Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3297

Members of Turakina Domain Board resigned.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 17th December, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignations of

ALFRED FRANKLIN,
WILLIAM GLASGOW,
THOMAS EDWARD KIERNAN,
FREDERICK SISSON,
BENNET PERCY LETHBRIDGE, and
MARAE MARAE REUPENA

as members of the Turakina Domain Board.

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Minister of Lands.

Vaccination Inspector appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 18th December, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FREDERICK OLIVER

to be a Vaccination Inspector, under “The Public Health Act, 1908,” for the District of Te Puke, vice David Walsh. The appointment dates from the 1st December, 1908.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Public Health.

Vaccination Inspector appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 18th December, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN STEVENS REID

to be a Vaccination Inspector, under “The Public Health Act, 1908,” for the District of Morrinsville, vice H. E. Bur- rell. The appointment dates from the 5th November, 1908.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Public Health.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., County of Matamata.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th December, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE DICKINSON, of Cambridge,

to be the person to make up electors roll for the Ridings of Taotaoroa, Matamata, Patetere, Maungatautari, and Puta- ruru, in the County of Matamata, as constituted by “The Counties Act, 1908,” and “The Matamata County Act, 1908”; also to be Returning Officer to conduct the first election of members of the Council of the said county, and to be the Clerk of the Council of the said county for the purpose of presiding at the first meeting thereof.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 17th December, 1908.

THE following special order, made by the Hokianga County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

HOKIANGA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it on that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901”; section 14, subsection (4), of “The Counties Act, 1886,” and amendments thereof; and section 37, subsection (4), of “The Rating Act, 1904,” the Hokianga County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £1,000, authorised to be raised by the Hokianga County Council, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for bridging, metalling, forming, and compensation of roads within the special area, the said Hokianga County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 3d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property of the Waimanaku District, comprising the northern boundaries of Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, Block IX, Waoku; the eastern boundary of Section 12 aforesaid; the southern boundaries of Sections 2 and 10, Block X, Waoku; a portion of the eastern boundary of Section 11; thence by the southern boundary of Section 12; a portion of the western boundary of Section 15; the northern boundary of that section; also the northern boundary of Sections 14 and 18, Block X, Waoku; the northern boundary of Section 21, Block XV; the eastern boundary of Section 21, and a portion of Section 1, Block XV; the northern and eastern boundaries of Section 22, Block XV, Waoku; the southern boundaries of Sections 22 and 1, Block XV; and Sections 6 and 9, Block XIV, running in a line to the intersection of an extended line drawn parallel with the eastern boundary of Section 8, Block XIV aforesaid, and the southern boundary of Section 8, and a portion of the western boundary of the same section; thence by the southern boundaries of Sections 7, 10, 12, and 13, Block XIV; a portion of the western boundary of Section 13 aforesaid to the intersection of the southern boundary of Section 12, Block XIII; thence by the southern boundary of that section and the southern boundaries of Sections 7, 6, and 5, Block XIII; thence by the western boundaries of Sections 5, 2, and 1, Block XIII, Waoku; thence by the southern boundaries of Section 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2, and the western boundary of the aforesaid Section 2, Block IX, to the starting-point: 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 such loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off, the interest of which is to be paid at the rate of 3½ per cent. per annum.

The above resolution was duly passed at a special meeting of the Council held on the 22nd day of September, 1908, and duly confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 3rd day of November, 1908.

GEORGE T. CLENDON,
Chairman of the Hokianga County Council.

FRED. ANDREWS,
Councillor.

E. McLEOD,
County Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a special order duly passed by the Hokianga County Council.

GEORGE T. CLENDON,
County Chairman.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 17th December, 1908.

THE following special order, made by the Patea County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

PATEA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a special meeting of the Patea County Council held at the county offices on Tuesday, the 13th day of October, 1908, it was resolved,—

That, in pursuance of a petition presented by the rate- payers of a special district in Kapara Riding of the Patea County called the “Okutuku Special-rating District,” such petition being signed by three-fourths of the ratepayers in such district the capital values of whose properties as appearing on the valuation roll of the said district is collectively greater than the capital value of those ratepayers who do not so consent, praying that a loan of £99 be raised for the purpose of completing the gap between the Mangatingi and Okutuku Roads by acquiring the land necessary for such purpose, fencing and forming the road, and rendering the same fit for traffic, the Patea County Council, by way of special order, proposes to raise the said sum of £99 under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and amendments, such loan to be for a period of forty-one years from the date of the raising of the said loan. It is proposed to pay out of the loan-moneys the cost of raising the said loan, and the first year’s interest on the loan, during the construction