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section 4 of the Local Bodies' Loans Amendment Act, 1910,
the Avondale Road Board hereby resolves: That, for the
purpose of providing moneys sufficient to cover the increased
payments in respect of such part of such loan (namely, £3,500)
the said Avondale Road Board hereby makes and levies a
special rate of 1/20 of a penny in the pound upon the rate-
able value of all rateable property of the Avondale Road District; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring
rate during the currency of such part of such loan, and be
payable half-yearly on the 1st day of October and the 1st
day of April in each and every year during the currency of
such part of such loan, being a period of thirty-six years and
a half, or until such part of such loan is fully paid off.

I certify that the foregoing copy of a resolution is a true
copy of a resolution passed by the Avondale Road Board at
a special meeting of the Board, properly convened, held on
the 19th day of March, 1913.

JOHN POTTER,
Chairman.

Resolution made by the Council of the Borough of Dargaville.

State-guaranteed Advances Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1913.

THE following resolution, made by the Dargaville Borough
Council, is published in accordance with the provisions
of the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Amendment
Act, 1912.

W. FRASER,
Acting Minister of Finance.

DARGAVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Dargaville Borough Council has been authorized by the ratepayers to borrow £600 for the purpose of
establishing a municipal sanitary service in the borough, and
the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Board has
finally granted the application for such loan at the rate of
£3 15s. per centum per annum: And whereas the New
Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Office Superintendent is
unable to advance such loan (namely, £600) at the said rate
of interest, but can advance the same at the rate of £3 17s. 6d.
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 Dargaville Borough Council hereby resolves: That, for
the purpose of providing moneys sufficient to cover the
increased payments in respect of such loan, the said Dargaville Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate
of 1/320 of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value
(unimproved) of all rateable property of the Dargaville
Borough; 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 February in each and every
year during the currency of such loan, being a period of
thirty-six years and a half, or until such loan is fully paid
off.

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a resolution
made by the Dargaville Borough Council on the 14th day of
March, 1913.

GEO. DARBYSHIRE,
Town Clerk.

The common seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses
of the Borough of Dargaville was affixed hereto on the 14th
day of March, 1913, in the presence of—

F. J. DARGAVILLE,
Mayor.
R. BRYDON,
Councillor.

Wife of the Governor of New Zealand to have the Dignity and
Style of "Her Excellency."

Prime Minister's Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1913.

THE following telegram has been received by His Excell-
lency the Governor from His Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Colonies, and is published for
general information:—

"His Majesty the King commands that the wife of the
Governor of New Zealand shall have the dignity and
style in all official documents and on all occasions of
'Her Excellency.'"

W. F. MASSEY,
Prime Minister.

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Letters of Naturalization issued.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1913.

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
Wanganui Borough.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th March, 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 Wanganui and included in the County of Wanganui. 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
WANGANUI AND TO BE INCLUDED IN THE COUNTY OF
WANGANUI.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, bounded by
a line commencing at a point on the left bank of the Wanganui
River in line with the south-western boundary-line of Section
No. 93, Block I, Ikitara Survey District ; thence to and along that boundary-line, and along the north-western
boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 79 and 78 to Allotment No. 5
on Plan No. 1102, deposited in the office of the District Land
Registrar at Wellington; thence along the north-eastern
boundary of that allotment, the abutment of a road, the
western boundary of Allotment No. 1 on plan No. 853, deposited as aforesaid, and that boundary produced, to the
Wellington-New Plymouth Railway-line; thence along the
said railway-line to the left bank of the Wanganui River;
and thence along the left bank of that river to the place of
commencement.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-law,
Whakatane County Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th March, 1913.

It is hereby notified, in accordance with section 107 of the
Counties Act, 1908, that so much of the By-law No. 1
made by the Whakatane County Council, and sealed on the