Aug. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2553

Christchurch Tramway Board hereby resolves as follows : That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £7,000, authorized to be raised by the Christchurch Tramway Board, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the purpose of constructing and equipping a tramway into the Fendalton Tramway Special-rating Area, the said Christchurch Tramway Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of ½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property (according to the capital rateable value thereof) of the Fendalton Tramway Special-rating Area, comprising that portion of the Waimairi County which was duly defined by the said Christchurch Tramway Board under the provisions of section 3 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, at a meeting held on the 6th day of June, 1911, the boundaries of which were duly published in the New Zealand Gazette dated the 15th day of June, 1911; 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 April in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-two years from the 1st day of October, 1912, or until the loan is fully paid off.

Resolution re Papanui Tramway Loan.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and the Acts amending the same, and the Christchurch Tramways District Act, 1906, and the Acts amending the same, the Christchurch Tramway Board hereby resolves as follows : That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £9,000, authorized to be raised by the Christchurch Tramway Board, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the purpose of constructing and equipping a tramway into the Papanui Tramway Special-rating Area, the said Christchurch Tramway Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 13/16 of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property (according to the capital rateable value thereof) of the Papanui Tramway Special-rating Area, comprising all that portion of the Waimairi County which was duly defined by the said Christchurch Tramway Board under the provisions of section 3 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, at a meeting held on the 26th day of February, 1912, the boundaries of which were duly published in the New Zealand Gazette dated the 7th day of March, 1912; 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 April in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-two years from the 1st day of October, 1912, or until the loan is fully paid off.

Dated this 16th day of July, 1912.

FRANK THOMPSON,
General Manager and Secretary, Christchurch Tramway Board.

The above special orders were confirmed at a meeting of the Board held on the 19th day of August, 1912.

FRANK THOMPSON,
General Manager and Secretary, Christchurch Tramway Board.

Resolution made by the Council of the County of Hobson.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 21st August, 1912.

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

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

HOBSON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Resolution making Special Rate to provide Interest on Omana Loan of £1,150.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, the Hobson County Council hereby resolves as follows : That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £1,150, authorized to be raised by the Hobson County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of metalling roads within the Omana Special-rating District, the said Hobson County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Omana Special-rating District, comprising the following area—Whanga Mokopuna, Walton’s Grant Nos. 1, 1A, No. 2, No. 3, Maungaru Survey District, and containing 8,498 acres; 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 April 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.

The above resolution was duly passed at a meeting of the Hobson County Council held on the 15th day of August, 1912; and the common seal of the Hobson County was hereunto affixed this 15th day of August, 1912, in the presence of—

H. J. SLADE,
Chairman.

J. HOGG,
County Clerk.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 21st August, 1912.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Waipawa County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

WAIPAWA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Waipawa taken on the 14th day of August, 1912, on the proposal of the Waipawa County Council to borrow the sum of £21,000 for the purposes of bridge-construction, road-construction, metalling roads, and sundry road improvements in the County of Waipawa, which proposal was published in the Waipawa Mail newspaper upon 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th July, 1912, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 383, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 236.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 19th day of August, 1912.

L. McKAY,
Chairman, Waipawa County Council.

Authorizing the Laying-off of McIver Street, in the Town of Te Awamutu West Extension No. 1, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th August, 1912.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of McIver Street, in the Town of Te Awamutu West Extension No. 1, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Minnehaha Avenue, in the Town of Takapuna Extension No. 19, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th August, 1912.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Minnehaha Avenue, in the Town of Takapuna Extension No. 19, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land in the Canterbury Land District subject to the Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1908.

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 19th August, 1912.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1908, and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Bourndale Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts as from 29th June, 1912.