Mar. 13. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 743

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of two thousand five hundred pounds (£2,500), authorized to be raised by the Hamilton Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of (a) extending the electric lighting and power system within that portion of the Borough of Hamilton which was formerly included in the Borough of Frankton, and (b) of paying to the credit of the district fund of the Borough of Hamilton the sum of one thousand three hundred and twenty-five pounds nineteen shillings and eight pence in refund of moneys expended by the Frankton Borough Council out of the district fund for the above-mentioned purposes, the said Hamilton Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-fifth of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value (unimproved) of all rateable property in that part of the Borough of Hamilton formerly in the Borough of Frankton; 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 April 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.

I certify that the above is a true copy of the resolution passed at a duly constituted meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council held on Friday, 28th February, 1919.

E. J. DAVEY, Town Clerk.

4th March, 1919. 231

PALMERSTON NORTH 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, and of all other powers (if any) it thereunto enabling, the Palmerston North Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the North Street Park Reserve Loan, £3,000, 1919, authorized to be raised by the Palmerston North Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of purchasing and laying out as a public park sections numbered 237, 238, and 239, North Street, Palmerston North, the said Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1/24th of a penny in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all the rateable property in the Borough of Palmerston North; 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 June in each 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.

I hereby certify that the above resolution is a true copy of and extract from the minutes of proceedings of the Palmerston North Borough Council as passed at a meeting of the said Council held on the 27th day of February, 1919.

J. R. HARDIE, Town Clerk.

1st March, 1919. 232

RESOLUTION.

THE following regulations were laid before the members of the Ashburton County Racing Club at a meeting held on the 21st day of February, 1919, at Ashburton, with a recommendation by the Chairman of the Club, Mr. Thomas Everard Upton, that the same be passed at once with a view to their approval by the Governor-General, in pursuance of the Gaming Act, 1908, section 33.

Mr. Thomas Everard Upton, the Chairman of the Club and the Meeting, moved, and Mr. H. A. Boddington seconded, and it was resolved, that such regulations should be adopted, and that the Chairman be authorized to sign the same in authentication thereof.

The following are the regulations referred to:—

ASHBURTON COUNTY RACING CLUB.

REGULATIONS.

(Under the Gaming Act, 1908.)

In pursuance and exercise of the powers in that behalf contained in section 33 of the Gaming Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities it enabling in that behalf, the Ashburton County Racing Club, a racing club within the meaning of the said Act (hereinafter referred to as “the said club”), doth hereby revoke the regulations dated the 17th day of December, 1915, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations controlling the admission of persons to that part of the Ashburton Racecourse Reserve situated in the district of Ashburton, and known as the Ashburton Race-

course, while the said racecourse is used or occupied by the said club for race meetings.

1. These regulations shall come into force on the date of the same being published in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. In these regulations the words “bookmaker,” “racing club,” and “race meeting” shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms respectively by section 2 of the Gaming Act, 1908.

3. The following persons shall be and are hereby excluded from the racecourse above described while the same is used or occupied by the said club for a race meeting, namely,—

(a.) Bookmakers.

(b.) Bookmakers’ clerks, bookmakers’ assistants, and bookmakers’ agents.

(c.) All persons under disqualification inflicted by any racing or trotting club in the Dominion of New Zealand, the Commonwealth of Australia, or elsewhere, if affiliated to the New Zealand Racing Conference, or the New Zealand Trotting Association, or the New Zealand Trotting Conference.

(d.) Common prostitutes, and persons who habitually consort with thieves or with persons who have no lawful visible means of support.

(e.) Professional tipsters, persons convicted of house-breaking or pocket-picking, forgery, uttering or possessing counterfeit coin, theft, false pretences, receiving stolen goods, mischief, assault, or any offence or crime of any kind under the Crimes Act, 1908; and also idle and disorderly persons, rogues and vagabonds, and incorrigible rogues convicted under the Police Offences Act, 1908, and persons convicted of an offence under the Gaming Act, 1908.

The foregoing regulations of the Ashburton County Racing Club were made and passed by the Ashburton County Racing Club on the 21st day of February, 1919, and signed by the Chairman and Secretary.

T. E. UPTON, Chairman.

ALFRED A. FOOKS, Secretary.

The foregoing regulations of the Ashburton County Racing Club are hereby approved this 5th day of March, 1919.

233 LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

RESOLUTION.

THE following regulations were laid before the members of the Wanganui Jockey Club at a meeting held on the 26th day of February, 1919, at Wanganui, with a recommendation by the Chairman of the Club, Mr. E. A. Campbell, that the same be passed at once with a view to their approval by the Governor-General, in pursuance of the Gaming Act, 1908, section 33.

Mr. E. A. Campbell, the Chairman of the Club and the Meeting, moved, and Mr. E. E. Fletcher seconded, and it was resolved, that such regulations should be adopted, and that the Chairman be authorized to sign the same in authentication thereof.

The following are the regulations referred to:—

WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB.

REGULATIONS.

(Under the Gaming Act, 1908.)

In pursuance and exercise of the powers in that behalf contained in section 33 of the Gaming Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities it enabling in that behalf, the Wanganui Jockey Club, a racing club within the meaning of the said Act (hereinafter referred to as “the said club”), doth hereby revoke the regulations dated the 10th day of April, 1918, and amended on the 3rd day of July, 1918, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations controlling the admission of persons to the Wanganui Racecourse, situated at Wanganui, while the said racecourse is used or occupied by the said club for race meetings.

1. These regulations shall come into force on the date of the same being published in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. In these regulations the words “bookmaker,” “racing club,” and “race meeting” shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms respectively by section 2 of the Gaming Act, 1908; and the words “Wanganui Racecourse” mean and include the Wanganui Racecourse Reserve, and all other lands adjacent thereto and for the time being leased or otherwise occupied or enclosed by the said club, and used by the said club together with the said Wanganui Racecourse Reserve for race meetings.

3. The following persons shall be and are hereby excluded from the racecourse above described while the same is used or occupied by the said club for a race meeting, namely,—

(a.) Bookmakers.