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rency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and one-half years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

Boundaries of the Special-rating District.

All that area in the Waitoa Drainage District bounded by a line commencing at a point on the Piako River where the No. 5 Line of the Waitoa Estate Subdivision intersects the said river; thence following such line to the No. 8 Road, which along on its eastern side to the north-west corner of Lot 3 of the Subdivision of Section 67 of the Waitoa Estate Subdivision; thence following along the northern boundary of the said Lot 3 to its north-east corner; thence along the eastern boundary-line of Lots 3 and 4, and the eastern boundary of Buchanan’s and Caton’s Sections to the southern boundary-line of the Waitoa Estate Subdivision; thence following such line to the railway-line on its south-eastern side, and along same to the Waitoa River (the eastern boundary of the Waitoa Drainage District); then following the said boundary of the Waitoa Drainage District in a southerly, thence south-westerly, thence westerly and northerly, and again westerly to the Piako River, which along to the No. 5 Line of the Waitoa Estate Subdivision, the point of commencement.

Dated at Waihou this 17th day of February, 1917.

F. W. WALTERS,
Chairman, Waitoa Drainage Board.

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WAITOMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and of all other powers (if any) it thereunto enabling, the Waitomo County Council hereby resolves as follows :—

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of the interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £3,500, authorized to be raised by the Waitomo County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of reforming, culverting, and metalling the Hauturu Road from its junction with the Caves Road to the north-eastern corner of Section 5, Block XVI, Kawhia South Survey District, and the Mangapohue Road to its junction with the Korakora Road, the said Waitomo County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one and three-eighths of a penny in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property in the Mangapohue Special-rating area, comprising the following sections: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 16, 6, and 13, small grazing-run, deposited plan No. 26, Native Sections Kinohaku West No. 3B, Kinohaku West O No. 1, Hauturu East 1B 3A, Hauturu East 1B 2, and Maori Land Board Sections 13, 14, and 15, all the said sections being situated in Blocks XV and XVI, Kawhia South Survey District; and also Sections 4, 4A, 5, 7, 7A, part Section 8, and Native Section Hauturu East 1C No. 2, situated in Block IX, Orahiri Survey District; and also Sections 1A, 1B, 3, and 4, and Native Section Kinohaku East 1B 2B, situated in Block XIII, Orahiri Survey District.

And that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of October in each year 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.

Dated at Te Kuiti this 15th day of January, 1917.

A. SCHOLES, Chairman.
P. MORA, County Clerk.

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DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

JOHNSTON AND BROOKBANKS.

THE Partnership heretofore carried on by the undersigned at Auckland, under the style of “Johnston & Brookbanks,” is hereby dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Johnston will continue to carry on business in the premises occupied by the late firm, and will collect all moneys owing to the firm and pay the debts.

Dated at Auckland this 20th day of February, 1917.

WALLACE A. JOHNSTON.

Witness to the signature of Wallace Albert Johnston—W. D. M. Glaister, Solicitor, Auckland.

F. C. BROOKBANKS.

Witness to the signature of Frank Christopher Brookbanks—W. D. M. Glaister, Solicitor, Auckland.

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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.

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