Mar. 30. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1159

provided in the said Christchurch City Sanitation Empowering Act, 1908; such loan to be for a period of ten years, and bear interest at the rate of £4 10s. per centum per annum.

(b.) That, for the purpose of providing the interest at the rate of £4 10s. per centum per annum and other charges on the aforesaid loan of £5,000 so authorized to be raised by the Christchurch City Council, under the above-mentioned Acts, for expenditure in manner provided in the said Christchurch City Sanitation Empowering Act, 1908, the said Christchurch City Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1/160 of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value (being the capital value) of all rateable property comprised within the boundaries of the City of Christchurch as constituted and described by Proclamation of His Excellency the Governor published on the 1st April, 1903, in a supplement to the New Zealand Gazette of Thursday, the 26th of March, 1903, pages 883 and 884, and the boundaries as described in the Schedule thereto as amended by the Order in Council altering the boundaries of the City of Christchurch, published in the New Zealand Gazette dated the 4th day of April, 1907, page 1136; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of September in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of ten years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

The common seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Christchurch was hereto affixed in the presence of —

CHAS. ALLISON,
Mayor.

HY. R. SMITH,
Town Clerk.

We hereby certify that the foregoing special order was duly adopted at a special meeting of the Christchurch City Council held on the 20th day of February, 1911, and was duly confirmed at an ordinary meeting of the said Council held on the 20th day of March, 1911.

Dated this 25th day of March, 1911.

CHAS. ALLISON,
Mayor.

HY. R. SMITH,
Town Clerk.

Resolution made by the Council of the Borough of Balclutha.

The Treasury.
Wellington, 23rd March, 1911.

THE following resolution, made by the Balclutha Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments.

J. A. MILLAR,
Acting Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF BALCLUTHA.

Proposed Waterworks Loan of £7,500.—Special Rate.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a special meeting of the Balclutha Borough Council convened for the purpose, and held on the 15th day of March, 1911, the following resolution was unanimously passed :—

In pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1910, the Balclutha Borough Council hereby resolves as follows : That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of principal or sinking fund, interest, and other charges on a loan of £7,500, authorized to be raised by the Balclutha Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the purpose of constructing waterworks and supplying the Borough of Balclutha with water, hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1d. in the pound upon the capital value of all rateable property of the whole of the said borough; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the first day of June in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six years and a half, or until the loan is fully paid off.

Dated this 16th day of March, 1911.

JOHN C. MITCHELL,
Town Clerk.

Resolution made by the Council of the Borough of Westport.

The Treasury.
Wellington, 24th March, 1911.

THE following resolution, made by the Westport Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments.

J. A. MILLAR,
Acting Minister of Finance.

RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF WESTPORT, MAKING A SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and the several amendments thereof respectively, and of every other power in that behalf enabling it, the Westport Borough Council hereby resolves as follows : That, for the purpose of providing the interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £9,613 9s. 2d., authorized to be raised by the Westport Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the purpose of paying or clearing off the Council’s overdraft of £9,613 9s. 2d. existing on the 31st day of March, 1910, the said Westport Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of ½d. in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property of the Borough of Westport, comprising the whole of the said Borough of Westport; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of June in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

We hereby certify that the above resolution was duly passed at a special meeting of the Council held on the 9th day of March, 1911.

J. H. GREENWOOD,
Mayor.

DOUGLAS DOBSON,
Town Clerk.

Resolutions made by the Council of the County of Featherston.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 28th March, 1911.

THE following resolutions, made by the Featherston County Council, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments.

J. A. MILLAR,
Acting Minister of Finance.

FEATHERSTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Resolution 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 Featherston County Council hereby resolves as follows : That, for the purpose of providing for the repayment of the loan of £5,000, and the interest thereon, by the periodical payments as required by the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act, 1909, and the charges and expenses incidental thereto, which loan was authorized to be raised by the Featherston County Council, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments, for the following purpose—the erection of a bridge (to be called the Waihenga Bridge) over the Ruamahunga River, near Martinborough (rendered necessary by the disrepair of the present bridge), and expenses incidental thereto—the Featherston County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1/36 of a penny in the pound sterling upon the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable properties within the County of Featherston, the boundaries of which are described by Order in Council dated the 8th day of June, 1905, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the 15th day of June, 1905; 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 May and the 1st day of November in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six years and a half, and the rate of interest to be paid (to cover both interest and principal) not to exceed £5 per centum per annum, or until the loan is fully paid