JUNE 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2507

makes and levies a special rate of one-ninth of a penny in
the pound on the rateable value of all rateable property in
the Picton Road District, payable yearly on the first day of
October in each year during the currency of such loan, being
a period of thirty-six and a half years, or until the loan is
fully paid off.

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a resolution passed by the Picton Road Board at a special meeting
held on Saturday, the 30th May, 1914.

A. J. MACLAINE,
Clerk, Picton Road Board.

Dated at Blenheim this 8th day of June, 1914. 587

DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION passed by the Dunedin City Council at a
meeting held on the 27th May, 1914, making a special
rate of three-farthings (¾d.) in the pound to provide the
principal, interest, sinking fund, and all other charges on a
special loan of £20,000, authorized to be raised by the said
Council under the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act,
1913 :—

That, for the purpose of providing the principal, interest,
sinking fund, and all other charges on a special loan of £20,000,
authorized to be raised by the Dunedin City Council, under
the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, and
the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of repaying a loan of £20,000 raised by the late Borough of Caversham, the said borough having since become duly united
with the City of Dunedin, the Dunedin City Council hereby
makes and levies a special rate of three-farthings (¾d.) in the
pound (£) upon the rateable value of all rateable property
in the City of Dunedin; and that such special rate shall be
an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan,
and be payable half-yearly on the first (1st) day of November and on the first (1st) day of May in each and every year
during the currency of such loan, being a period of ten (10)
years from the first (1st) day of May, 1914, or until the loan
is fully paid off.

The above is a true copy of the resolution passed by the
Council on the above-mentioned date.

Dunedin, 9th June, 1914. G. A. LEWIN,
Town Clerk.

588

PUKEKOHE WEST ROAD BOARD.

WHEREAS the Pukekohe West Road Board has been
authorized by the ratepayers to borrow £650 for the
purpose of forming, grading, and metalling roads in the Hill
No. 2 Special-rating Area, and paying all engineering, advertising, clerical, legal, and banking charges and expenses
incidental to the said forming, grading, and metalling of
roads or incidental to the raising of the said loan, 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 at the said rate of interest, but
can advance the same at the rate of £4 10s. 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 Act Amendment Act,
1910, the Pukekohe West Road Board hereby resolves that,
for the purpose of providing moneys sufficient to cover the
increased payments in respect of such loan, the said Pukekohe West Road Board hereby makes and levies a special
rate of nine-fifteenths of a penny in the pound upon the
rateable value of all rateable property of the Hill No. 2
Special-rating Area, being bounded generally towards the
south by the Waikato River, towards the west by the Purapura Special-rating Area, towards the north-west by the
Borough of Pukekohe, and towards the east by the Hill
Special-rating Area; 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 September in each and
every year during the currency of such loan, being a period
of 36 years and a half, or until the loan is fully paid off.

I certify that the foregoing resolution was duly passed at
a properly constituted meeting of the Pukekohe West Road
Board held on Wednesday, 8th April, 1914.

H. G. R. MASON,
Clerk.

589

HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

SPECIAL ORDER RAISING LOAN.

IN pursuance of and exercise of the powers vested in it in
that behalf by the Slaughtering and Inspection Act,
1908 (sections 5 and 10), the Hamilton Borough Council
hereby resolves to raise a special loan of £5,000 for the purpose of establishing an abattoir for the Borough of Hamilton,
including the purchase of land or any interest in land and
the erection of all necessary buildings; such special loan to
be for a period of 36 years, with interest at 4½ per cent. per
annum, and to be secured on the income or earnings of the
said abattoir and a special rate of one-sixth of a penny in
the pound on the rateable value (unimproved) of all rateable
property of the Borough of Hamilton.

I hereby certify that the above special order was made at
a special meeting of the Council held on 13th March, 1914,
was advertised in the Waikato Times newspaper on 19th and
26th March, 2nd, 9th, and 16th April, 1914, and duly confirmed at a meeting held on 17th April, 1914.

A. E. MANNING,
Mayor.

590

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SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, NEAR SUMNER, CHRISTCHURCH.

UNDER THE CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

Director: MR. J. E. STEVENS.

FOR Deaf Children of sound intellect. The pupils are taught to understand and use ordinary speech. The full charge for board and education is £40 a year, but less is accepted from parents who cannot afford to pay this amount. In case of necessity admission is free.

By the Education Act it is compulsory for deaf children to come under instruction at the age of six, and to continue until the age of twenty-one unless the Education Department previously grants exemption. Though a child is, as a rule, best fitted to begin the school course at the age of six, advice should be obtained as soon as any sign of deafness is observed.

The following classes of deaf children are admitted to the School for the Deaf (sound intellect being always a necessity):—

1. Children born deaf, or who have lost their hearing before learning to speak.
2. Children who can hear a little, but are too deaf to be taught in a public school.
3. Children who have lost their hearing after having learned to speak.

The Act imposes upon every parent, teacher of a school (either public or private), constable, or officer of a charitable or kindred institution who is aware of the place of residence (either temporary or permanent) of a deaf child, and the householder in whose house any such child resides, an obligation to send notification of the fact to the Minister of Education, giving the name, age, and address of the child; and any neglect or failure to comply with this provision involves liability to a fine.

Information and advice may be obtained from the Director, or from

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION,
Wellington.