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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

obverse, and on the reverse a suitable design, with the words
“For Courage.”

Given at Our Court, at Sandringham, the first day of
December, one thousand nine hundred and nine,
in the ninth year of Our Reign.

By His Majesty’s Command.

H. J. GLADSTONE.

Special Orders made by the Council of the Borough of Petone.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1910.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

SPECIAL ORDER MADE BY THE PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that
behalf by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” and
“The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” the Petone Borough
Council hereby resolves by way of special order as follows:
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other
charges on a loan of £6,550, authorised to be raised from
the Minister of Finance by the Petone Borough Council,
under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” for the purpose
of providing a system of drainage for the lands within the
boundaries of the borough situated north of the stop-bank,
and such other land within the borough as can conveniently
be connected with the proposed drainage system, the said
Petone Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special
rate of ½d. in the pound sterling upon the rateable value
(on the basis of the unimproved value) of all the rateable
property of the whole area of Petone Borough being Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 79, Block XIII, Belmont
Survey District; such special rate shall be an annually
recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be
payable half-yearly on the 1st day of February and the
1st day of August in each and every year during the
currency of the loan, being for a period of forty-one years,
or until the loan is fully paid off.

The common seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses
of the Borough of Petone was hereto affixed in the presence
of—

J. W. McEWAN,
Mayor.
ALEX. WEBSTER,
Town Clerk.

We hereby certify that the foregoing special order was
duly adopted at a special meeting of the Petone Borough
Council held on the 14th day of February, 1910, and was
duly confirmed at an ordinary meeting of the said Council
held on the 14th day of March, 1910.

Dated this 15th day of March, 1910.

J. W. McEWAN,
Mayor.
ALEX. WEBSTER,
Town Clerk.

SPECIAL ORDER MADE BY THE PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that
behalf by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” and
“The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” the Petone Borough
Council hereby resolves by way of special order as follows:
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other
charges on a loan of £800, authorised to be raised from the
Minister of Finance by the Petone Borough Council, under
“The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” such special loan to
be expended in the payment for the formation and extension
of Nelson Street northwards, for the extension of the Nelson
Street culvert northwards from Udy Street, also for diverting Percy’s Creek into Nelson Street culvert, the said Petone
Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate
of ⅛d. in the pound sterling upon the rateable value (on the
basis of the unimproved value) of all the rateable property of
the whole area of the Petone Borough being Sections 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 79, Block XIII, Belmont Survey District;
such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during
the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the
1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each and
every year during the currency of the loan, being for a period
of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

The common seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses
of the Borough of Petone was hereto affixed in the presence
of—

J. W. McEWAN,
Mayor.
ALEX. WEBSTER,
Town Clerk.

We hereby certify that the foregoing special order was
duly adopted at a special meeting of the Petone Borough
Council held on the 14th day of February, 1910, and was
duly confirmed at an ordinary meeting of the said Council
held on the 14th day of March, 1910.

Dated this 15th day of March, 1910.

J. W. McEWAN,
Mayor.
ALEX. WEBSTER,
Town Clerk.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1910.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the
Borough of Foxton, is published in accordance with
the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

FOXTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

In the matter of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

I HEREBY give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the
Borough of Foxton was taken on the 18th day of March, 1910,
on the proposal of the Foxton Borough Council to borrow
the sum of £20,000 for a water-supply and drainage system.
The voting was as follows: For the proposal, 90; against
the proposal, 150; informal, 6: total, 246.

There being a majority of 60 votes against the proposal, I
hereby declare the said proposal to be lost.

Foxton, 21st March, 1910.

GEO. H. STILES,
Mayor.

Notice to Imprestees under “The Public Revenues Act, 1908.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 28th February, 1910.

EVERY officer holding advances of public money is
hereby required to pay to the Public Account, at
the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the unexpended balance of his account on or before Thursday,
the 31st March proximo, and forthwith to transmit to
the Treasury at Wellington the bank receipt for such repayment, together with an account of his expenditure to the
same date, as required by clause 4 of the Treasury Regulations.

As respects disbursements which officers may require to
make immediately after the close of the financial year,
requisitions for the amount required are to be made in
such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later
than the 15th March, so that the requisite funds may be
placed at the disposal of the officer as soon after the 1st
April as possible.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

Authorising the Laying-off of Ferguson Street, in the Town
of Westshore Extension No. 2, of a Width of not less than
66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 15th March, 1910.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by section 15 of “The Land Act, 1908,” I, Joseph
George Ward, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the
laying-off of Ferguson Street, in the Town of Westshore
Extension No. 2, Hawke’s Bay Land District, of a width of
not less than 66 ft., instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.