Oct. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3501

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE IN CONNECTION WITH THE PETONE SEWAGE DRAINAGE LOAN, 1913, OF £40,000, FIRST ISSUE OF £10,000, REDEMPTION LOAN, 1918, OF £9,500.

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

That, for the purpose of providing the interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £9,500, authorized to be raised by the Petone Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of repaying the Petone Sewage Drainage Loan, 1913, of £40,000, First Issue of £10,000, the Petone Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of nine thirty-seconds (9/32) of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property within the district known as the Petone Eastern Special Rating Area, as defined by resolution of the Council passed upon the 14th day of December, 1914; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable on the thirtieth day of June in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of five years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

We hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a resolution passed by the Petone Borough Council on the thirtieth day of September, 1918.

J. W. McEWAN, Mayor.
W. F. STURMAN, Acting Town Clerk.

570

WAITOMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS AT A MEETING HELD ON 21ST FEBRUARY, 1918, AT 11 A.M.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and 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 interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of one hundred and fifteen pounds (£115), being an extra 10 per cent. on the original Mangawhero Loan, authorized to be raised by the Waitomo County Council, under section 18 of the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of completing proposals in connection with the expenditure of the original loan (viz., forming and metalling and culverting the Otewa Road and portions of the Mangawhero Road), the said Waitomo County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-sixteenth of a penny in the pound on the capital value of all rateable property within the Mangawhero Special Rating Area, comprising the boundaries of the Mangawhero Special Rating Area as gazetted in connection with the original loan. Such rate shall be an annually recurring rate, and be payable on the 1st day of October in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of 36½ (thirty-six and one-half) 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—

ROBT. WERE, 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 passed at a meeting held on 21st February, 1918.

ROBT. WERE, Chairman.
P. MORA, Clerk.

571

PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTION.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore existing between VICTOR LLOYD JONES and WILLIAM RICHARD PICKETT, carrying on business as Grocers at Cleveland Street and Ohiro Road under the style or firm of “Pickett and Sons,” has been dissolved as from the date hereof. All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid respectively by the said WILLIAM RICHARD PICKETT, who will continue to carry on the said business as heretofore.

Dated this 1st day of October, 1918.

V. L. JONES.
W. R. PICKETT.

572

WHANGAMOMONA COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING AND LEVYING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the Whangamomona County 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 one thousand pounds (£1,000), authorized to be raised by the Whangamomona County Council, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the construction of the Okara Road, the said Whangamomona County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of three and one-twelfth of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Okara Road Special Rating Area, comprising Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of Block VII, half of Section 1 of Block XI, and Section 4 of Block III; 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 days of May and the first days of November in each 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.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Whangamomona was affixed hereto this 25th day of September, 1918, at the offices of and pursuant to a resolution of the County Council, in the presence of—

WM. A. McCUTCHAN, Chairman.
W. J. CAULFIELD, County Clerk.

573

RANGIORA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION STRIKING A SPECIAL RATE PASSED AT A SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON 23RD AUGUST, 1918.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and in pursuance of section 3 of the Lake Coleridge Water-power Act, 1915, and of all other powers (if any) it thereunto enabling, the Rangiora Borough 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 five thousand five hundred pounds (£5,500), authorized to be raised by the Rangiora Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the purpose of the electrical reticulation of the Borough of Rangiora, the said Rangiora Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of three-quarters of a penny in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property in the Borough of Rangiora; 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 February in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and one-half years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

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

C. I. JENNINGS, Mayor.
THOS. HILLS, Clerk.

574

OTAMATEA COUNTY 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, and all other powers it thereto enabling, the Otamatea County 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 £5,000 (five thousand pounds), authorized to be raised by the Otamatea County Council, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of forming, metalling, and improving the roads in the Mareretu Riding, the Otamatea County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Mareretu Riding, comprising the whole of the Riding of Mareretu; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the first day of July in each 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.

The above resolution was passed at a special meeting of the Otamatea County Council held on Monday, the 2nd day of September, 1918, and the common seal of the Council was hereto affixed, in the presence of

R. C. SMITH, County Chairman.
D. McCARROLI., County Clerk.