That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £3,000, authorized to be raised by the Waitomo County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of clearing willows and removing rubbish from and straightening the channel where required of the main stream, being portions of the Mangapu and Mangaokewa Streams, between Otorohanga and Te Kuiti, a distance of about sixteen miles; and also for the purpose of clearing willows and removing rubbish from the Mangamutu, Mangarapa, and Mangapu Streams from their junction with the main stream; and also to pay any compensation for land required to be taken for the purpose of carrying out the aforesaid works, such said sum of three thousand pounds (£3,000) to be allocated as follows :—

(a.) The main stream between Otorohanga and £ Te Kuiti ... ... ... 2,350
(b.) Mangamutu Stream ... ... .. 100
(c.) Mangarapa Stream ... ... 350
(d.) Mangapu or Wilson’s Stream ... ... 200

the said Waitomo County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of five-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 Otorohanga -Hangatiki - Te Kuiti River Improvement Special-rating Area, such special-rating area being bounded as follows,—

Commencing at the Otorohanga Township boundary and following the Otorohanga – Te Kuiti Road in a southerly direction to the eastern boundary of Pukeroa-Hangatiki No. 2B; thence along the eastern boundary of Sections Pukeroa-Hangatiki No. 2B, Pukeroa-Hangatiki 2c 4, and Section 1, all of Block VIII, Orahiri Survey District, and also Sections 4 and l, Te Kuiti 2B No. 21B, and Te Kuiti 2B No. 20, to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along the southern boundary of Te Kuiti 2B No. 20 and the western boundary of the said section to the north-eastern corner of Mangarapa 4B No. 2B; thence along the eastern boundaries in a southerly direction of the said Section Mangarapa No. 4B 2B, Sections l and 2, all of Blocks XII, Orahiri Survey District, and IX, Mangaorongo Survey District, to the north-western corner of Te Kuiti 2B No. 25; thence along the northern boundary of the last-mentioned section in an easterly direction to the north-eastern corner of the said Section 2B No. 25; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of the said last-mentioned section and Te Kuiti 2B 14B; thence along the southern boundary of Te Kuiti 2B 14B to the north-east corner of Te Kuiti 2B No. 9A; thence along the eastern and southern boundary of the said Section Te Kuiti 2B No. 9A to the eastern boundary of Section 2, Block XVI, Orahiri Survey District; thence along the eastern boundary of the said Section 2 in a southerly direction and the southern boundary of the said section in a westerly direction to the eastern boundary of Pukeroa-Hangatiki 4c 3A; thence along the eastern boundary of the said last-mentioned section and Pukeroa-Hangatiki 4c 1 to the north-eastern corner of Pukeroa-Hangatiki No. 3; thence in a westerly direction along the northern boundary of the said Section Pukeroa-Hangatiki No. 3 to the north-west corner of the said last-mentioned section; thence in a southerly direction along the western boundary of the said last-mentioned section to the north-eastern corner of Te Kumi No. 5, all of Block XVI, Orahiri Survey District; thence along the western boundary of Te Kumi No. 5 to the boundary of the Te Kuiti Township; thence along the township boundary in a westerly direction to the south-western corner of Te Kumi No. 3; thence along the western boundary of Te Kumi No. 3 in a northerly direction following the western boundaries of Te Kumi No. 12, Te Kumi No. 10, Te Kumi No. 9, Te Kumi No. 8, Te Kumi No. 7, to the south-eastern corner of Piha No. 1, all of Block XV, Orahiri Survey District; thence along the southern boundary of Piha No. 1 to the south-western corner of Hauturu East 1E 5C; thence along the western boundary of Hauturu East 1E 5C, the scenic reserve, and Hauturu East 2B 5 to the north-western corner of Hauturu East 2B 4; thence along the northern boundaries in an easterly direction of Sections Hauturu East 2B 4, Hauturu East 2B 5, to the north-western boundary of the scenic reserve; thence along the north-western boundary of the said scenic reserve in a north-easterly direction along the southern and western boundary of Hauturu East No. 2 No. 3B, the western and northern boundaries of Hauturu East No. 2 No. 4B, to the south-western corner of Hauturu East No. 2 No. 2; thence along the western boundary of the said Section Hauturu East No. 2 No. 2; thence easterly along the northern boundary of the said section Hauturu East No. 2 No. 2 to the south-eastern corner of Hauturu East 2A No. 3; thence in a northerly direction; thence along the eastern boundaries of the said Section Hauturu East 2A No. 3, and Sections 8A, 7A, and 5A, Orahiri No. 1F, 4A, 3A, and 2A, all of Block VIII, Orahiri Survey District ; thence along the eastern boundary of Orahiri 6B 1 to the Otorohanga Township boundary; thence along the said boundary following the Waipa River in an easterly direction to the starting-point.

And that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the lst day of October in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Waitomo was hereto affixed at the office of and pursuant to a resolution of the Waitomo County Council in the presence of—

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

We hereby certify that the above is a true copy of and a correct extract from the minutes of proceedings of the Waitomo County Council at the meeting above mentioned.

A. SCHOLLES, Chairman.
P. MORA, Clerk.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908, and of the WHITE-PINE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND (LIMITED). NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of section 230 of the Companies Act, 1908, a general meeting of the members of the White-pine Company of New Zealand (Limited), in Voluntary Liquidation, will be held at 86 Customs Street West, Auckland, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 27th March, 1917, for the purpose of having laid before the meeting the account of the Liquidator showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation in connection therewith given by the Liquidator.

Dated at Auckland this 2nd day of March, 1917.

STANLEY MILROY, Liquidator.

Re the WHITE-PINE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND (LIMITED). NOTICE is hereby given that at an extraordinary general meeting of the above company held at its registered office, Auckland, on 13th February, 1917, the following resolutions were passed :—

1. That the White-pine Company of New Zealand (Limited) be wound up voluntarily.

2. That STANLEY MILROY, of 86 Customs Street West, Auckland, Companies Director and Secretary, be appointed Liquidator.

And that, at a general meeting held on 1st March, 1917, the said resolutions were duly confirmed.

STANLEY MILROY, Liquidator.

FRANKTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION PASSED AT A COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON FRIDAY, 12TH JANUARY, 1917.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, the Frankton Borough Council hereby resolves as follows :—

That, for the purpose of providing the instalments in respect of principal and interest and also the other charges on a loan of £1,000, the interest not to exceed 5½ per cent. per annum, authorized to be raised by the Frankton Borough Council, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of purchasing material and erecting works for the obtaining of water directly or indirectly from the Waikato River and delivering the same into the Borough of Frankton, the said Frankton Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-thirteenth of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property (being the unimproved value) of the Borough of Frankton; 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 January and first day of July in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of 36½ years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

F. B. JOLLY, Mayor.

R. H. COLTMAN, Town Clerk.

NAPIER BOROUGH 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 Napier Borough Council hereby resolves as follows :—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £40,000, authorized to be