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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.[No. 71
are not at present reticulated, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 79, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 62: the number of informal votes recorded was 2.
I therefore declare the proposal was carried.
FREDERICK NASH, Mayor.
Rates may be paid at any money-order office, or to the "Collector of Rates," Box 1659, Auckland.
This notice cancels and is in substitution of the one dated the 31st March, 1922, appearing in the Gazette of. the 23rd March, 1922, page 723.
D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.
Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.
Wellington, 22nd September, 1922.
THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Hokianga, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
HOKIANGA COUNTY COUNCIL.
Declarations of Polls.
PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Rawene Riding in the Hokianga County taken on the 26th day of August, 1922, to borrow the sum of £7,000 for the roads, bridges, and culverts, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 74, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 4.
I therefore declare the proposal was carried.
PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Omapere Riding in the Hokianga County taken on the 26th day of August, 1922, to borrow the sum of £2,500 for the bridges, culverts, and river-protection, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 69, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 37.
I therefore declare the proposal was carried.
R. B. RUSSELL,
Chairman of the County.
Officiating Ministers for 1922.—Notice No. 29.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1922.
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information :-
Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
Mr. Andrew Stevenson.
W. W. COOK Registrar-General.
Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1922.
IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz:-
Harry Marston Harker……Halcombe.
Henry Edgar Moore……Mercer.
Charles Edward Wilson…Hunterville.
Thomas Leslie Floyd……Takaka.
Cyril Robert Peter Watson……Wainui.
George Frederick Church……Rawene.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.
Results of Election of Members of Manawatu-Oroua River Board.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1922.
THE following result of an election of members of the Manawatu-Oroua River Board has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913 :-
HUGH AKERS.
REGINALD THEODORE BELL.
ALFRED SEIFERT.
WILLIAM SMITH.
WALTER STEPHEN CARTER.
HEDLEY WILTON.
KENNETH McDONALD.
MAITLAND FREDERICK ANDERSON.
NIELS PETER NIELSEN.
G. P. NEWTON, Assistant Under-Secretary.
Government Offices to be closed on Monday, 23rd October, 1922 & (Labour Day).
Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1922.
AS provided under Public Service Regulations, the Government Offices throughout New Zealand will be closed on Monday, the 23rd October, 1922, being Labour Day.
W. R. MORRIS,
Public Service Commissioner.
Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.
Wellington, 21st September, 1922.
THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Te Awamutu, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
TE AWAMUTU 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 at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Te Awamutu taken on the 15th day of September, 1922, on the proposal of the Te Awamutu Borough Council to borrow the sum of £25,000 for the construction of streets in the Borough of Te Awamutu, including forming, grading, metalling for the first time, tar-sealing, and channelling the same, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 98, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 128 ; informal. 5.
I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.
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 Te Awamutu taken on the 15th day of September, 1922, on the proposal of the Te Awamutu Borough Council to borrow the sum of £1,500 to provide engines, machinery, and buildings for securing and promptly using an efficient supply of water from waterworks in the Borough of Te Awamutu for extinguishing fires, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 147, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 77 ; informal, 7.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 16th day of September, 1922.
L. G. ARMSTRONG, Mayor.
Notice to Mariners.—No. 53 of 1922.
NAUTICAL ALMANAC.—ERRATA.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 27th September, 1922.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following errors occur in the 1922 edition of the New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables :-
Page 32.—24th September, the sun's declination is given as N., whereas it should be given as S., and continued so for the succeeding six days until the 30th September.
Pages 33, 34, and 35.—The first day of the month for October is given as a Monday, whereas it should be given as Sunday. This error of the name of the week day continues until the end of December; therefore the actual date, and not the day of the week, should be used.
A. D. PARK, Secretary.
Rangitaiki Land Drainage District.—Penalty on Overdue Rates.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1922.
In pursuance of section 28 of the Rating Amendment Act. 1910, and the regulations under the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, the ratepayers within the district constituted by the last-mentioned Act are hereby notified that 10 per cent. additional will be added to all rates for the year ended 31st March, 1922, unpaid on the 31st December, 1922.