May 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1269

hereby makes and levies a special rate of one penny farthing
in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable
properties of the Kohukohu Special District, comprising all
those sections within an area bounded by a line commencing
at a point where the western boundary of Section 1, Suburbs
of Kohukohu, meets the Kohukohu Tio Road, from thence
southwards by the western boundaries of that section and
Sections 1, 3, and 6 until it meets the northern boundary-
line of Tautehihi Block No. 1B, by following that line east-
wards to the Hokianga River, and from thence by the tidal
frontage until it reaches the starting-point at Section 1
aforesaid; 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 subsequent 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 fixed at a rate of 3½ per cent. per annum.

The above resolution was duly passed at a special meeting
of the Council held on the 17th day of December, 1908,
and duly confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the
28th day of January, 1909.

GEORGE T. CLENDON,
Chairman of the Hokianga County Council.
W. GROUNDS,
THOS. F. HARTLEY,
Councillors.
E. McLEOD,
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.
485

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

In the matter of "The Companies Act, 1908"; and in the
matter of the Puketapu Sawmilling Company (Limited).

PURSUANT to an order dated the 28th day of April,
1909, by His Honour Mr. Justice Cooper, all persons
claiming to be creditors of the above-named company are
required, on or before the 17th day of May, 1909, to send in
their names and addresses, and particulars of their debts
and claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors
(if any), to ERNEST WILLIAM HUNT and SIDNEY COOPER LEARY,
the Liquidators of the said company, in Featherston Street,
Wellington, or in default thereof they will be excluded from
the benefit of any distribution made before such debts are
proved.

Dated this 29th day of April, 1909.

ERNEST W. HUNT,
S. C. LEARY,
Liquidators.
c/o Messrs. BARR, LEARY, and WILLIAMS, Professional
Accountants, 158 Featherston Street, Wellington. 487

THE Partnership carried on by the undersigned at
Masterton as Builders, under the style of "Retter
and Mason," has this day been dissolved by mutual consent.

Dated this 20th day of April, 1909.

H. RETTER.
A. MASON.
Witness—W. Chas. Perry, Law Clerk, Masterton. 488

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore
subsisting between RICHARD AROA and FRANK AROA,
carrying on business as Grocers and General Storekeepers
at New Plymouth, under the name of "R. and F. Aroa,"
has been dissolved by mutual consent as from the 1st day of
May, 1909. All debts due to and owing by the said firm
will be received and paid respectively by the said Richard
Aroa, who will continue to carry on the said business in his
own name.

Dated this 30th day of April, 1909.

RICH'D. AROA.
FRANK AROA.

Witness to signatures—J. C. Nicholson, Solicitor, New
Plymouth. 489

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SURNAME.

JOHN PRATT, of Thames, Bricklayer, hereby give
notice that on the 8th day of April, 1909, I formally
and absolutely renounced and abandoned the use of my
surname of "Brown," and then assumed and adopted and
determined thenceforth on all occasions to use and subscribe
the name of "Pratt" instead of the said name of "Brown";
and I further give notice that such change of surname is
evidenced by an affidavit dated the 8th day of April, 1909,
deposited in the office of the Supreme Court at Auckland.
Dated the 8th day of April, 1909.

JOHN PRATT.

Witness—Ernest N. Miller, Solicitor, Thames. 490

ANNE JANE DRENNAN, of Arch Hill, near Auckland,
in the Provincial District of Auckland, in New
Zealand, Spinster, do hereby give notice that on and after
the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine,
the names "Anne Jane Drennan-Sinclair" will be assumed,
taken, and adopted by me in lieu of the names "Anne Jane
Drennan," by which I have heretofore been called and
known; and that at all times hereafter the names "Anne
Jane Drennan-Sinclair" will alone be used and adopted by
me in all transactions, documents, and writings, legal and
other proceedings and instruments. And I further give
notice that a duplicate of this notice has been filed in the
Supreme Court Office at Auckland.

Dated the nineteenth day of April, one thousand nine
hundred and nine.

ANNE JANE DRENNAN.

Signed by the said Ann Jane Drennan in the presence of
Edmund Mahony, Solicitor, Auckland. 491

STANLEY THORPE LEWIS, Bachelor of Medicine
and Surgery and Doctor of Public Health of Cam-
bridge University, England, now residing in Makotuku,
hereby give notice that I intend applying on the 4th day
of June next to have my name placed on the Medical
Register for the Dominion of New Zealand, and that I
have deposited the evidence of my qualification in the office
of the Registrar-General.

S. THORPE LEWIS.

Dated at Makotuku, 3rd May, 1909. 494

NOTICE is hereby given that FREDERICK AIRTON WEBSTER
retires from the firm of Webster and Co. as from the
31st March last. The business will in future be carried on
by Walter Hill and James Hill, as sole partners. They will
discharge the liabilities of the old firm, and all moneys
owing must be paid to them.

Dated 27th day of April, 1909.

F. A. WEBSTER.
WALTER HILL.
JAMES HILL
(by his Attorney, WALTER HILL).

Witness—J. J. Dougall, Solicitor, Christchurch. 495

SCHOOL FOR DEAF-MUTES, SUMNER, NEAR
CHRISTCHURCH.

Under the control and supervision of the Education
Department.

Director : MR. J. E. STEVENS.

FOR Deaf Children of sound intellect. The pupils are
taught to use and understand ordinary speech. The
full charge for board and education is £40 a year, but
less is accepted from parents who cannot afford to pay
this amount. In case of necessity admission is free.

By the Education Act, the education of deaf children
between the ages of 7 and 16 is made compulsory. A child
is, as a rule, best fitted to begin the school course at about
the age of 6, but advice should be obtained as soon as any
sign of deafness is observed.

The following classes of deaf children are admitted :

1. Children born deaf, or who have lost their hear-
   ing before learning to speak.

2. Children who can hear a little, but are too deaf
   to be taught in an ordinary school.

3. Children who have lost their hearing after having
   learned to speak.

Parents and other persons acquainted with such cases
above the age of 4 are invited to communicate with the
Director, or with

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION,
Wellington.