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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

Gisborne Borough Council.
Special Order authorising the Raising of a Special Loan.
In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Gisborne Borough Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of paying off to the Bank of New Zealand Officers’ Guarantee and Provident Association the sum of £8,200 heretofore lawfully borrowed by it, the Gisborne Borough Council (for and on behalf of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Gisborne), under the authority of the above-mentioned Act, is hereby authorised to raise a special loan of £8,200, or such lesser sum as may actually be required, at a rate of interest not to exceed £5 per centum per annum, together with a sinking fund of £1 per centum per annum; and that the security to be offered for the repayment of such loan and the interest and sinking fund thereon shall be a special rate of 1½d. in the pound sterling upon the annual rateable value of all rateable property within that part of the Borough of Gisborne as defined in the New Zealand Gazette of the 14th day of May, 1877, folio 526.

Passed at a special meeting of the Gisborne Borough Council held on the 13th day of March, 1906, and confirmed at a properly constituted meeting of the said Council held on Tuesday, the 10th day of April, 1906.

We hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made. In witness whereof the seal of the said Council has been hereto affixed, this 10th day of April, 1906.

JNO. TOWNLEY,
Mayor.

R. D. B. ROBINSON,
Town Clerk.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 18th April, 1906.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

Gisborne Borough Council.
Special Order making Special Rate.—Roebuck Road Bridge Loan, £5,500.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Gisborne Borough Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £5,500, authorised to be raised by the Gisborne Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for erection of a bridge over the Taruheru River at Roebuck Road, the said Gisborne Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property within the Borough of Gisborne, as defined by the New Zealand Gazette of the 9th day of June, 1904, No. 48, folio 1490; that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 30th day of June and the 31st day of December in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

Passed at a special meeting of the Gisborne Borough Council held on the 13th day of March, 1906, and confirmed at a properly constituted meeting of the said Council held on Tuesday, the 10th day of April, 1906.

We hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made. In witness whereof the seal of the said Council has been hereto affixed, this 10th day of April, 1906.

JOHN TOWNLEY,
Mayor.

R. D. B. ROBINSON,
Town Clerk.

Varied Notice (No. 2) fixing Closing-hours of Shops in the Borough of Te Aroha.

WHEREAS by notice dated the 13th day of June, 1905, and gazetted on the 15th day of June, 1905, the Minister of Labour, in exercise of the powers in that behalf conferred upon him by section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and acting in accordance with a requisition duly made and certified as required by that section, did direct that from and after the 19th day of June, 1905, all shops, except those specified in clause (a) of section 15 of the Act, in the Borough of Te Aroha should be closed at 6 o’clock in the evening on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon on Thursdays, and at 10 o’clock in the evening on Saturdays: And whereas by a like requisition, duly made and certified as aforesaid, he has been requested to vary the said notice by further exempting tobacconists from closing:

Now, therefore, in compliance with the last-mentioned requisition, and in exercise of the powers conferred by the above-mentioned section, I do hereby vary the said notice by directing that on and after the 1st day of May, 1906, the requisition shall accordingly not apply to tobacconists.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of April, 1906.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed in the County of Rodney.—Notice No. 1028.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 17th April, 1906.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Rodney County Council has, by special order, declared ragwort or ragweed to be a noxious weed within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under its jurisdiction.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Notice to Mariners No. 34 of 1906.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 12th April, 1906.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 30 of the 3rd instant, the following further notice, received from the Port Officer, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information.

Also Notice to Mariners received from the Department of Navigation, Sydney, New South Wales.

WM. HALL-JONES.

WEST CHANNEL, PORT PHILLIP, VICTORIA.

WITH reference to Notice to Mariners No. 152, dated 8th March, 1906, relative to the increase of the 15 ft. and 16 ft. knolls about midway between No. 3 black buoy and the small black can buoy, it is hereby notified that on or about the 23rd March, 1906, a small black can buoy will be moored to mark the eastern side of the shoals.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 21st March, 1906.

Department of Navigation,
Sydney, 14th March, 1906.

Captain Musson, of the s.s. “Henley,” reports that on the 24th January, 1906, being then in latitude 19° 3′ S., longitude 171° 41′ 30″ E., he observed large patches of discoloured water, having the appearance of coral or sandy shoals below the surface; passed at about 1½ miles distance.

As these shoal patches are not charted, and lie in the track of vessels navigating to Fiji and the South Sea Islands, a sharp lookout should be kept by mariners when navigating in the vicinity.

By order of the Acting-Superintendent.

NORMAN C. LOCKHART,
Secretary.

Tenders.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 11th April, 1906.

THE following list of accepted tenders for the sole right of advertising at railway-stations on the under-mentioned sections of the New Zealand Government railways for a term of five years from 1st April, 1906, is published for general information.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager.