Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 31st March, 1925.

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

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

BOROUGH OF INVERCARGILL.

In pursuance of section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, notice is hereby given that separate polls of the ratepayers of the borough were taken on the 18th day of March, 1925, upon three proposals to raise special loans, the particulars of the proposed loans and the results of the polls being as follows:

1. A loan of £3,500 for public baths, being a sum in addition to loans already authorized: Votes for the proposal, 936; votes against the proposal, 1,072.

I declare the proposal to be rejected.

2. A loan of £16,000 for completing the gas reticulation of the borough: Votes for the proposal, 985; votes against the proposal, 1,029.

I declare the proposal to be rejected.

3. A loan of £140,000 for providing a gravitation water-supply for the borough from the Dunsdale Stream on lands in Forest Hill and Waimumu Hundreds owned by the borough as water reserves, including pipes, headworks, reservoirs, construction of works, and other relative matters: Votes for the proposal, 1,194; votes against the proposal, 832. I declare the proposal to be carried.

A. BAIN, Mayor.

Dated at Invercargill the 24th day of March, 1925.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 31st March, 1925.

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

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

ROTORUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Sunset Road Special-rating District, in the County of Rotorua, taken on the 20th day of March, 1925, on a proposal to borrow the sum of £200 for the purpose of forming and culverting Sunset Road, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 10, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was nil.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

CHARLES TURNER, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 31st March, 1925.

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

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

AKITIO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Pongaroa-Akitio Special-rating District, County of Akitio, was taken on the 18th day of March, 1925, on the proposal of the Akitio County Council to borrow the sum of £6,000 for the purpose of regrading and metalling for the first time the Pongaroa-Akitio Road.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 91; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 39.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 20th day of March, 1925.

HAROLD THOMAS, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 31st March, 1925.

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

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

TE AWAMUTU ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Kiokio Special-rating Area of the Te Awamutu Electric-power District was taken on the 10th March, 1925, on the proposal of the Te Awamutu Electric-power Board to borrow the sum of £8,000 for—

(a.) The erection of transmission-lines, transformer-stations, and other electric works for the supply of electricity to the Kiokio Special-rating Area, the sum of £7,000;

(b.) The purchase of electric motors, wires, lamps, fittings, machinery, and other equipment for the use of electric energy as applied to industrial, domestic, and other purposes; and the installation thereof or any part or parts thereof in public or private buildings, works, dwellings, and other places in the Kiokio Special-rating Area, the sum of £1,000.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 19; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 0.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 12th day of March, 1925.

J. T. JOHNSON, Chairman.

Notice respecting Proposed Constitution of Town District of Macandrew's Bay, County of Peninsula.

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 25th March, 1925.

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

SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED TOWN DISTRICT OF MACANDREW'S BAY.

All that area in the Otago Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point on the shore of Otago Harbour in line with the south-western boundary-line of Section 29, Upper Harbour East Survey District, thence to and along that boundary to the south-eastern corner of Section 29; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 29, 28, 27, and 37 to the south-western boundary of Section 2 of 2, Block 1, Otago Peninsula Survey District; thence south-easterly along that boundary to the south-eastern corner of the said section; thence north-easterly along its south-eastern boundary and the south-eastern boundary of Section 2 of 3, Block I aforesaid, to the easternmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence south-easterly along the south-western boundary of Section 2 of 4, Block I aforesaid; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 2 of 4, 41, and 40 to the easternmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence westerly along the northern boundary of the said Section 40 to the public road forming the eastern boundary of Section 68, Block II, Otago Peninsula Survey District; thence northerly along that road to the southern boundary of Section 69, Block II aforesaid; thence easterly along the southern boundaries of Sections 69 and 70, Block II aforesaid, the eastern boundary of Section 70, and the northern boundaries of Sections 70 and 69, Block II aforesaid, and the northern boundary of Section 15, Upper Harbour East Survey District, and its production to the shore of Otago Harbour; thence south-westerly along the shore to the point of commencement.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of the Raupare Drainage District, County of Hawke's Bay.

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 27th March, 1925.

It is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1913, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be included in the Raupare Drainage District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions