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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 138

the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the
said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections
to the execution of the said public work or to the taking
of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such
writing, within forty days from the first publication of this
notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be
taken: 2 roods 4·8 perches, 8·3 perches, 3 roods 30·7
perches, and 1 rood 0·8 perches.
Being portion of Section 2, Block XV, Aria Survey District
(Taranaki R.D.).

In the Taranaki Land District; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 41230,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works
at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and
thereon coloured pink.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 29th day of
November, 1916.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 1st December, 1916.

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

A. M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

WAIROA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Proposed 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 Mahia - Table Cape Special-rating District taken on the
18th day of November, 1916, on the proposal of the Wairoa
County Council to borrow the sum of £500 for forming and
metalling Mahia - Table Cape Road, the number of votes
recorded for the proposal was 20, and the number of votes
recorded against the proposal was nil.

I therefore declare the proposal was carried.
Dated this 22nd day of November, 1916.

G. C. ORMOND, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 1st December, 1916.

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

A. M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

FEATHERSTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act,
1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers
in the Hydro-electric Special-rating District taken on the
24th day of November, 1916, on the proposal of the Feathers-
ton County Council to borrow the sum of £12,000 for the
construction and installation of a hydro-electric scheme in a
portion of the county in the vicinity of Featherston, the
number of votes recorded for the proposal was 51, and the
number of votes recorded against the proposal was 1.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated at Martinborough this 25th day of November, 1916.

ALEX. D. McLEOD,
County Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 5th December, 1916.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the
Borough of Patea, is published in accordance with the
provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF PATEA.

PROPOSAL that the system of rating on the basis of the
unimproved value be adopted in the Borough of Patea :—
Result of Poll: For the proposal, 122; against the pro-
posal, 124; informal, 1; majority against, 2.
I therefore declare the proposal lost.

C. A. LARCOMBE, Mayor.

Notice to Mariners No. 93 of 1916.

“NEW ZEALAND NAUTICAL ALMANAC AND TIDE-TABLES”
FOR 1917.—ADDENDA TO TIDE-TABLES FOR 1917.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 1st December, 1916.

USERS of the “New Zealand Nautical Almanac and
Tide-tables” for 1917 are requested to make the
following addenda at foot of each page of the Tide-tables for
1917, viz. :—

The tides are placed in order of occurrence. A com-
parison of consecutive heights will indicate whether it
is high or low water.

This plan was adopted in 1915 in the British Admiralty
Tide-tables, and for many years past in the Official Tide-
tables of the United States of America. The 1915 Tide-
tables are now used in the Board of Trade Examinations for
Masters and Mates.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 94 of 1916.

HOKIANGA RIVER, UPPER PART.—LIGHT IN NARROWS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd December, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after 12th Decem-
ber, 1916, an automatic Aga acetone-acetylene light
will be shown from a solid concrete circular column 8 ft.
above H.W. on Takataka Rock, locally known as Akuao, at
the northern end of the Narrows, in the upper part of Hoki-
anga River.

The light is on the smaller south end section of the rock,
which has a gut 5 ft. wide between it and the larger section.
The light is a white flashing light showing 0·3 sec. flash and
2·7 secs. eclipse, 200 m/m power, and should be visible for a
distance of about three miles all round the horizon.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 1091B; “New
Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter vii, page 203.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 5th December, 1916.

THE Ancient Order of Foresters of New Zealand Friendly
Society, situated at Auckland, is registered as a
friendly society under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909,
this 5th day of December, 1916.

R. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Officiating Ministers for 1916.—Notice No. 33.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1916.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908,
the following names of Officiating Ministers within
the meaning of the said Act are published for general infor-
mation :—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend ARCHIBALD G. IRVINE, M.A.

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend PATRICK FRANCIS CULLEN.
“ DANIEL McLAUGHLIN.
“ JAMES PATRICK MINOGUE.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.