1908
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly—namely, on the 1st day of January and the 1st day of June—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 rate of interest is 4 per cent. per annum. First half-year’s interest rate to be payable the 1st January, 1907. The above special order was advertised on the 12th, 19th, and 26th June, and 3rd July, and duly confirmed at meeting of Board on the 7th July, 1906.

JOHN GRANT,
Clerk, West Taieri Drainage Board.

Outram, 7th July, 1906.

Special Order made by the Fencourt Drainage Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th July, 1906.

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

W. HALL-JONES,
Colonial Treasurer.

FENCOURT DRAINAGE BOARD.

Copy of Special Order made by the Fencourt Drainage Board on the 28th day of March, 1906, and confirmed on the 28th day of April, 1906.

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and its amendments, the Fencourt Drainage Board hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing interest and other charges on a loan of £900, authorised to be raised by the Fencourt Drainage Board, under the above-mentioned Act, for drainage-works within the said district, the said Fencourt Drainage Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of ½d. in the pound upon all the rateable property of the Fencourt Drainage District, comprising 8,884 acres 1 rood 33 perches, more or less, situate in Blocks I, V, and VI of the Cambridge Survey District, and Block IV of the Hamilton 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 January and the 1st day of July in each and every year during the currency of the loan, being a period of twenty-six years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

I, Robert Swayne, Chairman of the Fencourt Drainage Board, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the special order adopted at a special meeting of the said Board held on the 28th day of March, 1906, and confirmed at a special meeting held on the 28th day of April, 1906.

ROBERT SWAYNE,
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th July, 1906.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Hamilton, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

W. HALL-JONES,
Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF HAMILTON.

Result of Poll for a Loan of £1,200.

I, JAMES SHINER BOND, Mayor of the Borough of Hamilton, hereby give notice, in terms of the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and its amendments, that the result of a poll of the ratepayers in the special area containing Sections 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, and 95, within that portion of the borough known as Hamilton West, taken on the 6th day of July, 1906, on a proposal to borrow £1,200, to be expended (a) on the construction of a new street from Hood Street to Collingwood Street, through Sections 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, and 95; (b) in payment of compensation claims for land taken for the construction of the said street, as provided by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” is as follows:—

Number of votes recorded for the proposal, 21; number of votes recorded against the proposal, nil.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

JAS. S. BOND,
Mayor.

Hamilton, 7th July, 1906.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th July, 1906.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Hobson County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

W. HALL-JONES,
Colonial Treasurer.

HOBSON COUNTY.

Result of Poll on Loan Proposal.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a poll taken within the Dargaville Riding of the Hobson County on Wednesday, the 4th day of July, 1906, on a proposal to raise a loan of £2,000, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and its amendments, for the making of additions to the wharf at Dargaville, the following votes were recorded: For the proposal, 75 votes; against the proposal, 3 votes.

As the number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal is more than the requisite three-fifths of the total number of votes recorded at the poll, I declare the said proposal to be carried.

THOMAS WEBB,
County Chairman.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke and annul the appointment of the undermentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely,—

Port of Auckland.

The warehouse known as

“ANCO” MANUFACTURING BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 745 of the 28th day of June, 1904.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this second day of July, one thousand nine hundred and six.

C. H. MILLS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 808.]

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Boot and Shoe Shops in the City of Christchurch under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of the shops selling footwear usually sold by boot and shoe shops in the City of Christchurch, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the city shall be closed at 6 o’clock in the evening of every working-day, except Saturday, when the hour shall be 9 o’clock in the evening, and on the statutory closing-day, when the hour is 1 o’clock in the afternoon: And whereas the Christchurch City Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the City of Christchurch selling footwear usually sold by boot and shoe shops:

Now, therefore, I, William Hall-Jones, the Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and section 5 of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905,” do hereby direct that from and after the 23rd day of July, 1906, all the shops selling footwear usually sold by boot and shoe shops in the City of Christchurch shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of July, 1906.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops in the Borough of Petone under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers’ shops in the Borough of Petone, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed at 6 p.m. on every day in the week, except Wednesday, the statutory half-holiday, when the hour for closing is 1 p.m., and Saturday, when the hour shall be 9 p.m.: And whereas