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by the Forest Reserve from the south-east corner of Section 5, Block XV, Cape Survey District, to the north-east corner of Subdivision 25, Ngatitara Block, Block IV, Opunake Survey District: on the south by the north boundary of the said Subdivision 25, Subdivisions 24 and 23, Ngatitara Block, Block IV, Opunake Survey District, Subdivisions 22, 21, and 20, Ngatitara Block, Block III, Opunake Survey District, to the centre of the Wiremu Road; thence southerly along the centre of the said Wiremu Road to a point in line with the northern boundary of Subdivision 32, Ngatitara Block, Block VII, Opunake Survey District; thence in a straight line from the centre of the said Wiremu Road along the northern boundary-line of Subdivisions 32, 31, 30, 29, and 28, Ngatitara Block, Block VII, Opunake Survey District, Subdivisions 27 and 26, Ngatitara Block, and Subdivision 3 of Section 16, Ngatitara Block, Block VI, Opunake Survey District; thence southerly by the western boundary of the said Subdivision 3 of Section 16, Ngatitara Block, to the centre of the Oaonui Stream; thence westerly by the centre of the Oaonui Stream to the foreshore: on the west by the Tasman Sea from the Oaonui Stream to the south boundary of Section 78, Block I, Opunake Survey District, the place of commencement.

OPUA WARD.

Bounded towards the north by the south boundary of the Oaonui Ward from the foreshore to the Forest Reserve: on the east by the Forest Reserve from the south-east corner of Subdivision 13, Ngatitara Block, Block IV, Opunake Survey District, to the south-east corner of Subdivision 1A, Section 1, Orimupiko Block, Block IV, Opunake Survey District: on the south by a line starting at a point where a continuation of the south-eastern boundary of Subdivision 1A of Section 1, Block IV, Opunake Survey District, would intersect the Mount Egmont National Park boundary; thence in a south-westerly direction across the Forest Road and along the south-eastern boundary of the aforesaid Subdivision 1A to its southern corner; thence in a westerly direction by the south-western boundary of the said Subdivision 1A to its intersection with the centre of the Waiaua Stream; thence in a south-westerly direction by the centre of the said stream to its intersection with the north-easterly boundary of Section 1, Block VII, Opunake Survey District; thence south-easterly by the said boundary-line to the south-east corner of the said Section 1; thence again in a south-west and north-west direction by the east and south boundary-lines of the said Section 1 to their intersection with the centre of the Waiaua Stream; thence again south-westerly by the centre of the said stream to the foreshore: on the west by Tasman Sea from the said Waiaua Stream to the Oaonui Stream, the place of commencement.

OPUNAKE WARD.

Bounded towards the north by the southern boundary of the Opuа Ward from the foreshore to the Forest Reserve; on the east by the Forest Reserve from the south-east corner of Subdivision 1A, Section 1, Crimupiko Block, Block IV, Opunake Survey District, to the centre of the Taungatara Stream, thence on the south-east by the centre of the Taungatara Stream from the Forest Reserve to the foreshore; on the west by Tasman Sea from the said Taungatara Stream to the centre of the Waiaua Stream, the place of commencement.

2. That the number of members to be elected for the Parihaka Road District shall be reduced from seven to six, and that the ratepayers of each respective ward of the said road district shall elect the member for each said respective ward.

3. That the special order as relating to the reduction of members to be elected for the Parihaka Road District shall come into force on and from the 4th day of May, 1908.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

H. A. MILLS,
Clerk, Parihaka Road Board.

Rahotu, 3rd April, 1908.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 28th April, 1908.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

MASTERTON COUNTY.

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 Masterton County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £6,300, authorised to be raised by the Masterton County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for bridge-building and metalling on the Weraiti-Fernyhurst Road, the said Masterton County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of ½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Masterton to East Coast Road (via Weraiti) Loan Special-rating District, comprised within the following boundaries, that is to say—commencing at the northernmost corner of Section 93, Block VII, Otahoua Survey District, and proceeding in a south-easterly direction bounded by Sections 575, 576, 577, 578, 588, 516, 590, Block VII, Otahoua Survey District, to the Wainuioru River; thence by the said river to its intersection with the western boundary of Section 603, Block IX, Rewa Survey District; thence by Section 602 in the last-mentioned block, by Sections 573, 564, 664, and 665, Block V, by Sections 666, 667, Block VI, to the Boundary Trigonometrical Station; thence, proceeding in a south-easterly direction, by the forest reserve in Block X, by Section 1, Block XI, Section 887, and by part of the north-east boundary of Section 893, Block XIV; thence by lines so as to exclude from the area a triangular piece of land containing 17 acres 3 roods 31 perches, parts of Sections 886 and 885 in the last-mentioned block, to the Rewa Trigonometrical Station; thence by Sections 892, 896, and by part of the north boundary of Section 903, Block XIV, to the public road forming the western and southern boundaries of the last-mentioned section; thence, proceeding southwards, by the said road and by Small Grazing-run 56 to the north-east boundary of Te Maipi Native Reserve; thence, proceeding in a north-westerly direction, by Subdivisions 9, 6, and 7 of the said Native reserve, Blocks II and I, Kaiwhata Survey District; thence by Section 1 in the last-mentioned block, by Small Grazing-runs 49 and 48 in Blocks I, Kaiwhata, and IV and VIII, Wainuioru, and by Section 7 in the last-mentioned block to the Kuamahanga Stream; thence, proceeding in a north-westerly direction, by the said stream to its intersection with the western boundary of Section 122, Block III, Wainuioru Survey District, by the said boundary to Karamu S. Trig.; thence by lines bearing 215° 16′, 1060·8 links; 220° 51′, 448·7 links; 221° 01′, 1742·4 links; 228° 04′, 260 links; 228° 21′, 942·5 links; 252° 19′, 1376·9 links; 220° 53′, 357·1 links; 220° 51′, 402 links; 220° 58′, 764·9 links; 239° 57′, 1358·7 links; and 200° 07′, 546·3 links, to Karamu N. Trig.; thence, proceeding westwards, by part of the north boundary of Section 62, Block XV, Otahoua Survey District, and by that line produced westwards to the western boundary of Section 63 in the last-mentioned block; thence, proceeding south, by the last-mentioned boundary to the southernmost corner of Section 50 in the same block, by the south boundary of said Section 50 to the Wainuioru Stream; thence by a right line to the south-eastern corner of Section 73, Block XV; thence by Section 74 in the last-mentioned block, by Section 64, Block XIV, and by part of the north boundary of Section 51 in the last-mentioned block, all in the Otahoua Survey District, to the boundary of the Wairarapa South County; thence, proceeding in a northerly direction, by the said county boundary to the Taueru River, and by the said river to the point of commencement: 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 February and the 1st day of August 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.

Passed at a special meeting of the Council, this 14th day of January, 1908. Confirmed this 10th day of March, 1908.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Masterton was affixed hereto in the presence of—

(L.S.)

F. G. MOORE,
County Clerk.

W. J. WELCH,
County Chairman.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 29th April, 1908.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.