Aug. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2745

Okato Riding.—Special Loan, £16,900.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 132.
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 24.
I therefore declare that the proposals were carried in the Mangorei, Waitara, Omata, and Okato Ridings.
Dated at New Plymouth this 19th day of August, 1919.

JOHN CONNETT, County Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 26th August, 1919.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Acting 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 a poll of the ratepayers of the Whaingaroa Riding was taken on the 16th day of August, 1919, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £2,500 for the purpose of forming and metalling various roads in the Whaingaroa Riding.

Total number of valid votes recorded, 125. For the proposal, 118; against the proposal, 7.

The number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal being at least three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded, I hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE, Chairman.

18th August, 1919.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 26th August, 1919.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Mangawara Drainage District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY,
Acting Minister of Finance.

MANGAWARA DRAINAGE 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 No. 1 Special Rating Area was taken on the 25th day of July, 1919, on the proposal of the Mangawara Drainage Board to borrow the sum of £1,500 for the purposes of the construction and improvement of drainage-works, including, where necessary, the removal of willows or other growths or obstructions.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 4, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 0.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 1st day of August, 1919.

R. W. G. RUTHERFURD, Chairman.
N. G. GRIBBLE, Clerk.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 55 of 1919.

ASTROLABE ROAD.—BUOY ON HAPUKA REEF.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 25th August, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in place of the beacon on the reef which has been carried away, a conical iron buoy painted red has been moored close to the Hapuka Rock, Astrolabe Road, Tasman Bay, in the following position: Hapuka Rock 300° (N. 76° W. magnetic) 300 ft. Depth of water, 9 fathoms M.L.W.S.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Charts Nos. 2616 and 3629; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter vi, page 193; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” page 452.

GEORGE ALLPORT, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 56 of 1919.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—PILE-DRIVER OFF HOBSON WHARF.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 27th August, 1919.

THE Auckland Harbour Board notify that a pile-driver is at present engaged taking borings to the north of the Hobson Wharf on the line of the proposed new Hobson Wharf. This pile-driver has five moorings laid out in north, south, east, and west directions. At night-time, when remaining at her moorings, she will show two white fixed lights, one at each end.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Charts Nos. 1896 and 1970; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 38.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and Sections 18 and 19 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £400 in each case.

Wellington, 25th August, 1919.

T. S. RONALDSON, Deputy of the Public Trustee.

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