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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows :—

I. From and after the publication of this Order in the Government Gazette of the Dominion of New Zealand, that part of His Majesty's Dominions in the Antarctic seas which comprises all the islands and territories between the 160th degree of east longitude and the 150th degree of west longitude which are situated south of the 60th degree of south latitude shall be named the Ross Dependency.

II. From and after the publication as aforesaid the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand for the time being (hereinafter called “the Governor”) shall be the Governor of the Ross Dependency; and all the powers and authorities which by this Order are given and granted to the Governor for the time being of the Ross Dependency are hereby vested in him.

III. In the event of the death or incapacity of the said Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand, or in the event of his absence from the said Dominion, the officer for the time being administering the government of the Dominion shall be Governor for the time being of the Ross Dependency.

IV. The said Governor is further authorized and empowered to make all such rules and regulations as may lawfully be made by His Majesty's authority for the peace, order, and good government of the said Dependency, subject, nevertheless, to any instructions which he may from time to time receive from His Majesty or through a Secretary of State.

V. The Governor is authorized to make and execute, on His Majesty's behalf, grants and dispositions of any lands which may lawfully be granted or disposed of by His Majesty within the said Dependency, in conformity with such rules and regulations as may from time to time be in force in the Dependency.

M. P. A. HANKEY.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 10th August, 1923.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

KAIRANGA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taonui and Mangaone Ridings and Fitzherbert East Road-deviation Special Rating District.—Result of Poll on a 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 the ratepayers of the Taonui and Mangaone Ridings and the Fitzherbert East Road-deviation Special Rating District of the County of Kairanga taken on the 2nd August, 1923, on the proposal of the Kairanga County Council to borrow the sum of £5,000 for the following purposes :—

Taonui Riding.—(a.) Loan of £800, for widening and remetalling Foxton Line Road and treating surface with tar and asphalts;

the number of votes recorded for proposal was 59, and the number of votes recorded against proposal was 6.

I therefore declare proposal was carried.

Taonui Riding.—(b.) Loan of £700, for widening and remetalling Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Road and treating surface with tar and asphalts ;

the number of votes recorded for proposal was 41, and the number of votes recorded against proposal was 24.

I therefore declare proposal was carried.

Mangaone Riding.—(a.) Loan of £500, for widening and remetalling Napier Road and treating surface with tar and asphalts ;

the number of votes recorded for proposal was 31, and the number of votes recorded against proposal was 21 ; informal, 3.

I therefore declare proposal was lost.

Mangaone Riding.—(b.) Loan of £500, for widening and remetalling Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Road and treating surface with tar and asphalts ;

the number of votes recorded for proposal was 24, and the number of votes recorded against proposal was 29 ; informal, 2.

I therefore declare proposal was lost.

Fitzherbert East Road-deviation Special Rating District.—Loan of £1,000, for deviating formation on Fitzherbert East Road by constructing filling across gullies opposite Sections 211 and 218, Block XV, Kairanga Survey District ;

the number of votes recorded for proposal was 45, and the number of votes recorded against proposal was 2.

I therefore declare proposal was carried.

Taonui and Mangaone Ridings.—Loan of £1,500, for widening and remetalling Rangitikei Line Road and treating surface with tar and asphalts ;

the number of votes recorded for proposal was 90, and the number of votes recorded against proposal was 27 ; informal, 3.

I therefore declare proposal was carried.

Dated this 3rd day of August, 1923.

P. J. SMALL, Chairman of the Committee.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 10th August, 1923.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

HASTINGS BOROUGH COUNCIL.

£32,000 Electric Lighting Loan, 1923.—Result of Poll PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, notice is hereby given that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Hastings, including all other persons entitled to vote on proposals to raise loans, was duly taken on Wednesday, the 25th day of July, 1923, upon the following proposal :—

A proposal to borrow, by way of special loan within the meaning of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and under the authority of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and the amendments thereof respectively, the sum of £32,000 to be expended for the following purposes,—

(1.) For the purchase and installation of high-tension network, poles, wire and labour, low-tension net-work, Ford truck, sub-stations, and transformers ; 1,000 meters and meter-testing apparatus ; 320 H.P. Diesel engine and generator ; motor generator (300 K.W.) ; switchboards and instruments ; buildings and foundations ; erection of plant ; shed for barrels ; store and lineman's shop ; high-tension street lighting (300 lamps) ; contingencies ... 29,280

(2.) Interest and sinking fund for the first year, and cost of raising loan .. 2,720

Total ... £32,000

The Council proposes to pledge a special rate of one halfpenny (½d.) in the pound on the rateable value (on a basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property in the borough as security for the said loan and the interest thereon, and for a sinking fund of 2½ per cent. The interest on the loan to be at a rate not exceeding 6 per cent. per annum. It is proposed that the whole amount of the loan shall be repayable at the expiration of a term not exceeding twenty-five years computed from the date of raising the loan. It is proposed to pay out of the loan the first year's interest and sinking fund and the cost of raising the loan.

And at such poll the number of votes recorded was : For the proposal, 804 ; against the proposal, 140 ; informal votes, 17.

I do therefore hereby declare the said proposal carried.

Dated at Hastings this 26th day of July, 1923.

G. A. MADDISON, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 13th August, 1923.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

ROXBURGH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

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 Borough of Roxburgh taken on the 19th July, 1923, on the proposal of the Roxburgh Borough Council to borrow the sum of £350 for the purpose of extending the borough water-main at the south end of the borough, the number of votes