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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commission held by the under-
mentioned officer:—

1st Battalion, Nelson Rifle Volunteers.

Captain (Adjutant) William Henry Bryant. Date of resig-
nation, 28th January, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve of the following appointments:—

Invercargill City Guards Rifle Volunteers.

William Allan Armour to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 5th December, 1906.

King’s Rifle Volunteers.

Duncan Gillies to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th
December, 1906.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Sefton-Ashley Drainage Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 14th February, 1907.

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

W. HALL-JONES,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

SEFTON-ASHLEY DRAINAGE BOARD.

Special Order.

PUBLIC notice is hereby given that at a special meeting of
the Sefton-Ashley Drainage Board, held for the purpose in
the Board’s office, Sefton, on Thursday, the 10th day of
January, 1907, at 8 p.m., the following resolution was passed
by way of special order:—

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in
that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the
Sefton-Ashley Drainage Board hereby resolves as follows:
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other
charges on a loan of £4,000, authorised to be raised by the
Sefton-Ashley Drainage Board, under the above-mentioned
Act, for protective purposes (1) along the north bank of the
River Ashley, (2) at the lower end of Fox’s Creek, and (3) at
the lower end of Stony Creek, the said Sefton-Ashley Drainage
Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of ¾d. in the
pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the
Sefton-Ashley Drainage District, bounded as follows—viz.,
on the north by the Sefton-Ashley Road; on the east by sec-
tions numbered 2726 and 5246, thence a by-road to its junc-
tion with the North Road, thence by the North Road and
Saltwater Creek to the point where the latter joins the Ash-
ley River at its mouth near the sea; on the south by the Ash-
ley River; and on the west by the railway-line: 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 May in each and every year during the currency of
such loan, being a period of twenty-six years, or until the
loan is fully paid off. And it is hereby further notified that
this special order will be duly confirmed at a meeting of the
said Board to be held in the office on the 11th day of Febru-
ary, 1907, at the hour of 8 p.m.

THOMAS WYLLIE,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly con-
firmed at a meeting of the Sefton-Ashley Drainage Board
held on the 11th day of February, 1907.

J. H. BAIRD,
Clerk to the Board.

Sefton, 11th February, 1907.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 18th February, 1907.

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

W. HALL-JONES,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF KARORI.

Special Order making Special Rate to provide Interest and Sinking Fund on a Loan of £17,000.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that
behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Council
of the Borough of Karori hereby resolves as follows: That, for
the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on
a loan of £17,000, authorised to be raised by the Karori
Borough Council, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’
Loans Act, 1901,” for completion of the widening and re-
grading of the Main Karori Road from the City of Wellington
to the foot of Makara Hill, and the completion of the con-
struction of the tramway from the terminus of the tramway
system of the City of Wellington at the Botanical Gardens
gate, Tinakori Road, to the Cemetery gates at Karori, the
said Karori Borough Council hereby makes and levies (by
way of special order) a special rate of 1¼d. in the pound upon
the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of
all rateable property in the Borough of Karori, the boundaries
of which are set forth in the Schedule to this resolution;
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-five years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

SCHEDULE.

The boundaries of the Borough of Karori are all that area
in the Land District of Wellington, situate in Port Nicholson
Survey District, bounded towards the north generally by
Sections Nos. 50 and 58 respectively, Makara, and Native
reserve (366 acres) at Otari to the left bank of Kaiwara
Stream; thence by the Borough of Onslow to the northern-
most corner of Tinakori Native Block; then towards the
east generally by the City of Wellington to the north-western
corner of Section No. 28, Karori; thence by the City of
Wellington to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 70,
and Sections Nos. 69, 68, and 67 respectively, Terawhiti, to
the northernmost corner of the last-mentioned section;
thence towards the north-west generally by Sections Nos. 6,
8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 44, 42, 43, and 45 respectively, Makara, to
the left bank of the eastern branch of the Makara Stream;
thence by the said left bank of the eastern branch of the
Makara Stream to a point in line with the southern bound-
ary-line in Section No. 29, Makara; and thence again to-
wards the north by a right line across the said branch, and
by the said Section No. 29 to Section No. 50 aforesaid.

The above resolution to be submitted for confirmation at
the ordinary meeting of the Council to be held on Tuesday,
the 12th day of February, 1907, at 8 p.m., at the Borough
Council Office, Karori.

I, Archibald Cameron Pearce, Mayor of the Borough of
Karori, do hereby certify that the above special order was
duly made and passed at a special meeting of the Karori
Borough Council on the 8th day of January, 1907, and duly
confirmed at an ordinary meeting of the said Karori Borough
Council held on the 12th day of February, 1907.

In testimony whereof the common seal of the Karori
Borough Council has been hereunto affixed.

A. C. PEARCE,
Mayor.

The common seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and Bur-
gesses of the Borough of Karori was hereunto affixed on the
12th day of February, 1907, in the presence of—

W. F. ENGLAND,
Town Clerk.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 19th February, 1907.

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

W. HALL-JONES,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.