Feb. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 277

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 7th February, 1936.

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

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF GORE.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to Raise a Loan for Public Baths (£3,500).

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 Gore, taken on the 23rd day of January, 1936, on the proposal of the Gore Borough Council to borrow the sum of £3,500 for erecting public swimming-baths—

Votes.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was .. 218
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 187
Informal .. .. .. .. .. 22

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 24th day of January, 1936.

ALEX. T. NEWMAN, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 6th February, 1936.

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

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

MANIOTOTO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Council Chambers Loan, 1935, £2,000.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I declare the result of the poll to borrow the sum of £2,000 held on 22nd January, 1936, was as follows:—

Votes.

For the proposal .. .. .. 425
Against the proposal .. .. .. 162
Informal .. .. .. 3

As the total number of valid votes in favour of the proposal exceeds three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded, I declare the proposal carried.

Dated at Naseby, this 24th day of January, 1936.

P. AITKEN, Chairman.

Results of Licensing Poll, 1935.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st January, 1936.

THE accompanying returns, compiled from particulars furnished by the several Returning Officers, are published for general information.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

NOTIFICATION OF THE NUMBER OF VALID VOTES RECORDED IN RESPECT OF NATIONAL PROHIBITION AT THE LICENSING POLL TAKEN ON THE 27TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1935, AND OF THE RESULT THEREOF.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st January, 1936.

IN pursuance of the provisions of section 16 of the Licensing Amendment Act, 1910, as modified by section 58 of the Licensing Amendment Act, 1918, I, Henry Greathead Rex Mason, Minister of Justice, do hereby notify that the total number of valid votes recorded at the poll throughout New Zealand, taken in accordance with Part II of the Licensing Amendment Act, 1918, was 821,757.

And I do further notify that the total number of valid votes recorded throughout New Zealand in respect of the proposals submitted under section 56 of the Licensing Amendment Act, 1918, was as under, viz.:—

Votes.

For national continuance .. .. 521,167
For State purchase and control .. 57,499
For national prohibition .. .. 243,091

As the total number of valid votes recorded in favour of either of the proposals for State purchase and control or for national prohibition without compensation does not amount to more than one-half of all the valid votes recorded at the poll, I hereby notify, under section 59 of the Licensing Amendment Act, 1918, that the result of the poll is that national continuance is deemed to have been carried.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Results of Licensing Poll, 1935.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st January, 1936.

THE accompanying returns, compiled from particulars furnished by the several Returning Officers, are published for general information.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

RETURN showing Number of Valid Votes recorded, &c., in each Licensing District at the Licensing Poll taken under the Provisions of the Licensing Act, 1908, the Licensing Amendment Act, 1910, and the Licensing Amendment Act, 1918, on the 27th November, 1935.