Dec. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4007

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 6th December, 1915.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Waipa, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

NOTICE is hereby given that the result of the poll taken on 23rd November, 1915, on the proposed loan of £1,000 for metalling a portion of the county road through the Ohaupo Town District was as follows: For the proposal, 33 votes; against the proposal, 13 votes.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

CHAS. BOWDEN,
Returning Officer.

ROBT. FISHER,
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 8th December, 1915.

THE following notice, received from the Council of the County of Raglan, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

RAGLAN COUNTY COUNCIL.

Port Waikato-Tuakau Bridge. Special-rating District.—Loan of £2,800 for Formation of Road from Port Waikato to Tuakau Bridge, including the Payment of Compensation for Land taken for the Purpose of such Road.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that the following is the result of a poll of the ratepayers of the Port Waikato to Tuakau Bridge Special-rating District taken on the 30th November, 1915, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £2,800 for the purpose of forming a road from Port Waikato to Tuakau Bridge: Total number of valid votes recorded, 31; for the proposal, 30; against the proposal, 1.

The number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal being more than three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded, I hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE,
Chairman, Raglan County Council.

Tenders.

THE following tenders have been received for the MacLennan River Road Bridge, Otago.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

MACLENNAN RIVER ROAD BRIDGE, OTAGO.

Accepted.

Moloney and Robinson, Wellington .. .. 1,647 2 2

Declined.

Hamilton and Davey, Invercargill .. .. 2,200 0 0
Watson, Rhodes, and Son, Dunedin.. .. 2,381 17 9

Permit to import Opium.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 6th December, 1915.

IT is hereby notified for public information that permits to import opium in forms which, though not suitable for smoking, may be made suitable have been granted to the undermentioned persons, subject to the provisions of the Opium Act, 1908, the Opium Amendment Act, 1910, and the regulations made thereunder:—

JAMES NEIL (LIMITED), Dunedin.
HAROLD WILLIAM RUSHWORTH OUTRAM, Dunedin.
HAROLD SCHMIDT, Auckland.

A. M. MYERS,
Minister of Customs.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and Sections 18 and 19 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 7th December, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £400 in each case:—

Bell, Robert, late of Pokeno, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed 1st November, 1915.
Fahey, Patrick John, late of Poolburn, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed 2nd November, 1915.
Mackie, Christina Agnes, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, domestic servant. Filed 2nd November, 1915.
Selig, Aaron Joseph, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, commercial traveller. Filed 3rd November, 1915.
Whittet, John Stewart or John, late of Napier, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, carter. Filed 3rd November, 1915.
Allen, Alfred Percy, late of Devonport, in the Provincial District of Auckland, salesman. Filed 3rd November, 1915.
Calder, Kenneth Moir, late of Naseby, in the Provincial District of Otago, telegraphist. Filed 5th November, 1915.
Inwood, Susan, late of South Rakaia, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, married woman. Filed 6th November, 1915.
Collings, Mary, late of Hornby, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, widow. Filed 6th November, 1915.
Whittaker, Edward, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, ironmoulder. Filed 6th November, 1915.
Webb, George, late of Mangatainoka, in the Provincial District of Wellington, gardener. Filed 6th November, 1915.
Maddock, John Ford, late of Owaka, in the Provincial District of Otago, accountant. Filed 13th November, 1915.
Harrison, Richard Mark, late of Anderson’s Bay, in the Provincial District of Otago, drill instructor. Filed 15th November, 1915.
Moore, Mary Alice, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, spinster. Filed 15th November, 1915.
Bissett, George Francis McGovern, late of Feilding, in the Provincial District of Wellington, carpenter. Filed 16th November, 1915.
Keenan, Peter, late of Omoana, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, labourer. Filed 16th November, 1915.
Dumaur or Dumar, St. John Sheppard; or Dumar, St. John; late of Heddon Bush, in the Provincial District of Southland, labourer. Filed 22nd November, 1915.
McAra, John, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, farmer. Filed 22nd November, 1915.
Pettersen or Nelson, Peter Martinus; or Nelson, Peter; late of Inangahua Junction, in the Provincial District of Nelson, miner. Filed 22nd November, 1915.
Gunn, Mary Ann, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, office clerk. Filed 22nd November, 1915.
Jennings, Edgar McIvor, late of New Plymouth, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, Civil servant. Filed 26th November, 1915.
Duncan, William, late of Totara Flat, in the Provincial District of Westland, blacksmith. Filed 26th November, 1915.
Rundle or Rundell, Susan, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, spinster. Filed 26th November, 1915.
Powis, Thomas, late of Macrae’s Flat, in the Provincial District of Otago, baker. Filed 27th November, 1915.
Ross, Charles, late of Blackstone Hill, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed 27th November, 1915.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1915.—Notice No. 39.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1915.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

Mr. W. McNEUR.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.