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to mouth of Awarua River, Big Bay; thence along Ocean Beach to the north to the mid-stream of Waiho River, the starting-point.

The resolution relating to the above was adopted at a special meeting duly held on the 31st day of July, 1907.

The subsequent meeting for the confirmation of same was duly held on the 11th day of September, 1907, the requisite public notice and the notice to each Councillor having been duly given in accordance with the statutory provisions made and provided.

I certify that the foregoing special order was duly made in accordance with “The Counties Act, 1886.”

D. J. EVANS,
County Clerk.

Hokitika, 23rd September, 1907.

Special Order made by the Council of the County of Stratford.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 21st September, 1907.

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

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Stratford County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £3,800, authorised to be raised by the Stratford County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for deviating the Brewer and Kirai Roads, constructing a tunnel under the Brewer Road Saddle, re-forming and metalling the Brewer, Kirai, Makahu, and Mangaehu Roads from Strathmore through the tunnel to a point three miles east of the Makahu Dairy Factory, and re-forming and metalling a quarter of a mile each of the Makahu, Tapuni, and Murcott Roads, and O’Connor’s Track, such re-forming and metalling to commence in each case from the main road from Strathmore, as defined above, the said Stratford County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 3¾d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Makahu, Mangaehu, Brewer, Kirai, and other Roads Special-rating District, comprising Section 12 of Block XIV; Sections 1 to 9 inclusive, 16, 17, 18, 28, 29, 31, and 34 of Block XV; Sections 1 to 6 inclusive, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, the eastern half of 7, and the northern half of 14 of Block XVI—all blocks being in the Ngatimaru Survey District; Sections 1, 17, 18, 49, 50, 51, 52, 86 to 90 inclusive, 94 to 99 inclusive, 101, 102, 103, and 134 of Strathmore Township; Sub. 1b, Sub. 1c, the western half of Sub. 1a, and the western 1,000 acres of Sub. 2b, Pahautuhia Block; Sub. 13, the southern 1,000 acres of Sub. 9, the southern half of Sub. 12, the southern 750 acres of Sub. 15, the southern 1,200 acres of Sub. 16, and the western half of Sub. 17, Pohokura Block: 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 February 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. The rate of interest to be 5 per cent. per annum.

The resolution instituting the above special order was passed at a special meeting of the Stratford County Council held on the 21st day of August, 1907, and confirmed at a meeting of the Council held on the 18th day of September, 1907.

G. A. MARCHANT,
Chairman.

Special Orders made by the Council of the Borough of Palmerston North.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1907.

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

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.

PALMERSTON NORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Special Order making Special Rate.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Borough Council of the Borough of Palmerston North hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on the loan of £10,500, authorised to be raised by the Borough Council of the Borough of Palmerston North, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of the purchase of the building now used for Municipal Council Chamber and offices, £2,550; alterations to the building now used as a public reading-room and library, £1,550; street-improvements, £4,250; additional street-lamps, £200; cycle-tracks, £100; river-bank protection at Esplanade, £1,850, the said Borough Council of the Borough of Palmerston North hereby makes and levies a special rate of ½d. in the pound sterling upon the rateable value of the rateable property of the Borough of Palmerston North, comprising the district bounded towards the north-east by a straight line being the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 389 and 420 and a straight line joining the said north-eastern boundaries, 12550 links; towards the east and south-east by the Manawatu River, 36400 links, and by Section No. 371, 177 links; towards the south-west by Sections Nos. 371, 372, 373, and 374, 6250 links, and by Section No. 370, 3000 links, and by Section No. 350 and across a public road, 8200 links; and towards the north-west by a public road, being the north-western boundary of Section No. 558, 177 links, and by a public road, 27300 links: 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 the loan, being a period of ten years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

I hereby certify that the above resolution was duly passed at a special meeting of the Palmerston North Borough Council held on the 13th day of August, 1907, and was duly confirmed at a special meeting of the Council held on the 10th day of September, 1907.

Dated this 14th day of September, 1907.

R. ESSEX,
Mayor of Palmerston North.

PALMERSTON NORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Special Order making Special Rate.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Borough Council of the Borough of Palmerston North hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £2,550, authorised to be raised by the Borough Council of the Borough of Palmerston North, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of protecting the river-bank at Hokowhitu, the said Borough Council of the Borough of Palmerston North hereby makes and levies a special rate of ⅓½d. in the pound sterling upon the rateable value of the rateable property of the Borough of Palmerston North, comprising the district bounded towards the north-east by a straight line being the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 389 and 420 and a straight line joining the said north-eastern boundaries, 12550 links; towards the east and south-east by the Manawatu River, 36400 links, and Section No. 371, 177 links; towards the south-west by Sections Nos. 371, 372, 373, and 374, 6250 links, and by Section No. 370, 3000 links, and by Section No. 350 and across a public road, 8200 links; and towards the north-west by a public road, being the north-western boundary of Section No. 558, 177 links, and by a public road, 27300 links: 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 the loan, being a period of ten years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

I hereby certify that the above resolution was duly passed at a special meeting of the Palmerston North Borough Council held on the 13th day of August, 1907, and was duly confirmed at a special meeting of the Council held on the 10th day of September, 1907.

Dated this 14th day of September, 1907.

R. ESSEX,
Mayor of Palmerston North.

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of a Road through Nuhaka No. 2d2, Block VIII, Nuhaka Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 93 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the