Nov. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2725

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 Northcote was taken on the 29th day of October, 1924, on the proposal of the Northcote Borough Council to borrow the sum of £2,100 to effect the transfer from the Drainage Loan Account of Lots 72A, 73/82, and 82A of Allotment 28/29 on deposited plan 712, of the Parish of Takapuna, Stafford Road, for the purposes of a recreation reserve and to make improvements thereto, also to defray the cost of raising the loan, £2,100.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 147; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 145. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 30th day of October, 1924.

W. E. RICHARDSON, Mayor.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 12th November, 1924.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

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 Akaroa was taken on the sixteenth day of October, 1924, on the proposal of the Akaroa Borough Council to borrow the sum of £1,700 for the following purpose: To install a 6 in. watermain for water-supply purposes in addition to the existing watermain, and extending from the reservoir to the corner of Jolie Street and Beach Road, a distance of 4,356 ft.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 61; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 40; informal, 1.

I therefore declare that the above proposal was carried.

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 Akaroa was taken on the 16th day of October, 1924, on the proposal of the Akaroa Borough Council to borrow the sum of £550 for the following purpose: For building a retaining-wall round the sea boundary of the Akaroa Pound Reserve and constructing four public tennis-courts.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 52; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 46; informal, 4.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

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 Akaroa was taken on the 16th day of October, 1924, on the proposal of the Akaroa Borough Council to borrow the sum of £650 for the following purposes: To acquire water-meters for water-supply purposes, and affixing same.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 39; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 59; informal, 4.

I therefore declare that the proposal was lost.

Dated this 24th day of October, 1924.

G. ARMSTRONG, Chairman.

Trustees of Public Hall, Public Library, Reading-room, and School of Mines Site, Kanieri, appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th November, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 20 of the Reserves and Crown Lands Disposal and Enabling Act, 1896, been pleased to appoint

Frederick William Selby,
Thomas Chesterman, and
Edwin Howat

to be trustees of the Public Hall, Public Library, Reading-room, and School of Mines Site (Reserve 101), Town of Kanieri, in place of James Henry Morris, Thomas Neil Wylie, and Robert Wells, resigned.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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Special Order made by the Waitoa Drainage Board fixing the Number of Trustees to be elected for Subdivisions.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th November, 1924.

THE following special order, made by the Waitoa Drainage Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1920.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

WAITOA DRAINAGE BOARD.

Special Order fixing the Number of Trustees to represent the several Subdivisions of the Waitoa Drainage District.

PURSUANT to the powers and authorities vested in it in that behalf by section 2 of the Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1920, and of all other Acts it in that behalf enabling, the Waitoa Drainage Board, at a special meeting duly constituted and held in its office, Waihou, on Saturday, 19th July, 1924, resolved by way of special order as follows:—

That the number of trustees for the Waitoa Drainage District shall be as hereunder stated:—

Eastern Subdivision: One trustee.
Central Subdivision: Two trustees.
Western Subdivision: One trustee.
Tatuanui and Te Kahia Subdivisions: One trustee to represent both subdivisions.

And public notice is hereby given that it is intended to confirm the above special order at the ordinary meeting of the Board to be held in its office, Waihou, on Saturday, 23rd August, 1924, at the hour of 10.30 a.m.

Dated at Waihou this 19th day of July, 1924.

F. W. WALTERS, Chairman.
W. R. JOHNSON, Treasurer.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made in terms of the powers and authorities as provided by the Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1920.

W. R. JOHNSON,
Treasurer, Waitoa Drainage Board.

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Southland Acclimatization District (Fiordland National Park).

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Richard Francis Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 24th day of March, 1925, to the 31st day of May, 1925, both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Southland Acclimatization District for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags and hinds—and the period from the 1st day of March, 1925, to the 31st day of May, 1925 (both days inclusive) to be an open season in the said district for the taking or killing of the following imported game — viz., wapiti stags—within that part of the said acclimatization district comprising the Fiordland National Park, subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the Warrant made under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, dated the 19th day of October, 1909, and in the Warrants dated the 30th day of October, 1924, red deer (stags and hinds), and wapiti stags may be taken or killed within the Fiordland National Park, Southland, during the period hereinbefore mentioned, by persons to whom licenses may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Invercargill, pursuant to the Warrants of 30th October, 1924, declaring an open season for deer-shooting in the Southland Acclimatization District, subject, however, to the conditions fixed in those Warrants.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 11th day of November, 1924.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Date of Election by Fire-insurance Companies to fill Extraordinary Vacancy on the New Plymouth Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th November, 1924.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, I, Richard Francis Bollard, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Friday, 28th November, 1924, to be the