June 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1465

under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for metalling portions of the Lamb Hill and Main Waipipi Roads, the said Waipipi Road Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of ⁵⁄₆d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all the rateable property in No. 3 Subdivision Waipipi Road District, comprising all that area as hereinafter described: commencing at a point on the coast being the termination of a right line running in a south-westerly direction from the middle of the road at the south-western angle of Section No. 147 of the Parish of Waipipi—bounded towards the north-west by the right line aforesaid and by a line along the middle of the road leading to Mokorau, in the Waikuku River; towards the south generally by the Waiuku River to the termination of a road running through Lot 314, Waipipi Parish; thence by the middle line of that road to the south-western corner of Lot 129, Waipipi Parish, and continuing in a straight line westerly through Lot 407, Waipipi Parish, to the sea; thence by high-water mark to the point of commencement: 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 January and the 1st day of July 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 hereby certify that the above special order was passed at a meeting of the Waipipi Road Board held on Saturday, 8th April, 1905.

JOHN NEIL,
Chairman, Waipipi Road Board.

Special Order made by the Council of the Borough of New Plymouth.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 14th June, 1905.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF NEW PLYMOUTH.

Special Order making Special Rate.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and all other powers (if any) contained in “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” the Council of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of New Plymouth hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of paying the interest and other charges on a loan of £90,000, authorised to be raised by the Council of the Mayor and Burgesses of the Borough of New Plymouth for the following purposes—(a) £29,000 to pay off the special loan already raised: (b) £30,000 to provide additions to and extensions of waterworks; to light the streets and public places of the borough with electricity and to supply electricity; to acquire in connection with providing additions to and extensions of waterworks and electrical lighting and supply (within or without the borough) lands, rights, easements, advantages, and appurtenances, and buildings, engines, machinery, and other things; to pay compensation to any person injuriously affected; and any other purposes incidental to or in relation to any of the above purposes: (c) £18,000 to promote the convenience of the inhabitants of the borough by improving the streets thereof, purchasing necessary machinery and plant, and constructing new bridges and approaches thereto: (d) £10,000 to provide a system of drainage for the borough and the means of flushing drains: (e) £3,000 to provide public baths either within or without the borough—the said Council of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of New Plymouth hereby makes and levies a special rate of 10d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all the rateable property of the Borough of New Plymouth; 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 June and the 1st day of December in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty years from the 1st day of October, 1902, or until the loan is paid off.

We hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a resolution adopted at a special meeting of the New Plymouth Borough Council held on Monday, the 8th day of May, 1905, and confirmed as a special order at a special meeting of the Council held on Thursday, the 8th day of June, 1905.

In witness whereof we have hereunto signed our names, and the seal of the said Council has been hereunto affixed, this 9th day of June, 1905.

R. J. COCK, Mayor.
FRANK E. WILSON, Councillor.
W. N. EWING, Councillor.
F. T. BELLRINGER, Town Clerk.

Despatch.—Registration of British Subjects at British Consulates.

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 10th June, 1905.

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

J. G. WARD.

Downing Street, 18th March, 1905.

(Circular.)

SIR,—I have the honour to inform you that, in view of the difficulty experienced in establishing the nationality of the claimants when the British claims recently came up for examination before the Venezuelan Claims Commission, it has been decided by His Majesty’s Government to encourage as much as possible the practice of registration at His Majesty’s Consulates abroad, and more especially in the case of British subjects resorting to Central and South America; and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has suggested the desirability of posting public notices at the various ports of emigration in the West Indies or other places in which it may seem advisable, impressing upon all emigrants of British nationality the advisability of having themselves registered at a British Consulate on the earliest opportunity after arrival at their destination, and warning them against the difficulties which their failure to do so may entail.

2. I enclose for the information of your Ministers a copy of the new regulations which have been issued to His Majesty’s Consular Officers abroad on the subject, and have to request you to invite your Government to consider the necessity for the issue of a notification for the guidance of any emigrants to foreign countries from the colony under your Government, calling their attention to the new Consular Regulations affecting this matter.

I have, &c.,

ALFRED LYTTLETON.

The Officer administering the Government of New Zealand.

REGISTRATION OF BRITISH SUBJECTS.

EVERY British subject is entitled, should he desire to do so, to register himself at a British Consulate, and to obtain a certificate that he is so registered.

Where it is desirable, on account of the number of persons presenting themselves for registration or for other reasons, to keep a special register of British subjects, it should be kept in accordance with the provisions of this circular.

The register should contain the particulars provided for in the form of Annex 1.

An applicant for registration should be required to fill up a form (Annex 2), and should not be registered until his claim has been established to the satisfaction of the Consular officer.

British-protected persons should be registered in the register of British subjects, but the fact that they are British-protected persons should be noted in the register.

An applicant of European descent, who is not personally known to the Consular officer, claiming British nationality on the ground of birth within the British dominions, should produce a letter from some known and responsible person certifying to his identity and British nationality, or satisfactory evidence of some other description.

Where British nationality is claimed under the statute 4 Geo. II., cap. 21—i.e., on the ground that the claimant’s father was a natural-born British subject, though the claimant was born abroad—the following evidence should be required:—