Feb. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 615

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th February, 1915.

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

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

RANGITIKEI COUNTY COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Manga-weka-Te Kapua Special-rating District was taken on the 29th day of January, 1915, on the proposal of the Rangitikei County Council to borrow the sum of £500 for the purpose of metalling with burnt papa portions of the Mangaweka-Te Kapua Road between the Makohine Stream and Murray’s Track.

The number of valid votes recorded for the proposal was 12. The number of valid votes recorded against the proposal was 2.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

BEN. P. LETHBRIDGE,
Chairman.

Marton, 2nd February, 1915.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 12th February, 1915.

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

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

CASTLEPOINT COUNTY COUNCIL.

Notice of Result of Poll.

NOTICE is hereby given that the result of the poll taken on Saturday, the 6th day of February, 1915, on the proposal to raise, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, a loan of £1,000 for the purpose of metalling a portion of the Tinui-Annendale Road, was as follows: For the proposal, 8 votes; against the proposal, 0 votes.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

H. H. S. RYDER,
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury.
Wellington, 13th February, 1915.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Eden Terrace Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

EDEN TERRACE ROAD BOARD.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Eden Terrace Road District taken upon the 10th day of February, 1915, upon the proposal of the Eden Terrace Road Board to borrow the sum of twenty-three thousand pounds (£23,000) for the purpose of forming, metalling, kerbing, and channelling, &c., of the following streets and roads within the Eden Terrace Road District—viz., New North Road, Victoria and Porters Avenues, Eden, Copeland, Suffolk, Manning, Devon, Evelyn, Ethel, Minnie, Rawlings, Charlotte, Sussex, Exmouth, Violet, Shaddock, Summer, Flower, Rose, Greenwood, Haultain, Fenton, Brown, and Haslett Streets, Rendell Place, Aitken Terrace, and Basque Road—the following votes were recorded: For the proposal, 56; against the proposal, 116; informal, 0.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Dated this 10th day of February, 1915.

P. McELWAIN,
Chairman, Eden Terrace Road Board.

Notice respecting Proposed Town District, Takaka, County of Takaka.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th February, 1915.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor, under the Town Boards Act, 1908, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be constituted a town district under the said Act, by name the Town District of Takaka. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the constitution of the said town district which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED TOWN DISTRICT OF TAKAKA.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District bounded by a line commencing at the confluence of the Te Kakau River with the Takaka River; thence along the eastern bank of the said Te Kakau River to the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 17, Block VI, Waitapu Survey District; thence along the south-eastern boundary of that section to and across Factory Road, and along the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 13 to Section No. 11, Block VI aforesaid; thence along the south-western boundary of the said Section No. 11 and part of its south-eastern boundary to Subdivision 3 of Section No. 10, Block X, Waitapu Survey District; thence along the south-western boundary of the said Subdivision 3 to the closed road forming the north-western boundary of Section No. 9; thence along the north-western side of the said closed road to a point in line with the south-western boundary of Subdivision 6 of the said Section No. 9; thence across the closed road, along the south-western boundary of Subdivision 6 aforesaid, across a public road, and along the south-western boundary of Subdivision 3 of the said Section No. 9 to the Motupipi River; and thence along the north bank of that river to the Takaka River, and along the right bank of the Takaka River to the Te Kakau River, the place of commencement.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Trustee of Fraser Family Private Burial-ground.

PURSUANT to the powers vested in me by the Cemeteries Amendment Act, 1912, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

THOMAS URQUHART ALLAN MCKENZIE,

of Carnarvon, to be a Trustee of the Fraser family private burial-ground, in place of Robert Bruce McKenzie, deceased.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 13th day of February, 1915.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of all Shops in the Takapau Riding of Waipawa County, under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Takapau Riding of Waipawa County, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops within the riding shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: 6 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays; 11 p.m. on Saturdays:

And whereas the Waipawa County Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops within the Takapau Riding of the Waipawa County:

Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 22nd day of February, 1915, all shops within the Takapau Riding of Waipawa County shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of February, 1915.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.