SEPT. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2151

Chief Inspector of Forestry reappointed.

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 5th September, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 9 of the Forests Act, 1921–22, to reappoint

Arnold Hansson, Esquire, M.F. (Yale),

to be the Chief Inspector of Forestry for a period of four years from the 15th September, 1924.

F. H. D. BELL,
For the Commissioner of State Forests.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1924.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :

(Miss) Madge Balmer Hayward .. .. Mangapai.
David O’Donoghue .. .. Taihape.
Robert Albert Mace .. .. Mangonui.
Arthur Allan Brewerton .. .. Mauriceville.
Royal John Arthur McConville .. .. Catlin’s.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917.—Closing of Registers.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 9th September, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Register of New Zealand 4½-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 20th April, 1939, and the Register of New Zealand 5-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 20th April, 1929, will be closed from the 1st October to the 20th October, 1924 (inclusive), for the purpose of the issue of half-yearly interest.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 10th September, 1924.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF TAURANGA.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give public notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Borough of Tauranga, taken on the 20th August, 1924, on the following proposals, the number of votes recorded was as follows :

Proposal. Votes.
For. Against. Informal.

1. Streets Loan, £2,000 .. 381 156 15
2. Streets Plant Loan, £400 .. 307 219 24
3. Footpaths Loan, £820 .. 334 201 16
4. Col. Ward’s Wall Loan, £450 .. 119 402 31
5. Recreation-ground Loan, £7,600 151 374 27
6. Recreation-ground Loan, £1,750 177 349 24

And I hereby declare the said proposals to raise the Streets Loan, £2,000, Streets Plant Loan, £400, and Footpaths Loan, £820, to be carried; and the proposals to raise loans for Col. Ward’s wall, recreation-ground, £7,600, and recreation-ground, £1,750, to be lost.

27th August, 1924. B. DIVE, Mayor.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 10th September, 1924.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Waitemata, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

COUNTY OF WAITEMATA.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Pukeatua Riding, in the County of Waitemata, was taken on the 14th day of August, 1924, on the proposal of the Waitemata County Council to borrow the sum of £10,000, for the purpose of road-construction, bridge and culvert building, and constructing and metalling roads in the Pukeatua Riding of the County of Waitemata, as per Schedule hereunder.

SCHEDULE.

Paremoremo Block—
Rangitopuni Bridge .. .. .. £100
Sergeant’s culvert .. .. .. 150
Mayman’s Bridge .. .. .. 100
Sunnyside Road—
Metalling 66 chains from Riverhead end .. 1,000
Metalling 18 chains from Albany – Dairy Flat end .. .. .. 450
Barrett’s Road—Metalling 26 chains from Sunnyside Road .. .. .. 400 £2,200

Albany – Paremoremo Road—
Widening and culverts, one mile from Paremoremo Wharf .. .. .. 400
Metalling 37½ chains from Albany – Dairy Flat Road .. .. .. 600 —— 1,000

Kahikatea Flat Road—
Metalling 26½ chains from Silverdale – Dairy Flat Road .. .. .. 400
Metalling 26½ chains from western boundary of Pukeatua Riding .. .. 400 —— 800

Massey Road—Metalling 20 chains from Kahikatea Flat Road .. .. .. 300
Silverdale – Redvale Road—Metalling 63 chains from Silverdale .. .. .. 950
Duck Creek Road—Extending formation eastwards from Duck Creek .. .. .. 500
Albany – Dairy Flat – Silverdale Main Road—Completing metalling .. .. .. 3,800
Ararimu Valley Road—Formation, widening, and culverts .. .. .. 450

£10,000

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 94; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 46.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal being the necessary three-fifths required by the statute, I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Takapuna Riding, in the County of Waitemata, was taken on the 14th day of August, 1924, on the proposal of the Waitemata County Council to borrow the sum of £20,000 for the purpose of road-construction, bridge and culvert building, constructing and metalling roads, and wharf-improvements in the Takapuna Riding of the County of Waitemata.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 141; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 102; informal, 3.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal not being the necessary three-fifths required by the statute, I therefore declare that the proposal was lost.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Waikumete Riding, in the County of Waitemata, was taken on the 14th day of August, 1924, on the proposal of the Waitemata County Council to borrow the sum of £5,000 for the purpose of the construction of a concrete-surfaced road, 18 ft. in width, along the Great North Road, between the boundaries of the New Lynn Town and the Henderson Town Districts, in the Waikumete Riding of the County of Waitemata.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 130; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 5.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Auckland this 23rd day of August, 1924.

F. W. GRIGG, County Chairman.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 10th September, 1924.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Oamaru, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1923.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF OAMARU.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the rate-