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northern boundary of the Waikumete Railway-station Reserve, along the middle of that road to and along the middle of the road forming the western boundary of Allotment 187, Parish of Waikumete, and its northern continuation past Allotments 186, 185, 184, and 229 to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Allotment 229 ; thence to and along the north-eastern boundaries of Allotments 229, 228, 227, 226, 225, 224, 223, and 222, to and along the middle of the road forming the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned allotment to the Great North Road, and along the middle of that road to a point in line with the eastern boundary of Allotment 162 ; thence to and along the eastern boundary of that allotment and part of its southern boundary to the north-western corner of Allotment 159, along the western and south-western boundaries of that allotment, across a road, and along its south-eastern side to and across Smith's Road to the easternmost corner of Allotment 141, along the south-eastern boundary of that allotment and part of its south-western boundary to the northernmost corner of Allotment 138, along the north-western boundaries of Allotments 138, 137, and 136 and that line produced to a road at the southern boundary of Allotment 126, across that road, and along the southern boundaries of Allotments 126 and 125, across a road, and along the southern boundaries of Lots 70, 69, 68, 67, 75, 74, 15, 14, 13, 12, and 11 of Allotments 119 and 118, Waikumete Parish, along the eastern boundaries of Lots 10, 9, 8, and 7 of Allotment 117, the southern boundary of the said Lot 7 and that boundary produced to the middle of Morris's Road, along the middle of that road and of the road running past Allotment 113 to a point in line with the southern boundary of that allotment ; thence to and along the southern boundary of the said Allotment 113, and along its north-western boundary and that boundary produced to the middle of Levy's Road, and thence easterly along the middle of that road to a point in line with the north-western boundary of Lot 34 of Allotment 115, Waikumete Parish, to and along the north-western boundary of the said Lot 34 and its production to the westernmost corner of Lot 15, along the north-western boundaries of Lots 15 and 14 and of Lot 1 of Allotment 14 to the West Coast Road ; thence to and along the middle of that road to its junction with Parr's Cross Road ; thence along the middle of that road to the Oratia Stream, and along that stream to the railway-line, the place of commencement.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Election of Members of Fire Boards by Insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th April, 1917.

Pursuant to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, it is hereby notified that an election by the insurance companies carrying on business in New Zealand of three members of the undermentioned Fire Boards will be held on Monday, the 21st day of May, 1917, in the manner prescribed by the said Act and rules :—

Auckland Fire Board.
Christchurch Fire Board.
Dannevirke Fire Board.
Dunedin Fire Board.
Feilding Fire Board.
Gisborne Fire Board.
Greymouth Fire Board.
Hamilton Fire Board.
Hastings Fire Board.
Hawera Fire Board.
Hokitika Fire Board.
Lawrence Fire Board.

Masterton Fire Board.
Milton Fire Board.
New Plymouth Fire Board.
Oamaru Fire Board.
Palmerston North Fire Board.
Petone Fire Board.
Rotorua Fire Board.
Tauranga Fire Board.
Timaru Fire Board.
Whangarei Fire Board.
Woolston Fire Board.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Note.—The above notice is in substitution for that published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 71, of 19th April, 1917.

Members of Harbour Boards appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 24th April, 1917.

His Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 4 of the Harbours Amendment Act, 1910, of the provisions of section 5 of the same Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, appointed for a term of three years the persons named in the second column of the following Schedule to be members of the Harbour Boards named in the first column of such Schedule, these appointments to take effect from the last Wednesday in April, 1917—that is, from the 25th day of that month.

Auckland .. .. Ewen William Alison.
Bluff .. .. Robert Albert Anderson.
.. .. Ernest Arnott Nichol.
Gisborne .. .. Arthur Henry Wallis.
.. .. Reginald Gerard Hallamore.
Havelock .. .. William Hadfield Smith.
.. .. John Frederick Owen Passau.
Lyttelton .. .. George Scott.
Napier .. .. Alfred Luther Beattie.
.. .. John T. Blake.
Nelson .. .. Ralph Benjamin Jackson.
.. .. William Wallace Snodgrass.
New Plymouth .. .. Edward Dockrill.
Oamaru .. .. Adam MacKay.
.. .. Jasper Gauntlet Nicolls.
Opunake .. .. James Conaglen, Senior.
Otago .. .. William Wilkinson.
Patea .. .. Adolph Theodor Christenson.
Thames .. .. William Henry Potts.
Waimakariri .. .. Louis Edmonds.
.. .. Thomas E. Keetley.
Wairau .. .. Thomas Samuel Davies.
.. .. Thom Pike.
Wairoa .. .. George Britnell.
.. .. Alexander Sinclair.
Waitara .. .. Harry McKenzie.
Wanganui .. .. William Bruce.
Wellington .. .. Joseph George Harkness.
Whangarei .. .. John David McKenzie.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Marine.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 25th April, 1917.

The following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Te Awamutu, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

Te Awamutu 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 the ratepayers of the Borough of Te Awamutu taken on the 18th day of April, 1917, on the proposal of the Te Awamutu Borough Council to borrow a sum of £3,000 for the purpose of extending, paving and draining, and otherwise improving the sale-yards in the Borough of Te Awamutu, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 62, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 10; 1 informal.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 18th day of April, 1917.

A. S. WALLACE, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 25th April, 1917.

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.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

Waitomo County Council.

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

Pursuant to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Kopaki Special-rating Area in the Tangitu Riding of the Waitomo County was taken on the 28th day of February, 1917, on a proposal of the Waitomo County Council to borrow the sum of £9,150, for the purpose of widening, culverting, and metalling the Kopaki Road from the railway-station to Aratoro, and portions of the Pukerimu Road, North Mapara Road, South Mapara Road, and Kurukuru Road from their junction with the Kopaki Road, as far as funds will permit.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 52. The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 5.

I therefore declare the proposal was carried.

Dated at Te Kuiti this 1st day of March, 1917.

A. SCHOLES,
Chairman, Waitomo County Council.

P. MORA, Returning Officer.