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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 23

BOROUGH OF TIMARU.

In the matter of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, and its amendments, and the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments.

We hereby give notice that the following loan proposal was submitted to the ratepayers of the Borough of Timaru on the 13th day of March, 1913, viz. :

Loan Proposal.

(a.) The particular purpose for which the loan is required is for purchasing five motor-busses, erecting garage and workshops, and providing everything necessary to enable the said Council to establish and carry on a municipal motor-bus service in the Borough of Timaru.

(b.) The sum proposed to be borrowed for such purpose is £7,000, having a currency not exceeding fifteen years, and bearing interest not exceeding £5 per centum per annum, or such greater or lesser amount as may be required and may be allowed by law, for the purpose of this loan and for other purposes in relation thereto prescribed by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, and the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, or either of them.

(c.) The proposed security is a special rate of 1d. in the pound sterling calculated on the amount of the annual rateable value of all rateable property in the said borough, and the provision for repayment is a sinking fund of £2 10s. per centum per annum on the amount of such loan, or such greater or lesser amount as may be required and may be allowed by law.

(d.) It is proposed to pay out of the loan the cost of raising same, and the interest on such loan for the first year.

And that the votes recorded for and against the proposal were as follows : For, 907 ; against, 517.

And we declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated at Timaru this 13th day of March, 1913.

T. HAWKEY,
Mayor.

D. VIRTUE,
Returning Officer for the Borough of Timaru.

By-laws of the New Lynn Town Board confirmed under the By-Laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington 12th March, 1913.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of by-laws made by the New Lynn Town Board on the 29th November, 1912.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-Laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the above-written by-laws, and declare that the same came into force on the 6th day of December, 1912.

Dated this 12th day of March, 1913.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Despatch.—Offer, by the Astronomical Society of Mexico, of Medal and Diploma to any Astronomer who discovers a Comet.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th March, 1913.

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

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(New Zealand.—No. 38.)

Downing Street, 17th January, 1913.

My LORD,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, a translation of a note from the Mexican Minister on the subject of an offer, by the Astronomical Society of Mexico, of a medal and diploma to any astronomer who discovers a comet.

I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.

Governor the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool,
K.C.M.G., M.V.O.

[Translation.]

Mexican Legation, 31st December, 1912.

YOUR EXCELLENCY,—By instructions of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that the Astronomical Society of Mexico have agreed, beginning from 1913, to offer a medal and diploma to any astronomer who discovers a comet. The medal will bear the name of “Carolina Hershel Medal.”

I request that Your Excellency will be good enough to inform the Universities and Observatories in this country of the above.

I have, &c.,
M. COVARRUBIAS.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Panama, Ryburn, and Hillside Roads, in the Town of Otahuhu Extension No. 18, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th March, 1913.

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 Panama, Ryburn, and Hillside Roads in the Town of Otahuhu Extension No. 18, 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 Bruce and Wallace Streets, in the Town of Elgen (Subdivision of Sections 78 to 86), of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th March, 1913.

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 Bruce and Wallace Streets, in the Town of Elgen (subdivision of Sections 78 to 86), Hawke’s Bay 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 Haslett Road and Bingley Avenue, in the Town of Tui Extension No. 13, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th March, 1913.

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 Haslett Road and Bingley Avenue, in the Town of Tui Extension No. 13, 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 Rangitoto and Dunnotar Roads, Paton Avenue, and Detro Street, in the Town of Papatoetoe Extension No. 4, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th March, 1913.

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 Rangitoto and Dunnotar Roads, Paton Avenue, and Detro Street, in the Town of Papatoetoe Extension No. 4, 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 Bettina Road and Sale Street, in the Town of Claudelands Extension No. 21, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th March, 1913.

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 Bettina Road and Sale Street, in the Town of Claudelands Extension No. 21, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.