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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 33

the 31st day of March, 1920, the said road district shall be merged in the County of Geraldine and the Road Board thereof abolished.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Geraldine was hereunto affixed at a meeting of the Council of the said County of Geraldine on the 17th day of March, 1920, by Kenneth MacKenzie, Chairman of the said Council, in pursuance of a resolution of the said Council, in the presence of—

K. MacKENZIE, Chairman.
A. A. READDIE, County Clerk.

I, Kenneth MacKenzie, of Geraldine, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, in New Zealand, Farmer, hereby certify that the above special order was duly made in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1908.

Dated this 26th day of March, 1920.

K. MacKENZIE,
Chairman, Geraldine County Council.

Special Order made by the Geraldine County Council merging the Mount Peel Road District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th March, 1920.

THE following special order, made by the Geraldine County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1908.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GERALDINE COUNTY COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 31 of the Counties Act, 1908, the Geraldine County Council, on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers of the Mount Peel Road District, resolves by way of special order that on and after the 31st day of March, 1920, the said road district shall be merged in the County of Geraldine and the Road Board thereof abolished.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Geraldine was hereunto affixed at a meeting of the Council of the said County of Geraldine on the 17th day of March, 1920, by Kenneth MacKenzie, Chairman of the said Council, in pursuance of a resolution of the said Council, in the presence of—

K. MacKENZIE, Chairman.
A. A. READDIE, County Clerk.

I, Kenneth MacKenzie, of Geraldine, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, in New Zealand, Farmer, hereby certify that the above special order was duly made in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1908.

Dated this 26th day of March, 1920.

K. MacKENZIE,
Chairman, Geraldine County Council.

Special Order made by the Geraldine County Council merging the Geraldine Road District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th March, 1920.

THE following special order, made by the Geraldine County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1908.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GERALDINE COUNTY COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 31 of the Counties Act, 1908, the Geraldine County Council, on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers of the Geraldine Road District, resolves by way of special order that on and after the 31st day of March, 1920, the said road district shall be merged in the County of Geraldine and the Road Board thereof abolished.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Geraldine was hereunto affixed at a meeting of the Council of the said County of Geraldine on the 17th day of March, 1920, by Kenneth MacKenzie, Chairman of the said Council, in pursuance of a resolution of the said Council, in the presence of—

K. MacKENZIE, Chairman.
A. A. READDIE, County Clerk.

I, Kenneth MacKenzie, of Geraldine, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, in New Zealand, Farmer, hereby certify that the above special order was duly made in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1908.

Dated this 26th day of March, 1920.

K. MacKENZIE,
Chairman, Geraldine County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 30th March, 1920.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Acting Minister of Finance.

ASHBURTON BOROUGH 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 Borough of Ashburton was taken on the 17th day of March, 1920, on the proposal of the Ashburton Borough Council to borrow by way of special loan the sum of £35,000, by debentures or otherwise, for the purpose of providing and constructing all things necessary for the efficient drainage and sanitation of the Borough of Ashburton. That the loan be for a period of 36½ years, and bear interest at the rate of £4 10s. per centum, with sinking fund at the rate of £1 2s. 2d. per centum per annum, such interest and sinking fund amounting together to £5 12s. 2d. per centum per annum, being payable by half-yearly instalments during the currency of the loan. That the proposed security for such loan is an annually recurring special rate of one shilling in the pound on the annual value of all rateable property within the whole of the Borough of Ashburton. That it is proposed to pay out of the loan the cost of raising the loan, preliminary expenses incurred in connection therewith, and the interest and sinking fund for the first year.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 379, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 196; informal, 5: total, 580.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 18th day of March, 1920.

ROBT. GALBRAITH, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 30th March, 1920.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Acting Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF ELTHAM.

Notice of Result of Poll.

In the matter of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, and the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913; and in the matter of a loan of £4,000 for the purchase and erection of a 45,000 cubic feet gas-holder, construction of tank for same, and incidental expenses connected therewith.

I HEREBY give public notice that at the poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Eltham taken on the 22nd day of March, 1920, on the above proposal the votes recorded were as follows: The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 50, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 4; the number of votes informal was nil.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Eltham this 23rd day of March, 1920.

GEO. W. TAYLER, Mayor.

Meetings of Otago Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th March, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Otago Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 14th January, Thursday, 22nd January, Wednesday, 28th January, Friday, 13th February, and Wednesday, 25th February, 10th March, 24th March, 14th April, 28th April, 12th May, 26th May, 9th June, 23rd June, 14th July, 28th July, 11th August, 25th August, 8th September, 22nd September, 13th October, 27th October, 10th November, 24th November, 8th December, and 22nd December during the year 1920.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.