Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 28th August, 1918.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Te Puke Town Board, is published in accordance with
the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

TE PUKE TOWN DISTRICT.
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 a poll of the ratepayers of the Te
Puke Town District was taken on the 21st day of August,
1918, on the proposal of the Te Puke Town District to
borrow the sum of £5,000 for—
Metalling—
Saleyards and Cemetery Hill ... ... ... ... ... ... ... £302 2 0
Main Street from railway-station to town
boundary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 623 10 0
Jocelyn Street from Main Street to No. 2 Road ... ... 127 16 0
Oxford Street from Main Street to Stewart
Street ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 111 12 0
Road adjoining police-station ... ... ... ... ... ... 21 0 0
Oxford Street near Waitaha Street... ... ... ... ... 28 0 0
Formation—
Jocelyn Street ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 107 10 0
Oxford Street ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 228 6 0
Saleyard and Cemetery Hill ... ... ... ... ... ... 43 10 0
Queen Street to Winstone Street ... ... ... ... 58 15 0

Formation—continued.
Filling near police-station ... ... ... ... ... ... £ s. d. 670 0 0
From Oxford Street to drill-shed, southern side ... ... 166 0 0
From Main Road to Section 41, Block 2,
Maketu S.D. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 77 10 0
Lengthening concrete culvert on southern side
of culvert between No. 2 Road and station,
and filling-in ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 181 17 0
Sumps, pipes, and channelling on Main Street ... ... 80 0 0
Retarring Main Street, Oxford Street to No. 2
Road ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 425 0 0
Shed and store ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 250 0 0
Constructing waterworks for the supply of
water ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,581 12 0
Engineer, Supervisor, &c... ... ... ... ... ... 180 0 0
The sum proposed to be borrowed for each purpose is set
out after the name thereof. The proposed security for the
said loan is an annual-recurring special rate of 2½d. in the
pound on the unimproved value of all the rateable property
within the Te Puke Town District.
The loan is to be for a term of thirty-six years and a half,
and is to be repaid by payments of instalments of the principal
to a sinking fund, payment of which is provided for in the
above rate.
It is proposed to pay out of the loan cost of raising the loan
and interest and sinking fund for the first year. It is estimated
that this will absorb £400.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 107,
and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 15.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
A. MONTGOMERY, Chairman.

Tenders for Varnish.
Railway Department, Wellington, 27th August, 1918.
THE undermentioned accepted tender-rates for the supply and delivery of 3,900 gallons of varnish for the New Zealand
Railways are published for general information.
E. H. HILEY,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.
Successful tenderers: Herbert G. Teagle (Limited), Wellington.
Makers of varnish: Lewis Berger and Sons (Limited).
| Description of Varnish. | Auckland. | Wellington. | Lyttelton. | Dunedin (or Port Chalmers). | Total Number of Gallons. | Rate per Gallon. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Finest railway finishing body ... | 250 | 500 | ... | 100 | 850 | £1 0 2 |
| B. Finest pale railway body ... | 300 | 800 | 150 | ... | 1,250 | 0 19 4 |
| C. Best hard-drying carriage ... | ... | ... | ... | 200 | 200 | 0 16 6 |
| D. Best black japan ... | 250 | 400 | ... | 200 | 850 | 0 13 5 |
| E. Gold-size ... | 200 | 450 | 100 | ... | 750 | 0 10 9 |
Total value of tender: £3,203 15s.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE.
Land in the Auckland Land District for Sale or Lease to
Discharged Soldiers.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 30th July, 1918.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for sale or lease under the Discharged
Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations there-
under; and applications will be received at the District
Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to four o'clock p.m.
on Tuesday, the 24th September, 1918.
The lands may be selected for cash or on deferred pay-
ments, or selected on lease for thirty-three years, with right of
renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years and
a right to acquire the freehold.
Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board
for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, on Wednesday, 25th September, 1918, at 10 o'clock
a.m.
The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination
of applicants.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OTAMATEA COUNTY.—PARAHI
SETTLEMENT.—MATAKOHE SURVEY DISTRICT.
First-class Land.
SECTION 5, Block V: Area, 198 acres; capital value, £2,033;
instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £101 13s.;
half-yearly rent on lease, £45 14s. 10d.
Altitude, 120 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. 136 acres easy
hilly country, inclined to be a little steep at the north end,
carrying good grass with short fern through it; 63 acres at
south end easy slope, suitable for dairying; small patches
light bush. Well watered. Ten mile; and three-quarters
from Ruawai—a quarter of a mile unformed, balance formed;
six miles and a half from Matakohe by formed road.
The improvements on the section comprise fencing and old
cow-shed, the values of which are included in the price of the
section.
Sale posters and full particulars may be obtained from this
office.
H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.