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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL.
Special Loan of £7,430.

(1.) THAT whereas the Christchurch City Council, being a local authority within the meaning of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” is indebted in respect of an overdraft at its bankers and for liabilities lawfully incurred for the purpose of constructing waterworks for the supply of pure water for the use of the inhabitants of Sydenham Ward of the City of Christchurch, being a purpose for which a special loan may be raised: Now, therefore, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the said Christchurch City Council hereby resolves that a special loan of £7,430 shall be raised by special order of the Council for the purpose of repaying the said existing overdraft and liabilities. The security for the said special loan shall be a special rate of 3½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property in the City of Christchurch. The said special loan shall be raised by the issue of seventy-four debentures of the value of £100 each, and one debenture of the value of £30, repayable on the 31st day of March, 1921, and bearing interest in the meantime at the rate of £4 5s. per centum per annum, payable in equal half-yearly instalments on the 31st day of March and the 30th day of September in each year. It is not proposed to pay out of the loan the cost of raising the loan or the interest for the first year.

(2.) That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on the said loan of £7,430, so authorised to be raised by the Christchurch City Council, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the purpose of repaying the said existing overdraft at its bankers and liabilities lawfully incurred for the purpose of constructing waterworks for the supply of pure water for the use of the inhabitants of Sydenham Ward of the City of Christchurch, the said Christchurch City Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 3½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property comprised within the boundaries of the City of Christchurch; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of April in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of fourteen years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

(3.) That it be publicly notified that the said resolution will be submitted to an ordinary meeting of the said Christchurch City Council to be held in the City Council Chamber, situate in Oxford Terrace, Christchurch, on Monday, the 4th day of March, 1907, at 7.30 o’clock p.m., for confirmation as a special order.

The common seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Christchurch was hereto affixed in the presence of—

GEORGE PAYLING,
Deputy Mayor.

HY. R. SMITH,
Town Clerk.

We hereby certify that the above special order was duly adopted at a special meeting of the Christchurch City Council held on the 4th day of February, 1907, and was duly confirmed at an ordinary meeting of the Council held on the 4th day of March, 1907.

Dated this 5th day of March, 1907.

GEORGE PAYLING,
Deputy Mayor.

HY. R. SMITH,
Town Clerk.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th March, 1907.

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

W. HALL-JONES,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

In the matter of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” and of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and the Acts amending the same respectively.

We hereby give notice that on the 28th day of February, 1907, a proposal was submitted by the Christchurch City Council to the ratepayers of the City of Christchurch for raising a special loan of £5,000 for the purpose of providing public baths, and all such buildings, appliances, and conveniences as are necessary to enable the inhabitants of the City of Christchurch to use and enjoy such baths; and that the number of votes recorded respectively for and against the proposal was as follows: For, 822; against, 290.

And we declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated the 1st day of March, 1907.

GEORGE PAYLING,
Deputy Mayor of the City of Christchurch.

GEORGE W. HULME,
Substitute Returning Officer.

Notice of Intention to take Land in the Puketapu Survey District for Scenery-preservation Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903,” and “The Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1906,” to take for scenery-preservation purposes the land described in the Schedule hereto. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Public Works Office at Napier, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking thereof, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land required to be taken:—

In the Land District of Hawke’s Bay; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 22322, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 5th March, 1907.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

ERECTON OF CONSTABLE’S RESIDENCE, CHRISTCHURCH POLICE-STATION.

Accepted.

Swanston, Andrew, jun., Christchurch .. 516 0 0

Declined.

Graham and Greig, Christchurch .. 552 0 0
Hughes and Hansford, Christchurch .. 621 1 2
Taylor Bros., Christchurch .. 630 0 0
Greig, James, Christchurch .. 633 0 0
Hyndman, Peter, Christchurch .. 685 0 0
Nightingale Bros., Christchurch .. 702 0 0

ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO MARTINBOROUGH POST-OFFICE.

Accepted.

Benton, W., and Son, Featherston .. 505 0 0

Declined.

Renouf, J., Wellington .. 639 13 6
Humphries, H., Greytown .. 701 19 0
Boyd, W., Petone .. 765 16 0
Leadingham and Co., Wellington .. 843 3 8