May 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1369

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 6th May, 1925.

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

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

NGAROTO DRAINAGE BOARD.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan of £2,000.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Ngaroto Drainage Board taken on the 8th day of April, 1925, on the proposal of the Ngaroto Drainage Board to borrow the sum of £2,000 for the construction of drainage-works for the Ngaroto Drainage District,—
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 66; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 35.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated at Te Awamutu this 8th day of April, 1925.

GEORGE FINCH, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 5th May, 1925.

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

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

WAITOMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Mangaokewa Special-rating Area in the County of Waitomo was taken on the 8th day of April, 1925, on the proposal of the Waitomo County Council to borrow the sum of £2,400 for the purpose of re-forming, widening, culverting, and metalling portion of the Mangaokewa Road.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 12; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 9.
I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.
Dated this 28th day of April, 1925.

ROBT. WERE, Chairman.

By-law of the Riverton Borough Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th May, 1925.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-law made by the Riverton Borough Council on the 16th day of March, 1925.

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

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

IN pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the within-written by-law of the Riverton Borough Council, and declare that the same came into force on the 1st day of April, 1925.
Dated this 5th day of May, 1925.

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

Special Order made by the Southland County Council declaring that Canadian Thistle and Ragweed shall be deemed not to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. Ag. 2498.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 5th May, 1925.

THE following special order made by the Southland County Council is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, and the amendments of the said Act, the Southland County Council hereby resolves by way of special order as follows :—

That Canadian or Californian Thistle (Cnicus arvensis) and ragwort or ragweed (Senecio jacobæa) shall be deemed not to be noxious weeds within the County of Southland.

The foregoing resolution was passed by the Southland County Council as a special order on the 13th day of March, 1925, and confirmed as such on the 17th day of April, 1925.

Special Order passed by the Masterton Borough Council declaring Hemlock and Fennel to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. Ag. 2499.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 6th May, 1925.

THE following special order made by the Masterton Borough Council is published in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Noxious Weeds Amendment Act, 1910.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, and its amendments, the Masterton Borough Council doth hereby declare (by special order) that hemlock (Conium maculatum) and fennel (Fœniculum vulgare), being two of the plants named in the Third Schedule to the said Act, are noxious weeds within the meaning of the said Act within the Borough of Masterton.

The above special order was made by the Masterton Borough Council at a special meeting held on the 16th March, 1925, and was duly confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the Council on the 21st April, 1925.

Notice of Intention to take Additional Land, in the City of Wellington, for the Purposes of an Automatic-telephone Exchange.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of an automatic-telephone exchange in the City of Wellington; and for the purposes of such public work the additional land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Public Works Office, Wellington, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken: 2·55 perches.

Being part Lot 3, D.P. 5556, being part Section 28, situated in Block VI, Port Nicholson Survey District (Karori R.D.). (City of Wellington.) (S.O. 1965.)

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 62405, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red.

As witness my hand at Wellington this 30th day of April, 1925.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Public Works.

Result of Election of Trustees of Awatane Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th May, 1925.

THE following result of the election of the trustees of the Awatane Drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

J. HISLOP, Under-Secretary.

Awatane Drainage District, County of Otorohanga—
Martin Anso,
Arthur Nassau Austin,
John Budge,
Abel Illing, and
David McCracken.