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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £500, authorized to be raised by the Eltham County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purposes of erection of the Whenuakura Bridge (on bridge-site, Rawhitiroa Road, Omona Riding) and widening of the Karewa Track formation to twelve feet for a distance of one and a half miles, more or less, the whole comprising one continuous public work, the said Eltham County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one penny and one-sixteenth of one penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Karewa Road Special-rating Area, comprising Section No. 1 of Block VIII, Section No. 4 of Block VII, and Sections Nos. 9 and 10 of Block XI, Omona Survey District respectively; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the first day of October in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and one-half years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

Certificate.

The foregoing resolution was duly passed at a properly convened ordinary meeting of the Eltham County Council held on the 9th day of May, 1914.

W. J. TRISTRAM,
County Clerk.

494

WHANGAMOMONA COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESULT of poll, on Ohura Road (Central Riding) Loan of £2,500 proposals, held on the 12th of May, 1914: For the proposal, 19 votes; against the proposal, 3 votes. I therefore declare the proposal to be duly carried.

14th May, 1914.
ATHOL MEREDITH,
County Chairman.

495

WHANGAMOMONA COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESULT of poll, on bridge rate and loan in the Central Riding proposals, held on the 12th of May, 1914: For the proposal, 24 votes; against the proposal, 2 votes. I therefore declare the proposal to be duly carried.

14th May, 1914.
ATHOL MEREDITH,
County Chairman.

496

RESULT OF POLL FOR PROPOSED LOAN.

THE Oamaru Borough Council proposes to raise a special loan of £30,000 for a period of forty-one years at not more than five pounds per centum per annum, with a sinking fund of one pound per centum per annum, for the purpose of carrying into effect a scheme to generate and supply the Borough of Oamaru and adjoining district with electricity, for electric light, mechanical power, or other uses; and for extending and enlarging the existing waterworks and water-supply; the sum of £24,000 to be applied to carrying into effect the electrical scheme and the payment of contingencies; and the sum of £6,000 to be applied to carrying into effect the scheme for extending and enlarging the waterworks and payment of contingencies; and to make an annual-recurring special rate of ninepence in the pound on the annual value of all rateable property in the said borough as security for the said loan, and interest and sinking fund in connection therewith. The preliminary expenses incurred in connection with the scheme, and the cost of raising the loan, and the first year’s interest and sinking fund on the said loan, to be paid out of the said loan-moneys.

The above proposal was submitted to the ratepayers at a poll taken on the 29th April, 1914, with the following result: For the proposal, 510; against the proposal, 129; majority in favour of the proposal, 381.

I therefore declare the proposal duly carried.

W. H. FRITH,
Mayor.

497

WANGANUI HARBOUR BOARD.

I HEREBY give notice that at the poll taken on the twenty-ninth day of April, 1914, on the proposal of the Wanganui Harbour Board to raise a loan of £150,000, to be called the Wanganui Harbour Board Port Development Loan of £150,000, the number of the votes recorded in favour of such proposal was 1,568, and the number recorded against such proposal was 61. And I therefore declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated the fourth day of May, 1914.

J. B. MURRAY,
Chairman, Wanganui Harbour Board.

498

RESULT OF POLL FOR PROPOSED LOAN.

A POLL was taken on Saturday, 9th May, on the proposal of the Papakura Town Board to borrow the sum of £10,000 to provide a water-supply for Papakura. Votes recorded as under:—

40 for the proposal, 69 against the proposal, 2 informal.

I therefore declare the proposal lost.

H. W. GEISSLER,
Returning Officer.

A. WILLIS,
Chairman.

499

Validating Proceedings in connection with the Kaitieke County Council’s Loan of £1,500 for forming and widening Mangaohutu Road.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twelfth day of May, 1914.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Kaitieke County Council lately proposed to raise a loan of one thousand five hundred pounds, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments, for the purpose of forming and widening part of the Mangaohutu Road:

And whereas the special roll was not deposited for inspection nor publicly notified as required by Regulation No. 2 of the regulations under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, gazetted on page 1667 of the New Zealand Gazette, 1913:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity or defect, and it is expedient to validate the said proceedings:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section 111 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the said proceedings shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the said special roll had been legally deposited and publicly notified in the proper manner, and that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

500

Validating Proceedings in connection with the Kaitieke County Council’s Loan of £1,000 for Waimarino-Retaruke Road.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twelfth day of May, 1914.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Kaitieke County lately proposed to raise a loan of one thousand pounds, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments, for the purpose of widening and metalling portion of Waimarino-Retaruke Road:

And whereas the special roll was not deposited for inspection nor publicly notified as required by Regulation No. 2 of the regulations under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, gazetted on page 1667 of the New Zealand Gazette, 1913:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity or defect, and it is expedient to validate the said proceedings: