OTAGO ELECTRIC POWER BOARD.

On Thursday, 26th February, 1925, a poll of the ratepayers
of that part of the Otago Central Electric-power District,
added to the inner area of the Otago Central Electric-power
District by Proclamation in Gazette No. 80, page 2859, of 4th
December, 1924, was taken on a proposal of the Otago Central
Electric-power Board to raise a special loan of £25,000 for the
construction of transmission-lines to, and the reticulation of,
the aforesaid added area, and the payment of preliminary
expenses in connection with the scheme for which the special
loan is sought to be raised.

The result of the poll was: For the proposal, 126 votes;
against the proposal, 7 votes.

The proposal was therefore carried.

WILLIAM BLACK, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 11th March, 1925.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Council of the County of Matamata, is published in
accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans
Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

MATAMATA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on £201,000 Loan.

NOTICE is hereby given that the number of votes recorded
at the poll of ratepayers of the Matamata County held on the
lst day of October, 1924, on the proposal to raise a loan of
£201,000 was as follows:—

For the loan, 583; against the loan, 235; informal votes, 2.
I declare the proposal to raise the loan to be carried.

Dated this 7th day of October, 1924.

JAS. W. ANDERSON, Chairman.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough
of Timaru.

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 section
one hundred and thirty-two of the Municipal Corporations
Act, 1920, praying that the area described in the Schedule
hereto, being now part of the County of Levels, may be
excluded from the said county and included in the Borough
of Timaru. All persons affected are hereby called upon to
lodge any written objections to or petitions against the pro-
posed inclusion, which they desire to lodge, within one month
from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or
petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister
of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THE BOROUGH OF
TIMARU.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, being the
Town of Redruth, comprising original Rural Sections 1911
and 1998, situated in Blocks I and II, Patiti Survey District.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of the City
of Christchurch.

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, praying that the area
described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the
City of Christchurch. All persons affected are hereby called
upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the
proposed alteration, which they desire to lodge, within one
month from the first publication of this notice, such objec-
tions or petitions to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister
of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE CITY OF CHRIST-
CHURCH.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by
a line commencing at the north-western corner of Lot 6 on plan

2150, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at
Christchurch: thence north-easterly along the north-western
boundary of the said Lot 6 to its north-eastern corner; thence
south-easterly along the north-eastern boundary of the said
Lot 6 to a point 500 links distant from Bligh's Road; thence
by a right line parallel to and distant 500 links from Bligh's
Road to the south-western boundary of Lot 3 on plan 2810,
deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Christ-
church; thence south-easterly along that boundary and the
boundary of Lot 1, plan 2810, deposited as aforesaid, to Bligh's
Road, across Bligh's Road to the stream at the intersection
of Bligh's Road and Idris Road; thence south-easterly along
that stream and crossing the Great North Railway line to
Norman's Road; thence north-westerly along the northern
side of Norman's Road to and across the railway-line aforesaid
to Wairarapa Road; thence north-westerly along Wairarapa
Road, across Idris Road and Bligh's Road, to the north-
western corner of Lot 6 aforesaid, the point of commencement.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough of
Mount Eden.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th March, 1925.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented
to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the
Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, praying that the areas
described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the
Mount Roskill Road District and included in the Borough of
Mount Eden. 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.

AREAS PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BOROUGH OF
MOUNT EDEN.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District bounded
by a line commencing at the north-western corner of Lot 16,
Allotment 79, Section 10, Suburbs of Auckland; thence
southerly along the western boundary of the said Lot 16, across
Rewa Avenue, and along the western boundary of Lot 23,
Allotment 79 aforesaid, to the south-western corner of the
aforesaid lot; thence south-easterly along the south-western
boundaries of Lots 23 and 24 and the southern boundaries of
Lots 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 5, Allotment 79,
to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned lot; thence
northerly along the eastern boundary of the said Lot 5 to the
southern side of Landscape Road; thence westerly along the
southern side of that road to the north-western corner of Lot
16, the point of commencement.

Also all that area in the North Auckland Land District
bounded by a line commencing at a point on the south side of
Boundary Road, distant 200 links from Dominion Road;
thence southerly along a line parallel to and distant 200 links
from Dominion Road, for a distance of 750 links, to the
southern boundary of Allotment 115, Section 10, Suburbs of
Auckland; thence easterly along the southern boundaries of
Allotments 115 and 92, for a distance of 5170 links; thence
northerly by a line parallel to Mount Eden Road, for a distance
of 250 links; thence northerly across a road to a point 250
links west of the Mount Eden Road; thence northerly along
a line parallel to Mount Eden Road, for a distance of 410 links,
to the southern side of Boundary Road; thence westerly along
the southern side of Boundary Road to the point of commence-
ment.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Abolition of the Upper Dipton
River District, County of Southland.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th March, 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
Upper Dipton River District may be abolished. All persons
affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objec-
tions to or petitions against the proposed abolition which
they desire to lodge within one month from the first publica-
tion of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed
to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.