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throughout Her Majesty’s dominions so far as regards the foreign countries hereinbefore named as parties to the said Additional Act, and an English translation of the said Additional Act is set forth in the Schedule to the Order in Council now in recital:

And whereas the Republic of Hayti having duly acceded to the said Additional Act, the said Order in Council of the seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, was by Order in Council of the nineteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, extended to the said Republic:

And whereas the Empire of Japan having duly acceded to the said Berne Convention and the said Additional Act, the said Orders in Council of the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and the seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, were by Order in Council of the eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, extended to the said Empire of Japan:

And whereas the Principality of Montenegro having duly denounced the said Berne Convention, the said Order in Council of the sixteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, was revoked by an Order in Council of the eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and the provisions of the said Orders in Council of the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and the seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, have ceased to apply to the said Principality of Montenegro:

And whereas the foreign countries following—namely, Luxembourg, Monaco, Norway, and Japan, together with the foreign countries comprised in the said Order in Council of the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven—now constitute the foreign countries of the Copyright Union within the meaning of the said Order in Council of the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven:

And whereas it has been intimated to His Majesty’s Government that the Government of Denmark have notified the accession of that country to the said Berne Convention and Additional Act so far as regards the Kingdom of Denmark and the Faroe Islands, but excluding Iceland, Greenland, and the Danish Antilles, such accession to take effect from the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and three:

And whereas His Majesty in Council is satisfied that the said Government of Denmark has made such provisions as it appears to His Majesty expedient to require for the protection of authors’ works first produced in His Majesty’s dominions:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, and by virtue of the authority committed to His Majesty by the International Copyright Acts, 1844 to 1886, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1. From and after the commencement of this Order the hereinbefore-recited Orders in Council of the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and the seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, shall extend to the Kingdom of Denmark and the Faroe Islands.

2. This Order shall come into operation as from the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and three, which date is hereinbefore referred to as the commencement of this Order.

3. And the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury are to give the necessary orders herein accordingly.

A. W. FitzRoy.

Special Order made by the Bruce County Council.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 9th January, 1904.

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

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Treasurer.

BRUCE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order making Special Rate.

Public notice is hereby given that the following special order was confirmed at a special meeting of the Council held on the 5th day of January, 1904:—

“In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by ‘The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,’ the Bruce County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing interest and other charges on a loan of £750, authorised to be raised by the Bruce County Council under the provisions of ‘The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,’ for the widening and deepening of Morrison’s Creek between the Kaitangata and Tuakitoto Lakes, and paying off existing liabilities in connection with the lakes drainage-works, the said Bruce County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 7/16d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property in the Lakes Drainage District, comprising Blocks II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., South Tuakitoto Survey District; and Block IX., Sections 3 and 4 Block VIII., Sections 4, 5, 6, 7 Block VII., North Molyneux Survey District: and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and to be payable on the 1st day of April and the 1st day of September in each and every year during the currency of the loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is paid off.”

ALEX. NELSON,
County Clerk.

Special Order made by the Council of the Borough of Greymouth.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 12th January, 1904.

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

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF GREYMOUTH.

Special Order.

Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the Greymouth Borough Council was held on the 24th day of December, 1903, at 4 o’clock p.m., for the purpose of confirming a resolution passed at a special meeting of the said Council held on the 26th day of November, 1903. The resolution was as follows, viz.:—

“That, for the purpose of providing interest and other charges on a loan of £5,000, under ‘The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900,’ and ‘The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,’ and the amendments thereto, for the erection of abattoirs for the Borough of Greymouth, the said Council does by special order make and levy a special annual-recurring rate of 5d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property within the said Borough of Greymouth, as appearing upon the valuation rolls for the time being in force, and that such rate shall 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, and the first instalment of the said rate shall become payable on the 1st day of April, 1904.

“The said Council does also by this special order pledge as security for the said loan of £5,000 the whole of the said special annually recurring rate of 5d. in the pound upon the rateable property within the said borough as aforesaid, and also the whole of the land agreed by the Council to be set apart for abattoir purposes, and all the fences, yards, erections, works, and buildings to be constructed thereon, and all of the income to be derived therefrom, and all and every the revenue thereof and therefrom.”

JESSE STEER,
Mayor.

I certify that the above is a true copy of the special order made by the Greymouth Borough Council on the 26th day of November, 1903, and confirmed by the said Council on the 24th day of December, 1903.

EDWARD IVEAGH LORD,
Town Clerk.

Special Order made by the Cook County Council.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 12th January, 1904.

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

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Treasurer.

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

SPECIAL ORDER made by the Cook County Council at a special meeting held on Wednesday, 25th November, 1903, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting on the 28th December, 1903:—

“That, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in them in that behalf by ‘The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,’ the Cook County Council do hereby resolve as follows: That, for providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £600, authorised to be raised by the Cook County Council for the purpose of purchasing the land required for a road through Puhatikotiko Block, and the construction of that road, lately acquired by the Cook County Council, in the