2478

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 85

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough of Newmarket.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th November, 1938.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the City of Auckland and included in the Borough of Newmarket. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration of boundaries 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.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM CITY OF AUCKLAND AND INCLUDED IN BOROUGH OF NEWMARKET.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, in the City of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 6 acres 2 roods 14 perches, more or less, bounded by a line commencing at the southernmost corner of Allotment 17 of Section 4, Suburbs of Auckland; thence in a north-easterly direction along the south-eastern boundary of Allotment 17 aforesaid a distance of 190·7 links; thence in a south-easterly direction following a right line bearing 312° 13′ distance 980·46 links to a stream; thence in a south-westerly direction generally up that stream to the south-eastern corner of Allotment 21 of Section 4, Suburbs of Auckland; thence in a north-westerly direction along the north-eastern boundaries of Allotments 21 and 35 of Section 4, Suburbs of Auckland, to the Auckland-Newmarket Railway; thence in a north-easterly direction along that railway to the point of commencement.

H. G. R. MASON,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/5/10.)

Fixing Date on which certain Returns under the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, are to be furnished.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th November, 1938.

PURSUANT to section 28 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, it is hereby notified that the returns showing the total gross amount of the premiums received by or due to fire-insurance companies during the year ended 31st December, 1938, shall be transmitted to the Fire Boards concerned in the manner prescribed by the said section on or before the 28th day of February, 1939.

FRANK LANGSTONE,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 76/8.)

Results of Licensing Poll, 1938.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th November, 1938.

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 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1938, AND OF THE RESULT THEREOF.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th November, 1938.

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 906,334.

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 .. .. 546,995
For State purchase and control .. 96,131
For national prohibition .. .. 263,208

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, 1938.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th November, 1938.

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 15th October, 1938.