SEPT. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2709

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 6th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the

Tauranga Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Tauranga, Auckland Military District. Date of acceptance, 28th August, 1912.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 6th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the

Rangiora Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Rangiora, Canterbury Military District. Date acceptance, 28th August, 1912.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1912.

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

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration in Boundaries of Borough of Gore.

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

PURSUANT to section 118 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a petition, in accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-fourth of the electors of the area described in the Schedule hereto, has been presented to him, praying that the said area may be excluded from the Borough of Gore and included in the County of Southland. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE BOROUGH OF GORE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, being part of the Town of East Gore. Bounded towards the north by the northern side of Boundary Road from the Mataura River to the south-western corner of Section No. 9, Block I, Waikaka Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 9 and 17, Block I aforesaid, to a point due north of the easternmost corner of Section No. 16, Block XXV, Town of East Gore; thence towards the east by a line running due south to the Waikaka River; thence towards the south-east by the said Waikaka River to a point due east of the southernmost corner of Section No. 28, Block XXV aforesaid; thence towards the south by a right line to the southernmost corner of the said Section No. 28; thence towards the west by the eastern side of

Wentworth Street to a point in line with the northern side of Maitland Street; thence again towards the south by a right line across Wentworth Street, and by the northern side of Maitland Street and its production to the left bank of the Mataura River; and thence again towards the west by the left bank of the Mataura River to the place of commencement.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Purimu Road Board, County of Patangata.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th September, 1912.

THE following special order, made by the Purimu Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Road Boards Act, 1908.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

PURIMU ROAD BOARD.

Special Order.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, the Purimu Road Board hereby resolves as follows: That a special order be made giving authority to borrow a further sum of £450, being 10 per cent. on the amount of the present loan of £4,500 borrowed for the purpose of acquiring land, forming roads, and erecting bridges within the Purimu Road District; and that the Purimu Road Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1/24 of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all the rateable property of the whole of the Purimu Road District; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of the said loan of £450, and shall be payable in one sum on the 1st day of January in each and every year for a period of thirty-six years and a half, or until the loan is fully paid off.

The seal of the Purimu Road Board was hereto affixed in the presence of—

ROBERT J. FLEMING,
Chairman.

ROBT. J. SIDWELL,
Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed in accordance with the Road Boards Act, 1908.

ROBT. J. SIDWELL,
Clerk, Purimu Road Board.

Resolutions made by the Te Awamutu Town Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th September, 1912.

THE following resolutions, made by the Te Awamutu Town Board, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendment.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

TE AWAMUTU TOWN BOARD.

In pursuance 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 Te Awamutu Town Board hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £20,000, authorized to be raised by the Te Awamutu Town Board, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the construction of waterworks for the supply of water, including the purchase of all necessary land, plant, and materials (£18,000), and for the formation, construction, and metalling of streets (£2,000), the said Te Awamutu Town Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 2½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Te Awamutu Town District, comprising the whole of such district; 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 September 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.

CHAS. BOWDEN,
Chairman, Te Awamutu Town Board.

I hereby certify that the above resolution was duly passed at a meeting of the Te Awamutu Town Board duly constituted and held on the 29th day of August, 1912.

DUDLEY BOCKETT,
Town Clerk, Te Awamutu.