MAR. 18.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

6. Streets Improvement Loan (No. 7) of £8,000 : For the
   proposal, 302 ; against proposal, 951; informal, 68.
   And we declare each of the said loans to be rejected.
   Dated at Timaru this 7th day of March, 1921.
   Wm. C. RAYMOND,
   Mayor of Borough of Timaru.
   D. VIRTUE,
   Town Clerk and Returning Officer.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 10th March, 1921.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

BALCLUTHA 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 Balclutha was taken on the 23rd day of February,
1921, on the proposal of the Balclutha Borough Council to
borrow the sum of £1,500 for the purpose of erecting public
swimming-baths.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 76, and
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 63.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 24th day of February, 1921.
H. SIMSON, Mayor.

Wellington, 15th March, 1921.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF PATEA.

Result of Poll.
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 Patea taken on the 16th day of February, 1921,
on the proposal of the Patea Borough Council to borrow the
sum of £5,000 for the erection of a dam, pipe-line, water-race,
and settling-tank, additions and extensions to the water
and drainage system, including all necessary plant and any
machinery and alterations that may be required to operate
the plant when completed, the number of votes recorded for
the proposal was 81, and the number of votes recorded against
the proposal was 6.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 17th day of February, 1921.
A. T. CHRISTENSEN, Mayor.

Result of Election of Members of Kaikoura River Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th March, 1921.

THE following result of an election of members of the
Kaikoura River Board has been received from the
Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the
provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913 :-

BOUGHTON, John Sampson.
CURTAIN, John Michael.
KEENAN, Alexander.
PEOPLES, John.
MACKLE, John Joseph.

G. P. NEWTON,
Assistant Under-Secretary.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th March, 1921.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the
rules made thereunder, I, William Downie Stewart,
being the Minister charged with the administration of the
said Act, do hereby appoint Thursday, the 31st March, 1921,
to be the date for holding the election of one member of the
Hawera Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned,
such election being held to fill an extraordinary
vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. John Paton.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

By-laws of the Green Island Borough Council confirmed under
the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th March, 1921.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed
copy of the Green Island Borough By-law No. 5, 1920,
made by the Green Island Borough Council on the 15th day
of December, 1920.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the
above-written By-law No. 5, 1920, of the Green Island
Borough Council, and declare that the same came into force
on the 1st day of February, 1921.

Dated this 14th day of March, 1921.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Dunedin City Council altering the
Number of Members.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th March, 1921.

THE following special order, made by the Dunedin City
Council, is published in accordance with the provisions
of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908.

G. P. NEWTON,
Assistant Under-Secretary.

DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL.

Copy of Resolution passed at a Special Meeting held on
Wednesday, the 2nd day of February, 1921.

THAT, pursuant to the provisions of section 142 of the
Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the Dunedin City Council
hereby resolves that the total number of members of the said
Council, exclusive of the Mayor, shall be twelve (12) instead
of eighteen (18) as at present; and hereby further resolves
that such reduction of members to twelve (12) shall take
effect at and from the forthcoming biennial election of
Councillors to be held on the last Wednesday in April, 1921.

Copy of Confirming Resolution passed at an Ordinary Meeting
held on Wednesday, the 2nd day of March, 1921.

That it be and is hereby resolved that the following resolution
passed at the special meeting of the Council convened
for the purpose and held on Wednesday, the 2nd day of
February, 1921, viz.,-

That, pursuant to the provisions of section 142 of the
Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the Dunedin City
Council hereby resolves that the total number of
members of the said Council, exclusive of the Mayor,
shall be twelve (12) instead of eighteen (18) as at
present; and hereby further resolves that such reduction
of members to twelve (12) shall take effect at and
from the forthcoming biennial election of Councillors
to be held on the last Wednesday in April, 1921,
be and the same is hereby confirmed as a special order;
and it is ordered that the common seal of the Corporation
of the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Dunedin
be affixed to the said special order by His Worship the Mayor
and Councillors Walker and Hayward.

In witness whereof the common seal of the Corporation of
the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Dunedin
was hereunto affixed this 4th day of March, 1921, in the
presence of-

W. BEGG, Mayor.
CHAS. H. HAYWARD
JAS. H. WALKER
Councillors.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of the special order passed by the Dunedin City Council
fixing the number of Councillors at twelve (12) instead of
eighteen (18) as at present.

G. A. LEWIN, Town Clerk.

Dunedin, 4th March, 1921.

Special Order made by the Wairau Road Board respecting
Loan of £2,270.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th March, 1921.

THE following special order, made by the Wairau Road
Board, is published in accordance with the provisions
of the Road Boards Act, 1908.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

SPECIAL ORDER AUTHORIZING LOAN OF £2,270.

THAT, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in
it by subsection (b) of section 16 of the Local Bodies' Loans