Dec. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3161

OPUNAKE TOWN BOARD.

Special Order making Special Rate.

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” and the amendments thereof, the Opunake Town Board hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £600, authorised to be raised by the Opunake Town Board, under the above-mentioned Act, for the supply of light by means of acetylene gas to the residents, householders, occupiers, and others in and of all the sections in Blocks 31, 32, 33, 37, 38, and 39 in the Opunake Town District, and of erecting the necessary plant and constructing the necessary works for such light, the said Opunake Town Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of ⁵⁄₁₆d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property in Blocks 31, 32, 33, 37, 38, and 39 in the Opunake Town District; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable annually on the 1st day of April in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the special order made by the Opunake Town Board at a special meeting of the said Board held on the 5th day of November, 1908, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the said Board held on the 3rd day of December, 1908.

W. C. DUDLEY,
Chairman.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 15th December, 1908.

THE following special order, made by the Feilding Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” in substitution for that already gazetted on page 3102 of the New Zealand Gazette, 1908 (No. 99).

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF FEILDING.

Special Order.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” the Council of the Borough of Feilding hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £900, authorised to be raised by the Council of the Borough of Feilding, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of paying off the special loan of £900 which became due on the 1st day of October, 1908, the said Council of the Borough of Feilding hereby makes and levies a special rate of ³⁄₁₆d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Borough of Feilding, comprising the area within the following boundaries—namely, all that area in the Land District of Wellington bounded towards the north generally by Section No. 184, Block XIV, Oroua Survey District, from its south-western corner to the railway reserve; thence by the production of the southern boundary-line of the said Section No. 184 to the eastern side of the Makino Road to the south-western corner of Section No. 162; thence by Sections Nos. 162, 173, 174, 175, 176, and 177 to Reid’s Road Line; thence by the production of the eastern boundary-line of the last-named section to the north-eastern side of the said Reid’s Road Line; thence by the north-eastern side of that road-line to the south-eastern side of Kimbolton Road; thence towards the east generally by the south-eastern side of the said Kimbolton Road to the Kiwitea Stream; thence by the left bank of the said Kiwitea Stream to the confluence of the said Kiwitea Stream with the Oroua River; thence by the said Oroua River to the railway reserve; thence towards the south generally by the said railway reserve to South Street; thence by the south side of South Street to Awahuri Road; thence by the east side of Awahuri Road to a point in line with the southern boundary-line of Section No. 85, Block XIV aforesaid; thence by a right line to the south-eastern corner of that section; thence by the southern boundary-line of the said Section No. 85 for a distance of 796 links; thence towards the west generally by a right line bearing 345° 11′ (magnetic) to the road forming the northern boundary of Section 132; thence by that road to the north-eastern corner of the said Section No. 132; thence by a right line to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 130, Block XIV aforesaid; and thence by the said Section No. 130 to the south-western corner of Section No. 184 aforesaid, the place of commencement: 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 ten years, or until the loan is fully paid off; but in lieu of the Council of the said borough collecting such special rate, the amount required to meet the half-yearly payments of interest on said loan shall be paid half-yearly out of the said Council’s General Fund.

The above special order was duly passed and adopted at a special meeting of the Council held on the 2nd day of November, 1908, and confirmed at a meeting of the Council held on the 3rd day of December, 1908.

WM. JAMES B. TREWIN,
Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 14th December, 1908.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the County of Tauranga, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

COUNTY OF TAURANGA.

Result of Poll for Proposed Special Loan.

In the matter of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” and amendments, and of “The Counties Act, 1908,” and amendments.

I HEREBY give notice that on the 11th day of November, 1908, a proposal was submitted by the Tauranga County Council to the ratepayers whose properties are within the boundaries of the Waimapu, Te Puna, and Katikati Ridings, County of Tauranga, to raise a special loan of £3,000 for the purpose of metalling and grading main roads in the said ridings of the said county, and providing the necessary plant and material, and to make an annual-recurring special rate of ³⁄₁₆d. in the pound sterling on the unimproved value of all rateable property in the said ridings as security for the interest in connection with such loan, the whole of the loan to be repayable at the expiration of forty-one years from the raising of the loan, and the interest to be paid being at the rate of 3½ per centum per annum, and to pay out of the loan-moneys the cost of raising the loan and the first year’s interest on the loan; and that the number of valid votes recorded at the poll of the ratepayers of those portions of the County of Tauranga was as follows: For the proposal, 88 votes; against the proposal, 12 votes.

As the number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal is in excess of three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded at the poll, I, John Alexander Murray Davidson, Chairman, Tauranga County Council, do hereby declare the proposal carried.

Dated this 19th day of November, 1908.

J. A. M. DAVIDSON,
Chairman, Tauranga County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 14th December, 1908.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the County of Tauranga, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

COUNTY OF TAURANGA.

Result of Poll for Proposed Special Loan.

In the matter of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” and amendments, and of “The Counties Act, 1908,” and amendments.

I HEREBY give notice that on the 11th day of November, 1908, a proposal was submitted by the Tauranga County Council to the ratepayers whose properties are within the boundaries of the Maketu Riding, County of Tauranga, to raise a special loan of £3,000 for the purpose of grading and pumicing main roads within such riding, and to make an annual-recurring special rate of ⁵⁄₁₆d. in the pound sterling on the unimproved value of all rateable property in the Maketu Riding of said county as security for the interest