Mar. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 405

Members of Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Westland, and Canterbury Land Boards reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th March, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, pursuant to section 49 of the Land Act, 1924, been pleased to reappoint:

Oswald Hugh Orr

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Hawke’s Bay for a further term of two years from the 27th day of April, 1939 ;

Lewis Stanley Jellyman, and
Francis Smith

to be members of the Land Board of the Land District of Marlborough for further terms of two years from the 6th day of March, 1939, and 20th day of March, 1939, respectively ;

Bernard Ward

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Westland for a further term of two years from the 8th day of April, 1939 ; and

Bennett John Moyle

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Canterbury for a further term of two years from the 5th day of April, 1939.

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 22/748/3, 5, 7, and 8.)

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 14th March, 1939.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :—

Name. District.
Hugh Anderson Wakatipu (at Queenstown).
Stanley Ian Cameron Little River.
Summerfield Masterson Moss Mangaweka.
Richard Albert Lester Halcroft.
William Albert Gundy Waimate.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 13th March, 1939.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

Reuben Alexander Bell

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Kuiti, as from the 13th day of March, 1939.

William Maurice Dane

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Kao, as from the 6th day of March, 1939.

Enid Watkin

to be a Shorthand Reporter under the Shorthand Reporters Act, 1908.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 10th March, 1939.

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

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF LAWRENCE.

I HEREBY give notice that on the second day of March, 1939, a proposal was submitted by the Lawrence Borough Council to the ratepayers of the Borough of Lawrence for raising a special loan of £1,500, for the purpose of reconditioning the borough water-mains under the “Tate” process and for incidental costs, and that the number of votes recorded respectively for and against the proposal were as follows :—

Votes.
For the proposal 104
Against the proposal 3
Informal 1

And I declare the said proposal carried.

Dated the 3rd day of March, 1939.

R. F. BATCHELOR,
Mayor of the Borough of Lawrence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 8th March, 1939.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor, Dunedin City Council, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

DUNEDIN CITY 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 City of Dunedin taken on the 23rd day of February, 1939, on the proposal of the Dunedin City Council to borrow the sum of £100,000 for the purpose of effecting improvements to the streets of the city :—

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 4,025
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 3,278
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 27th day of February, 1939.

A. H. ALLEN,
Mayor.

DUNEDIN CITY 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 City of Dunedin taken on the 23rd day of February, 1939, on the proposal of the Dunedin City Council to borrow the sum of £50,000 for the purpose of extending and improving the waterworks of the City of Dunedin :—

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 4,135
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 3,171
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 27th day of February, 1939.

A. H. ALLEN,
Mayor.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block VI, Maioro Survey District, for Sand-dune-reclamation Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for sand-dune-reclamation purposes. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Port Waikato and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken : 509 acres.

Being Allotment 97, Parish of Wainku West.

Situated in Block VI, Maioro Survey District (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 29945.)

In the North Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 101550, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 10th day of March, 1939.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 54/557.)