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of Waipukurau [£22,620], and redeeming existing sewerage loan in special area (which area is to be incorporated in main scheme) [£380], and that the number of votes recorded for and against the said proposal was as follows: For, 245; against, 19. Majority in favour, 226.

I therefore declare the said proposal duly carried.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that on the 11th day of November, 1920, a proposal was submitted by the Waipukurau Borough Council to the ratepayers in the Waipukurau Borough for the raising of a special loan of £13,500 for the purpose of the installation, equipment, and supply of electricity within the Borough of Waipukurau, and that the number of votes recorded for and against the said proposal was as follows: For, 229; against, 34; informal, 1. Majority in favour of the proposal, 194.

I therefore declare the said proposal duly carried.

E. A. GOODGER,
Mayor of the Borough of Waipukurau.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 19th November, 1920.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Tauranga Harbour District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

TAURANGA HARBOUR DISTRICT.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to borrow £125,000 for the Improvement and Development of Tauranga Harbour.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at the poll of ratepayers of the Tauranga Harbour District held on the 10th day of November, 1920, the following were the number of valid votes recorded: Valid votes for the proposal, 480; valid votes against the proposal, 203.

I hereby declare the said proposal carried.

ROBERT KING,
Chairman, Tauranga Harbour Board.

12th November, 1920.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 23rd November, 1920.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

MACKENZIE COUNTY COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Fairlie Township Special Rating District taken on the 12th day of November, 1920, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £8,000 for a hydro-electric scheme for the Fairlie Township, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 97, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 8.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 13th day of November, 1920.

E. MACDONALD,
Chairman, Mackenzie County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 23rd November, 1920.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

RODNEY COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise Loan for Minor Bridges.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Rodney taken on the 10th day of November, 1920, on the proposal of the Rodney County Council to borrow the sum of £15,000 for the re-erection of bridges under 30 ft. span, and the purchase of plant and machinery for bridge-construction, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 352, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 431; informal, 12.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Dated at Warkworth this 15th day of November, 1920.

J. A. SHEPHERD,
Chairman, Rodney County Council.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 23rd November, 1920.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Greytown, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

GREYTOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Results of Polls on Proposals to raise Loans.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Borough of Greytown was taken on the 17th day of November, 1920, on the proposal of the Greytown Borough Council to borrow the sum of £2,500 for gasworks and extensions.

The number of votes for the proposal was 54, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 35.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Borough of Greytown was taken on the 17th day of November, 1920, on the proposal of the Greytown Borough Council to borrow the sum of £10,000 for the construction of drains and drainage-works in extension of the present drainage-works of the borough, and for the purpose of providing advances to owners of land and buildings within the borough to enable them to provide such private drains and sanitary appliances as the Borough Council shall require to be provided.

The number of votes for the proposal was 55, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 32.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Borough of Greytown was taken on the 17th day of November, 1920, on the proposal of the Greytown Borough Council to borrow the sum of £1,500 for the extension of the municipal waterworks.

The number of the votes for the proposal was 54, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 35.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Greytown this 18th day of November, 1920.

W. A. HUTT0N, Mayor.

Date of Election to fill Extraordinary Vacancy on Whangarei Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th November, 1920.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, I, George James Anderson, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the 8th December, 1920, to be the date for holding the election of one member of the Whangarei Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill an extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. N. T. Williams.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Retention of Title of “Honourable.”

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

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(New Zealand.—Miscellaneous.)

Downing Street, 11th September, 1920.

SIR,—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency’s despatch No. 122, of the 27th of July, and to request you to inform your Ministers that His Majesty the King has been pleased to approve of the retention of the title of “Honourable” by Sir James Allen, K.C.B., who has served continuously for a period of more than three years as a member of the Executive Council of the Dominion of New Zealand.

A notification to this effect will be published in the London Gazette.

I have, &c.,
MILNER.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.