Dec. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3675

BOROUGH OF PATEA.

RESULT OF POLL FOR PROPOSED LOAN.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Patea taken on the 26th day of November, 1913, on the proposal of the Patea Borough Council to borrow the sum of £14,000 for water and drainage purposes, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 161, the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 36, and the number of informal votes recorded was 3.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 27th day of November, 1913.
C. A. LARCOMBE,
Mayor.
1000

THE INHABITANTS OF THE OTOROHANGA NATIVE TOWNSHIP.

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 at a poll of the ratepayers of the Inhabitants of the Otorohanga Native Township taken on the 18th day of November, 1913, on the proposal of the Council of the Inhabitants of the Otorohanga Native Township to borrow the sum of £2,000 for the purpose of the erection of a town hall, library, and municipal offices, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 51; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 4; informal vote, 1.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 18th day of November, 1913.
CLEMENT ELLIOTT,
Chairman, Inhabitants of the Otorohanga Native Township Council.
1001

THE INHABITANTS OF THE OTOROHANGA NATIVE TOWNSHIP.

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 at a poll of the ratepayers of the Inhabitants of the Otorohanga Native Township taken on the 18th day of November, 1913, on the proposal of the Council of the Inhabitants of the Otorohanga Native Township to borrow the sum of £250 for the purpose of acquiring the freehold of Allotment 13, Block XVI, Otorohanga Native Township, and for paying the legal and incidental expenses in connection with such freehold, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 51; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 4; informal vote, 1.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 18th day of November, 1913.
CLEMENT ELLIOTT,
Chairman of the Otorohanga Native Township Council.
1002

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

NOTICE is hereby given that this Council proposes to execute a certain public work—viz., the alteration of the line of main road through the Matokitoki Block—and for that purpose to take the lands described in the accompanying Schedule.
The works to be undertaken upon the new line of road are formation, metalling, and drains for the passage of surface water.
The owner of the land to be taken is the Hon. W. H. Tucker.
It is proposed to “stop” the present line of road in the Matokitoki Block, and convey the stopped road, as part of the compensation, to the owner of the land taken.
Plans of the new road, and of the road to be stopped, are on view at the office of the Cook County Council, Childers Road, Gisborne, during office hours.
Any person having any objection to the taking of this land, or who will be injuriously affected by the alteration of the line of road, must state the objection in writing, and send the writing to the office of the Council on or before the 31st December, 1913.

Schedule.

Being portions of Lots 1 and 2, Whataupoko No. 5, and Lot 6, Block G, Whataupoko No. 9.
J. WARREN,
Clerk.
Gisborne, 20th November, 1913.
1003

BOROUGH OF WHANGAREI.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Whangarei taken on Tuesday, 2nd December, 1913, on the proposals of the Whangarei Borough Council to borrow the sum of thirty-eight thousand pounds for the purpose of providing additional waterworks and extensions and improvements to the present waterworks (within or without the borough), to acquire in connection therewith lands, easements, rights and appurtenances, material and machinery, and for any other purpose incidental or in relation thereto respectively, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 273; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 27; informal, 3.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 4th day of December, 1913.
T. H. STEADMAN,
Mayor.
1004

WHANGAREI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by section 4 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1910, the Whangarei Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and sinking fund and also the other charges on a loan of £38,000, authorized to be raised by the Whangarei Borough Council, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments, for the purpose of providing additional waterworks and extensions and improvements to the present waterworks (within or without the borough), to acquire in connection therewith lands, easements, rights and appurtenances, materials and machinery, and for any other purpose incidental or in relation thereto respectively, the said Whangarei Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property in the Borough of Whangarei, according to the capital value thereof; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the first day of April and the first day of October in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of 33½ years from the first day of April, 1914, or until the loan is fully paid off.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly passed at a special meeting of the Whangarei Borough Council held on Wednesday, the 3rd day of December, 1913.
A. L. DIXON,
Town Clerk.
1005

BOROUGH OF WHANGAREI.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Whangarei taken on Tuesday, 2nd December, 1913, on the proposal of the Whangarei Borough Council to borrow the sum of thirteen thousand pounds for the purpose of constructing the necessary plant to supply electric lighting and power both for private use and street-lighting (within or without the borough), to acquire in connection therewith lands, easements, rights and appurtenances, material and machinery, and for any other purpose inci-