May 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1635

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 8th May, 1930.

THE following notices (2), received from the Mayor, Napier Borough Council, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926.

JOSEPH WARD, Minister of Finance.

NAPIER BOROUGH 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 Borough of Napier, taken on the 26th day of February, 1930, on the proposal to raise by way of loan the sum of £12,150 for the purpose following, that is to say:-

Providing additional water-supply for the Borough of Napier, and in connection therewith constructing a low-level reservoir and purchasing the necessary site, constructing a new pumping-station, installing high- and low-lift pumps for pumping water to the new reservoir and to Napier Terrace, and laying mains from artesian wells in Nelson and McLean Parks to the said pumping-station and from the said pumping-station to the new reservoir and Napier Terrace.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 324; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 395. I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Dated this 30th day of April, 1930.

J. VIGOR BROWN, Mayor.

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 Napier, taken on the 26th day of February, 1930, on the proposal to raise by way of loan the sum of £13,300 for the purpose following, that is to say:-

Permanently constructing with bitumen paving the portions hereinafter mentioned of the following streets, namely-George's Drive from Marine Parade South to Hyderabad Road;Marine Parade from Coote Road to northern side of the Municipal Baths;Marine Parade from its junction with Emerson Street to its junction with Raffles Street;Shakespeare Road from Post-office to Clyde Road.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 323; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 396. I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Dated this 30th day of April, 1930.

J. VIGOR BROWN, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 9th May, 1930.

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

JOSEPH WARD, Minister of Finance.

Pursuant to section 13 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that in respect of a poll taken on the 14th day of April, 1930, on the proposal of the Tauranga County Council to raise a loan of £250 for the purpose of metalling portions of the Omanawa Road, the number of votes recorded were: For the proposal, 13; against the proposal, nil.

And I hereby declare that the proposal was carried.

W. F. SINCLAIR, Chairman.

Notice respecting Proposed Constitution of Paihia Town District, Bay of Islands County.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 13th May, 1930.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General under the Town Boards Act, 1908, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be constituted a town district by name the Paihia Town District.

All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed constitution which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

PROPOSED TOWN DISTRICT OF PAIHIA.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District situated in Blocks IV and VIII, Kawakawa Survey District, and bounded by a line commencing at Ti Point in the Bay of Islands Harbour; thence southerly and westerly generally along the high-water mark of the Bay of Islands Harbour and the north bank of the Humai River to the westernmost corner of part Lot 13 of Old Land Claim 251 on plan 17104, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland; thence north-westerly along a right line to the southernmost corner of a recreation reserve shown on plan 15984 deposited as aforesaid; thence westerly along a right line to a point on the northern side of the Paihia-Waitangi Road where it intersects the western boundary of the Te Ti Block; thence by the western boundary of the Te Ti Block to Waitangi Bay, and by the high-water mark of Waitangi Bay to Ti Point, the place of commencement.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/151/54.)

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Road of less Width than 66 ft.

WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Minister of Lands, it is inexpedient, by reason of the fact that the land shown upon the plan of Town of Berwyn Hills, affecting part Section 9, Harbour Registration District, in Block XII, Belmont Survey District, is intended to be used wholly for residential purposes, that Malvern Road shown therein should be of the width of 66 ft.: Now, therefore, I, George William Forbes, Minister of Lands, do hereby, in pursuance of the power conferred upon me by section 17, subsection (l), of the Land Act, 1924, and of every other power me thereunto enabling, authorize the laying-off of such road of a width of 40 ft.: Provided always that it shall not be lawful for any person to erect or cause to be erected any building at a less distance than 33 ft. from the middle of such road.

Given under my hand, this 12th day of May, 1930.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Road of less Width than 66 ft.

WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Minister of Lands, it is inexpedient, by reason of the fact that the land shown upon the plan of Town of Oxford Extension No. 3, affecting part Rural Section 1839, in Block VIII, Oxford Survey District, is intended to be used wholly for residential purposes, that the new road shown therein should be of the width of 66 ft.: Now, therefore, I, George William Forbes, Minister of Lands, do hereby, in pursuance of the power conferred upon me by section 17, subsection (l), of the Land Act, 1924, and of every other power me thereunto enabling, authorize the laying-off of such road of a width of not less than 60-72 ft.: Provided always that it shall not be lawful for any person to erect or cause to be erected any building at a less distance than 33 ft. from the middle of such road.

Given under my hand, this 13th day of May, 1930.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Amending Restricted Limits for the Port of Bluff.

Marine Department,

Wellington, 13th May, 1930.

WHEREAS by Warrant dated the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 16, of the first day of March following, limits were defined for, inter alia, the Port of Bluff within which restricted limit steamships and ships propelled by mechanical power other than steam and to which restricted limits certificates are issued, may ply:

And whereas it is desirable that the limits therein defined for the port or harbour of Bluff be amended: Now, therefore, I, John George Cobbe, Minister of Marine, in pursuance and exercise of the power conferred upon me by section 189 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, do hereby revoke, in so far as it relates or applies to the port or harbour of Bluff, the aforesaid Warrant of the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, and do hereby define the following limits in substitution therefor:- River Limits: Inside a right line drawn from the Stirling Point Lighthouse to Tewaewae Rocks.Extended River Limits: Within a radius of twenty miles from the Stirling Point Lighthouse.Extreme Limits: Nil.

J. G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.