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the brigade, otherwise the sum of one shilling will be deducted
from any moneys due or owing for wages.

Approved by the Christchurch Fire Board at a meeting
held on 14th September, 1920.

H. P. HOPKINS, Chairman of Board.
A. WILLIAMS, Member of Board.
C. J. TRELEAVEN, Secretary.

The foregoing by-law is hereby approved, this 16th day of
October, 1920.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of the
Borough of Sumner.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th October, 1920.

Pursuant to section 14 of the Municipal Corporations
Amendment Act, 1913, it is hereby notified that a
petition, in accordance with regulations, signed by not less
than one-fourth of the electors of the area described in the
Schedule hereto, has been presented to His Excellency the
Governor-General praying that the said area may be excluded
from the Borough of Sumner. All persons affected are hereby
called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions
against the proposed alteration within one month from the
first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions
are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal
Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

Area Proposed to be Excluded from the Borough of
Sumner.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by
a line commencing at the northernmost corner of Lot 61,
shown on plan numbered 3565, deposited in the office of the
District Land Registrar, Christchurch, and proceeding thence
along the eastern boundary of that lot, the eastern boundaries
of Lots 57 and 55 to Monck's Spur Road; thence along the
northern boundary of Lot 55, the western boundary of Lot 48
on deposited plan No. 3416, to and along the northern boundary
of Lot 47 to its north-eastern corner; thence along a
right line to the westernmost corner of the Redcliffe Rifle
Range, and along the western boundary of that rifle range
to its southernmost corner; thence along the western boundary
of Lot 1, deposited plan No. 4018, to the boundary of the
Sumner Borough; thence along the western and part of the
northern boundary of said Sumner Borough, as described in
the New Zealand Gazette, 1891, page 584, to a point on the
foreshore of McCormack's Bay due west of the commencing-point, thence along a right line due east to the point of
commencement.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Result of Election of a Member of the Hawera Fire Board
by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th October, 1920.

The following result of the election of a member of the
Hawera Fire Board by fire-insurance companies has
been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs, and is
notified in accordance with the rules made under the Fire
Brigades Act, 1908:—

Hawera Fire Board—Karl Caro Akers.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Result of Election of a Member of the Dannevirke, Hastings,
Napier, and Rotorua Fire Boards by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th October, 1920.

The following result of the election of a member of the
Dannevirke, Hastings, Napier, and Rotorua Fire Boards
by fire-insurance companies has been reported to the Minister
of Internal Affairs, and is notified in accordance with the
rules made under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908:—

Dannevirke Fire Board : W. G. Hay.
Hastings Fire Board : W. G. Hay.
Napier Fire Board : W. G. Hay.
Rotorua Fire Board : Thomas Anketell Blair.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917.—Closing of
Registers.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 12th October, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Register of New Zealand 4½-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 15th
November, 1938, and the Register of New Zealand 5-per-
cent. Post Office Inscribed Stock, maturing 15th November,
1927, will be closed from the 1st November to the 15th
November, 1920 (inclusive), for the purpose of the issue of
half-yearly interest.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 18th October, 1920.

The following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Board of the Havelock North Town District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies'
Loans Act, 1913.

HAVELock NORTH TOWN BOARD.

Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1913, I hereby give notice that on the 6th day of October,
1920, a poll of the ratepayers of the Havelock North Town
District was duly held and taken upon the proposal of the
Havelock North Town Board to raise a special loan of £19,941,
under the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913,
for the purpose of providing a hydro-electric power and light
plant for the said district, a water-pumping plant, and for
the purpose of paying and defraying the cost of raising the
loan, and the interest and sinking fund on the loan for the
first year.

At such poll the number of votes recorded was as follows:
For the proposal, 107 ; against the proposal, 9.
Wherefore I declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated this 11th day of October, 1920.

E. C. CLARKSON, Chairman.
W. H. COMPLIN, Returning Officer.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 19th October, 1920.

The following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Council of the County of Raglan, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

RAGLAN COUNTY COUNCIL.
Loan of £12,000 for the Purchase of Plant and Machinery for
Road-construction Purposes.

Pursuant to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies'
Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that the following is
the result of a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Raglan
taken on the 9th day of October, 1913, on the proposal to
borrow the sum of £12,000 for the purchase of plant and
machinery for road-construction purposes: Total number of
valid votes recorded, 586; for the proposal, 458; against the
proposal, 128.

The total number of valid votes recorded in favour of the
proposal being more than three-fifths of the total number of
valid votes recorded, I hereby declare the proposal to be
carried.

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE, Chairman.
Ngaruawahia, 12th October, 1920.

Prohibition of Money-order and Postal Correspondence.

The Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the person whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in receiving money as the consideration for an assurance or agreement implied to pay money on events relating to horse races, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act,
1908, that no money-order in favour of the said person shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said person (either by his own or by any fictitious or assumed name), shall be registered, forwarded, or delivered by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

WALTER GUARD WATSON, Raetihi.

Dated this 13th day of October, 1920.

J. G. COATES, Postmaster-General.