2398
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88

the south generally by the aforesaid Kohewhata No. 6 Block and its south-western boundary to a point the production of the south-eastern boundary of Kohewhata No. 47 Block; thence to and by the aforesaid boundary of Kohewhata No. 47 Block, 1682, 50, and 37·5 links; thence by right lines intersecting the last-mentioned block, 402·5, 912·3, and 664·7 links, to the north-eastern corner of Kohewhata part No. 69 Block, and by that block to its north-western corner; thence by a right line to the north-eastern corner of Rangihamama C Block, by that block and Rangihamaa No. 1 Block, by the Waikaka Stream, by Tuhuna Nos. 16 and 15 Blocks, by the crossing of the Taheke-Ohacawai Road to the south-east corner of Tuhuna No. 11 Block, by its southern boundary, by the Waikotihe Block, and the south side of the road forming the southern boundary of Tuhuna No. 7b Block, part of the northern boundary of Tuhuna No. 7d Block, and intersecting Tuhuna No. 70 Block; towards the west generally by Tuhuna No. 6 Block and Tuhuna No. 2 Block; and towards the north-west generally by Taraire No. 10 3, No. 1c (part), and No. 1r (parts) Blocks, to the north-eastern corner of the last-mentioned block, by the northern boundaries of Taraire No. 1z 2, No. 1v (part), No. 1x 1b (part) Blocks, the crossing of a public road, by the eastern boundary of Taraire No. 1d 2 Block, and that boundary produced to a public road, and by that road to a point the production of the south-eastern boundary of Taraire No. 1d 1b 6 Block; thence to and by that boundary and by Taraire No. 1b 1c Block to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Public Holiday.—Peace Celebration.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th July, 1919.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Government has declared Saturday, the 19th, and Monday, the 21st July, 1919, to be public holidays for celebrating peace, and the people of New Zealand are requested to observe these two days as holidays.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Members of Board of Trustees, Ashburton Racecourse, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th July, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

EDWARD BENJAMIN NEWTON, of Winchmore, and
HUNTER MORRIS, of Winchmore,

to be members of the Board of Trustees of the Ashburton Racecourse, under the Ashburton Racecourse Act, 1882, vice John Davison, deceased, and C. J. Harper, resigned.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Member of the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers conferred in this behalf by section 4 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, as amended by section 38 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1914, I have this day appointed

GEOFFREY WESTWOOD RICHARDS, of Hamilton, Auckland,

to be a member of the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners constituted under the Land for Settlements Act, 1909, for the period ending the 31st March, 1921.

Given under my hand this 16th day of July, 1919.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1919.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
WILLIAM ALBERT GUNDY .. .. Lyttelton.
HENRY HOWARD CORK .. .. Dargaville.
WILLIAM GILLIES CLARKE .. .. Kaiapoi.
THOMAS REID .. .. Gabriel’s.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 14th July, 1919.

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

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

COUNTY OF KAWHIA.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Awaroa Special Rating Area No. 2 taken on the 2nd day of July, 1919, on the proposal of the Kawhia County Council to borrow the sum of £150 for forming and widening the Awaroa-Mahoe Road, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 13, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 0.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Kawhia this 7th day of July, 1919.

ALFRED W. BABBAGE, Chairman.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 14th July, 1919.

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

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

PATANGATA COUNTY COUNCIL (PORANGAHAU RIDING).

In the matter of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and the Acts amending the same.

We, Leslie Harling McHardy, Chairman of the Patangata County Council, and James Wm. Elliott, Returning Officer for the said county, hereby give notice that on the 1st day of July, 1919, a poll of the ratepayers in the Porangahau Riding of the Patangata County was duly held and taken on the proposal of the Patangata County Council to raise a special loan of £4,000 for the following purpose: The reconstruction of the Porangahau traffic-bridge in the Porangahau Riding of the Patangata County.

At such poll the number of votes recorded was as follows: For the proposal, 50; against the proposal, 18; majority for the proposal, 10.

Wherefore we declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated this 8th day of July, 1919.

L. H. McHARDY, Chairman.
J. W. ELLIOTT, Returning Officer.

PATANGATA COUNTY COUNCIL.

In the matter of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and the Acts amending the same.

We, Leslie Harling McHardy, Chairman of the Patangata County Council, and James Wm. Elliott, Returning Officer for the said county, hereby give notice that on the 1st day of July, 1919, a poll of the ratepayers in the Patangata County was duly held and taken on the proposal of the Patangata County Council to raise a special loan of £12,000 for the following purposes:—

Council’s share of the re-erection of the Wai-pukurau traffic-bridge in reinforced concrete .. £ 3,000
Purchasing roadmaking plant, erecting buildings for housing plant, &c., and acquisition of land for a works site .. .. .. .. 9,000

£12,000

At such poll the number of votes recorded was as follows: For the proposal, 153; against the proposal, 45; majority for the proposal, 34; informal, 2.

Wherefore we declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated the 8th day of July, 1919.

L. H. McHARDY, Chairman.
J. W. ELLIOTT, Returning Officer.

PATANGATA COUNTY COUNCIL (OERO RIDING).

In the matter of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and the Acts amending the same.

We, Leslie Harling McHardy, Chairman of the Patangata County Council, and James Wm. Elliott, Returning Officer for the said county, hereby give notice that on the 1st day of July, 1919, a poll of the ratepayers in the Oero Riding of