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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 7

(b) After the expiry of three years from the date of the
coming into force of any accession under paragraph (a) of
this Article, either of the High Contracting Parties may, by
giving a six months' notice of termination through the diplomatic channel, terminate the application of the Convention
to any country in respect of which a notification of accession
has been given.
The termination of the Convention under Article 15 shall
not affect its application to any such country.
(c) Any notification of accession under paragraph (a) of
this Article may include any dependency or mandated territory
administered by the Government of the country in respect of
which such notification of accession is given ; and any notice
of termination in respect of any such country under paragraph
(b) shall apply to any dependency or mandated territory
which was included in the notification of accession in respect
of that country.
In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the present
Convention, in English and Spanish, and have affixed
thereto their Seals.
Done in duplicate at London, the 27th day of June, 1929.
[L.S.]
ARTHUR HENDERSON.
[L.S.]
MARQUES DE MERRY DEL VAL.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 16th January, 1931.
THE following notice, received from the Mayor, Featherston Borough Council, is published in accordance with
the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926.
E. A. RANSOM, Acting Minister of Finance.
FEATHERSTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.
THE result of a poll taken on the 7th January, 1931, of the
ratepayers of Featherston, on the proposal to raise £300 for
streets improvements, was as follows :-
For the proposal .. . . . . . 74
Against the proposal .. . . . . . . . 23
I therefore declare the proposal carried.
J. W. CARD, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 16th January, 1931.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman, Manukau County Council, is published in accordance with
the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926.
E. A. RANSOM, Acting Minister of Finance.
MANUKAU COUNTY COUNCIL.
Mangere Special Area Water-supply Loan (£65,000), 1930.
PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926,
I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the
Mangere Water-supply Loan of £65,000 Special-rating Area,
taken on the 13th day of December, 1930, on the proposal of
the Manukau County Council to borrow the sum of £65,000,
for the purpose of laying mains and doing all other things
necessary for the supply of water to properties in the said
special-rating area, and redeeming the existing Mangere
Bridge Waterworks Special Area Loans of £3,000 and £300,
and Mangere Crossing Waterworks Special Area Loans of
£7,000 and £700, respectively, in the Mangere Riding of the
County of Manukau, the number of votes recorded for the
proposal was 625; the number of votes recorded against the
proposal was 109; informal votes 4.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
F. M. WATERS, Chairman.
EDGAR ASHCROFT, Returning Officer.
Dated this 19th day of December, 1930.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th January, 1931.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of
the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence
Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909:-
Raetihi Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Raetihi.
Dated 16th December, 1930.
JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Prohibition of Issue of Money-orders and Transmission of
Postal Correspondence for the Mail Order Chemist, Post-office Box 791, Christchurch, and Post-office Box 421, Wellington.
THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand
having reasonable ground for supposing that the person
or persons described in the Schedule hereunder are engaged
in an immoral business, it is hereby ordered, under section 32
of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928, that no money-order in
favour of the said person or persons shall be issued, and that
no postal packet addressed to the said person or persons, or
addressed to either of the addresses in the Schedule hereunder
without a name, shall be either registered or forwarded by the
Post Office of New Zealand.
SCHEDULE.
Mail Order Chemist, Post-office Box 791, Christchurch.
Mail Order Chemist, Post-office Box 421, Wellington.
Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of January, 1931.
JAS. B. DONALD, Postmaster-General.

Conscience Money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 16th January, 1931.
HEREBY acknowledge receipt of the following amounts
forwarded by persons unknown as conscience-money to
the New Zealand Government : £1 5s. and £2 5s. forwarded
to the Treasury Department ; 5s. forwarded to the Railway
Department ; 13s. 3d. forwarded to the Customs Department.
A. D. PARK,
Secretary to the Treasury.

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.-Election to administer Estates.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in
respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as
known) are hereunder set forth.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 19th January, 1931.
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.