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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 7th February, 1923.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

HOKITIKA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Result of Proposal to raise 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 Hokitika was taken on the 19th day of January, 1923, on the proposal of the Hokitika Borough Council to borrow the sum of £6,000 (£3,500 for drainage-works and £2,500 for street formation and kerbing).

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 170, and the number against 154.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

GEORGE A. PERRY, Mayor.
ALFRED A. ANDREWES, Town Clerk.

Town Hall, Hokitika, 25th January, 1923.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 7th February, 1923.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

TAURANGA COUNTY 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 at a poll of ratepayers of the Oropi Special Rating Area of the County of Tauranga taken on the 20th day of January, 1923, on the proposal of the Tauranga County Council to borrow the sum of £2,000 for the purpose of regrading and metalling portions of the main Tauranga–Rotorua Road, situated between Allotments 56 and 447 of the Parish of Te Papa, lying within the boundaries of the Oropi Special Rating Area in the County of Tauranga, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 27, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 5; informal, nil.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 22nd day of January, 1923.

H. SOUTHEY, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th February, 1923.

THE following notice, received from the Deputy Chairman of the Tolaga Bay Harbour Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Tolaga Bay Harbour Board Empowering Act, 1921.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

TOLAGA BAY HARBOUR BOARD.

Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan of £100,000.

For the proposal: Tolaga 101, Takapau 9, Tauwhareparae 3, Gisborne, 5; total 118.

Against the proposal: Tolaga 17, Takapau 4, Gisborne 1; total 22.

Informal: Tolaga 3, Takapau 2; total 5.

The total number of valid votes recorded for the proposal was 118, and the total number of valid votes recorded against the proposal was 22.

I therefore declare the poll to be carried.

J. B. MORRIS, Deputy Chairman,
Tolaga Bay Harbour Board.

Notice to Imprestees under the Public Revenues Act, 1910.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 15th February, 1923.

EVERY officer holding advances of public money is hereby required to pay to the Public Account, at the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the unexpended balance of his account on or before Thursday, the 29th March proximo, and forthwith to transmit to the Treasury at Wellington the bank receipt for such repayment, together with an account of his expenditure to the same date, as required by clause 5 of the Treasury Regulations.

With regard to disbursements which officers may require to make immediately after the close of the financial year, requisitions for the amount required are to be made in such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later than the 16th March, so that the requisite funds may be placed at the disposal of the officer as soon after the 1st April as possible. Imprestees are further notified that telegraphic advice of remittances will not be sent. They will therefore require to ascertain from the bank if their imprest accounts have been replenished.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

Fixing Dates on which certain Returns under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, are to be furnished.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th February, 1923.

PURSUANT to section 22 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, it is hereby notified that the returns showing the total gross amount of the premiums received by or due to fire-insurance companies during the year ended 31st December, 1922, shall be transmitted to the Fire Boards concerned, in the manner prescribed by the said section, on or before the 31st May, 1922.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-laws.—Taumarunui County Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th February, 1923.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 109 of the Counties Act, 1920, that so much of the by-laws made by the Taumarunui County Council and sealed on the 10th day of January, 1923, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Taumarunui County funds for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Tuapeka County Council altering Riding Boundaries and adjusting Representation.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 13th February, 1923.

THE following special order, made by the Tuapeka County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1920.

Pursuant to section 100 of that Act, as amended by section 3 of the Counties Amendment Act, 1921–22, I hereby fix the 31st day of March, 1923, as the date from which the special order shall take effect.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

TUAPEKA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order altering the Boundaries of Beaumont and Crookston Ridings, Tuapeka County, and adjusting Representation.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Counties Act, 1920, and amendments thereof, and for the purpose of better adjustment of representation, the Tuapeka County Council hereby resolves by way of special order as follows:—

1. That the number of ridings within the County of Tuapeka and the representation of same remain as at present.

2. That the boundaries of the ridings of Waipori, Waitahuna, Gabriels, Browns, Teviot, Benger, and Tapanui of the County of Tuapeka remain as at present.

3. That the boundaries of Beaumont and Crookston Ridings of the said county be altered by the deletion of certain sections or allotments from Crookston Riding and the addition of such sections or allotments to Beaumont Riding; such alterations to take effect on and after a date to be fixed in that behalf by the Minister of Internal Affairs and notified in the Gazette.

The dividing-lines or boundaries of the said Beaumont and Crookston Ridings shall be as follows from the date as notified in the Gazette.