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trict Land Registrar at Christchurch; thence along the northern boundaries of Lots Nos. 47, 46, and 45 to Hackthorne Road; thence across that road, along the northern boundary of Lot No. 88, and along the western and southern boundaries of all the lots on the said Plan No. 2159 lying west and south of Hackthorne Road to Dyer’s Pass Road; thence across and along the eastern side of that road to the southernmost corner of Rural Section No. 1713; thence along the south-eastern boundary of that section to the northern side of the road forming the northern boundary of Lot No. 8 on Plan No. 1760, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Christchurch; thence along the northern side of that road and along the eastern side of Tramway Reserve to the southern boundary of Lot No. 24 on Plan No. 1809, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Christchurch; thence along the southern boundaries of Lots Nos. 24 and 23 and the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned lot to Rossmore Road; thence along the eastern side of that road and the eastern boundary of septic-tank site to and across Hills Road; thence easterly along the northern side of Hills Road to the road along the right bank of the River Heathcote; thence across that road and river to the boundary of the City of Christchurch; and thence along the boundary of the said City of Christchurch to the Colombo Street Bridge, the place of commencement.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1908,” in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Orders made by the Riccarton Road Board, County of Selwyn.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th April, 1909.

THE following special orders, made by the Riccarton Road Board, are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1908.”

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

RICCARTON ROAD BOARD.

Special Order making Special Rate.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” and amendments thereto, the Riccarton Road Board hereby resolves (by way of special order) as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest (at the rate of 4 per centum per annum) and other charges on a loan of £3,100, authorised to be raised by the Riccarton Road Board, under the above-mentioned Act, for the following purposes—namely, road-culverts, channelling and asphalting the roads and footpaths in a special area of the said district hereinafter described—the said Riccarton Road Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 8¾d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property in that part of the Riccarton Road District comprising Rural Sections 153 and 153A, situate in Blocks X and XI, Christchurch Survey District, and bounded on the north by the Riccarton Road, on the east by Clarence Road, on the south by the southern boundary of Rural Section 153A and Blenheim Road, and on the west by Cutler’s Road; 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 March and the 1st day of September 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 hereby certify that the above special order has been duly passed by the Riccarton Road Board in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1908.”

JAMES H. SHARPE,
Clerk, Riccarton Road Board.

3rd April, 1909.

RICCARTON ROAD BOARD.

Special Order making Special Rate.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” the Riccarton Road Board hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest (at the rate of 4 per centum per annum) and other charges on a loan of £70, authorised to be raised by the Riccarton Road Board, under the above-mentioned Act, for the following purpose — namely, completing the concrete channelling on roads and streets in a special area of the said district hereinafter described, and for which an original loan of £960 was granted and has been found insufficient to complete the said work — the said Riccarton Road Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 7¼d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property in that part of the Riccarton Road District comprising that portion of Rural Section 163 lying between the northern railway-line and the West Belt; and 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 March and 1st day of September 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 hereby certify that the above special order has been duly passed by the Riccarton Road Board in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1908.”

JAMES H. SHARPE,
Clerk, Riccarton Road Board.

3rd April, 1909.

Special Order made by the Timaru Borough Council abolishing Wards.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th April, 1909.

THE following special order, made by the Timaru Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

BOROUGH OF TIMARU.—TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Special Order under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” abolishing the Wards of the Borough of Timaru, and fixing the Number of Councillors for the Undivided Borough, all the Provisions of Section 65 of the said Act having been duly complied with.

The Timaru Borough Council, in pursuance of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” hereby resolves,—

1. That the ward system and the wards or subdivisions of the Borough of Timaru be and the same are hereby abolished, and that the said borough be an undivided borough within the meaning of the said Act, and that the number of Councillors for such undivided borough be twelve.

2. That this resolution be confirmed as a special order at a special meeting of the said Council to be held at the Council Chambers at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday, the 16th day of March, 1909, and that the Town Clerk give the necessary public Gazette and other notices, and take all other steps required by law. It is further resolved that the said resolution adopted by the said Council at a special meeting thereof held on the 15th day of February, 1909, be now confirmed as a special order, and that the common seal of the Corporation be affixed thereto.

Passed by the Timaru Borough Council, this 16th day of March, 1909.

JAMES CRAIGIE,
Mayor.

Sealed with the corporate seal of the Borough of Timaru, this 16th day of March, 1909.

JAMES CRAIGIE,
Mayor.

W. SATTERTHWAITE,
MICHAEL MULLIN,
Councillors.

D. VIRTUE,
Town Clerk.