NOTICE.

“HARBAS” SPRAYING-FLUID.

TAKE notice that I, the undersigned, JAMES ERNEST
GEAR, have, as from the 28th day of February, 1913,
sold all my interest in the spraying-fluid known as “Harbas”
to my co-owner, REGINALD ALFRED HARRIS, who is alone
liable for all existing and future liabilities in respect of the
said spraying-fluid or the business connected therewith.

Dated the 14th day of March, 1913.

J. E. GEAR
(By his Attorney, H. Buddle).

THE Partnership hitherto existing between GEORGE GIL-
LESPIE BOYD and MAATA KOTANI, as Sheep-farmers at
Timahanga and Makakomiko, under the style of “Anaru and
Boyd,” has this day been dissolved by mutual consent.

Dated at Wanganui this 19th day of March, 1913.

GEO. G. BOYD.
MAATA KOTAHI.

Witness—Gifford Marshall, Solicitor, Wanganui.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 302 of the
above-mentioned Act, that WILSON AND CANHAM
(LIMITED), a company duly incorporated in the Dominion of
Canada, proposes to carry on business in the Dominion of
New Zealand, and that the offices or places of business of the
company in the Dominion, where legal process of any kind
may be served upon it and notices of any kind may be ad-
dressed or delivered, are situate at the following places, viz. :-
59 Lower Rattray Street, Dunedin.
260 Thorndon Quay, Wellington.
78 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North.
Bridge Street, Eltham.
21–22 Union Buildings, Customs Street, Auckland.

Dated this 15th day of March, 1913.

A. ROWLANDS,
Attorney for the Company.

WHAKATANE COUNTY COUNCIL.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LAND.

In the matter of the Public Works Act, 1908, and the
Counties Act 1908, and the amendments thereof.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the County
of Whakatane proposes, under the provisions of the
above-mentioned Acts, and all other Acts and powers en-
abling it in that behalf, to execute a certain public work-
namely, the reservation of a quarry reserve—and for the
purpose of such public work the land described in the Sche-
dule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby
further given that plans of the land so required to be taken
are deposited in the County Council Chambers at Whakatane,
in the said county, and are there open for inspection, without
fee, by all persons during office hours. All persons affected
by the execution of the said public work or the taking of such
land should, if they have well-grounded objections to the
execution of the said public work or to the taking of the said
land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing,
within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to
the Whakatane County Council, addressed to the County
Clerk at the County Council Chambers at Whakatane.

Schedule.

All in the Land District of Auckland; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked 16907, deposited
in the Survey Office at Auckland.

Dated this 14th day of February, 1913.

H. O. GARAWAY,
County Clerk.

BOROUGH OF HASTINGS.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 39 of the Rating
Act, 1908, and subsection (2) of section 2 of the Rating
Act Amendment Act, 1911, I hereby give notice that a poll
taken at Hastings on Friday, the 14th day of March, 1913,
on the proposal—

“That henceforth the system of rating property on the
the basis of the unimproved value thereof be adopted, and
apply to water rates, electric-light rates, sewage rates, and
hospital and charitable-aid rates within the Borough of
Hastings.”

The number of votes recorded for and against the proposal
was as follows :—
For the proposal . . . . . . . . . . 207
Against the proposal . . . . . . . . 61
Informal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

As the number of votes recorded for the proposal was
more than the number recorded against the proposal, I hereby
declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated the 17th day of March, 1913.

J. GARNETT,
Mayor, Borough of Hastings.

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