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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 91

borrow the sum of £5,000 for the construction of sanitary works—viz., for the purpose of carrying out private connections under section 27 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1910, to be repaid by the owner of any premises by instalments—the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 461, the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 314; informal, 21.
I therefore declare the proposal carried.
Dated this 14th day of August, 1914.
ARTHUR LEAVER, Mayor.
WESTPORT BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Loan of £28,500 over the Whole Borough.
Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
I HEREBY give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Westport taken on the 12th day of August, 1914, on the proposal of the Westport Borough Council to borrow the sum of £28,500 for the construction of sanitary works—viz., a sewerage scheme—the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 467, the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 311; informal, 18.
I therefore declare the proposal was carried.
Dated this 14th day of August, 1914.
ARTHUR LEAVER, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
The Treasury, Wellington, 21st August, 1914.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Portobello Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
J. ALLEN, Minister of Finance.
PORTOBELLO ROAD BOARD.
£700 Loan Proposal.
THE following is the result of the poll taken on the above proposal on Wednesday, the 29th July, 1914 : For the proposal, 67 ; against the proposal, 47 ; informal, 1.
As a three-fifths majority is required, the proposal is therefore declared not carried.
JAMES DICKSON,
Chairman, Portobello Road Board.
Consent under Section 298 of the Native Land Act, 1909.
IN pursuance of the power conferred upon the Native Minister by subsection (b) of section 298 of the Native Land Act, 1909, I, William Herbert Herries, Native Minister, acting on the recommendation of the Waiariki District Maori Land Board, do hereby consent to a lease of Rangitaiki Lot 30D Block, containing 34 acres 3 roods 24 perches, situated in the Provincial District of Auckland, subject to the same restrictions and to the same requirements as to confirmation and otherwise as if the land was not subject to Part XVI of the Native Land Act, 1909.
As witness my hand this nineteenth day of August, 1914.
W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Education Board of the District of Auckland.—Election of Members.

Education Office, Auckland, 11th August, 1914.
IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1908, it is hereby notified that the under-named persons have been duly elected members of the Education Board of the District of Auckland :—
North Ward—
JOHN DAVID McKENZIE.
East Ward—
EDWARD CORRIGILL BANKS.
West Ward—
GEORGE WILLIAM MURRAY.
The result of the voting for the North Ward is as follows :—
John David McKenzie ... 691
Richard Christie Smith .. 268
Total number of valid votes recorded, 959. Number of voting-papers rejected as informal, 45.
R. CROWE, Returning Officer.

Education Board of the District of Taranaki.—Election of Members.
New Plymouth, 6th August, 1914.
IT is hereby publicly notified that at the election of members held on the 27th July, 1914, the following persons were duly elected :—
East Ward—
FRANCIS JOSEPH MACKEY.
West Ward—
AUGUSTUS McINNES BRADBURY.
North Ward—
ARTHUR HERBERT HALCOMBE.
The number of valid votes recorded for each candidate was—
East Ward—
Francis Joseph Mackay ... 72
William Rogers ... 67
William Theodore Mills ... 15
West Ward—
Augustus McInnes Bradbury ... 81
Albert Bygrove Chappell ... 59
North Ward—
Arthur Herbert Halcombe ... 148
John Randles Rowlands ... 49
The total number of votes recorded was 491. The total number of votes rejected as informal was 9.
P. S. WHITCOMBE, Secretary and Returning Officer.

Education Board of the District of Wanganui.—Election of Members.
Wanganui, 8th July, 1914.
IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, it is hereby notified that the following nominations have been received for the vacancies on the Board caused by the retirement of one-third of the members thereof :—
Northern Ward—
Spurdle, Frederick Morris.
Central Ward—
Harris, Thomas Abraham.
Southern Ward—
Pirani, Fred.
As only one candidate has been nominated for each ward, I hereby declare Messrs. FREDERICK MORRIS SPURDLE, THOMAS ABRAHAM HARRIS, and FRED PIRANI duly elected members of the Board.
W. H. SWANGER, Returning Officer.

Education Board of the District of Hawke's Bay.—Election of Members.
Education Office, Napier, 11th August, 1914.
IN accordance with section 24 of the Education Act, 1908, I hereby declare the following gentlemen to be duly elected members of the Hawke's Bay Education Board :—
To represent the North Ward—
CHARLES HARRY BRIDGE.
To represent the Middle Ward—
GEORGE FREDERICK ROACH.
To represent the South Ward—
PETER GEORGE GRANT.
It is further notified that for the Middle and South Wards the candidates declared elected were the only ones nominated.
For the North Ward the number of votes recorded for each duly nominated candidate was :—
Charles Harry Bridge ... 99
George Thomas Wildish ... 87
The total number of valid votes was 186. The number of votes rejected as informal was 2.
G. CRAWSHAW, Returning Officer.

Wellington Education Board.
Wellington, 11th August, 1914.
THE following is the result of the voting for the election of members to the Wellington Education Board :—
Wellington City Ward,—
Ordinary vacancy—
Aitken, John Guthrie Wood ... 86
Hunter, Thomas Alexander ... 32
Valid votes, 118 ; invalid votes, 4.