Oil, shale or lubricating, New Zealand manufacture. Minimum quantity, 4 tons. Owner's
risk. Half rate ... B

Oil, tar, not otherwise specified. Owner's risk .. B
Oil, tar, New Zealand product. Minimum quantity,
2 tons. Owner's risk .... D
Oil, tar, New Zealand product. Minimum quantity,
4 tons. Owner's risk. Half rate ... B
Tar-oil not otherwise specified. Owner's risk .. B
Tar-oil, New Zealand product. Minimum quantity, 2 tons. Owner's risk .... D
Tar-oil, New Zealand product. Minimum quantity, 4 tons. Owner's risk. Half rate ... B

As witness my hand this 22nd day of October, 1925.
F. H. D. BELL,
Acting for Minister of Railways.

Appointing the Time and Place for the First Meeting of the Bay
of Plenty Electric-power Board.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by
section 4 of the Electric-power Boards Amendment Act,
1920, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, G.C.M.G., K.C., a member
of the Executive Council, for and on behalf of the Minister
of Public Works, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the 28th
day of October, 1925, at 2.30 o'clock p.m., as the time, and
the Borough Chambers, Church Street, Opotiki, as the place,
for holding the first meeting of the Bay of Plenty Electric-
power Board.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of October, 1925.
F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Public Works.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 19th October, 1925.
THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the
Borough of Gisborne, is published in accordance with
the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

GISBORNE BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Loan Proposals.-Results of Polls.
PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913,
I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Borough
of Gisborne taken on the 30th day of September, 1925, the
votes recorded for and against the various loan proposals
are as follows:-

1. £37,500 (for permanent road-construction, and for the
   purchase of road plant and machinery).-The number of
   votes recorded for the proposal was 700; against, 543;
   informal, 94.

I therefore declare that the above proposal was carried.

2. £20,000 (for the establishment of an additional unit for
   the electric light plant).-The number of votes recorded for
   the proposal was 722; against, 538; informal, 77.

I therefore declare that the above proposal was carried.

3. £15,000 (for installation of a public tepid bath).-The
   number of votes recorded for the proposal was 178; against,
   1,048; informal, 111.

I therefore declare that the above proposal was lost.

4. £4,000 (for motor-bus service for Kaiti and Victoria
   Township areas).-The number of votes recorded for the
   proposal was 241; against, 989; informal, 108.

I therefore declare that the above proposal was lost.

5. £4,000 (for improvements to reserves and parks).-The
   number of votes recorded for the proposal was 264; against,
   915; informal, 123.

I therefore declare that the above proposal was lost.

6. £3,446 (for partial compensation to Langlands sureties).-
   The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 299;
   against, 915; informal, 123.

I therefore declare that the above proposal was lost.

7. £18,560 (for sewerage, water, and electric light for the
   outer Kaiti Special District of the borough).-The number
   of votes recorded for the proposal was 69; against, 56;
   informal, 4.

I therefore declare that the above proposal was carried.

8. £39,656 (for sewerage, water, and electric light for the
   Mangapapa Special District).-The number of votes recorded
   for the proposal was 47; against 135; informal, 4.

I therefore declare that the above proposal was lost.
G. T. WILDISH, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 19th October, 1925.
THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the
Borough of Queenstown, is published in accordance
with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF QUEENSTOWN.
Result of Poll.
PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers
of the Borough of Queenstown was taken on the 7th
day of October, 1925, on the proposal of the Queenstown
Borough Council to borrow the sum of £1,200, for the purpose
of paying the balances of accounts still outstanding which
were incurred in the construction of hydro-electric works in
connection with the Queenstown Borough Water-supply and
Hydro-electric Power Loan of £7,000, 1923.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 37;
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was nil.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 8th day of October, 1925.
ANDREW SIMSON, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 20th October, 1925.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Council of the County of Hutt, is published in accordance
with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

HUTT 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 No. 21 Special-rating District, Pukerua Bay (being a
portion of the Horokiwi Riding of the County of Hutt) taken
on the 19th December, 1924, on the proposal of the Hutt
County Council to borrow the sum of £1,000 for the purpose
of constructing roads and all works incidental thereto on the
western or seaward side of the railway-line in the said special-
rating district-

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 39;
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 12.
I therefore declare the proposal carried.
A. I. MACKEY, Chairman.

Prohibition of Issue of Money-order and Transmission of
Postal Correspondence in New Zealand for Mrs. Trickett,
Lindisfarne, near Hobart, Tasmania.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand
having reasonable ground for supposing that the person
whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder
is engaged in promoting or carrying out a lottery or scheme
of chance, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post
and Telegraph Act, 1908. that no money-order in favour of
the said person shall be issued, and that no postal packet
addressed to the said person (either by her own or any fictitious
or assumed name), or addressed to the address in the Schedule
hereunder without a name, shall be either registered or for-
warded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.
MRS. TRICKETT, Lindisfarne, near Hobart, Tasmania.

Dated this 16th day of October, 1925.
F. H. D. BELL, for Postmaster-General.

Public Offices closed at Noon on Wednesday, the 4th November, 1925.-Electoral and Licensing Polls.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 15th October, 1925.
IT is hereby notified for general information that, pursuant
to section 123 (1) of the Legislature Act, 1908, the
offices of the Public Service throughout the Dominion will be
closed at noon on Wednesday, the 4th November, 1925, the
date fixed for the general elections.
P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Public Service Commissioner.