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aries of Rural Sections 5611 and 2521; thence south-easterly along the south-western boundaries of Rural Sections 5726, 5965, and 6217 to the south-eastern corner of the last named section; thence south-westerly along a right line at right angles to the last-mentioned boundaries to a point in line with the eastern side of Park Road; thence along that line to Park Road; thence by a right line across Park Road to the south-eastern corner of Section 30, Waimate Village Settlement; thence northerly along the western side of Park Road to Railway Terrace South; thence westerly along the southern side of Railway Terrace South to the western boundary of Section 30 aforesaid; thence south-westerly generally along the western boundaries of Sections 30, 25, and 24 to Racecourse Road, across Racecourse Road and that line produced to the left bank of the Waimate Creek; thence westerly generally along the left bank of the said Waimate Creek to the point of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF WAIMATE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the Waitaki River in line with the northern corner of Run 261; thence by a right line to the summit of the Hakataramea Pass; thence by the south-western boundary of Run 74 to Dalgety Creek; thence down the middle of Dalgety Creek to a point in line with the north-western corner of Rural Section 34105; thence by a right line running due east to the summit of the Hunters Hills; thence southerly along the summit of the Hunters Hills to Trig. Station F; thence by a right line to the summit of Mount Nimrod; thence by a right line to the source of the Pareora River; thence down the middle of the Pareora River to the sea; thence by the sea-coast to the mouth of the Waitaki River; thence up the middle of the said Waitaki River to the point of commencement.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF DEEP CREEK RIDING.

ALL that area in the Waimate County bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the North Branch, Waihao River, being due west of the source of Deep Creek, and proceeding in an easterly direction generally along a right line to the source of the said Deep Creek; thence down the middle of Deep Creek to the sea; thence southerly generally along high-water mark of the sea to the mouth of the Waihao River; thence westerly and north-westerly generally up the middle of the said Waihao River and the said North Branch, Waihao River, respectively, to the point of commencement: excluding the Borough of Waimate hereinbefore described.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice as to the Application of Certain Provisions of the Forests Act, 1921–22, and the Forests Amendment Act, 1925, to Land situated in Blocks V and VI, Akatarawa Survey District.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is the land referred to in section 43 of the Finance Act, 1925:

And whereas the purchase thereof by me, the Commissioner of State Forests, has been completed in terms of subsection (2) of the said section 43:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by subsection (6) of the said section 43, I hereby specify that the provisions of sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, and 63 of the Forests Act, 1921–22, also sections 1, 3, 5, 11, and 12, of the Forests Amendment Act, 1925, are applied to the land mentioned in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.

Hukinga Forest.

ALL that area, containing by admeasurement 5,351 acres, more or less, being Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Block V, and Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, Block VI, Akatarawa Survey District (certificate of title, Vol. 153, folio 5). As the same is more particularly delineated on plan No. 89/5, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Given under my hand this 17th day of March, 1926.

O. HAWKEN, Commissioner of State Forests.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 17th March, 1926.

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

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

TE RAPA DRAINAGE DISTRICT.—HOROTIU SUBDIVISION.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of Horotiu Subdivision of the Te Rapa Drainage District was taken on the 22nd day of February, 1926, on the proposal of the Te Rapa Drainage Board to borrow the sum of £1,000 sterling for the purpose of constructing and improving watercourses and drains in, and providing outfalls for water from, the Horotiu Subdivision of the Board’s district, and to provide for the purchase of any necessary tools, equipment, machinery, or plant for the work, and engineering or other incidental expenses arising therefrom.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 21; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 4; the number of invalid votes recorded was 1.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 22nd day of February, 1926.

JOHN S. ELLIOTT, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 17th March, 1926.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Devonport, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1923.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF DEVONPORT.

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 Devonport taken on the 24th day of February, 1926, on the proposals of the Devonport Borough Council to borrow the following amounts, the number of votes recorded for and against each proposal were as follows:—

Proposal No. 1: Streets, &c.—Reconstruction and permanent formation of streets in the borough, construction of seawalls, improvements to Vauxhall and Shoal Bay reserves, and purchase of plant and machinery required for the construction of the aforementioned works, £202,500—
Votes recorded for the proposal, 525; against the proposal, 770; informal, 73.

Proposal No. 2: Buildings, &c.—Erection of Town Hall, library, and municipal buildings, the purchase of books for library, and furnishing for buildings, £20,000—
Votes recorded for the proposal, 364; against the proposal, 905; informal, 99.

Proposal No. 3: Fire-alarm System.—Installation of fire-alarm system, £2,000—
Votes recorded for the proposal, 836; against the proposal, 457; informal, 75.

Proposal No. 4: Fire Brigade Station.—Completion of erection of fire brigade station buildings and provision for furnishings for buildings, £500—
Votes recorded for the proposal, 783; against the proposal, 495; informal, 90.

I therefore declare that proposals Nos. 1 and 2 were rejected, and proposals Nos. 3 and 4 were carried.

THOMAS LAMONT, Mayor.

Devonport, 10th March, 1926.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 17th March, 1926.

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

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

MAKERUA DRAINAGE BOARD.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan of £15,000.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of