MAR. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 999

Quantity and value of gold produced since last statement:
Battery, 6,273 tons of quartz crushed for 6,196 oz. 4 dwt.
12 gr. of gold valued at £25,021 2s. 8d.; cyanide, 5,700 tons
of sands treated for 1,271 oz. 1 dwt. bullion valued at
£3,819 5s.; concentrates, 63 tons 19 cwt. treated for
bullion valued at £1,442 5s. 2d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration: Battery, 39,857 tons of quartz crushed for 44,364 oz. 13 dwt.
12 gr. of gold valued at £179,398 10s. 10d.; cyanide,
29,750 tons of sands treated for 6,537 oz. 16 dwt. of bullion
valued at £18,344 18s. 3d.; concentrates, 411 tons 9 cwt.
1 qr. 9 lb. treated for a gross return of £7,168 19s. 5d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations
since last statement: £20,470 3s. 5d.
Total expenditure since registration: £118,425 17s. 6d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £91,200.
Total amount of dividends paid: £91,200.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash in bank: £265 2s.
Amount of cash in hand (wages imprest account): £100.
Amount of cash on deposit, with accrued interest: £750.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: £311 2s. 11d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £913
7s. 7d.

I, Thomas Hubert Lee, of Reefton, the Secretary of the
New Big River Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly
and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete
statement of the affairs of the said company at the 31st
December, 1914; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of
the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

T. HUBERT LEE,
Secretary.
Declared at Reefton this 16th day of March, 1915,
before me—E. J. Scantlebury, J.P.

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership lately subsisting between us, the undersigned, EARNEST WILLIAMS McCARTER and PERCY WALTER DORRINGTON,
carrying on business as Barristers and Solicitors at Dannevirke, under the style or firm of “Fitzherbert, McCarter, &
Dorrington,” has this day been dissolved by mutual consent.
All debts due to or owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said PERCY WALTER DORRINGTON alone, who will continue the said business under the old style
or firm-name of “McCarter & Dorrington.”
As witness our hands this 18th day of March, 1915.
E. W. McCARTER.
P. W. DORRINGTON.
Witness—G. H. Bingham, Law Clerk, Dannevirke. 325

CASTLEPOINT COUNTY COUNCIL.

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 Castlepoint County Council hereby resolves as follows :—
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other
charges on a loan of one thousand pounds, authorized to be
raised by the Castlepoint County Council, under the abovementioned Act, for the purpose of metalling a portion of the
Tinui-Annedale Road, the said Castlepoint County Council
hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-thirteenth part
of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable
property of the special-rating area, comprising the following
sections—viz., 9, 10, 11, 12, 819, pt. 820, Bk. XIII, Aohanga
S.D.; Secs. 1 to 8, pts. 820, 822, Bk. XVI, Puketoi S.D.;
Sec. 160, pt. 822, Bk. XV, Puketoi S.D.; Secs. 824–8, 153–6,
158, 159, 177–80, 397–8, pt. 822, Bk. III, Mangapakeha S.D.;
Secs. 811–2, 302–5, Bk. VI, Mangapakeha S.D.; Secs. 300–1,
306, 399–402, 176, 118, 119, 121, Bk. VII, Mangapakeha S.D.;
Secs. 115–7, 120, 110, 111, 113, 829–836, 226–228, pts. 820,
821, Bk. IV, Mangapakeha S.D.; Secs. 231–2, 235–6, pt. 821,
Bk. I, Castlepoint S.D.; Secs. 112, 114, 837, 839, 840, pt. 838,
Bk. VIII, Mangapakeha S.D. 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 day of February
and the first day of August in each and every 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 resolution was duly passed
at a meeting of the Castlepoint County Council held on Saturday, the 27th day of February, 1915.

H. SUTTON,
County Clerk.

OTOROHANGA NATIVE TOWNSHIP.

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 Council
of the Inhabitants of the Native Township of Otorohanga
hereby resolves as follows :
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other
charges on a loan of £1,000, authorized to be raised by the
Inhabitants of the Native Township of Otorohanga, under the
above-mentioned Act, for the several purposes of providing
furniture, electric light, and cinematograph plant in and for
the use of the Otorohanga Town Hall, the said Council hereby
makes and levies a special rate of one-fifth of a penny in the
pound on the capital value of all rateable property in the
Township of Otorohanga; 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 days of April and
October in each and every year during the currency of such
loan, being a period of seven years, or until the loan is fully
paid off.
The common seal of the Inhabitants of the Otorohanga
Native Township was hereunto affixed this 22nd day of
March, 1915, in the presence of—

JOHN ORMSBY,
Chairman.
CHAS. J. JOHNSON,
Town Clerk.

WAIPAWA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by the
Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and all other Acts in any
way enabling it in that behalf, the Waipawa Borough Council
hereby resolves as follows :
That, for the purpose of completing the work of roads and
streets improvement, the said Waipawa Borough Council
hereby authorizes the raising of a special loan of £390
(three hundred and ninety pounds), such amount being onetenth (1/10th) of the special loan of £3,900 known as “The
Roads and Streets Improvement Loan” (raised from the New
Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Department); and that
such special loan be for a period of thirty-six and one-half
years; and that the rate of interest shall not exceed five
pounds per centum per annum; and that the loan be repaid
in instalments as demanded by the New Zealand Stateguaranteed Advances Department. And, for the purpose of
providing the instalments in respect of principal and interest
and other charges in connection with the said loan, the Waipawa Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate
of one twenty-first (1/21st) of a penny in the pound on the
rateable value of all rateable property within the Borough of
Waipawa. And that such special rate shall be an annually
recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and shall be
payable yearly on the first day of December in each and every
year during the currency of such loan, or until the loan is fully
paid off. And that the cost of raising the loan and the first
year’s interest on the loan be paid out of the moneys so raised.
The foregoing resolution was passed at a properly convened
special meeting of the Waipawa Borough Council held on the
12th day of March, 1915.

E. J. O’BRIEN,
Town Clerk.

WAIMATE WEST COUNTY COUNCIL.

COPY OF RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE ON £60,000 LOAN.

RESOLVED that, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans
Act, 1913, the Waimate West County Council hereby resolves
as follows :
That, for the purpose of providing interest and other
charges on a loan of £60,000, authorized to be raised by the
Waimate West County Council, under the above-named Act,
for widening and remetalling roads, tarring all traffic roads,