Mar. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1209

WANGANUI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1910, the Wanganui Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and sinking fund and other charges on a loan of seventeen thousand five hundred pounds (£17,500), authorized to be raised by the Wanganui Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the following purposes, namely:—

1. The completion of the traffic bridge across the Wanganui River from a point on the right bank of the said river at the junction or intersection of Dublin Street and the River Bank Road to a point on the left bank of the said river abutting on Lot 3 and Lot 5 of Section 63 on the plan of the left bank of the Wanganui River, and the necessary approaches thereto by the substitution of reinforced-concrete cylinders at piers B, C, D, E, F, G, and H of the said bridge instead of reinforced-concrete pile piers as originally designed according to a design, plans and specifications, and conditions prepared by the Public Works Department of the Dominion of New Zealand, and all matters incidental connected therewith or relating thereto. The said bridge is being constructed by the Wanganui Borough Council, and is being so constructed as to allow of vehicular, tramway, pedestrian, and sheep and cattle traffic: £8,500;

2. The construction under the Tramways Act, 1908, and its amendments and other Acts enabling it in that behalf, and the equipment of an electric tramway of the following description: The route of the proposed tramway commences at a point on the present tramway system of the Borough of Wanganui at the junction or intersection of Dublin Street and the River Bank Road; thence across the River Bank Road to the traffic bridge proposed to be erected across the Wanganui River (from a point on the River Bank Road at its junction with Dublin Street to a point on the left bank of the Wanganui River abutting on Lot 3 or Lot 5 of Section 63 on the plan of the left bank of the Wanganui River); thence across the said bridge; thence along a street proposed to be made along the south boundary of the said Lot 3, and through Lots 7 and 18 of Section 63, to Gellatly Street; thence north-easterly by way of Scott Street to its junction with Duncan Street; thence by way of Duncan Street and Tinirau Street to Pehi Road to a point at or near the junction of Pehi Road with Holyoake Street; and for the providing of electric tram-cars, plant, buildings, sheds, and all land, other buildings, machinery, appliances, plant, apparatus, and things necessary, convenient, or expedient for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and working such tramway, and all things incidental thereto or used in connection therewith. The tramway is to be constructed of materials similar to those used and in a manner similar to that adopted in tramways now existing in the said borough. The motor power is to be electricity, and applied by overhead trolley system: £9,000,—

the Wanganui Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of twopence (2d.) in the pound upon the annual value of all rateable property within the said Borough of Wanganui comprised within the following special-rating area —namely, the Borough of Wanganui as the boundaries thereof are defined in the New Zealand Gazette No. 92 (1912), at page 3618—that is to say, all that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north by Sections Numbers 54, 53, 52, 51, and 50, Block III, Westmere Survey District; from the easternmost corner of Section Number 248 of the said Block III to the north-western corner of Section Number 31 of the said Block III; thence towards the east by the said Section Number 31 and the production of its western boundary-line to the right bank of the Wanganui River; thence towards the south-east generally by the said bank to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary-line of Original Section Number 11, Block V, Westmere Survey District; thence towards the south-west by a right line to and by the north-eastern boundary-line of the said Section Number 11 and the north-eastern boundary-lines of Original Sections Numbers 9, 8, and 7 of the said Block V, and the production of same to the north-western side of Town Belt Road; thence towards the north-west generally by the said side of that road to the southernmost corner of Lot Number 5 as shown on plan Number 2276, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington, by the south-western and north-western boundary-lines of the said Lot Number 5, by the north-western boundary-line of Lot Number 3 of the said plan Number 2276, to the easternmost corner of Lot Number 1 as shown on plan Number 768, deposited in the office aforesaid, by that lot to Peake Road, by Peake Road a distance of 432·3 links to Lot Number 2 of the said plan Number 768, by that lot a distance of 46·3 links and 2285 links to the westernmost corner of Original Section Number 15, Block V, Westmere Survey District, by its north-western boundary-line; thence by its north-eastern boundary-line to the northern side of an old road as shown on plan Number 259 deposited in the office aforesaid, by a right line due east to the eastern side of the last-mentioned road, and by that side to Virginia Road, by Virginia Road to the angle opposite the one which forms the westernmost corner of Lot Number 24, as shown on plan Number 258 deposited in the aforesaid office, by a right line to the said corner, by the western and northern boundary-lines of the said Lot Number 24, by the northern boundary-line of Lots Numbers 25, 42, and 43, as shown on the said plan Number 258, to the north-eastern boundary-line of Original Section Number 18 of the said Block V, by that section, by Sections Numbers 42, 33, 228, 25A, and 248 of Block III aforesaid, to the place of commencement. Also all that area in the Wellington Land District commencing at a point on the left bank of the Wanganui River in line with the south-western boundary-line of Section Number 93, Block I, Ikitara Survey District, and bounded thence towards the north-east by a right line to and by that boundary by the north-western boundaries of Sections Numbers 79 and 78 to Lot Number 5 on plan Number 1102, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington, by the north-eastern boundary of that lot, the abutment of a road, by the western and part of the southern boundaries of Lot Number 1 on plan Number 853, deposited as aforesaid, across part of that lot, by the other portion of its southern boundary, and by the southern boundaries of Lots Numbers 2 and 1 on plan Number A/2621, deposited as aforesaid, to the easternmost corner of the last-mentioned lot; thence towards the east generally by the western boundary of Section Number 81, Block II, Ikitara Survey District, to and across Number 3 Line Road, by the southern side of that road to the north-eastern corner of Section Number 66, Block I aforesaid, by the eastern and southern boundaries of that section, part of the southern boundary of Section Number 65, Block I aforesaid, the eastern boundary of Section Number 44, Block V, Ikitara Survey District, to Number 2 Line Road, and across that road to the western side of a road opposite the south-eastern corner of the aforesaid Section Number 44; thence towards the south generally by the western and north-western side of that road to the eastern boundary-line of Te Iwi Roa Block, by the eastern boundary of that block to Section Number 29, Block V aforesaid, by the southern boundaries of the said Section Number 29, Manawakowara Number 3 and Kaiate Number 2 Blocks, and the production of the southern boundary of the last-mentioned block to the Wanganui River; and thence towards the west generally by the left bank of the Wanganui River to the place of commencement: including the wharf and bridge as defined in the Wanganui Bridge and Wharf Act, 1872, and also the bridge as defined in the Wanganui River Bridge Number 2 Act, 1911.

And that such rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the first day of March and the first day of September in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-eight (28) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

The common seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Wanganui was hereto affixed to the above-written resolution by order of the Council of the said borough this 20th day of May, 1913, by and in the presence of—

T. BOSWALL WILLIAMS,
Mayor.

G. MURCH,
Town Clerk.

341

EPSOM ROAD BOARD.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the Epsom Road Board hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £55,000, authorized to be raised by the Epsom Road Board, under the above-mentioned Act, for the general drainage and reticulation of the whole of the Epsom Road District, the said Epsom Road Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of ⅞d. of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property of the Epsom Road District comprising the whole of the Epsom Road District; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of the said loan, and be payable half-yearly on the first day of April and the first