Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 5th February, 1930.

IN pursuance of the 10th section of the Friendly Societies
Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor-General has
been pleased to license

John Howard Barnett, Esquire,
of Wellington, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly
Societies Act, 1909.

JAS. B. DONALD, Minister in Charge.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 11th February, 1930.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman, Castle-
point County Council, is published in accordance with
the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926.

JOSEPH WARD, Minister of Finance.

CASTLEPOINT COUNTY COUNCIL.
PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers
of the County of Castlepoint taken on the 1st day of February,
1930, on the proposal of the Castlepoint County Council to
borrow the sum of six hundred pounds (£600) for the purpose
of constructing a bridge across the Lower Whakataki Stream,
at Whakataki, on the Tinui to Castlepoint Main Highway,
within the County of Castlepoint, the number of votes re-
corded for the proposal was 95; the number of votes recorded
against the proposal was 5; the number of informal votes, 1.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 6th day of February, 1930.

S. SCHOFIELD, County Chairman.

Kaitaia Drainage District.—Notice of Intention to make and
levy Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th February, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, pursuant to
the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments,
to make and levy an annually recurring special rate to meet
interest and sinking fund on capital for the period from the
lst April, 1929, to the 31st March, 1930, on the unimproved
value of all land other than the land comprising the Kaitaia
Town District within the district constituted under the said
Act.

The amount of such rate shall be payable in one sum on
the lst March, 1930.

The valuation roll of the district is open for inspection at
the office of the Collector of Rates, Chief Drainage Engineer's
Office, 5 Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, and a
copy of same may be inspected at the office of the Chief
Drainage Engineer, Kaitaia, at all times at which those offices
are open for the transaction of public business.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE, for Minister of Lands.

Kaitaia Drainage District.—Notice of Intention to make and
levy Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th February, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, pursuant to
the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments,
to make and levy an annually recurring special rate to meet
interest and sinking fund on capital for the period from the
lst April, 1929, to the 31st March, 1930, on the unimproved
value of the land comprising the Kaitaia Town District
within the district constituted under the said Act.

The amount of such rate shall be payable in one sum on
the lst March, 1930.

The valuation roll of the district is open for inspection at
the office of the Collector of Rates, Chief Drainage Engineer's
Office, 5 Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, and a
copy of same may be inspected at the office of the Chief
Drainage Engineer, Kaitaia, at all times at which those offices
are open for the transaction of public business.

Kaitaia Drainage District.—Notice of Intention to make and
levy Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th February, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, pursuant to
the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments,
to make and levy a rate to meet maintenance costs for the
period from 1st April, 1929, to the 31st March, 1930, on the
unimproved value of all land other than the land comprising
the Kaitaia Town District within the district constituted
under the said Act.

The amount of such rate shall be payable in one sum on the
lst March, 1930.

The valuation roll of the district is open for inspection at
the office of the Collector of Rates, Chief Drainage Engineer's
Office, 5 Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, and a
copy of same may be inspected at the office of the Chief
Drainage Engineer, Kaitaia, at all times at which those offices
are open for the transaction of public business.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE, for Minister of Lands.

Kaitaia Drainage District.—Notice of Intention to make and
levy Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th February, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, pursuant to
the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments,
to make and levy a rate to meet maintenance costs for the
period from the 1st April, 1929, to the 31st March, 1930, on
the unimproved value of the land comprising the Kaitaia
Town District within the district constituted under the said
Act.

The amount of such rate shall be payable in one sum on the
lst March, 1930.

The valuation roll of the district is open for inspection at
the office of the Collector of Rates, Chief Drainage Engineer's
Office, 5 Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, and a
copy of same may be inspected at the office of the Chief
Drainage Engineer, Kaitaia, at all times at which those offices
are open for the transaction of public business.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE, for Minister of Lands.

Rangitaiki Land Drainage District.—Penalty on Overdue Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1930.

IN pursuance of section 76 of the Rating Act, 1925, and the
Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, the ratepayers
within the district constituted by the last-mentioned Act
are hereby notified that 10 per cent. additional will be added
to all rates for the year ended 31st March, 1930, unpaid on the
17th March, 1930.

Rates may be paid at any money-order office or to the
Collector of Rates, Box 1659, Auckland.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Hauraki Plains Rating District.—Penalty on Overdue Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1930.

IN pursuance of section 76 of the Rating Act, 1925, and
the Hauraki Plains Act, 1926, the ratepayers within the
district constituted by the last-mentioned Act are hereby
notified that 10 per cent. additional will be added to all rates
for the year ended 31st March, 1930, unpaid on 27th March,
1930.

Rates may be paid at any money-order office or to the
Collector of Rates, Box 1659, Auckland.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed in the Hawke's Bay
County.—(Notice No. Ag. 2886.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 11th February, 1930.

THE following special order made by the Hawke's Bay
County Council on the 11th day of November, 1929,
is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious
Weeds Act, 1928.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

In pursuance of section 4 of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, the
Hawke's Bay County Council hereby declares African Box-
thorn (Lycium Horridum) to be a noxious weed within the
jurisdiction of the said Council.