: Total number of votes recorded, 53; total number of votes for, 40; total number of votes against, 13; invalid, nil; majority for the proposal, 27. And I hereby declare the said poll to be carried for the said proposal. Dated at Manunui this 9th day of April, 1913. T. J. PENDRAY, Returning Officer. R. C. HOCKING, Town Clerk. Date of Election of Members of the Timaru Fire Board. Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 3rd May, 1913. PURSUANT to section 18 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, I, Alexander Lawrence Herdman, for Minister of Internal Affairs and the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Monday, the 26th day of May, 1913, to be the day for the holding of an election of three members of the Timaru Fire Board by the contributing local authority. And I do further appoint Monday, the 19th day of May, 1913, to be the day for the holding of an election of three members of the said Timaru Fire Board by the insurance companies which for the time being are carrying on business within the said Timaru Fire District. A. L. HERDMAN, For Minister of Internal Affairs. Notifying Land in the Otago Land District subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1908. Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners, Wellington, 7th May, 1913. PURSUANT to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1908, and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Otanomomo Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts as from 28th March, 1913. SCHEDULE. OTANOMOMO SETTLEMENT. FIRSTLY, all that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 1,713 acres 1 rood 15 perches, more or less, being part of Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Block I; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and part of Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Block III; Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and part of 5, Block IV; Sections 8, 10, 12, 14, and part of 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13, Block V; Sections 1, 2, and part of 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, Block VII; part of Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, Block VIII; and parts of closed roads contained in certificate of title, Vol. 68, folio 266: all in the Clutha Survey District. Commencing at a point in said Section 6, Block VIII, where the south boundary of the road intersecting the said section cuts the centre-line of the Waitepeka Creek, and bounded thence towards the north-north-east by the said road for a distance of 12024 links; thence towards the east-south-east by the said road, 337·7 links, 455·9 links, 12363·6 links, 2274·4 links, 2855·9 links, and 649·4 links, to its junction with the road reserve along the north-east bank of the Puerua River; thence towards the south-west generally by the said road reserve to the centre-line of the Waitepeka Creek, 13022·6 links; and thence towards the west generally by the centre-line of the Waitepeka Creek to the point of commencement, 15100 links: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less. Secondly, all that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 105 acres 1 rood 16 perches, more or less, being part of Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Block I, Clutha Survey District. Commencing at a point on the eastern side of the road intersecting the said Section 6, and distant 50 links from the north-north-eastern boundary-line of said Section 6, and bounded thence towards the north-north-east by other part of Section 6, 3229·8 links, on a bearing of 106° 22'; thence towards the south-east by other parts of Sections 6, 5, 4, 3, 1640·7 links, bearing 224° 27', 756·5 links, bearing 213° 22', 1591 links, bearing 223° 48', and by road reserve along Clutha River, 1626·3 links, on a bearing of 224° 16'; thence on the south-south-west by other portion of said Section 2, 735 links, on a bearing of 286° 14', to a public road; thence towards the west generally by the said road, 1026·2 links, 250·6 links, 505 links, 554·3 links, and 2897·1 links, to commencing-point: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less: the parcels of land firstly and secondly described being more particularly shown on plan attached hereto, numbered L. 19443, and each thereon edged red. W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Lands. Notifying Land in the Canterbury Land District subject to the Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1908. Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners, Wellington, 7th May, 1913. PURSUANT to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1908, and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Ashwick Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts as from 29th March, 1913.