Aug. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2899

Act shall (subject to such modifications or exceptions as the Governor by Order in Council directs) extend and apply as if the said town were a borough:

And whereas the said Department has become the contributory local authority to the Rotorua Fire Board, constituted under the provisions of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908:

And whereas on the 11th day of April, 1908, His Excellency the Governor, in exercise of the powers conferred in that behalf by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, did by Order in Council make certain regulations for the effectual carrying-out of that Act, which regulations appear in the New Zealand Gazette of the 16th day of April, 1908:

And whereas by clause 3 of the said regulations it is provided that an order or direction in writing, signed by the General Manager of the said Department, shall be sufficient in all cases in which (amongst other things) a resolution or special order of a Council is necessary in a borough:

Now, therefore, I, the undersigned, Benjamin Marcus Wilson, the General Manager of the said Department, in exercise of the powers and authorities given by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, and the said regulations, and also by section 24 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, do hereby order, direct, and declare that a separate rate of three-eighths of a penny in the pound on the value of the buildings in the Rotorua Fire District, exclusive of the value of the sites on which such buildings are erected, is hereby made and levied for the year commencing on the 1st day of July, 1916, and ending on the 30th day of June, 1917, and that such rate shall be payable in one sum on the 1st day of September, 1916.

As witness my hand this 28th day of August, 1916.

B. M. WILSON,
General Manager.

Witness—
W. H. FRETHEY.

Town of Rotorua.—Order levying a Library Rate, 1916-17.

WHEREAS by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, provision is made for the management of the Town of Rotorua by the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, and the said Department is, in respect of the said town, created a body corporate:

And whereas by section 4 of the said Act it is enacted that the said Department shall have and may exercise within the said town all the powers and authorities conferred by law on Borough Councils to make and levy a library rate:

And whereas by section 5 of the said Act it is enacted that, for the purposes of any Act relating to local authorities, the said Department shall in respect of the said town, be deemed to be a local authority, and that the provisions of any such Act shall (subject to such modifications or exceptions as the Governor by Order in Council directs) extend and apply as if the said town were a borough:

And whereas on the 11th day of April, 1908, His Excellency the Governor, in exercise of the powers conferred in that behalf by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, did by Order in Council make certain regulations for the effectual carrying-out of that Act, which regulations appear in the New Zealand Gazette of the 16th day of April, 1908:

And whereas by clause 3 of the said regulations it is provided that an order or direction in writing, signed by the General Manager of the said Department, shall be sufficient in all cases in which (amongst other things) a resolution or special order of a Council is necessary in a borough:

Now, therefore, I, the undersigned, Benjamin Marcus Wilson, the General Manager of the said Department, in exercise of the powers and authorities given by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, and the said regulations, and by the Rating Act, 1908, do hereby order, direct, and declare that a rate of one twenty-fourth of a penny in the pound on the capital value of all rateable property in the Town of Rotorua is hereby made and levied as a library rate for the year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1916, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1917, and that such rate shall be payable in one sum on the 1st day of September, 1916.

As witness my hand this 28th day of August, 1916.

B. M. WILSON,
General Manager.

Witness—
W. H. FRETHEY.

Town of Rotorua.—Order levying a Hospital Rate, 1916-17.

WHEREAS by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, provision is made for the management of the Town of Rotorua by the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, and the said Department is, in respect of the said town, created a body corporate:

And whereas by section 5 of the said Act it is enacted that for the purposes of any Act relating to local authorities the said Department shall, in respect of the said town, be deemed to be a local authority, and that the provisions of any such Act shall (subject to such modifications or exceptions as the Governor by Order in Council directs) extend and apply as if the said town were a borough:

And whereas by section 80 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, and the Sixth Schedule thereto, it is provided that the said Department shall be deemed to be a contributory local authority of the Waikato Hospital District, and that the said Department, for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of contributions payable to the Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, shall have the same power of making, levying, and collecting rates in the Town of Rotorua as if the town were a borough and the Department were a Council thereof:

And whereas on the 11th day of April, 1908, His Excellency the Governor, in exercise of the powers conferred in that behalf by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, did by Order in Council make certain regulations for the effectual carrying-out of that Act, which regulations appear in the New Zealand Gazette of the 16th day of April, 1908:

And whereas by clause 3 of the said regulations it is provided that an order or direction in writing, signed by the General Manager of the said Department, shall be sufficient in all cases in which (amongst other things) a resolution or special order of a Council is necessary in a borough:

Now, therefore, I, the undersigned, Benjamin Marcus Wilson, the General Manager of the said Department, in exercise of the powers given to local authorities by the Rating Act, 1908, and also in exercise of the powers and authorities given by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, and the said regulations, do hereby order, direct, and declare that a rate of one-twelfth of a penny in the pound on the capital value of all rateable property in the Town of Rotorua is hereby made and levied for the year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1916, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1917, and that such rate shall be payable in one sum on the 1st day of September, 1916.

As witness my hand this 28th day of August, 1916.

B. M. WILSON,
General Manager.

Witness—
W. H. FRETHEY.

School Colours, &c.

Education Department,
Wellington, 29th August, 1916.

THE following claim for registration of school colours, &c., is gazetted in accordance with regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th of August, 1915.

Objections to the claim set forth must be addressed to “The Registration Officer for School Colours, &c., Education Department, Wellington,” and must be delivered at that address within forty days of the date of the publication hereof.

W. J. ANDERSON,
Registration Officer.

SOUTHLAND BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL, INVERCARGILL.

Colours.—Band 1½ in. wide in red, white, and navy horizontal stripes; the white stripe ¼ in. wide, flanked by the red stripe ⅛ in. wide and the navy stripe ⅜ in. wide.

Badge.—Red shield bordered with blue and white bands; monogram “S.H.S.” in silver on the shield.

Member of the House of Representatives elected, Pahiatua Electoral District.

Clerk of the Writs Office,
Wellington, 25th August, 1916.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the writ issued on the 3rd day of August, 1916, for the election of a member of Parliament to serve in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Pahiatua, and by the endorsement on such writ it appears that

GEORGE HAROLD SMITH

has been duly elected to serve as a member for the said district.

J. HISLOP,
Clerk of the Writs.