Dec. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3759

MANGAONE RIDING.

Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Mangaone Riding of the County of Kairanga taken on the 11th day of December, 1919, on the proposal of the Kairanga County Council to borrow the sum of £3,000 for the purpose of treating the Napier Road surface with tar and bitumen, and widening the road so treated to a width of 20 ft., the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 151, the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 69, and the number of informal votes was 1.

I therefore declare the proposals were carried.

Dated this 11th day of December, 1919.

J. LINKLATER,
Chairman of the County.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 16th December, 1919.

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

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

OHINEMURI COUNTY COUNCIL.

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 Elstow Special Rating Area of the Ohinemuri County was taken on the 9th day of December, 1919, on the proposal of the Ohinemuri County Council to borrow the sum of £6,000 for the purpose of constructing and metalling roads in the said Elstow Special Rating Area.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 47, and there were no votes recorded against the proposal.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 10th day of December, 1919.

PIERCE GRACE, County Chairman.

Notice making and levying Rates under the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910.

I, DAVID HENRY GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, do hereby make and levy upon the unimproved value of all lands liable to be rated pursuant to that Act a rate on a graduated scale as specified in the Schedule hereto according to the classification of the land.

The said rates will be payable in one sum on the 20th day of December, 1919, to the Collector of Rates for the Rangitaiki Land Drainage District, at the Chief Drainage Engineer’s Office, 43 High Street, Auckland, at which office the rate-book is open for inspection.

A copy of the rate-book may be inspected by ratepayers at the office of the Chief Drainage Engineer at Whakatane at all times at which that office is open for the transaction of public business.

SCHEDULE.

Class A.—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act: Threepence and eighty-four one-hundredths of a penny (3d. and 84/100d.) in the pound.

Class B.—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class B by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act: Twopence and twenty one-hundredths of a penny (2d. and 20/100d.) in the pound.

Class C.—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class C by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act: Fifty-five one-hundredths of a penny (55/100d.) in the pound.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Wellington, 18th December, 1919.

Notice making and levying Rates under the Hauraki Plains Amendment Act, 1911.

I, DAVID HENRY GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Hauraki Plains Amendment Act, 1911, do hereby make and levy upon the unimproved value of all lands liable to be rated pursuant to that Act a rate on a graduated scale as specified in the Schedule hereto according to the classification of the land.

The said rates will be payable in one sum on the 20th day of December, 1919, to the Collector of Rates for the Hauraki Land Drainage District, at the office of the Chief Drainage Engineer, 43 High Street, Auckland.

A copy of the rate-book may be inspected by ratepayers at the office of the Chief Drainage Engineer at Kerepeehi at all times at which that office is open for the transaction of public business.

SCHEDULE.

Class A.—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the appraiser appointed under the said Act: One penny and ninety one-hundredths of a penny (1d. and 90/100d.) in the pound.

Class B.—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class B by the appraiser appointed under the said Act: One penny and eight one-hundredths of a penny (1d. and 8/100d.) in the pound.

Class C.—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class C by the appraiser appointed under the said Act: Twenty-seven one-hundredths of a penny (27/100d.) in the pound.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Wellington, 18th December, 1919.

Meetings of Taranaki Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th December, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in terms of section 48 (a) of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Taranaki Land Board being held at the principal Land Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 28th January, 25th February, 24th March, 28th April, 26th May, 23rd June, 28th July, 25th August, 22nd September, 27th October, 17th November, and 15th December during the year 1920.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Meetings of Nelson Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th December, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48, subsection (a), approved of meetings of the Nelson Land Board being held at the principal Land Office, Nelson, on Tuesday, 13th January, 10th February, 9th March, 13th April, 11th May, 8th June, 13th July, 10th August, 14th September, 12th October, 9th November, and 14th December during the year 1920.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Post Officers appointed to take Declarations of Postmasters and other Post Officers.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1919.

IN pursuance of the powers delegated to me under paragraph (d) of section 8 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, under the authority conferred by subsection (2) of section 9 of the said Act, do hereby authorize the following Post officers to take declarations of Postmasters and other Post officers:—

William Frederic Bennetts.
Leslie John Bull.
Alfred William Downer.
Robert Peebles.
Robert Woodside Porter.
William Richmond Thompson.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Postmaster-General.

Post Officers appointed to take Declarations of Telegraph Officers.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1919.

IN pursuance of the powers delegated to me under paragraph (d) of section 8 of the Post and Telegraph Act,