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Port Health Officer appointed.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 8th February, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

SYDNEY TAYLOR CHAMPTALOUP, Esq., M.B., Bach. Surg. 1906, B.Sc. (Publ. Health) 1909, Univ. Edin.,

to be a Port Health Officer, under section 9 of the Public Health Act, 1908, for the Port of Dunedin.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister of Public Health.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration in Boundaries of Borough of Mataura.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th February, 1913.

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 Mataura 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 MATAURA AND TO BE INCLUDED IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTHLAND.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District bounded towards the north by a right line due east from the north-west corner of Section No. 34, Block VII, Township of Mataura, to the right bank of the Mataura River; thence towards the south-east by that bank to the southernmost corner of Section No. 60 of the said Block VII; thence towards the south-west by the south-west boundary-line of the said Section No. 60 and its production to the north-west side of Selbourne Street; thence again towards the south-east by the said side of that street to the north-east side of Dacre Street; thence again towards the south-west by the said side of Dacre Street and its production to the Waimumu Stream; and thence towards the west generally by that stream to the place of commencement.

Also all that area in the Southland Land District bounded towards the east by Sections Nos. 16, 23, 37, 34, and 35 of Block I, Tutarau Survey District, from the north-west corner of the first-mentioned section to the south-west corner of the last-mentioned section; thence towards the south by the crossing of Boundary Road and by Sections Nos. 11 and 1 of Block III of the said district to the south-eastern side of Wyndham Road; thence towards the north-west generally by the said side of Wyndham Road, by the southern side of Clyde Street and its production to Section No. 22, Block XVII, Mataura Bridge Township, by the north-western and north-eastern boundaries of the said Section No. 22, by the north-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 21 and 20 of the said Block XVII to Crawford Road, by the crossing of that road, by the north-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 30 and 55 of the said Block XVII to Doctor Road, by the crossing of that road, by the north-western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 56, 57, 72, 71, and 68 of the said Block XVII, by the south-western and north-western boundary-lines of Section No. 69 of the said Block XVII, by the north-western boundary-line of Section No. 70 of the said Block XVII, and by the crossing of Boundary Road to the place of commencement.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Council of the Borough of Napier.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th February, 1913.

THE following special order, made by the Napier Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908.

W. FRASER,
Acting-Minister of Finance.

NAPIER BOROUGH COUNCIL.

A Special Order making a Special Rate as Security for a Special Loan.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908, the Napier Borough Council hereby by way of special order resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £15,000, authorized to be raised by the Napier Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the construction and installation of works for electric lighting and power and electric tramways in the Borough of Napier, or for any one or more of those objects, the said Napier Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1½d. in the pound upon the rateable value on the basis of the annual value of all rateable property of the Borough of Napier, comprising 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 half-yearly on the 30th day of June and the 31st day of December in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-two years or thereabouts—that is to say, till the 30th day of June, 1944, or until the loan is fully paid off.

Made by special order passed at a special meeting of the Napier Borough Council held on the 4th day of December, 1912, and confirmed at an ordinary meeting held on the 15th day of January, 1913.

M. MURRAY,
Town Clerk.

Resolution made by the Council of the County of Clutha.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 7th February, 1913.

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

W. FRASER,
Acting Minister of Finance.

CLUTHA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Resolution made by the Council of the County of Clutha.

WHEREAS the Clutha County Council has been authorized by the ratepayers to borrow £3,000 for the purpose of grading and metalling the Owaka Valley Road, within the Owaka Valley Special-rating District, and the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Board has finally granted the application for such loan at the rate of £5 1s. per centum per annum: And whereas the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Office Superintendent is unable to advance such loan—namely, £3,000—at the said rate of interest, but can advance the same at the rate of £5 2s. 10d. per centum per annum:

Now, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908, and section 4 of the Local Bodies' Loans Amendment Act, 1910, the Clutha County Council hereby resolves that, for the purpose of providing moneys sufficient to cover the increased payments in respect of such loan—namely, £3,000—the said Clutha County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of ½d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Owaka Valley Special-rating District, comprising a portion of Catlins Riding, in the County of Clutha, the boundaries of which district are as follows:—

Commencing at a point where the north-eastern boundary of Section 7, Block VIII, Glenomaru Survey District, joins the Owaka River; thence by the eastern boundaries of Sections 7 and 12; thence by the southern boundary of the said Section 12 to its junction with Section 108; thence by the eastern and south-eastern boundary of the said Section 108, and by a road-line on the south-east boundary of Section 108 to the eastern boundary of Section 81; thence by the eastern boundary of the said Section 81; thence by the southern boundaries of Sections 81 and 80, all in Block VIII, Glenomaru Survey District; thence in a northerly direction on the block-line between Block VIII, Glenomaru Survey District, and Block I, Catlins Survey District, to the south-east corner of Section 55, Block I, Catlins Survey District; thence by the southern boundaries of Sections 55, 54, 53, and 52 to the eastern boundary of Section 62; thence by the eastern boundary of the said Section 62 in a southerly direction to the block-line between Blocks I and VIII, Catlins Survey District; thence in a westerly direction along the said block-line on the southern side of Sections 62, 61, and 60 to the