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erection of a traffic-bridge, in co-operation with the Pahiatua County Council, over the Mangahao River at Marima, the said Eketahuna County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of gd. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property of the Mangahao Bridge Loan Special-rating District, comprising Sections 1, 2, 4, 9, Block II., Tararua Survey District, and part 9, part 11, part 8, part 13, part 21, and Sections 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. of Block XIII., Mangahao Survey District; 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 February and the 1st day of August 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 cost of raising the loan, and the interest for the first year, to be paid out of the loan.

F. C. TURNOR, Chairman.

F. DOWSETT, Councillor.

I hereby certify that the above special order was made at a special meeting of the Eketahtina County Council held on the 13th of February, 1904, and was confirmed at a special meeting held on the 12th of March, 1904, and was signed and sealed with the common seal of the Council in my presence.

R. J. McLEAN, Clerk.

Special Order made by the Kaurihohore Road Board, County of Whangarei.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th June. 1904.

THE following special order, made by the Kaurihohore Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

C. H. MILLS, For Colonial Secretary.

KAURIHOHORE ROAD BOARD.

Special Order.

THAT a special order be made declaring gorse to be a noxious weed within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act within the boundaries of the Kaurihohore Road District, under the jurisdiction of the said Board. Such special order to take effect on and after the 15th May, 1904.

Kaurihohore, 25th April, 1904.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed in accordance with "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

J. H. McKENZIE, Chairman.

Special Order made by the Council of the County of Featherston.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 15th June, 1904.

THE following special order, made by the Featherston County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901."

J. CARROLL, For Colonial Treasurer.

FEATHERSTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

Notice is hereby given that at a special meeting of the Featherston County Council held on 12th March, 1904, a resolution was passed making and levying a special rate for the payment of interest and other charges on a loan authorised to be raised by the Council under "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901," as follows—a special rate of xd. in the pound sterling upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property of the Waitawatautau Special-rating District—to provide interest and other charges on a loan of £1,100 for metalling the Ponatahi and Riverside Roads, and erection of a bridge over the Huangarua River, within the Martinborough Riding. The above loan is for a period of forty-one years, and the interest to be paid at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum.

It is hereby further notified that a copy of the proposed special order embodying the resolution adopted at the said special meeting for making and levying such special rate, and which takes effect upon confirmation, is open to public inspection at the office of the Council at Martinborough during office hours, and that a special meeting of the Featherston County Council will be held on Saturday, 9th April, 1904, to confirm the said resolution.

W. S. HARPER, County Clerk.

Martinborough, 14th March, 1904.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made on the 12th day of March, 1904, and duly confirmed on the 9th day of April, 1904, at special meetings of the Council.

W. S. HARPER, County Clerk.

Special Order made by the Council of the County of Mauriceville.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 15th June, 1904.

THE following special order, made by the Mauriceville County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901."

J. CARROLL, For Colonial Treasurer.

MAURICEVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order making Special Rate.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by "The Counties Act, 1886," and "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901," the Mauriceville County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £100, authorised to be raised by the Mauriceville County Council, under the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901," for the purpose of metalling part of Mount Munro Road West, the said Mauriceville County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of $\frac{7}{25}d$. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property of the Mount Munro Road West Metalling Loan Special-rating District, comprising Sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 43, and 44, all in Block I., Kopuaranga Survey District; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable in one sum on the 1st day of April in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-two years, or until the loan is fully paid off. This order shall take effect upon confirmation.

I certify that at a special meeting of the Council held on the 30th day of April, 1904, the above special order was adopted, and was confirmed at an ordinary meeting of the Council held on the 28th day of May, 1904.

Mauriceville, 28th May, 1904.

CHAS. CHUR. JACKSON, Chairman.

W. GRAY, County Clerk.

Special Orders made by the Council of the County of Manawatu.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 15th June, 1904.

THE following special orders, made by the Manawatu County Council, are published in accordance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901."

J. CARROLL, For Colonial Treasurer.

MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

The following is a copy of two special orders passed by the Manawatu County Council at a special meeting held on the 11th May. 1904, and confirmed at a meeting of the Council held this day:

That, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901," the Manawatu County Council hereby resolves as follows:

1. That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £58, authorised to be raised by the Manawatu County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for construction of Kakariki and Gust's line of road—such loan to be at 4 per cent. per annum for forty-one years, and such loan being 10 per cent. additional on the loan of £585 raised under "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901," and amendments—the said Manawatu County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of $\frac{1}{200}d$. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property in the Sandon Riding District, comprising all the rateable property within the Sandon Riding; and that such special rate be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly, in one sum, at the County Offices, San-