MAY 28.

Schedule above referred to.

ST. ALBANS WARD NO. 3 LOAN SPECIAL-RATING AREA.

All rateable property in that part of St. Albans Ward bounded as follows: Commencing at a point on the southern side of May's Road 10 chains distant from Papanui Road; thence along the northern and eastern boundaries of St. Albans Ward to a point on the west side of Hill's Road 5 chains north of the northern side of Edgeware Road; thence westerly to a point on the east side of Cranford Street 5 chains north of Edgeware Road; thence along St. Albans Creek to the west side of Rutland Street; thence along the western side of Rutland Street to a point 10 chains north of Innes road; thence westerly parallel to Innes Road to a point 10 chains from Papanui Road; thence northerly to the starting-point.

The undermentioned lands, included in the boundaries set out above, being exempted from the special rate by order of the Assessment Court, under the authority of section 2 of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act Amendment Act, 1906," namely:—

Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13 to 19 (both inclusive), 23 to 30 (both inclusive), 32 to 37 (both inclusive), 44, 46, 47, 68, 69, 71, 72, 85 to 87 (both inclusive), 89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 99, 100, 104, 105, 107, 108, 114 to 137 (both inclusive). All on deposit plan 2421 of the Kensington Estate.

Lots 2 to 13 (both inclusive), 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, of the No. 2 Subdivision of the Kensington Estate.

Lots 36, 37, 42 to 45 (both inclusive), 50 to 53 (both inclusive), 58, 59. All on deposit plan 475, Rural Section 219.

Lots 119 to 130 (both inclusive), 147 to 170 (both inclusive). All on deposit plan 2374, Rural Section 243F.

1 acre and 27 perches, being part of the property described in the valuation roll in force in the City of Christchurch in the year 1907 under assessment No. 3647 (the said piece of land being included in the St. Albans Ward £23,000 Loan Special-rating Area).

5 acres described in the valuation roll in force in the City of Christchurch in the year 1907 under assessment No. 1548.

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

CHAS. ALLISON,
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 13th day of April, 1908, and was duly confirmed at an ordinary meeting of the Christchurch City Council held on the 11th day of May, 1908.

Dated this 16th day of May, 1908.

CHAS. ALLISON,
Mayor.
HY. R. SMITH,
Town Clerk.

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

'THE following special order, made by the Geraldine County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901."

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

GERALDINE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Notice is hereby given that the following special order was made by the Council of the County of Geraldine by special resolution of the said Council passed the 16th day of April, 1908, and confirmed on the 21st day of May, 1908, that is to say:—

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901," and the several Acts amending the same, the Council of the County of Geraldine 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 Council of the County of Geraldine, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the following public work—that is to say, the construction of a bridge over the Opihi River at Hanging Rock—the said Council of the County of Geraldine hereby makes and levies a special rate of 3d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property within the Hanging Rock Bridge District, being that part of the County of Geraldine more par-

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particularly defined in the Schedule hereto; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 31st day of March and the 30th day of September 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.

Schedule.

All that piece of land commencing at a point on the northern bank of the Opihi River being the south-western corner of Rural Section 5391; thence northerly along the north-western boundary of the said section to the south-eastern corner of Rural Section 30208; thence north-westerly along the southern boundary of the said section to the Opuha River; thence northerly along the western boundary of the said river to the south-western corner of a subdivision of Rural Sections 20282 and 20583, being the land included in certificate of title, Volume 230, folio 263, containing 93 acres 1 rood; thence following the western, northern, and eastern boundaries of the said subdivision to Aitken's Road; thence generally south-easterly and southerly following the said road to the northern boundary of Lot 1 of the Rapuwai Government Settlement; thence along the northern and western boundaries of the said Lot 1 to a road forming part of the northern boundary of Lot 2 of the said settlement, adjoining Rural Section 19443; thence easterly along the northern boundary of the said Lot 2 to the western boundary of Rural Section 25107; thence generally north-easterly along the western and northern boundaries of the said rural section to the western boundary of Rural Section 36077; thence northerly along the western boundary of the said rural section to a creek forming the northern boundary of Rural Section 36077; thence generally easterly along the said creek bounding the northern side of the said section to a point on the western boundary of Rural Section 7011 at its intersection with the southern boundary of Reserve 2173; thence northerly along the western boundary of Rural Section 7011 to the northern boundary of the said section; thence south-easterly along the northern boundary of the said section to the north-eastern corner thereof; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of Rural Section 7011 to a creek forming the northern boundary of Rural Section 25445; thence north-easterly along the northern boundary of the said section to a point opposite the western boundary of Rural Section 11205; thence northerly along the western boundaries of Rural Sections 11205 and 11377 to the north-western corner of the last-named section; thence easterly along the northern boundary of the said section to the north-eastern corner thereof; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of Rural Section 11377 to the north-eastern boundary of Rural Section 30895; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern boundary of the said section to a point in line with the western boundary of Rural Section 12492; thence northerly along the western boundary of Rural Section 12492 to the north-western corner thereof; thence easterly along the northern boundary of the said section to its north-eastern corner; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of Rural Section 12492 to the south-western corner of Rural Section 2525; thence easterly along the southern boundaries of Rural Sections 2525 and 18138 to a road forming the eastern boundary of Rural Section 10910; thence south-easterly along the western boundary of the said section to the south-easternmost corner thereof; thence easterly along the southern side of a creek forming the southern boundary of Rural Section 34219 to a road forming the northern boundary of Rural Section 22454; thence along the said road to the north-eastern corner of Rural Section 26789; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of the said section to the south-western corner of Rural Section 24541; thence easterly along the southern boundary of Rural Sections 21541 and 22102 to the south-eastern corner of the last-named section; thence generally south-westerly along a line intersecting Rural Section 27121 to a point on McBeth's Road forming the northern boundary of Rural Section 26417, the said line being the eastern boundary of a block containing 473 acres 2 roods 30 perches, the said block being a subdivision of certificate of title, Volume 199, folio 98; thence southerly from the said point on the northern boundary of Rural Section 26417 to the most southerly corner of the said section on Maxwell's Road; thence south-easterly along the north-western side of Maxwell's Road forming the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section 31762 to the southern boundary of the said section; thence easterly along the northern boundary of Rural Section 25682 to the north-eastern corner thereof; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of Rural Section 25682 to its intersection with the most northerly corner of Rural Section 26423; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of Rural Sections 26423 and 24438 to the most easterly corner of the last-named section; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section 24438 to Collett's Road; thence north-westerly along Collett's Road forming the south-western