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The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 970; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 599; the number of informal votes was 21.
I have therefore to declare the proposal to be carried.
E. H. POTTER, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 28th January, 1924.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Thames, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
COUNTY OF THAMES.
Result 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 the ratepayers of the Thames to Waikawau Coast Road Special-rating Area taken on the 4th day of December, 1923, on the proposal of the Thames County Council to borrow the sum of three thousand pounds (£3,000) for the reconstruction, &c., of the Thames to Waikawau Coast Road,—
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 54, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 7. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 25th day of January, 1924.
HENRY LOWE, County Chairman.

Approval of By-laws made by the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th January, 1924.
NOTICE is hereby given that the by-laws made by the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors, and set forth in the Schedule hereto, have been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General in Council, under the provisions of section 10 (2) of the Surveyors' Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908.
D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.
SCHEDULE.
BY-LAWS Nos. 7, 12, AND 52 OF THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS.
By-law No. 7 : Members.—The following shall be eligible as members—persons who possess the qualifications prescribed by section 9 of the Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908.
By-law No. 12 : Members.—Every candidate for election as member shall be proposed in writing, on the form prescribed (see Form A), by two members of the Institute, who shall sign the nomination. The proposal shall be submitted to the Local Branch of the district in which the candidate resides, and shall be supported with documentary evidence as to his qualification. The Local Branch shall consider the application at its next ordinary meeting, and, if it approves the candidature, shall forward the application to the Council. The Council at its next ordinary meeting shall then consider the proposal, and if a majority of those present approve the same the candidate shall be deemed to be elected on payment of the proper fees.
In the event of the proposers of a candidate being dissatisfied with the decision of the Council on the application for admission of their candidate, they shall have the right to demand a ballot to be taken of the whole of the members of the Institute.
By-law No. 52 : Every charge against a member shall be investigated by the Council, who shall consult the Local Branch of the district in which such member resides, for their opinion. Before any person shall be suspended, or disqualified, or deprived of his privileges the Council shall hold an inquiry into the matter, and they shall serve notice of the place and time of such inquiry (not being less than two months from the service of such notice), specifying the alleged grounds for such suspension, disqualification, or deprivation, and the time and place for such inquiry, and such person shall be entitled to be heard, with such witnesses as he may produce, and may be represented by counsel, and witnesses may be examined, cross-examined, and re-examined as in civil cases. If not less than five members of the Council shall, in writing, decide that the grounds alleged for such suspension, disqualification, or deprivation are sufficient and have been proved, then the Council may suspend, or disqualify, or deprive of
his privileges any member, honorary member, fellow, or student—
(1.) If he is convicted of felony or misdemeanour;
(2.) If his license is suspended by the Surveyors’ Board pursuant to the Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908;
(3.) Or on the ground of bad character, or for improper or unprofessional conduct in his business as a surveyor.
(Form A, referred to in By-law No. 12.)
New Zealand Institute of Surveyors.
NOMINATION AS CANDIDATE FOR ADMISSION AS MEMBER.
To the Council of the Institute.
We hereby nominate Mr. , of whose signature appears on the other side, as a of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors.
And we beg to state, for the information of the Council, that Mr. possesses the following qualifications, viz.: [Here specify the qualifications of the candidate according to By-law 7].
[ Signed]
Members of the Institute.
Approved of by Local Branch.
[ Signed]
Chairman.
The Council, having considered the above recommendation, approves Mr. as a of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors.
(On back of Form A.)
I, the undersigned, being desirous of becoming a member of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors, do hereby promise that, if elected, I will comply with the by-laws and rules of the Institute now or hereafter in force, and I will abide by the decision of the Council of the Institute in any matter referred to the said Council in accordance with said by-laws and rules. I also engage to do what lies in my power to further the interests of the Institute; provided that whenever I shall signify in writing to the Secretary that I wish to withdraw from the Institute, I shall (after payment of any arrears which may then be due by me) be free from this obligation.
[Date.] [Signature and address of candidate.]
Notice of Intention to take Land in Block III, Mangapakeha Survey District, for the Purposes of a Road.
NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of a road. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Tinui, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.
SCHEDULE.
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken:—
A. R. P. Being Portion of
0 0 10·1 Section 178; P.W.D. 58145. (S.O. 1690.)
0 0 34·6 ,, 156; P.W.D. 58146. (S.O. 1691.)
Situated in Block III, Mangapakeha Survey District (Whareama R.D.).
In the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked as above mentioned, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured sienna
As witness my hand, at. Wellington, this 29th day of January, 1924.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works
Special Order made by the Waihemo County Council declaring that Californian Thistle shall be deemed not to be a Noxious Weed.—Notice No. Ag. 2342.
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24th January, 1924.
THE following special order, made by the Waihemo County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.