JUNE 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1693

Validation Act, 1890,” and the Defence Act Amendment Act, 1907, the appointments of Trustees to the Waihi Rifle Range Reserve, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 77, of 24th August, 1905, as from 11th June, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Approval of Fees for licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-law, Ashburton County Council.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 13th June, 1908.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 311 of “The Counties Act, 1886,” that so much of the by-law made by the Ashburton County Council on the 19th May, 1908, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Ashburton County funds for the licensing of vehicles has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 13th June, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th June, 1908.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

TAIHAPE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Special Order making Special Rate.—Loan of £4,270.—Taihape Town Hall, Municipal Chambers, and Library.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Taihape Borough Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £4,270, authorised to be raised by the Taihape Borough Council for building a Town Hall, Municipal Chambers, and Public Library, and equipping same, the said Taihape Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 7/16d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Borough of Taihape: bounded towards the north by the northern boundary-line of Section No. 72, Block XIV, Ohinewairua Survey District, from the north-western corner of the said Section No. 72 to the railway reserve; thence by a right line across the said railway reserve and a public road to the north-west corner of Section No. 74; thence by the northern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 74 and 76, Block XIV aforesaid, and the northern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section produced to the middle of the Hautapu River; thence towards the north-east generally by a line along the middle of the Hautapu River to the confluence of the Mangaone Stream with the said Hautapu River; thence towards the south generally by the left bank of the said Mangaone Stream to the railway reserve at the southernmost corner of Section No. 92, Block XIV aforesaid; thence by the said railway reserve to the westernmost corner of the said Section No. 92; thence by a right line across the railway reserve and a public road to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 66 (cemetery reserve); thence by the southern and western boundary-lines of the last-mentioned section and the western boundary-line of that section produced to the northern side of the Mangaweka-Taihape Main Road; thence by the northern side of the said Mangaweka-Taihape Main Road to its junction with the Taihape Valley Road; thence by the northern side of the last-mentioned road to the westernmost corner of Section No. 83, Block XIV aforesaid; thence by a right line bearing north 45 degrees west to the middle of the Otaihape Stream; thence by a line along the middle of the said Otaihape Stream to a point in line with the western boundary-line of Section No. 21, Block XIV aforesaid; and thence towards the west generally by a right line to the south-western corner of the said Section No. 21; thence by the western boundary-line of the last-mentioned section to Kaka Road; thence by a right line across the said Kaka Road, and by the eastern side of that road to the south-western corner of Section No. 19, Block XIV aforesaid; thence by the said Section No. 19 to its north-western corner; and thence by Sections Nos. 13, 10, and 8, Block XIII, Ohinewairua Survey District, to the north-western corner of Section No. 72, Block XIV aforesaid, the place of commencement: and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring one during the currency of such loan, and be payable in one sum on the 19th day of June 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.

I, Anthony Nathan, Mayor of Taihape, do hereby certify that the above special order was duly made and passed at a special meeting of the Taihape Borough Council held for the purpose on Wednesday, the 6th day of May, 1903, and was duly confirmed at a special meeting of the Taihape Borough Council held for the purpose on Thursday, the 4th day of June, 1908.

In testimony whereof the common seal of the Borough of Taihape has been hereunto affixed.

Dated at Taihape, this 6th day of June, 1908.

ANTHONY NATHAN,
Mayor.

Special Order made by the Heathcote Road Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th June, 1908.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

HEATHCOTE ROAD BOARD.

Special Order.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Heathcote Road Board hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £825, authorised to be raised by the Heathcote Road Board, under the above-mentioned Act, for the payment of the Heathcote Road Board’s proportion of the cost of the construction of the bridge over the River Heathcote at Ferrymead, in the Valley Ward of the Heathcote Road District, the said Heathcote Road Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 3/2d. in the pound sterling upon the rateable value of all rateable properties included in the Valley Ward of the Heathcote Road District; 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 April and the 1st day of October in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-two years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

I, George Scott, Chairman of the Heathcote Road Board, do hereby certify that the above special order was duly pro-