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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 12

Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand Division).

RECRUITING for Class D of the Royal Naval Reserve
(New Zealand Division) is now open for men residing
in the Auckland District. This class is approximately the
same as the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve of the Imperial
Navy, and entrants will be trained in seamanship and other
naval subjects.

Applicants should be between the ages of eighteen and
thirty years, and should apply to the Officer Commanding the
R.N.V.R Division at Auckland,

Commander J. R. Middleton, D.S.O.,
211 Smith's Buildings,
Auckland, N.Z.

All ratings of the R.N.R. are excused any military training,
provided they perform the necessary naval training.

In the first instance it is proposed to enter 120 men.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.
12th February, 1925.

Notice to Imprestees under the Public Revenues Act, 1910.

The Treasury,

Wellington, 16th February, 1925.

EVERY officer holding advances of public money is
hereby required to pay to the Public Account, at
the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the unex-
pended balance of his account on or before Tuesday, the
31st March proximo, and forthwith to transmit to the
Treasury at Wellington the bank receipt for such repayment,
together with an account of his expenditure to the
same date, as required by clause 5 of the Treasury Regulations.

With regard to disbursements which officers may require
to make immediately after the close of the financial year,
requisitions for the amount required are to be made in
such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later
than the 16th March, so that the requisite funds may be
placed at the disposal of the officer as soon after the 1st
April as possible. Imprestees are further notified that
telegraphic advice of remittances will not be sent. They
will therefore require to ascertain from the bank if their
imprest accounts have been replenished.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 17th February, 1925.

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

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF QUEENSTOWN.

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 Queenstown was taken on the 17th day of December, 1924, on the proposal of the Queenstown Borough Council
to borrow £4,000 for the purpose of supplementing the previous
loan, "The Queenstown Borough Water-supply and Hydro-
electric Power Loan of £7,000, 1923," raised for the improvement
of the water-supply of the borough, and the generation
of hydro-electric power for lighting and other purposes.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 61;
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 2.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 18th day of December, 1924.

ANDREW SIMSON, Mayor.

Date of Election of Insurance Members of the Otaki Fire
Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 12th February, 1925.

PURSUANT to section 18 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908,
I, Richard Francis Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs,
charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby
appoint Thursday, the 5th day of March, 1925, to be the day
for the holding of an election of three members of the Otaki
Fire Board by fire insurance companies which, for the time
being, are carrying on business within the Otaki Fire District.

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

Notice respecting Proposed Waioeka River District, County of
Opotiki.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th February, 1925.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented
to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the
River Boards Act, 1908, and its amendments, praying that
the area described in the Schedule hereto may be constituted
a river district under the said Acts, by name the Waioeka
River District. All persons affected are hereby called upon
to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the
constitution of the said river district which they desire to
lodge within one month from the first publication of this
notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the
Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPOSED WAIOEKA
RIVER DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District commencing at
the north-western corner of Section 1, Opotiki Suburbs, and
proceeding thence easterly along the road forming the northern
boundary of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 5 to a public road;
thence southerly along that public road forming the eastern
boundary of Sections 5, 6, 7, and 8, Opotiki Suburbs, and
known as the Waioeka Road, to the south-eastern corner of
Section 18, Block XI, Opotiki Survey District; thence
westerly, northerly, and westerly along the road forming
part of the southern boundaries of Sections 18, 19, and 20,
Block XL aforesaid, to the south-eastern corner of Section 399;
thence by the south-eastern, south-western, and
western boundaries of Section 399, Blocks VI, VII, X, and
XI, Opotiki Survey District, to the road running north through
Section 384, Blocks II, III, VI, and VII, Opotiki Survey
District aforesaid; thence northerly along that road to a point
in line with the north-western boundary of Section 1, Opotiki
Suburbs; thence by a right line to the north-western corner
of Section 1, Opotiki Suburbs aforesaid, the place of commencement.

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

Redefining Boundaries of the Borough of Paeroa and the County
of Ohinemuri, and of the Paeroa Riding of the County of
Ohinemuri.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th February, 1925.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 141 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the Borough of Paeroa are hereby defined as set out in the First
Schedule hereto, the boundaries of the said borough having
been altered by an Order in Council dated the 10th day of
November, 1924, made under the Municipal Corporations
Act, 1920, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 75,
of the 13th day of November, 1924, and also by a Proclamation
dated the 12th day of November, 1924, made under the
Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and published in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 75 aforesaid.

And also, in pursuance of the said section 141 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the County of Ohinemuri affected by the said Order in Council dated the
10th day of November, 1924, and by the said Proclamation
dated the 12th day of November, 1924, are hereby defined
as set out in the Second Schedule hereto

And also, in pursuance of the said section 141 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the Paeroa
Riding of the County of Ohinemuri affected by the said
Order in Council dated the 10th day of November, 1924, and
by the said Proclamation dated the 12th day of November,
1924, and also by a Proclamation dated the 30th day of
January, 1925, made under the Counties Act, 1920, and
published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 10, of the 5th
day of February 1925, are hereby defined as set out in the
Third Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

BOROUGH OF PAEROA.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded by a
line commencing at a point in the middle of the Waihou
River in line with the south-western boundary of Rau-o-te-
huia No. 2 Block, in Block XII, Waihou Survey District;
thence to and along the south-western and south-eastern
boundaries of that block and the southern and north-eastern
boundaries of Rau-o-te-huia Block to the Tawa Stream, along
the left bank of that stream and the north-eastern boundary