Nov. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2907

and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 105 ; the number of votes recorded as informal was 2.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Declared at Whakatane this 18th day of October, 1922.
LEONARD BUDDLE,
Chairman, Whakatane Harbour Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 27th October, 1922.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Matamata Town District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

MATAMATA TOWN DISTRICT.
Result of Poll on Proposal to raise Loan.
Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Town District of Matamata taken on the 4th day of October, 1922, on the proposal of the Matamata Town Board to borrow the sum of £5,900 for completion and extension of water-supply scheme, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 182, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 20.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 6th day of October, 1922.
W. A. GORDON,
Chairman, Matamata Town Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 27th October, 1922.
THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Marton, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

MARTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan of £2,500.
Pursuant to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and amendments, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Marton was taken on Tuesday, 17th October, 1922, on the proposal of the Marton Borough Council to borrow the sum of £2,500 for the purpose of enlarging the Marton Town Hall, purchasing new seats, scenery, piano, and electrical fittings.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 206, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 62 ; informal votes, 2.
I therefore declare the proposal carried.
FRED. PURNELL, Mayor.
A. H. KNIGGE, Returning Officer.
Marton, 18th October, 1922.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 27th October, 1922.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Hobson, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

HOBSON COUNTY COUNCIL.
Waimata Roads Loan.
Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, notice is hereby given that at a poll of ratepayers taken on the 16th day of October, 1922, on the proposal of the Hobson County Council to borrow £12,500 for the purpose of forming and metalling the Awakino Valley Road and Awakino Valley – Avoca Road, the number of votes recorded was as follows: For the proposal, 25; against the proposal, 3.
I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.
V. TROUNSON, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 30th October, 1922.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Eketauna, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

EKETAHUNA COUNTY COUNCIL.
Machinery Loan Poll.—Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan of £4,515.
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 Eketauna was taken on the 19th day of October, 1922, on the proposal of the Eketauna County Council to borrow the sum of four thousand five hundred and fifteen pounds (£4,515) for the purpose of purchasing road-making machinery and erecting housing for same.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 305, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 101.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 21st day of October, 1922.
J. B. CARRUTHERS, Chairman.

Meetings of Southland Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th October, 1922.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Southland Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 10.45 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 18th January, 15th February, 15th March, 19th April, 17th May, 21st June, 19th July, 16th August, 20th September, 18th October, 15th November, and 13th December during the year 1923.
D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Notice as to an Area in Westland Land District declared to be a Fire District.

Pursuant to section 27 of the Forests Act, 1921–22, I do hereby notify that, on the recommendations of the Director of Forestry and the Land Board of the district, the area described in the Schedule hereto is hereby declared by me to be a fire district; and I do further specify the period from the 1st day of January in any year to the 31st day of March in the following year, inclusive, as the period during which it shall not be lawful for any person within the said district, save pursuant to the written permit of a Forest Officer, to set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any timber (whether standing or not), or any undergrowth, or any debris from forest operations or land-clearing operations, or any grass or other specially inflammable material, without taking such precautions as may be prescribed by a Forest Officer.

SCHEDULE.

MAHINAPUA FOREST FIRE DISTRICT.
ALL that area in the Westland Forest-conservation Region, Blocks IV, VIII, XI, and XII, Mahinapua Survey District, and Blocks V and IX, Kanieri Survey District, containing by admeasurement 16,300 acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: Commencing at the junction of the Hokitika–Ross Road and Adair’s Road, and proceeding north-westerly along the south-western side of the latter road to Mahinapua Creek; thence along the right bank of Mahinapua Creek to Lake Mahinapua, and along the northern, eastern, and southern shores of the said lake to a point in line with the H.P. line; thence generally south-easterly along the H.P. line to the left bank of the Hokitika River; thence by the left bank of the said river to Back Creek; and thence north-westerly by a right line to point of commencement.
As the same is more particularly delineated on forest atlas 125, deposited in the Head Office, State Forest Service, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.
R. HEATON RHODES,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, DONALD GEORGE CLARK, Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that The Society of Professional Musicians of Hawke’s Bay (Registered) is no longer carrying on operations and has no assets, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved, in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.
Dated at Wellington this 24th day of October, 1922.
D. G. CLARK,
Registrar of Incorporated Societies.