May 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1601

By-law of the Kawhia County Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1919.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-law made by the Kawhia County Council on the 14th day of December, 1918.

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-law, and declare that the same came into force on the 1st day of May, 1919.

Dated this 23rd day of May, 1919.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th May, 1919.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the New Plymouth Harbour Board, is published in accordance with section 17 of the New Plymouth Harbour Board Empowering Act, 1918.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

NEW PLYMOUTH HARBOUR BOARD.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise Loan.

PURSUANT to section 17 of the New Plymouth Harbour Board Empowering Act, 1918, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers within the harbour district, as defined by section 3 of the said Act, was taken on the 30th day of April, 1919, on a proposal to borrow from time to time such sum or sums of money as the New Plymouth Harbour Board deems fit, but not exceeding £300,000, for the following purposes:—

To construct such works as are defined by the word “harbour-works” as interpreted by subsection (1) of section two of the Harbours Amendment Act, 1910, and also in the purchase, erection, and construction of all such tugs, dredges, cranes, sheds, and works for the improvement of the New Plymouth Harbour as are deemed necessary and proper by the Board for the purpose of the construction of such harbour-works, and for the safety, convenience, or reception of vessels resorting to the said harbour, and for the more convenient loading and unloading of such vessels, and for the safety and protection of any works constructed by the Board.

The number of valid votes recorded for the proposal in the areas described in the Second and Third Schedules to the New Plymouth Harbour Board Empowering Act, 1908, was 3,262, and the number of valid votes recorded against the proposal in the said area was 161.

The number of valid votes recorded for the proposal in the area described in the First Schedule to the New Plymouth Harbour Board Empowering Act, 1918, was 1,466, and the number of valid votes recorded against the proposal in the said area was 157.

As the total number of valid votes recorded in the areas described in the said Second and Third Schedules in favour of the proposal exceeds the total number of valid votes recorded in those areas against the proposal, and as the total number of valid votes recorded in the area described in the said First Schedule in favour of the proposal exceeds the total number of valid votes recorded in that area against the proposal, I therefore, in pursuance of section 14 of the New Plymouth Harbour Board Empowering Act, 1918, declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated at New Plymouth this 21st day of May, 1919.

NEWTON KING, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 22nd May, 1919.

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

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

WAITOTARA COUNTY COUNCIL.

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 Tokomaru West Road Special Rating District was taken on the 30th day of April, 1919, on the proposal of the Waitotara County Council to borrow the sum of £1,150 for the purpose of metalling 98 chains of the Tokomaru West Road.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 12, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 0.

I therefore declare the proposal was carried.

Dated this 1st day of May, 1919.

DONALD ROSS, Chairman.

GEO. F. MAILMAN, Returning Officer.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 23rd May, 1919.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Invercargill, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF INVERCARGILL.

The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

I HEREBY give notice that on the 30th day of April, 1919, a poll was taken upon a proposal of the Invercargill Borough Council to raise a special loan of £35,100 for and in connection with additions and improvements to the electric light and power works of the Borough of Invercargill, including the acquiring, constructing, and erecting of machinery, plant, buildings, and works as in the said proposal set out, and that the number of votes recorded for and against the proposal was: For the proposal, 1,518; against the proposal, 532; informal, 54.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

JOHN STEAD, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 26th May, 1919.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Birkenhead, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF BIRKENHEAD.

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 ratepayers of the Borough of Birkenhead taken on the 30th day of April, 1919, on the proposal of the Birkenhead Borough Council to borrow the sum of £15,000 for street improvements in the Borough of Birkenhead, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 273, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 200; informal, 27.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 2nd day of May, 1919.

J. P. McPHAIL, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 26th May, 1919.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Northcote, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF NORTHCOTE.

Notice of Results of Polls on Proposals to raise Loans.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Northcote taken on the 30th day of April, 1919, on the following proposals of the Northcote Borough Council to borrow the sum of £6,000 for the purposes hereafter stated, the voting was as follows:—

1. Proposal to borrow the sum of £3,000 for building a sea wall at the Northcote Wharf approach: The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 60, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 199.