JUNE 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1847

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1925.

T is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :

Arnold Herbert Greaney .. .. Waiapu.
Seymour Leslie Anderson .. .. Drury.
Albert Charles Downey .. .. Tokaanu.
William Lawrence Donohue .. .. Whangarei.
James Edwin Brown .. .. Duntroon.
Frederick William Bailey .. .. Wakatipu.
James Bruce Davis .. .. Dunstan.
Ernest John Cadogan .. .. Castlepoint.
Frank John Williams .. .. Tokomaru Bay.
John McKay Robb .. .. Huntly.
John Caird .. .. Te Awamutu.
Frank John Williams .. .. Tolaga Bay.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 27th May, 1925.

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

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF NORTHCOTE.

Drainage Loan, £11,000.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Northcote taken on the 20th day of May, 1925, on the proposal of the Northcote Borough Council to borrow the sum of £11,000 for drainage purposes within the special drainage area of the said borough,—

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 151; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 17.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated this 21st day of May, 1925.

CHAS. A. DEUXBERRY, Mayor.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 28th May, 1925.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Avondale, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF AVONDALE.

Declaration of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Avondale taken on the 29th day of April, 1925, on the proposal of the Avondale Borough Council to borrow the sum of £5,500 for purchase of roadmaking plant and machinery,—

The number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal was 719; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 265.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Blockhouse Bay Water-reticulation Special-rating Area.—Declaration of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Blockhouse Bay Water-reticulation Special-rating Area taken on the 29th day of April, 1925, on the proposal of the Avondale Borough Council to raise a special loan of £22,200 for the purpose of water-reticulation in the above-mentioned special-rating area,—

The number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal was 103; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 67.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 18th day of May, 1925.

WM. JOHN TAIT, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 28th May, 1925.

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

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

GERALDINE COUNTY RIVER BOARD.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the South Orari River District taken on the 20th day of May, 1925, on the proposal of the Geraldine County River Board to borrow the sum of £5,500 for the purpose of removing trees growing in the Orari River bed and for the construction of protective works on the banks of the Orari River,—

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 140; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 8.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 21st day of May, 1925.

K. MACKENZIE, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 29th May, 1925.

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

W. NOSWORTHY Minister of Finance.

FEATHERSTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Loan Proposal.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Tuturumuri Special-rating Area of the County of Featherston was taken on the 24th day of April, 1925, on the proposal of the Featherston County Council to borrow the sum of £9,000 for the construction and formation of the Tuturumuri Road with the necessary bridges, approaches, and groin-work.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 50, and the number recorded against the proposal was 6.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

Q. DONALD, Chairman.

Special Order made by the Horahia Drainage Board, subdividing District and fixing Representation.

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

THE following special order, made by the Horahia Drainage Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1920, and amendments.

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

HORAHIA DRAINAGE BOARD.

IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 16 of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, by section 3 of the Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1908, and by section 2 of the Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1920, the Horahia Board hereby resolves, by way of special order, as follows :—

1. That the Horahia Drainage District is hereby subdivided into three subdivisions, named respectively the Central Subdivision, the Northern Subdivision, and the Southern Subdivision, which said subdivisions are respectively described in the Schedule hereto.

2. That the number of Trustees to be elected for the Central Subdivision shall be two, for the Northern Subdivision shall be three, and for the Southern Subdivision shall be two.

SCHEDULE.

Central Subdivision.

All that land in the Horahia Drainage District bounded—commencing at a point on the right bank of the Piako River at the intersection of a drain commonly called the Shell Bank Drain, thence along the centre of the Shell Bank Drain in an easterly direction to and across a public road called the Kopuarahi-Kerepehi Road to the point of its intersection with the Kopuarahi-Turua Road, thence along the centre of the Kopuarahi-Tuhua Road in an easterly direction to the eastern boundary of the Horahia Drainage District; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of Lots 2, 3, and 4, D.P. 12921, to and across a public road; thence southerly