3580
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 128

in connection with any of such works or undertakings already constructed, provided, or established; the amount which it is proposed to borrow in connection with each of such works or undertakings being set out hereunder, namely:—

(a.) The purchase and installation of water-meters within the Borough of Devonport, including the purchase from owners and occupiers who have provided meters at their own cost
£ 6,900

(b.) The purchase of a motor fire-reel
188

(c.) The purchase and installation of sewage-pumps for the purpose of dealing with sewage
850

(d.) The purchase and erection of a destructor or rubbish-manipulator
500

(e.) The purchase of a site for a fire-brigade station
350

(f.) The payment of a sum of £870 for Engineer’s fees incurred in obtaining plans and a report dealing with the construction of the streets of the borough, and the fixing of the permanent levels thereof and incidental thereto
870

(g.) The drainage of the areas within the borough known respectively as Victoria Park, Stanley Point, and Calliope Road
460

(h.) Road-construction work in Old Lake Road and Vauxhall connection, and in Old Lake Road, Abbotsford Terrace, St. Leonard’s Road, and High Street, within the said borough
1,532

(i.) The erection of a cottage on the Corporation’s property in Church Street
350

£12,000

The security for the loan is the levying of an annual-recurring special rate of ¾d. in the pound, which will have a currency of thirty-six years and a half. Interest payable at 5¼ per cent. per annum, plus 1 per cent. per annum for sinking fund, which, with compound interest, extinguishes the loan at the end of thirty-six years and a half. The cost of raising the loan, and also interest and sinking fund payments for the first year, will be paid out of the loan.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 311, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 137.

We therefore declare the proposal was carried.

J. HENDERSON, Mayor.
F. MORTIMER, Returning Officer.

Dated this 4th day of November, 1916.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 13th November, 1916.

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

A. M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

WAITOMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Waitomo taken on the 29th day of August, 1916, on the proposal of the Waitomo County Council to borrow the sum of £4,560 for the purpose of completing the forming of, widening, culverting, and metalling the Mirohuia–Mangaotaki Road from its junction with the Mairoa Road to its junction with the Mahoenui–Kawhia Road; and also the Mahoenui–Kawhia Road from the northern boundary of Puketiti No. 1 to the northern corner of Section 16, Block VI, Maungamangero Survey District; and also the Kihikihi Road from its junction with the Mirohuia–Mangaotaki Road to the south-east corner of Section 12, Block VII, Maungamangero Survey District; and also for forming and culverting only the road passing through Kinohaku East No. 4H 4 and No. 4H 5 from its junction with the Mirohuia–Mangaotaki Road to the eastern boundary of Puketiti No. 5; and also for building a bridge over the Mangaotaki River on the Mirohuia–Mangaotaki Road; and also to provide the cost of raising the loan and the first year’s interest and sinking fund thereon—the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 35, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 0.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

A. SCHOLES,
Chairman, Waitomo County Council.

Dated at Te Kuiti this 8th day of November, 1916.

P. MORA,
Clerk and Returning Officer.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Waiatarua Drainage District, County of Eden.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th November, 1916.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor, under the Land Drainage Act, 1908, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the Waiatarua Drainage District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed inclusion 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.

AREA TO BE EXCLUDED FROM WAIATARUA DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by Allotment 26 of Section 12, Suburbs of Auckland, from its south-western corner to the road at its south-eastern corner; thence towards the east and south-east by the road forming the eastern boundary of Allotment 27 and Panmure Road to Lot 30 of Ellerslie Extension No. 2; thence towards the west generally by the said Lot 30, and Lots 29 and 28, to Ellerslie Park Road, by that road and Lots 26, 25, 24, 23, and 22 to the said Ellerslie Park Road, again by that road to Lot 18, by Lots 18, 17, 16, the abutment of Ellerslie Park Road, and Lot 15, Ellerslie Extension No. 2, to the north-western corner of the said Lot 15; and thence by a right line to the south-western corner of Allotment 26 aforesaid, the place of commencement, and also Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 11, Ellerslie Extension No. 2.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th November, 1916.

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 Matamata. 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 MATAMATA.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at the northernmost corner of Section 81, Block II, Tapapa Survey District; thence bearing 69° 5′, distance 2525·2 links; bearing 117° 33′ 30″, distance 7622·3 links; bearing 150° 14′, distance 740 links; bearing 240° 14′, distance 1808 links; bearing 216° 38′ 30″, distance 3154·4 links; bearing 298° 19′, distance 668·9 links; bearing 268° 29′ 30″, distance 5418·3 links, to the southernmost corner of Section 107; along the south-eastern boundary of that section to its easternmost corner; along the north-eastern boundary of the said Section 107, distance 1191·8 links, to a point due south of the northernmost corner of Section 81 aforesaid; and thence along a right line to the said northernmost corner of Section 81, the place of commencement.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Mangawhara River District, County of Waikato.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th November, 1916.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor, under the River Boards Act, 1908, and its amendments, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be constituted a river district under the said Acts, by name the Mangawhara River District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the constitution