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Inspector of Sea-fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th December, 1926.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

George Scandrett,

of Westport, Police Sergeant, to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing under the first-mentioned Act.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Marine.

Inspector of Sea-fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 18th December, 1926.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

William McLennan,

of Kaikoura, Police Constable, to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of the first-mentioned Act.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Marine.

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1926.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

Albert Irving Flett, Esquire,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Devonport, as from the 15th day of December, 1926.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 4th January, 1927.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Napier, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

NAPIER BOROUGH COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that on Tuesday, the 21st day of December, 1926, a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Napier was taken on each of the loan proposals set out hereunder. The numbers of valid votes recorded at the said polls respectively for and against the said proposals respectively, and the numbers of informal votes cast at the said polls respectively, were as follow:—

Proposal No. 1.—A special loan of £7,540 for the purposes following:—

(a.) The extension of Thackeray Street from Faraday Street to Hyderabad Road; the widening of Hyderabad Road from the western end of such Thackeray Street Extension to the point where the Napier – Port Railway meets Hyderabad Road; the widening of a portion of Carlyle Street at the western end thereof and being adjacent to Hyderabad Road; the purchase of land for and in connection with the said road extension and road widening; the purchase of land and the exchange of the same for other land for and in connection with the said road extension and road widening .. £ 6,240

(b.) The construction of a further portion of a storm-water outfall culvert for a distance of 3½ chains, the present termination of which culvert is at George’s Drive .. 500

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6,740

Cost of raising the loan, interest, and sinking fund for the first year and contingencies .. 800

———
£7,540

Votes for, 266; votes against, 100; informal votes, 4.

Proposal No. 2.—A special loan of £8,400 for the purposes following:—

(a.) The purchase from the Napier Harbour Board of all that piece of land containing an area of 6 acres 3 roods 19·6 perches, more or less, adjacent to Hyderabad and Taradale Roads, being part of Te Whare-o-Maraenui Block and Ahuriri Lagoon Reserve, being the parcel of land particularly described in the Schedule to the Napier Harbour Board and Napier Borough Enabling Act, 1926 .. £ 1,000

(b.) To fill up, reclaim, and level the said area .. 3,380

(c.) To lay out, make, form, and metal roads through or along the said area, and construct covered drains through or along the same .. 550

(d.) The construction of a further portion of a storm-water outfall culvert from a point near the eastern side of the said area to the western side of Taradale Road .. 1,860

(e.) Purchase of plant necessary for the above works .. .. .. 725

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7,515

Cost of raising the loan, interest, and sinking fund for the first year and contingencies .. 885

———
£8,400

Votes for, 278; votes against, 91; informal, 2.

Proposal No. 3.—A special loan of £5,240 for the purposes following:—

(a.) Reconstruction of that portion of Hastings Street lying between its junction with Shakespeare Road and the southern side of its intersection with Dickens Street, including the raising of the tram-rails and the resurfacing of the roadway with bituminous concrete .. £ 3,750

(b.) Relaying the water-main in the above portion of Hastings Street .. .. .. 250

(c.) Paving with concrete slabs the footpath on the whole of the eastern side of the above-mentioned portion of Hastings Street and on so much of the western side of the above-mentioned portion of Hastings Street as lies between Emerson Street and Dickens Street 770

———
4,770

Cost of raising the loan, interest, and sinking fund for the first year and contingencies .. 470

———
£5,240

Votes for, 232; votes against, 136; informal, 2.

Proposal No. 4.—A special loan of £5,000 for the purposes following:—

The erection of a grandstand in McLean Park, with rooms and conveniences for sport purposes .. .. .. .. £ 4,650

Cost of raising the loan, interest, and sinking fund for the first year and contingencies .. 350

———
£5,000

Votes for, 208; votes against, 156; informal, 5.

Inasmuch as of the total number of valid votes recorded at the poll on each of the said proposals a majority was recorded in favour of each such proposal, I therefore declare the said proposals numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 to be carried.

Dated at Napier this 23rd day of December, 1926.

J. B. ANDREWS, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 23rd December, 1926.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Palmerston North, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

PALMERSTON NORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposals to raise Special Loans.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Palmerston North, taken on the 17th day of December, 1926, the result of the voting was as follows:—