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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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boundary of that block to Lot 4 of Mangapoike 2A No. 3,
along the northern boundary of that lot and the northern
and eastern boundaries of Lot 5 of the said Mangapoike 2A
No. 3 to Mangapoike No. 2D Block; thence along the northern
boundary of that block to a right line running from the
confluence of the Hangaroa and Ruakituri Rivers to the
sea at Paritu; thence by that right line to the sea; and
thence towards the east by the sea to the south-eastern corner
of the Anaura Block, the place of commencement: excluding
the Borough of Gisborne and the Mangapapa Town District.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Town District, Nightcaps, County
of Wallace.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th January, 1918.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented
to His Excellency the Governor-General, 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 Nightcaps. 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 NIGHTCAPS.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District bounded by
line commencing at the south-western corner of Block III,
Village of Morley; thence easterly along the southern bound-
ary of that block and Block I of said village to the Wairio
Stream; thence northerly along the right bank of that stream
to the Nightcaps Road at the north-eastern corner of the
said Block I; thence along the southern side of that road
to Leithen Street; thence south-easterly along the south-
western side of that street to Block X, Town of Nightcaps;
thence south-westerly to the westernmost corner of Block X
aforesaid; thence south-easterly to the south-western corner
of said Block X; thence north-easterly along the south-
east boundary of Nightcaps Town, and that line continued
to the south-west boundary of church-site; thence south-
easterly along the south-western boundary of church-site
aforesaid to the Waicola Stream; thence north-westerly
along the said stream to the north-eastern side of the Night-
caps—Wrey’s Bush Road; thence north-westerly along said
road to the pound-site (a distance of about 420 links); thence
northerly along the eastern boundary of said pound-site
for a distance of 220 links, and that line continued to the
north-western side of the Nightcaps—Beaumont Road; thence
south-westerly along said road to the Nightcaps—Wrey’s
Bush Road aforesaid; thence north-westerly along the
northern side of the last-mentioned road for a distance of
about 463 links to the eastern boundary of the Nightcaps
Coal Company’s property; thence due north along said
boundary for a distance of 6780 links; thence due west for
a distance of 3133·3 links; thence bearing 198° 26′, distance
1264·9 links: thence due west for a distance of 2759 links
to the Wairio Stream; thence south-easterly along the left
bank of the said stream to a point in line with the north
boundary of Block VII, Morley Village aforesaid; thence
westerly to and along the said boundary to the north-west
corner of Block VII aforesaid; thence southerly along the
western boundary of Blocks VII and III, Village of Morley
aforesaid, to the point of commencement.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Representatives to Hospital and Charitable
Aid Boards.

Public Health, Hospitals,
and Charitable Aid Department,
Wellington, 16th January, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint, under section 15 of the Hospital and
Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, representatives to Hos-
pital and Charitable Aid Boards as set out in the Schedule
hereunder.

SCHEDULE.

PATEA HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

Contributing authority: Patea County.
Representatives: W. G. Belton, C. D. Dickie, H. B. Cave,
Gregor McGregor, E. H. Greager, Jeremiah Hurley,
James Gibbs.

HAWERA HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE AID BOARD.

Contributing authority: Eltham County.
Representative: Archibald L. Campbell.
Dated at Wellington this 9th day of January, 1918.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Public Health.

By-laws of the Lower Hutt Borough Council confirmed under
the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th January, 1918.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed
copy of by-laws made by the Lower Hutt Borough
Council on the 26th day of November, 1917.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

IN pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm
the above-written by-laws, and declare that the same came
into force on the 1st day of December, 1917.
Dated this 11th day of January, 1918.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 11th January, 1918.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

RAGLAN COUNTY COUNCIL.

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

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’
Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that the following is
the result of a poll of the ratepayers of the Glen-Massey
Special Rating District, taken on the 6th day of December,
1917, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £1,300 for the
purpose of forming and metalling certain roads at Glen-
Massey.
Total number of valid votes recorded, 25: For the pro-
posal, 24; against the proposal, 1.
As the number of valid votes recorded in favour of the
proposal is more than three-fifths of the total number of valid
votes recorded, I hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

CAMPBELL JOHNSTON,
Chairman, Raglan County Council.
Ngaruawahia, 7th December, 1917.

Anniversary Day, Wellington Province.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 11th January, 1918.

IT is hereby notified that the Government Offices in the
Wellington Provincial District will be closed on Tues-
day, the 22nd January, 1918, being the Anniversary Day of
the Province of Wellington.

D. ROBERTSON,
Public Service Commissioner.

Government Offices to be closed on Monday, 18th March, 1918
(St. Patrick’s Day).

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 11th January, 1918.

AS provided under the Public Service Regulations, the
Government Offices throughout New Zealand will be
closed on Monday, the 18th March, 1918, for the celebration
of St. Patrick’s Day.

D. ROBERTSON,
Public Service Commissioner.