JAN. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 141

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 14th January, 1927.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Hutt Valley Electric-power Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

I HEREBY give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Hutt Valley Electric-power District, held on the 1st December, 1926, on a proposal to raise a loan of £150,000 for the purpose of distributing electrical energy, the following votes were recorded:—

For the proposal, 555; against the proposal, 197;
and, as the number of votes in favour of the proposal exceeds three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded, I hereby declare the proposal carried.

Dated this 4th day of January, 1927.

ANGUS JNO. McCURDY, Chairman.

Result of Election of a Member of the Gisborne Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th January, 1927.

THE following result of the election of a member of the Gisborne Fire Board by fire-insurance companies has been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs in accordance with the rules under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, which enure for the purposes of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926:—

Gisborne Fire Board—
Alan George Seddon.

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

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XII, Maungatautari Survey District, for the Purposes of a Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road; and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Arapuni, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken:—

A. R. P. Being portion of
5 1 1 Section 27A, Tautari Settlement; coloured purple.
12 0 34 Maungatautari part 3A 5J; coloured red.
1 2 18 Lot 1, D.P. 8108; coloured blue.

Situated in Block XII, Maungatautari Survey District. (S.O. 23812.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 67412, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 12th day of January, 1927.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 34/2522.)

Classification of Roads in the Tamahere Road District.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Motor-lorry Regulations, 1925, and the Motor-lorry Regulations Amendment No. 1, I, Kenneth Stuart Williams, Minister of Public Works, do hereby alter the Tamahere Road Board’s proposed classification of roads, and do hereby approve such altered classification as set forth in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS IN THE TAMAHERE ROAD DISTRICT.

Road classified in the Third Class (available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry which, with the maximum load it is licensed to carry, weighs not more than 6 tons)—
Newstead to Eureka Avenue Road.

Roads classified in the Fifth Class (available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry which, with the maximum load it is licensed to carry, weighs not more than 2½ tons)—
Matangi Post-office to Hinton’s Gully Road.
Matangi Post-office to Tauwhare Road.
Matangi Post-office to Tamahere Road.
Tauwhare to Morrinsville Road.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of January, 1927.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 62/26/77.)

The Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1926.—Income-tax payable.

BY Order in Council made and issued by His Excellency the Governor-General in Council on the 20th day of September, 1926, under the authority of the above Act, it was determined that the duty by way of income-tax, leviable under section 3 of the said Act, should be paid in one sum on Tuesday, the 8th day of February, 1927, at the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, Government Buildings, Wellington; and, in accordance with such Order in Council, I hereby give notice that the said duty will be payable accordingly. Additional tax will accrue if the tax is not paid on or before 1st March, 1927. The liability to pay is not suspended by any objection. The tax should be paid on or before the prescribed date, otherwise the additional percentage accrues: any overpayment will be adjusted by refund. The demands will be posted from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes on or about the 31st January, 1927. Demands must be presented with all payments, and taxpayers who expect a demand and do not receive one should notify me of the fact.

A. E. FOWLER,
Commissioner of Taxes.

Canterbury Agricultural College Board of Governors elected.

Canterbury Agricultural College,
Lincoln, 13th December, 1926.

IN pursuance of the Canterbury College and Canterbury Agricultural College Act, 1896, and amendments thereto, I hereby give public notice that in the election of members of the Board of Governors the following have been declared elected:—

For the Agricultural and Pastoral Associations electoral roll—
John Studholme.

For the Parliamentary electoral roll—
George Murray.

J. C. ROBERTS, Returning Officer.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Te Puke on the 1st February, 1927.

Registrar’s Office,
Rotorua, 15th January, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Te Puke on the 1st day of February, 1927, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

T. ANARU, Registrar.

[Waiariki, 1926-12.]

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION FOR ASSESSMENT OF COMPENSATION.

No. 1. Applicant: Minister of Public Works.
Name of land: Otamarakau.
Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for railway.

No. 2. Applicant: Minister of Public Works.
Name of land: Section 4, Block VIII, Waihi South Survey District.
Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for railway.