operation of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, did make
and levy a special rate of 11/64ths of a penny in the pound
on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value)
of all rateable property in the Johnsonville Town District,
such special rate to be an annually recurring rate during the
currency of such loan, and to be payable yearly on the lst
day of June in each and every year during the currency of
such loan, being a period of thirty-six and a half (36½) years,
or until the loan was fully paid off : And whereas such reso-
lution was duly gazetted in the New Zealand Gazette on the
8th day of July, 1915, page 2324 : And whereas such special
rate is insufficient to pay the annual or other charges in
connection with such loan and the necessary ten-per-cent.
margin as required by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913 :
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the power conferred on it
by section 22 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, the
Johnsonville Town Board hereby resolves to amend the said
special rate of 11/64ths of a penny in the pound on the rate-
able value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all
rateable property in the Johnsonville Town District, by
increasing the said special rate to 8ths of a penny in the
pound.
The common seal of the Johnsonville Town Board was
hereto affixed at the office of and pursuant to a resolution
of the Johnsonville Town Board in the presence of—
F. T. MOORE,
Chairman.
A. MILLS,
Town Clerk.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
CLARK AND THOMPSON.
THE Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, under
the style of “Clark & Thompson,” has been dissolved
by mutual consent as from August 10th, 1915.
Business will be carried on in the premises formerly occupied
by the firm by Mr. ALEXANDER CLARK, under the style of
“Alexander Clark & Co.”; and all debts due to the late
firm must be paid to him, and he will pay all the debts and
carry out all the contracts of the late firm.
Mr. W. J. THOMPSON will carry on business on his own
account at premises in Palmerston North that will be notified
by advertisement.
WILLIAM J. THOMPSON.
ALEXANDER CLARK.

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CONTENTS.
ADVERTISEMENTS .. .. .. .. 2925
APPOINTMENTS, ETC. .. .. .. 2982
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES .. .. .. 2924
CROWN LANDS NOTICES .. .. .. 2900
DEFENCE FORCES .. .. .. .. 2884
LAND-
Boundaries, Proposed Alterations in .. .. 2885
Foreshore. Appointing a Trustee for Native In-
habitants in respect of License granted to occupy 2875
Foreshore. Licensing Use and Occupation of .. 2876
Native Land, Prohibiting all Private Alienation
of certain .. .. .. .. 2878
Public Trustee. Vested in the .. .. .. 2887
Railway Purposes, Taken for .. .. .. 2873
Reserve, Intention to change the Purpose of Por-
tion of .. .. .. .. 2882
Road, Portions of, declared to be Government Roads 2876
Roads, Consenting to stopping .. .. 2875
Roads proclaimed and closed .. .. 2873, 2874
Streets, &c., Authorizing the Laying-off of .. 2884
Streets, Taken for .. .. .. .. 2874
Village-homestead Allotment, Terms and Con-
ditions of Lease of .. .. .. .. 2879
LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES .. .. .. 2924
MAORI LAND ADMINISTRATION NOTICES .. .. 2910
MISCELLANEOUS-
By-laws confirmed .. .. .. .. 2884
Closing-hours of Shops .. .. .. .. 2885
Customs Duties Act, Minister's Decisions under.. 2892
Customs Duty on certain Slippers .. .. .. 2876
Despatches : Ratification of Additional Protocol to
Berne Copyright Convention.. .. .. .. 2886
Exports .. .. .. .. .. 2898
Goods imported from Belgium, &c., Notice regarding 2886
Harbour Board, Making Provision for Representa-
tion of certain Districts on .. .. .. 2877
Holiday : Dominion Day .. .. .. 2899
Horticultural Society incorporated .. .. .. 2875
Noxious Weeds, Plants declared to be .. .. 2885
Officiating Ministers for 1915 .. .. .. 2887
Public Service Act not to apply to certain Officer 2879
Public Service, Applications invited for Positions
in .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2899
Public Trustee, Notice by the .. .. .. 2887
Railways : Alterations to Scale of Fares, &c. .. 2885
Regulations for Deer-shooting, Amended .. 2882
Regulations under the Education Act .. .. 2880
Statistics, Vital .. .. .. .. .. 2888
Statutory Declarations, Postmaster appointed to
take and receive .. .. .. .. 2882
Tenders .. .. .. .. .. 2892, 2899
War Regulations Act, Correspondence prohibited
under the .. .. .. .. .. .. 2887
NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES .. .. .. 2905
SHIPPING-
Notices to Mariners .. .. .. .. 2893

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