Koporoa Subdivision.

All that area bounded on the north by a line between Section 3 and Section 3B, Te Tumu; thence along the northern boundary of Sections 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 25 of Papamoa Estate; on the east by Katuna River; on the south by the southern boundary of Lot 3, Section 36, and by a line continued through to Section 53; thence along northern and western boundary of Section 53; thence along southern boundary of Section 57 to main road; thence along main road to Quarry Road; thence along Quarry Road to Section 17; thence along eastern, southern, and western boundaries of Section 17; thence along drainage district boundary through Hikutawatawa Block 3; thence along western boundary of Section 14 to starting-point on main road.

Ohineangaanga Subdivision.

All that area bounded on the east by Waiari Stream, Kaituna River; on south and west by main road, and on the north by the southern and eastern boundaries of Section 57; thence along the northern boundary of Section 53 and a line through Section 37 to and along the southern boundary of Section 3 of Section 36 to the Kaituna River.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made.

ROBERT URQUHART, Clerk to the Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 19th January, 1922.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

MASTERton BOROUGH COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the North Ward of the Borough of Masterton was taken on the 13th day of January, 1922, on the proposal of the Masterton Borough Council to borrow the sum of £4,200 for the purpose of augmenting the water-supply of the North Ward of the Borough of Masterton.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 25, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 59; informal, 2.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

O. N. C. PRAGNELL, Mayor.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 19th January, 1922.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

WAIRoA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

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 Wairoa was taken on the 1st day of December, 1921, on the proposal of the Wairoa Borough Council to borrow the sum of £44,000 for the purpose of a water-supply for the borough, and reticulation in connection with same.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 147, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 74.

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 the ratepayers of the Borough of Wairoa was taken on the 1st day of December, 1921, on the proposal of the Wairoa Borough Council to borrow the sum of £9,000 for the purpose of changing over to Waikaremoana hydro-electric system and extending the electrical service mains in various directions, and purchasing supplies and stock in connection with same.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 209, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 17.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 6th day of December, 1921.

JOSEPH CORKILL, Mayor.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds by the Matamata County Council.—Notice No. 2134.

Department of Agriculture,

Wellington, 19th January, 1922.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Matamata County Council has, by special order, declared broom (Cytisus scoparius) and gorse (Ulex europaeus) to be noxious weeds within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its jurisdiction.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Trustees of the Lochiel Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. 2135.

Department of Agriculture,

Wellington, 20th January, 1922.

NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Lochiel Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, that CRANE, THOMAS, TOOGOOD, JOHN R., BLAKIE, S. A., BLAKIE, ROBERT L., SEATTOR, GEORGE F., THOMSON, M. S., and PHILLIPS, E. A., have been duly elected trustees of the said district.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Officiating Ministers for 1922.—Notice No. 2.

Registrar-General's Office,

Wellington, 24th January, 1922.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Humphrey Herbert Osborne.

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend Philip Fallon.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,

Wellington, 25th January, 1922.

I HEREBY acknowledge receipt of the sum of 16s. forwarded to the Treasury on 15th January, 1922, conscience-money stated to be due to the New Zealand Government in payment for military stores.

J. J. ESSON, Secretary to the Treasury.

Notice of Intention to take Additional Land in Block VI, Port Nicholson Survey District, for the Wireless-telegraph Station.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to take the additional land described in the Schedule hereto for the wireless-telegraph station in Block VI, Port Nicholson Survey District. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Wellington, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken: 3 acres 3 roods 18 perches.

Being portion of Section 30 (Karori R.D.), Block VI, Port Nicholson Survey District. (S.O. 1669.)

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 53501, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 24th day of January, 1922.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.