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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

Notice respecting Proposed Borough of Taihape, County of Rangitikei.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1906.

PURSUANT to section 175 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a petition has been presented to him praying for the constitution of the area described in the Schedule hereto as a borough under the said Act, to be named the Borough of Taihape. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to, or petitions against, the constitution of the said borough which they may desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice; such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPOSED BOROUGH OF TAIHAPE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north by the northern boundary-line of Section No. 72, Block XIV, Ohinewairua Survey District, from the north-western corner of the said Section No. 72 to the Railway Reserve; thence by a right line across the said Railway Reserve and a public road to the north-west corner of Section No. 74; thence by the northern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 74 and 76, Block XIV aforesaid, and the northern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section produced to the middle of the Hautapu River; thence towards the north-east generally by a line along the middle of the Hautapu River to the confluence of the Mangaone Stream with the said Hautapu River; thence towards the south generally by the left bank of the said Mangaone Stream to the Railway Reserve at the southernmost corner of Section No. 92, Block XIV aforesaid; thence by the said Railway Reserve to the westernmost corner of the said Section No. 92; thence by a right line across the Railway Reserve and a public road to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 66 (Cemetery Reserve); thence by the southern and western boundary-lines of the last-mentioned section and the western boundary-line of that section produced to the northern side of the Mangaweka–Taihape Main Road; thence by the northern side of the said Mangaweka–Taihape Main Road to its junction with the Taihape Valley Road; thence by the northern side of the last-mentioned road to the westernmost corner of Section No. 83, Block XIV aforesaid; thence by a right line bearing north 45° west to the middle of the Otaihape Stream; thence by a line along the middle of the said Otaihape Stream to a point in line with the western boundary-line of Section No. 21, Block XIV aforesaid; and thence towards the west generally by a right line to the south-western corner of the said Section No. 21; thence by the western boundary-line of the last-mentioned section to Kaka Road; thence by a right line across the said Kaka Road and by the eastern side of that road to the south-western corner of Section No. 19, Block XIV aforesaid; thence by the said Section No. 19 to its north-western corner; and thence by Sections Nos. 13, 10, and 8, Block XIII, Ohinewairua Survey District, to the north-western corner of Section No. 72, Block XIV aforesaid, the place of commencement.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Despatch from Secretary of State for the Colonies.—Act of New Zealand Parliament assented to.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1906.

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

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Acting Colonial Secretary.

(New Zealand.—No. 12.)
Downing Street, 22nd February, 1906.

My Lord,—I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty will not be advised to exercise his powers of disallowance with respect to the Act No. 41 of 1905 of the Parliament of New Zealand, entitled “An Act to amend ‘The Australian and New Zealand Naval Defence Act, 1903,’” a transcript of which accompanied your despatch No. 75, of the 16th November last.

I have, &c.,
ELGIN.

The Officer Administering the Government
of New Zealand.

Special Order made by the Riccarton Road Board, County of Selwyn.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1906.

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

JAMES McGOWAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

RICCARTON ROAD BOARD.

Special Order declaring Noxious Weeds.

In pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” the Riccarton Road Board hereby declare gorse, broom, and ox-eye daisy to be noxious weeds within the Riccarton Road District.

I hereby certify that the above resolution was duly passed by the Riccarton Road Board at a special meeting held on the 12th day of February, 1906, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 9th day of April, 1906.

JAMES H. SHARPE,
Clerk, Riccarton Road Board.

Road Board Office, Fendalton.

Special Order made by the Otaki Road Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 17th April, 1906.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

OTAKI ROAD BOARD.

Special Rate.—Special Order.

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and Amendment Act, 1903, the Otaki Road Board hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £200, authorised to be raised by the Otaki Road Board, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” as amended by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1903,” clause 8, subsection (c), for the construction of the Waitohu Valley Road Traffic-bridge, the said Otaki Road Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1/45d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all properties of the Special District No. 3, comprising all rateable land properties within the said Special District No. 3, the boundaries of which are the boundaries of the Otaki Road District; and that such special rate shall be an annually 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 forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

J. J. BOOTH,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly adopted at a special meeting of the Otaki Road Board held on the 13th day of March, 1906, and was duly confirmed at a special meeting of the said Board held on the 11th day of April, 1906.

H. F. EAGAR,
Clerk.

Special Order made by the Council of the Borough of Te Aroha.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 17th April, 1906.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

TE AROHA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Special Order.

Notice is hereby given that at a special meeting of the Council of the Borough of Te Aroha, duly convened, and held at the Council Office, Whitaker Street, Te Aroha, on the 3rd day of March, 1906, the following resolution (intended