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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 109

Town of Rotorua.—Order levying a Fire-prevention Rate, 1918–19.

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 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 seven-sixteenths 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, 1918, and ending on the 30th day of June, 1919, and that such rate shall be payable in one sum on the 3rd day of August, 1918.

As witness my hand this 3rd day of August, 1918.

B. M. WILSON,
General Manager.

Witness—W. H. Frethey.

Town of Rotorua.—Order levying a Hospital Rate, 1918–19.

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-eighth 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, 1918, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1919, and that such rate shall be payable in one sum on the 3rd day of August, 1918.

As witness my hand this 3rd day of August, 1917.

B. M. WILSON,
General Manager.

Witness—W. H. Frethey.

New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917, Section 19.—Prescribing Fees.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 5th July, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Minister of Finance has prescribed the following scale of fees under section 19 of the New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917:—

SCALE OF FEES.

For certified copy of entries in Register .. .. 2 6
For application for transfer .. .. 5 0
For certificate of title .. .. 2 6
For stock certificates: For every £100, or an aliquot part thereof, expressed in such certificate.. .. 1 0
For inscribing the amount of a stock certificate: For every £100 expressed in such certificate .. .. 1 0

G. F. C. CAMPBELL,
Secretary to the Treasury.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 5th August, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Section 11, Block IV, Kaihu Survey District.

TENURE: Lease No. D.S. 56. Lessee: M. F. Boyle. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Taranaki District surrendered.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th August, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that a surrender of the lease of the undermentioned land having been accepted by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Section 9, Block I, Pouatu Survey District. Formerly held by Paul Kuhn and Emil Widmer, Tenure: R.L. 125.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

License of Pastoral Run in Southland Land District liable to Forfeiture.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 29th July, 1918.

PURSUANT to section 251 of the Land Act, 1908, notice is hereby given to the licensees of the undermentioned pastoral run that the license thereof is liable to forfeiture, and that if the rent overdue on the said run, together with the penalty for non-payment at due date, be not paid within three months from 8th August, 1918, the license will be forfeited.