The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 233; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 46; the number of informal votes was 6.

The number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal being more than three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded at the poll I declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 15th day of July, 1924.

JOHN KENNEDY, Chairman.

Appointing the Time and Place for the First Meeting of the Poverty Bay Electric-power Board.

TN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Electric-power Boards Amendment Act, 1920, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Public Works, do hereby appoint Saturday, the 9th day of August, 1924, at 11 o'clock a.m., as the time, and the Cook County Offices, Childers Road, Gisborne, as the place, for holding the first meeting of the Poverty Bay Electric-power Board.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of July, 1924.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.-Declaration by Assistant Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, WILLIAM JOHNSTON, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that The Hastings Volunteer Fire Brigade (Registered), 1907/3, is no longer carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Napier this 18th day of July, 1924.

W. JOHNSTON,

Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Notice to Mariners No. 42 of 1924.

WHANGAREI HARBOUR.

Marine Department,

Wellington, N.Z., 18th July, 1924.

Mair Bank Lighted Beacon.-Amended Position.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 2 of 15th January, 1924, notice is hereby given that the amended position of the lighted beacon locally known as Mair Bank Lighted

Beacon, which has been established within the entrance to Whangarei Harbour, is 331°, distant 11.4 cables, from the Light Tower on Sugarloaf Island.

Other particulars remain unaltered.

Publications affected : Admiralty Chart No. 2543 and plan 2047 ; "New Zealand Pilot," ninth edition, 1919, page 167.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners, No. 43 of 1924.

Marine Department,

Wellington, N.Z., 22nd July, 1924.

THE following Notices to Mariners, which have been received from the Department of Trade and Customs, Melbourne, are published for general information.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

AUSTRALIA.-TORRES STRAIT.-GREAT NORTH-EAST CHANNEL.

Bramble Cay.-Beacon to be re-established.

Mariners and others are hereby notified that a new beacon will be established on Bramble Cay on or about 24th October, 1924.

Position.-Near the centre of Bramble Cay. Lat. 09° 08' S., long. 143° 52' E., on chart No. 2422.

Description.-Red framework tower, 42 ft. in height.

NOTE.-No further notice will be given.

AUSTRALIA.-EAST COAST.-INNER BARRIER ROUTE.

Pipon Island Light.-Intended Alteration in Arc of Visibility.- Power to be increased.

Mariners and others are hereby notified that the arc of visibility of the Group Flashing Light with white and red sectors on Pipon Island will be altered, and the power of the light will be increased, on or about 2nd October, 1924.

Position.-Lat. 14° 08' S., long. 144° 31' E., on chart No. 2922.

Sectors.-White from 82°, through east, south, west, and north, to 59°; red thence to 82°.

Power.-White light, 3000 candles ; red light, 1,200 candles.

Elevation.-55 ft. Visibility.-White, 13 miles : red, 12 miles.

Remarks.-The other details of the light will remain unchanged. No further notice will be given.

NOTE.-From about 13th September to 2nd October, while the alterations are being effected, a temporary light of low power having the same elevation, character, and sectors as the existing light, will be exhibited from the tower.

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.-Elections to administer Estates.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth, the gross property in each case being estimated not to exceed £400 in value.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, N.Z., 21st July, 1924.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.