JUNE 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2237

By-law No. 7 of the Hastings Borough Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1916.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of By-law No. 7, made by the Hastings Borough Council on the 25th day of May, 1916.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

IN pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the within-written By-law No. 7, and declare that the same came into force on the 15th day of June, 1916.

Dated this 22nd day of June, 1916.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Date of Election to fill Extraordinary Vacancy in Auckland Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1916.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, I, George Warren Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Friday, the 14th day of July, 1916, to be the day for holding an election of one member of the Auckland Fire Board by the insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. BARTHOLOMEW KENT.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block I, Waimea Survey District, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road in Block I, Waimea Survey District; and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Appleby, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by 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:—

5 acres, portion of Section 194, “Moutere.” Coloured pink on plan.

3 acres 1 rood 28·5 perches, portion of Section 193, “Moutere.” Coloured pink on plan.

37·2 perches, portion of Section part 193, “Moutere” (wharf reserve). Coloured blue on plan.

28 perches, portion of harbour foreshore (Nelson Harbour Board endowment). Coloured neutral tint on plan.

Situated in Block I, Waimea Survey District.

In the Nelson Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 40275 (sheet 3), deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 23rd day of June, 1916.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 23rd June, 1916.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

PALMERSTON NORTH BOROUGH 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 ratepayers of the Borough of Palmerston North taken on the 14th day of June, 1916, on the proposal of the Palmerston North Borough Council to borrow the sum of £86,000 for the following purposes:—

£66,000 of such loan to be applied for the purpose of constructing an electric tramway on the overhead-trolley system, over a route of about five miles and a half, together with the necessary equipment;

£20,000 to be applied for the purpose of constructing an electric light and power plant within the borough—

the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 972, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 726.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 17th day of June, 1916.

J. A. NASH,
Mayor.