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Secondly: To establish a sinking fund during the currency of the loan of £2 per centum per annum on the amount for the time being of the said loan actually borrowed, for or towards payment of such loan at its maturity.

Thirdly: To appropriate and pledge by way of security to provide for the payment of interest on such special loan, and the payment of such sinking fund and other charges, an annually recurring special rate of 1d. in the pound on the annual value of all rateable property within the Borough of Wanganui.

Fourthly: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on the said loan of £4,000, authorised to be raised by the Wanganui Borough Council, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” and “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” and their respective amendments, for paying off a special loan of £4,000, borrowed by the said Council for the erection and furnishing of a “town or public hall,” which loan is due and payable on the 1st day of October, 1909, the said Wanganui Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Wanganui Borough, comprising the whole of the Borough of Wanganui; 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 1st day of October in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of five years and one calendar month, or until the loan is fully paid off.

The above special order was passed at a special meeting of the Council held on the 13th day of August, 1909, and confirmed at an ordinary meeting of the Council held on the 14th day of September, 1909.

The common seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Wanganui was affixed to the above special order by order of the Council and by and in the presence of—

C. E. MACKAY,
Mayor.
G. MURCH,
Town Clerk.

Special Order made by the Makerua Drainage Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 21st September, 1909.

THE following special order, made by the Makerua Drainage Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

J. A. MILLAR,
Acting Minister of Finance.

MAKERUA DRAINAGE BOARD.

At a special meeting of the Makerua Drainage Board held on the 6th day of August, 1909, the following special order was made:—

Notice is hereby given, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” and the amendment thereto, the Makerua Drainage Board hereby resolves as follows: That the Makerua Drainage Board proposes to raise a loan of £2,000, under the provisions and authority of paragraph (d) of section 15 of the principal Act, for the concentration and discharge of the drainage from 1,686 acres, or thereabouts, into the Board’s main drain; and that a special roll of the ratepayers in Special District No. 2, the part of the Makerua Drainage District for which the loan of £2,000 is proposed to be raised, has been prepared and lodged for public inspection in the manner prescribed by subsection (3) of section 3 of the principal Act; and that such special roll was deposited for public inspection at the Courthouse, Palmerston North, on the 28th day of January, 1909. And that, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on the said loan of £2,000, authorised to be raised by the Makerua Drainage Board, under the before-mentioned Act, the Makerua Drainage Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 53/100 d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all properties in Special District No. 2, consisting of Sections 56 and 57, and part of the Makerua Estate, containing in all 1,685 acres 3 roods 39 perches, and of a valuation of £34,985; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and to be payable half-yearly on the 1st days of February and 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. The cost of raising loan and the first year’s interest to be paid out of loan.

By order.

H. GREIG,
Chairman, Makerua Drainage Board.

9th August, 1909.

At a special meeting of the Makerua Drainage Board held on the 14th day of September the above special order was duly confirmed.

The said special order was publicly notified in the newspaper circulating in the district on the 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th days of August, 1909.

I hereby certify that the special order referred to was duly made and confirmed by the Board at the special meetings stated.

Copies of the newspaper containing the four weekly public notifications are duly forwarded.

H. GREIG,
Chairman, Makerua Drainage Board.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 21st September, 1909.

THE following special order, made by the Raglan County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

J. A. MILLAR,
Acting Minister of Finance.

RAGLAN COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order making Special Rate.—Pukekawa Special-rating District.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” and amendments thereto, the Raglan County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £150, authorised to be raised by the Raglan County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, being an additional amount of 10 per cent. on the original loan of £1,500 raised by the said Council, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the purpose of forming and metalling portions of the Ohiro Road, to which the sum of £1,300 was allocated, and forming and metalling Murray’s Road, to which the sum of £200 was allocated, which is not sufficient to complete same, the expenditure of the said sum of £150, to be allocated as to £130 to the completion of the works on the Ohiro section, and £20 to the completion of the works on the Murray Road section, the said Raglan County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1/30 d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Pukekawa Special-rating District. The boundaries of the special-rating district are as follows: Commencing at the north-west corner of Section 75 of Block VIII, Onewhero; thence along the Waikato River to the north-west corner of Section 78; thence along the western boundary of same section; thence east along the road-line to the north-west corner of Section 149A; thence along the western boundary of same section and Section 150A to the road-line; thence south and east along the road-line to the river-bank; thence along the river-bank to Opuatia Parish line at the north corner of Section 4; thence along the parish-line to the south-east corner of Section 8; thence along the road-line to the northern corner of Opuatia No. 3A; thence along the western boundary-line of the same section to the Opuatia Stream; thence along the Opuatia Stream to the boundary of the Onewhero Special-rating District; thence along the said boundary to 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 July and the 1st day of January in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, and the interest to be paid at the rate of 3½ per cent. per annum, or until the loan is fully paid off; and it is the intention to pay out of loan cost of raising same and first year’s interest.

The above resolution was duly passed as a special order at a special meeting of the Raglan County Council held on the 22nd day of July, 1909, and confirmed at a special meeting of the said Council held on the 15th day of September, 1909.

BASIL HEWETT,
Chairman.

H. MARSLAND,
Clerk.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 21st September, 1909.

THE following special order, made by the Picton Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

J. A. MILLAR,
Acting Minister of Finance.