Feb. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 457

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th January, 1910.

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.

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

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th January, 1910.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 107 of “The Counties Act, 1908,” that so much of the By-law No. 1 made by the Tuapeka County Council and sealed on the 14th day of January, 1910, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Tuapeka County funds for the licensing of vehicles has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 27th January, 1910.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

COPY OF A RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE WAIPAWA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE 24TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1909, AND CONFIRMED ON THE 7TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1910.

RESOLUTION, That, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” the Waipawa County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £750, authorised to be raised by the Waipawa County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the construction of a tunnel at the headworks of the Lindsay Water-race, and for repairing the said Lindsay Water-race, the said Waipawa County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of ½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Lindsay Water-race District Special-rating Area, comprising 800 acres of Block 83, Ruataniwha Survey District; Sections 1, 2, and 3, Block IV, Ruataniwha Survey District; 200 acres of Section 19, Block VIII; 200 acres of Section 21, Block VIII; 300 acres of Section 22, Block VIII, of the Ruataniwha Survey District respectively; Sections 3 and 4, Block V; 200 acres of Section 5, Block V; 200 acres of Section 9, Block V; 200 acres of Section 12, Block V; and 50 acres of Section 18, Block V, of the Waipukurau Survey District respectively: and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable on the 1st day of July 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. That the rate of interest on such loan shall be 3¼ per centum per annum.

I, Albert Edward Jull, Chairman of the Waipawa County Council, hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a resolution passed by the Waipawa County Council on the 24th day of November, 1909, and confirmed on the 7th day of January, 1910.

A. E. JULL.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st February, 1910.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF BLENHEIM.

I, ARCHIBALD McCALLUM, Mayor of the Borough of Blenheim, do hereby certify that at a special meeting of the Borough Council of the Borough of Blenheim on the 17th day of December, 1909, the resolution hereinafter set out was duly passed, and, after the same had been duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” regulating the making of special orders, such resolution was duly confirmed at a special meeting of the Council of the said borough on the 21st day of January, 1910, such resolution being in the words and figures following:—

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” the Blenheim Borough Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £750, authorised to be raised by the Blenheim Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of providing the amount necessary to enable the Blenheim Borough Council to comply with the order or declaration by His Excellency the Governor’s Warrant dated the 31st day of March, 1909 (Gazette No. 29, in the year 1909, page 976), whereby the Spring Creek Road Board was authorised to construct a bridge over the Wairau River at Spring Creek, and the cost thereof is apportioned, the said Blenheim Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1/18d. in the pound upon the unimproved rateable value of all rateable property in the Borough of Blenheim; 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 August and the 1st day of February in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being for the period until the 1st day of April, 1915, or until the loan is fully paid off.

Dated this 21st day of January, 1910.

A. McCALLUM,
Mayor of the Borough of Blenheim.

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

The Treasury,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1910.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

HOBSON COUNTY.

Special Order.—“The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in them in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” the Hobson County Council do hereby resolve as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the 3¼ per cent. interest and other charges on a loan of £550, authorised to be raised by the Hobson County Council, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” for the purpose of completing the formation and metalling the following roads—from finger-post to Moginie’s, Moginie’s to top of Schwabe’s Bush, Schwabe’s Bush to Whittaker’s, Tokatoka Flat to Whittaker’s Hill, Whittaker’s Hill to Sill’s, Sill’s to Okahu Bridge, Okahu Bridge to junction, Hoyle’s Road metal, W. Simpkin’s to junction, school junction to Harding’s gate, school junction to creamery, metal and grading Paton’s Hill, deviation through reserve, and from Miti tai outwards, all within the Okahu Special-rating District —the said Hobson County Council do hereby make and levy a special rate of 1/10d. upon the rateable valuation of all the rateable property in the aforesaid Okahu Special-rating District of the Hobson County; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be