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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

be payable annually on the 1st day of June in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

The above special order was adopted at a special meeting held on the 19th day of December, 1903.

Confirmation of Special Order, 16th January, 1904.

Levin, 16th January, 1904.

Proposed by Councillor Freeman, seconded by Councillor Nodine,—

That this Council do now confirm the special order adopted at a special meeting on the 19th December, 1903, relating to raising a loan of £350 for forty-one years, at 4 per cent., for the construction of Manawatu-Kukutauaki drain, as set forth in the said special order.

This is to certify that the above special order has been duly passed. Dated this 1st February, 1904.

JOHN McCULLOCH,
Clerk, Horowhenua County Council.

Special Order made by the Newcastle Road Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1904.

THE following special order, made by the Newcastle Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Treasurer.

NEWCASTLE ROAD BOARD.

Special Order.

THAT the Newcastle Road Board, being authorised under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” to raise a loan of £500 for the purpose of culverting, grading, forming, and graveling roads in the Newcastle Road District, and having made a special rate of 1½d. in the pound as security for the payment of interest and other charges on the said loan, now decide, under subsection (1) of section 5 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1902,” to pay the interest and sinking fund on the loan out of the General Fund, the interest being at the rate of 3½ per cent. per annum, payable on the 1st September in each and every year during the currency of the loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

I hereby certify that the above special order was proposed on the 11th day of November, 1903, and was passed on the 9th day of December, 1903.

E. C. SHEPHERD,
Chairman, Newcastle Road Board.

Hamilton, Waikato, 16th January, 1904.

Special Order made by the Wanganui County Council.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 24th February, 1904.

THE following special order, made by the Wanganui County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Treasurer

WANGANUI COUNTY COUNCIL.

SPECIAL ORDER of the Wanganui County Council made on the 13th day of October and confirmed on the 25th day of November, 1903:—

That, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Counties Act, 1886,” the Wanganui County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £2,500, authorised to be raised by the Wanganui County Council, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the purpose of constructing the Aberfeldie Bridge (£1,000) and reconstructing the Wanganui Bridge (£1,500), the said Wanganui County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1/10d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property of the Wanganui County; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of April and the 1st day of October in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

I, Robert Neilson, of Okoia, Chairman of the Wanganui County Council, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a special order made by the Wanganui County Council on the 13th day of October, 1903, and confirmed on the 25th day of November, 1903. As witness my hand and the seal of the Council, this 9th day of February, 1904.

ROBERT NEILSON.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Wanganui was hereto affixed in the presence of—Nobert Neilson, Chairman; J. E. Wilson, Councillor; Ernest Barns, Clerk.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 19th February, 1904.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Castlepoint County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Treasurer.

CASTLEPOINT COUNTY COUNCIL.

THE result of a poll taken on the 13th February, 1904, upon a proposal to raise a special loan of £800 under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the purpose of making and fencing a road from Whakataki to Castlepoint, as follows, viz.:—

Number of voters in special-rating area is 62, representing 112 votes: Number of voters who recorded their votes in favour of the proposal, 36, representing 63 votes; number of voters who recorded their votes against the proposal, 2, representing 5 votes: majority in favour of the proposal, 58. I therefore declare the proposal duly carried.

W. DALZIELL,
County Chairman.

15th February, 1904.

Certificate made by the Mayor of the Borough of Westport.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1904.

THE following certificate, made by the Mayor of the Borough of Westport, authorising the raising of the £6,671 loan for abattoirs, is published in accordance with the provisions of section 11 of “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900.”

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF WESTPORT.

I, SAMUEL JAMES RILEY, Mayor of the Borough of Westport, hereby certify that the Westport Borough Council has, by special order, duly authorised the raising of the sum of £6,671 by way of special loan for the purpose of establishing an abattoir under section 5 of “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900.”

S. J. RILEY,
Mayor.

Westport, 13th February, 1904.

Witness to signature and seal — A. D. G. Cumming, Town Clerk.

Notice to Imprestees under “The Public Revenues Act, 1891.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 24th February, 1904.

EVERY officer holding advances of public money is hereby required to pay to the Public Account, at the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the unexpended balance of his account on or before Thursday, the 31st March proximo, and forthwith to transmit to the Treasury at Wellington the bank receipt for such repayment, together with an account of his expenditure to the same date, as required by clause 4 of the Treasury Regulations.

As respects disbursements which officers may require to make immediately after the close of the financial year, requisitions for the amount required are to be made in such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later than the 14th March, so that the requisite funds may be placed at the disposal of the officer as soon after the 1st April as possible.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer,