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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

Award of the Meritorious-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 6th May, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 12, Appendix IX, of the General Regulations for the Military Forces of New Zealand, 1911, of the award of a Meritorious-service Medal to

No. 272, Sergeant-major Artificer WILLIAM FREDERICK RANKIN, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Award of the Long-service and Good-conduct Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 6th May, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 14, Appendix IX, of the General Regulations for the Military Forces of New Zealand, 1911, of the award of a Long-service and Good-conduct Medal to

No. 563, Regimental Sergeant-major (W.O.) WILLIAM QUAYLE KEWISH, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Award of the Long-service and Good-conduct Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 6th May, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 14 (1), Appendix IX, of the Regulations for the Military Forces of New Zealand, 1911, of the award of a Long-service and Good-conduct Medal to

No. 567, Quartermaster-Sergeant Artificer GEORGE BUSH, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Award of the Long-service and Good-conduct Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 6th May, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 14 (1), Appendix IX, of the General Regulations for the Military Forces of New Zealand, 1911, of the award of a Long-service and Good-conduct Medal to

No. 642, Quartermaster-Artificer WALTER FREDERICK WARREN, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th May, 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 Borough of Wanganui.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th May, 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.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point on the eastern boundary of Allotment No. 29 of Section No. 78, Block I, Ikitara Survey District, on plan No. 734, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington, being the south-western corner of part of Allotment No. 1 on plan No. 853, deposited as aforesaid; thence along part of the southern boundary of the said Allotment No. 1, across part of that allotment, along the other portion of its southern boundary, and along the southern boundaries of Allotments Nos. 2 and 1 on plan No. A/2621, deposited as aforesaid, to the western boundary of Section No. 81, Block II, Ikitara Survey District; thence along the western boundary of that section to and across No. 3 Line Road; thence along the southern side of that road to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 66, Block I aforesaid, along the eastern and southern boundaries of that section, the southern and part of the western boundaries of Section No. 65 to the north-eastern corner of Allotment No. 12A on plan No. 1872, deposited as aforesaid; thence along the north-eastern boundary of that allotment to Turoa Road; thence along the north-eastern side of that road to No. 3 Line Road; thence along the south-eastern and southern sides of the said No. 3 Line Road and across the Wellington-New Plymouth Railway line to a point in line with the eastern boundary of Allotment No. 29 aforesaid; and thence across No. 3 Line Road and along the eastern boundary of the said Allotment No. 29 to the place of commencement.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Resolution made by the Council of the County of Hawera.

State-guaranteed Advances Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1913.

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

W. FRASER,
Acting Minister of Finance.

HAWERA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Resolution making Special Rate for Burns Street Loan, £250.

WHEREAS the Hawera County Council has been authorized by the ratepayers to borrow £250 for the purpose of constructing Burns Street, Hawera Extension, and the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Board has provisionally approved 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, £250) 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 Hawera County Council hereby resolves: That, for the purpose of providing moneys sufficient to cover the increased payments in respect of such loan (namely, £250), the said Hawera County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 2d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property within the special-rating area comprising the southern half of Sub. 2, Subs. 11 to 25 inclusive of Hawera Extension Township, part Section 185, Patea District, Block 6,