Mar. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 549

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 23rd February, 1926.

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

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

HOBSON COUNTY.

Aranga Station Road Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, notice is hereby given that at the poll of ratepayers taken on the 26th January, 1926, on the proposal to borrow £600 for the purpose of forming and metalling the Aranga Station Road, the number of votes recorded was as follows :—
For the proposal, 13 ; against the proposal, nil.
I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

V. TROUNSON, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 24th February, 1926.

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

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

Proposed Redan-Mokoreta Road Special Loan of £1,000.—Result of Poll.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give public notice that at the poll of the ratepayers of the Redan-Mokoreta Special-rating District, in the Southland County, held on the 26th day of January, 1926, on the proposal to raise £1,000 for remetalling the Wyndham-Clinton Main Road from Redan to Mokoreta the following votes were recorded :—
For the proposal, 61 ; against the proposal, nil.
I therefore declare the said proposal to be carried.
Dated at Invercargill this 12th day of February, 1926.

COLIN ROBERTSON,
Chairman of the Southland County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 1st March, 1926.

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

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

COUNTY OF HAURAKI PLAINS.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Kerepeehi Roads Loan Special-rating Area taken on the 23rd day of October, 1925, on the proposal of the Hauraki Plains County Council to borrow the sum of £33,800 for the construction of roads,—
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 17 ; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 55.
I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.
Dated at Ngatea this 12th day of February, 1926.

JAMES C. MILLER, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 1st March, 1926.

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

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

WAIMAIRI COUNTY COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Avonhead Channelling Loan Special Area, in the Waimairi County, was taken on the 18th day of February, 1926, on a proposal of the Waimairi County Council to raise a special loan of £1,800, for the purpose of channelling-construction.

Census
District.

Enumerator.

Counties (with their Interior Boroughs and Town Districts, and including also Adjacent Islands) in each Census District.

59 Postmaster, Hokitika .. Westland.
60 ,, Waiau .. Amuri.
61 ,, Cheviot .. Cheviot.
62 ,, Amberley .. Waipara, Kowai.
63 ,, Rangiora .. Rangiora, Ashley.
64 ,, Darfield .. Malvern, Tawera, Selwyn.
65 ,, Kaiapoi .. Oxford, Eyre.
66 ,, Christchurch .. Waimairi, Paparua, Halswell, Heathcote, Mount Herbert.
67 ,, Leeston .. Ellesmere, Springs.
68 ,, Akaroa .. Akaroa, Wairewa.
69 ,, Chatham Islands .. Chatham Islands.
70 ,, Ashburton .. Ashburton.
71 ,, Timaru .. Geraldine, Levels.
72 ,, Fairlie .. Mackenzie.
73 ,, Waimate .. Waimate.
74 ,, Oamaru .. Waitaki.
75 ,, Palmerston .. Waihemo.
76 ,, Dunedin .. Waikouaiti, Taieri, Peninsula.
77 ,, Balclutha .. Bruce, Clutha.
78 ,, Lawrence .. Tuapeka.
79 ,, Ranfurly .. Maniototo.
80 ,, Cromwell .. Vincent.
81 ,, Queenstown .. Lake.
82 ,, * Invercargill .. Southland, Stewart Island.
83 ,, Riverton .. Wallace, Fiord.

Enumerator.
District.

Resident Commissioner, Rarotonga
The Cook and other Islands annexed to New Zealand—viz., Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Atiu, Mangaia, Manihiki, Hervey, Mauke, Mitiaro, Palmerston, Penrhyn, Pukapuka, Rakahanga, and Suwarrow.

Resident Commissioner, Niue
Island of Niue.

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

New Zealand Government Railway Department.—New Locomotive Shops at Hutt Valley, near Wellington.

WRITTEN tenders will be received up to noon on the 31st August, 1926, at the office of the Railway Board, Wellington, New Zealand, for the erection of new locomotive workshops at Hutt Valley, near Wellington.

Plans, specifications, and conditions of contract may be seen at the offices enumerated below :—

United Kingdom .. The office of the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London.
Canada .. The office of the Department of Labour, Ottawa.
Australia .. The New Zealand Government Offices, Sydney and Melbourne.
New Zealand .. The Chief Engineer’s office, Railway Buildings, Wellington.
The Railway Engineer’s office at Auckland, Wanganui, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill.

The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
Telegraphic tenders will not be considered.

By Order.

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-laws.—Portobello Road Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th February, 1926.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 109 of the Counties Act, 1920, that so much of the by-laws made by the Portobello Road Board and sealed on the 5th day of November, 1925, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Road Board Fund for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General.

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