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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

the Avon Road Board by the General Government of New Zealand, under the provisions of ‘The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,’ and ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,’ and their amendments, for the purposes expressed in a ‘proposal to raise a loan,’ which was, on the 11th day of May, 1900, duly submitted to the ratepayers in respect of the properties situated in the special rating district which was described and defined in the Schedule to the said proposal, and which is described and defined in the Schedule hereunder written, and which proposal was, on the said last-mentioned date, duly carried, a special rate of 1s. in the pound sterling of the amount of the aggregate annual rateable values of the said properties of such ratepayers be made and levied in the manner provided by the said ‘Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,’ and ‘The Rating Act, 1894,’ and its amendments.

“2. That such rate shall be an annual-recurring rate, and shall be levied for a period of twenty-six years, or until the said loan shall have been fully repaid, and shall be made and levied under the provisions of ‘The Rating Act, 1894,’ and shall be payable half-yearly, on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each year.

“The Schedule above referred to.

“All that parcel of land in the Avon Road District bounded on the north-east by the south-west side of the Papanui Road: on the south-east by Norman’s Road from its junction with the Papanui Road to its junction with the Nursery Road: on the south-west by the north-east side of Nursery Road to its junction with Hawthorne Road; thence by a line running south-westerly along the north-west side of Hawthorne Road for a distance of 350·5 links; thence at right angles north-west for 568·5 links; thence at right angles south-west 701 links; thence at right angles north-west 213·3 links; and thence at right angles to the eastern boundary of the Northern Railway; and thence along the said eastern boundary of the Northern Railway to its junction with the Harewood Road; thence along the Harewood Road to its junction with the North Road; thence along the south-east side of the North Road to its junction with Green’s Road; thence along the south-west side of Green’s Road for a distance of 1291 links; thence at an angle south-west for a distance of 1373 links to a point on drain 1287 links from the North Road; thence along the said drain to the south-east boundary of Allotment 18 of Rural Section 304; thence south-west along the south-east boundaries of Allotments 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, and 9 to Lothhouse Street; thence along the south-west side of Lothhouse Street to the south-east corner of Allotment 35; thence along the south-east and south-west boundaries of said Allotment 35 to the south-east boundary of Allotment 43; thence along the south-east boundaries of Allotments 43, 41, 40, and 3 to the south-west side of the Papanui Road aforesaid.”

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been duly passed by the Avon Road Board as required by “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

A. B. MORGAN,
Chairman, Avon Road Board.
Marshland, 19th June, 1900.

Despatch.—Acts of 1899 assented to.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1900.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

J. G. WARD.

(New Zealand.—No. 20.)
Downing Street, 26th April, 1900.

My Lord,—I have the honour to inform you that Her Majesty will not be advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to the following Acts of the Legislature of New Zealand, transcripts of which accompanied your despatch, No. 78, of the 14th of December, 1899:—

Public.

No. 1. An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account and other Accounts to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, One thousand nine hundred.

No. 2. An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account and other Accounts to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, One thousand nine hundred.

No. 3. An Act to extend the Provisions of “The Municipal Franchise Reform Act, 1898.”

No. 4. An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account and other Accounts to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, One thousand nine hundred.

No. 5. An Act to authorise the raising of Money in Aid of certain Public Works and Purposes, and also to provide for the Renewal of certain Outstanding Debentures.

No. 6. An Act to amend the Law authorising the Acquisition of Private Land for Purposes of Settlement.

No. 7. An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account and other Accounts to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, One thousand nine hundred.

No. 8. An Act to make Further Provision for the Proper Conduct of Licensing Polls.

No. 9. An Act to amend “The Native Townships Act, 1895.”

No. 10. An Act to establish a Provident Fund in connection with the Police Force.

No. 11. An Act to prevent Boys or Girls being employed in Factories or Workrooms without Payment.

No. 12. An Act to better secure to Workers the Payment in full of their Wages.

No. 13. An Act to amend the Law with respect to voting for Members of Local Authorities, and in the Case of Proposals submitted to the Votes of the Ratepayers or Burgesses of Local Authorities.

No. 14. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Payment of Jurors.

No. 16. An Act to amend “The Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1894.”

No. 17. An Act to constitute a Public Holiday to be known as Labour Day.

No. 18. An Act to amend “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898.”

No. 19. An Act to give Effect to certain Resolutions of Parliament respecting the Construction of a Pacific Telegraph-cable.

No. 20. An Act to enable the Government Insurance Commissioner to undertake Accident Insurance Business as a Branch of the Business of the Department established under the Acts relating to Government Life Insurance.

No. 21. An Act to amend the Law relating to Native Reserves.

No. 22. An Act to amend “The Pharmacy Act, 1898.”

No. 23. An Act to further amend the Law relating to the Franchise in the Case of Boroughs.

No. 24. An Act to amend “The Trustee Act, 1883.”

No. 25. An Act to further amend the Acts relating to Government Life Insurance.

No. 26. An Act to amend “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886.”

No. 27. An Act to authorise the Construction of certain Railways.

No. 28. An Act to impose a Land-tax and an Income-tax.

No. 29. An Act to amend “The Mining Act, 1898.”

No. 30. An Act to further amend the Law relating to Native Land.

No. 31. An Act to amend “The Counties Act, 1886.”

No. 32. An Act to appropriate and apply certain Sums of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, the Public Works Fund, and other Accounts to the Services of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, One thousand nine hundred, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Present Session.

Local Acts.

No. 1. An Act relating to the Depositing and Disposal of Rubbish, Refuse, or Nightsoil within the Heathcote Road District.

No. 2. An Act to empower the City of Christchurch to borrow Thirty-five Thousand Pounds.

No. 3. An Act to amend “The Napier Harbour Board Amendment and Endowment Improvement Act, 1887,” and “The Napier Harbour Board Amendment and Further Empowering Act, 1889,” and to give Further Powers to the Napier Harbour Board to deal with the Lands described in the said Acts.

No. 4. An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Invercargill Garrison Hall to borrow Moneys for the Purpose of paying off Loans or Mortgages now or hereafter subsisting on the Whole or any Part of the Lands vested in the said Trustees, or the Rents, Issues, and Profits thereof, and to execute Mortgages for securing Payment of the Moneys so borrowed and Interest thereon.

No. 5. An Act to empower the Borough of Port Chalmers to borrow Five Thousand Pounds.

No. 6. An Act to amend and extend to other Building Land than is therein described the Powers contained in “The University of Otago Leases and Securities Act, 1898.”

No. 7. An Act to alter the Time of Election and to make Further Provision in respect of the Exercise of the Functions of the Timaru Harbour Board.

No. 8. An Act to extend the Powers of the Gore Agricultural and Pastoral Association in respect of a certain Piece of Land situate in the Town of Gore.