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on the proposal of the Stratford Borough Council to borrow
the sum of £7,000. for the following purposes—namely,
to provide additions and extensions to the electric-lighting
and power works, either within'or without the borough, and to
supply electricity, and in connection with such additions and
extensions to purchase or otherwise acquire all such engines,
machinery, poles, lines, plant, equipment, materials, and
other things, and to erect all such buildings as may be con-
sidered necessary, to make alterations and additions to the
power-houses, and extensions of the transmission and distri-
bution main lines, and any other purposes incidental or in
relation to any of the above purposes—the number of votes
recorded for the proposal was 244, and the number of votes
recorded against the proposal was 65; informal votes, nil.
I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.
Dated this 24th day of April, 1919.
J. W. McMILLAN, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 2nd May, 1919.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Otamatea County Council, is published in accordance
with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.
ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

OTAMATEA COUNTY COUNCIL.
Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise Loan.
PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act,
1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of
the Wairau Riding, in the Otamatea County, was taken on
the 23rd day of April, 1919, on the proposal of the Otamatea
County Council to borrow the sum of £4,500 for metalling
and general improvement of roads in the Wairau Riding.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 82, and
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 17;
informal vote, 1.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 25th day of April, 1919.
RODNEY COATES, Chairman.
D. McCABROLL, County Clerk.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 2nd May, 1919.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Kairanga County Council, is published in accordance
with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.
ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

KAIRANGA COUNTY COUNCIL.—MANGAONE RIDING.
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
Mangaone Riding of the County of Kairanga taken on the
24th day of April, 1919, on the proposal of the Kairanga
County Council to borrow the sum of £1,000 for the purpose of
renewing culverts and bridges in the riding, the number of
votes recorded for the proposal was 62, and the number of
votes recorded against the proposal was 12.
I therefore declared that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 24th day of April, 1919.
J. LINKLATER,
Chairman of the County.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 2nd May, 1919.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Kairanga County Council, is published in accordance
with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.
ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

KAIRANGA COUNTY COUNCIL.—TAONUI RIDING.
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
Taonui Riding of the County of Kairanga taken on the 24th
day of April, 1919, on the proposal of the Kairanga County
Council to borrow the sum of £1,000 for the purpose of renew-
ing culverts and bridges in the riding, the number of votes
recorded for the proposal was 79, and the number of votes
recorded against the proposal was 5.
I therefore declared that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 24th day of April, 1919.
J. LINKLATER,
Chairman of the County.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 2nd May, 1919.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Kairanga County Council, is published in accordance
with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.
ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

KAIRANGA COUNTY COUNCIL.—FITZHERBERT RIDING.
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
Fitzherbert Riding of the County of Kairanga taken on the
24th day of April, 1919, on the proposal of the Kairanga
County Council to borrow the sum of £1,000 for the purpose
of renewing culverts and bridges in the riding, the number
of votes recorded for the proposal was 18, and the number of
votes recorded against the proposal was 0.
I therefore declared that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 24th day of April, 1919.
J. LINKLATER,
Chairman of the County.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 6th May, 1919.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Tumu-Kaituna Land Drainage Board, is published
in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans
Act, 1913.
ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

TUMU-KAITUNA LAND DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
Notice of Result of Poll 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
Tumu-Kaituna Land Drainage District was taken on the
5th day of March, 1919, on the proposal of the Tumu-Kai-
tuna Land Drainage Board to borrow the sum on £3,500 for
widening and deepening drains, making new drains, erecting
flood-gates, paying Engineer’s charges, interest, and sinking
fund for the first year, and cost of raising loan.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 18, and
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 1.
The number of informal votes was 1.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
H. A. VERCOE, Chairman.

Industrial Schools.—Establishment of Receiving Home.
Education Department,
Wellington, 7th May, 1919.
BY virtue of the powers vested in me by section 10 of
the Statute Law Amendment Act, 1917, I, Josiah
Alfred Hanan, Minister of Education, do hereby declare the
Receiving Home, New Street, Ponsonby, Auckland (an
industrial school within the meaning of the Industrial Schools
Act, 1908), to be a Receiving Home for children, and have
approved of CAROLINE JULIA BROOKE as Manager in Charge
of the Home.
J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Education.

Industrial Schools.—Establishment of a Probation Home for
Boys.
Education Department,
Wellington, 7th May, 1919.
BY virtue of the powers vested in me by section 10 of the
Statute Law Amendment Act, 1917, I, Josiah Alfred
Hanan, Minister of Education, do hereby declare the Boys
Probation Home, Mount Albert, Auckland (formerly known
as the Auckland Industrial School), to be a Probation Home
for children, and have approved of FREDERICK SAMUEL SHELL,
a Juvenile Probation Officer, as Officer in Charge of the Home.
J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Education.