1928
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th May, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalization, under the Aliens Act, 1908, in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Retention of Title of “Honourable.”

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th June, 1912.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(New Zealand.—Miscellaneous.)

MY LORD,—With reference to your Lordship’s despatch No. 23, of the 16th ultimo, I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty the King has been pleased to approve of the retention of the title of “Honourable” by Sir John George Findlay, K.C.M.G., who has served for more than three years as a member of the Executive Council of New Zealand.

A notification to this effect will be published in the London Gazette.

I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.

Governor the Right Honourable Lord Islington,
K.C.M.G., D.S.O., &c.

Result of Election of Member of Masterton Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th June, 1912.

THE following result of the election of a member of the Masterton Fire Board by fire-insurance companies has been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs, and is notified in accordance with the rules made under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Masterton Fire Board:
Charles Rooking Carter Robieson, vice R. M. Simpson, resigned.

Notice respecting Proposed Borough of Otahuhu, County of Manukau.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th June, 1912.

PURSUANT to section 117 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a petition has been presented to him praying for the constitution of the area described in the Schedule hereto as a borough under the said Act, to be named the Borough of Otahuhu. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the constitution of the said borough which they may desire to lodge, within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED BOROUGH OF OTAHUHU.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by the County of Eden, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 74, of the 21st September, 1911, from the middle of the Main Trunk Railway line to the Otahuhu Creek; thence by that creek to the Tamaki River; thence towards the east and south-east generally by the Tamaki River to the Main Trunk Railway Reserve; thence by a line running in the direction of the middle of the road forming the north-western boundary of Section No. 36, Manurewa Parish, to the middle of the said railway reserve; and thence towards the south-west by a line along the middle of the said railway reserve to the southern boundary of the County of Eden, the place of commencement.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Waihekau Drainage Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 8th June, 1912.

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

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Finance.

WAIHEKAU DRAINAGE BOARD.

NOTICE is hereby given that the above Board, at its special meeting held on the 27th day of May, 1912, adopted the following resolution as a special order to be confirmed at an ordinary meeting of the Board to be held on the 1st day of July, 1912, at 7.30 p.m., at the office of the undersigned, Waihou, such special order to take effect as from the date of gazetting thereof :—

Special Order.

In pursuance and 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 Waihekau Drainage Board resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £40, authorized to be raised by the Waihekau Drainage Board, under the above-mentioned Acts, being an amount equal to 10 per centum on the original sum of £400 raised by the said Board for the further construction of drainage works for the drainage of the Waihekau District, such original sum having been found insufficient to complete the said works, the said Waihekau Drainage Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of ½d. in the pound on the rateable value (capital value) of all property in the Waihekau District; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable in one sum on the 1st day of February 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.

FRED. B. WOODHEAD,
Clerk.

Waihou, 29th May, 1912.