Mar. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 683

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 4th March, 1925.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Franklin Electric-power District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

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

FRANKLIN ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Franklin Electric-power District was taken on the sixth day of February, 1925, on the proposal of the Franklin Electric-power Board to borrow the sum of two hundred thousand pounds (£200,000) for the purpose of supplying and distributing electric energy for the benefit of the Franklin Electric-power District, and for such purpose to do all or any of such matters and things which the Board is empowered to do by the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, and its amendments, and in particular, but without limiting in any way any of the aforesaid powers, to provide, erect, and construct a system of electrical distribution and reticulation, to purchase plant, land, easements, general equipment, and any existing electrical installations and plants, to erect generating-stations, buildings, and offices within or without such district as hereinbefore defined, and to make provision for financial assistance to consumers and for trading purposes as provided by the said Act.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 1,030; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 145.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Pukekohe this 18th day of February, 1925.

JOHN DEAN, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 4th March, 1925.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Wairau River Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

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

WAIRAU RIVER BOARD.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan of £73,200.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Wairau River District taken on the 21st day of February, 1925, on the proposal of the Wairau River Board to borrow the sum of £73,200 for improving the Wairau and Opawa Rivers and Rose’s Overflow Channel, and for river-protective works in the Taylor, Fairhall, Opawa, Waihopai, and Wairau Rivers,—

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 517; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 759.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Dated this 23rd day of February, 1925.

A. McCALLUM, Chairman.

Notice respecting Proposed Constitution of Mangapu Drainage District, Counties of Otorohanga and Waitomo.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th February, 1925.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Land Drainage Act, 1908, and its amendments, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be constituted a drainage district under Part I of the said Act by name the Mangapu Drainage District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the constitution of the said drainage 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 PROPOSED MANGAPU DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point on the Waipa River and known as the Mangapu-Waipa Cut; thence by a line due west to the Otorohanga-Te Kuiti Road; thence southerly along that road to the south-eastern corner of Hauturu East No. 2A 3; thence westerly along the southern boundary of Hauturu East Nos. 2A 3 and 2A 2 to the south-eastern corner of the last-named block; thence south-westerly along the western boundary of Hauturu East 2 No. 2, 2 No. 2A 2, 2 No. 2A 1, the north-eastern and north-western boundaries of 2 No. 4B, the north-western boundary of 2 No. 3B, and the southern boundaries of the said 2 No. 3B to the Hangatiki-Waitomo Road; thence southerly and westerly along that road to the north-western corner of Hauturu East No. 1E 5C 2; thence southerly along the western boundaries of Blocks XI and XV, Orahiri Survey District, to the Oparure-Waitomo Road; thence by that road to the north-western corner of Kinohaku East 1F 29; thence by a right line from the said north-western corner of Kinohaku East 1F 29 to the north-western corner of Kinohaku East 1F 28; thence by the western and southern boundaries of that section to Fullerton’s Road; thence by Fullerton’s, Arapae, and Troopers Roads to the south-western corner of Section 15, Block VI, Otanake Survey District; thence westerly along the southern boundary of said Section 15 to the western boundary of Maraetaua No. 2B 4; thence by the western, southern, and eastern boundaries of Maraetaua No. 2B 4 to the south-western corner of Maraetaua 9A Block; thence easterly along the southern boundary of Maraetaua 9A Block and its production to the Te Kuiti-Piopio Road; thence northerly along that road to the south-western boundary of Pukenui No. 1B Block; thence by the south-western boundary of that block and the south-western and eastern boundaries of a section of Crown lands to the Te Kuiti-Piopio Road; thence by that road to the south-eastern corner of Pukenui No. 2F 2 Block; thence by the north-eastern boundary of that block and of Pukenui No. 2E Block to the south-eastern boundary of Pukenui No. 2C Block; thence by that south-eastern boundary to the Mangatea Stream; thence by that stream to the south-eastern corner of Tapui-Wahine No. 1B Block; thence by south-eastern boundary of Tapui-Wahine No. 1B and 1C Blocks to the eastern boundary of the Te Kuiti Borough; thence by the western and northern boundaries of the said borough to the south-western corner of Te Kumi No. 5 Block; thence by the south-eastern boundaries of that block and the southern boundary of Pukeroa-Hangatiki No. 3 to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned block; thence by the eastern boundaries of Pukeroa-Hangatiki No. 3 No. 4C 1, No. 4C 3A, No. 4C 3C, and No. 4D No. 2 Blocks to the Mangorino-Otorohanga Road; thence by that road to the Waipa River; thence by the Waipa River to the Mangapu-Waipa Cut, the place of commencement.

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

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough of Gisborne.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th February, 1925.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and its amendments, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be included in the Borough of Gisborne. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration of boundaries, 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.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BOROUGH OF GISBORNE.

ALL that area in the Gisborne Land District, bounded by a line commencing at a point on the borough boundary in the middle of Richardson Avenue; thence by a line north-easterly along Richardson Avenue to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Lot 49 on plan 214, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Gisborne; thence to and along that boundary and its production to the middle of Valley Lane; thence north-easterly along the middle of Valley Lane to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Lot 8 on plan 2699, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Gisborne; thence to and along that boundary and its production to the middle of Hill Road; thence south-westerly generally along the middle of Hill Road to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Lot 1 on plan 1160, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Gisborne; thence to and along the southern and western boundaries of the said Lot 1 to a point in line with the middle of Kingsley Street; thence to and along the middle of Kingsley Street to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Lot 1 on plan 1863,