2046
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

I, R. A. Mathewson, the Manager of the Waikaka Deep Lead Gold-dredging Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 31st December, 1919; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

R. A. MATHEWSON.

Declared at Dunedin this 17th day of June, 1920, before me—Thos. Ross, J.P.
580

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between JAMES ERNEST RULE, of Ashburton, Motor-garage Proprietor, ALBERT FREDERICK SMITH, of Ashburton, Builder, and JOHN CHAYTOR GRUBB, of Methven, Motor Engineer, carrying on business at Methven as Motor-garage Proprietors under the firm or style of “Rule, Grubb, and Co.,” has been dissolved by mutual consent as from 1st June, 1920.

The business will in future be carried on by the said JOHN CHAYTOR GRUBB, and he will pay all debts due by the late firm and collect all moneys due to the late firm.

Dated at Methven this 14th day of June, 1920.

J. C. GRUBB.
JAMES E. RULE.
A. FREDK. SMITH.

Witness—J. W. Bowden, Public Accountant, Ashburton.
581

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

WE beg to notify that the firm of Smith and Jones, General Grocers, Masterton, has this day been dissolved by mutual arrangement. The business will in future be carried on by Mr. J. D. SMITH.

H. O. JONES.
J. D. SMITH.

In connection with the above, I beg to notify that the business will in future be carried on by me. As in the past, I intend to cater for the public on the best possible lines, and trust to merit a fair share of support.

J. D. SMITH.
582

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
CANTERBURY DISTRICT.

In the matter of the estate of KENNETH STRUTHERS WILLIAMS, late of Christchurch, in the Dominion of New Zealand, Solicitor, deceased; and in the matter of the Administration Act, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that by an order of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the Canterbury District dated the nineteenth day of June, 1920, it was ordered that the estate of the said Kenneth Struthers Williams, deceased, be administered under Part IV of the Administration Act, 1908, by me, James Mawson Stewart, of Christchurch, Accountant.

And notice is hereby given that the first meeting of creditors of the above estate will be held at my office, No. 152 Hereford Street, Christchurch, on Tuesday, the 29th day of June, 1920, at 11 a.m.

JAMES MAWSON STEWART,
Administrator.
583

STAFFORD GOLD-DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED).

IN LIQUIDATION.—NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 230 of the Companies Act, 1908, that a general meeting of members of the above-named company will be held in the company’s registered office, Tarbert Street, Alexandra, on Thursday, the eighth day of July, 1920, at half past four o’clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of having an account laid before them showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property disposed of, also of determining by extraordinary resolution the manner in which the books, accounts, and documents of the company and of the Liquidator thereof shall be disposed of.

Dated at Alexandra this 17th day of June, 1920.

C. E. RICHARDS,
Liquidator.
584

WAIROA COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION LEVYING SPECIAL RATE.

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

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and repayment of principal and other charges on a loan of £1,000, authorized to be raised by the Wairoa County Council, under the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of providing portion of the cost of erecting two traffic suspension bridges across the Waiau River to give access to the Tutaekuri Block, and the construction of about one mile of dray-road through Tutaekuri 1c 4 and 1c 5 Blocks, the Wairoa County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one one-hundredth (1/100th) of a penny in the pound sterling upon the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property within the Waikaremoana Riding of the County of Wairoa; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable on the first day of August in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and a half (36½) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

B. G. SIGNALL, County Clerk.

Wairoa, 17th June, 1920.
585

WHAKATANE 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 Whakatane Borough 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 £25,000, authorized to be raised by the Whakatane Borough Council, for the installation of the high-pressure water-supply for the borough, under the above-mentioned Act, the said Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one penny and three-farthings (1¾d.) in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all the rateable property in the Borough of Whakatane; 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 a half years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

JOHN WHEELER, Town Clerk.
586

MATAURA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION STRIKING 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 Mataura Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges of the Mataura Borough Kerbing, Channelling, and Asphalting Loan, 1920, of £2,850, and the Mataura Borough Drainage Loan, 1920, of £4,000, authorized to be raised by the Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of kerbing, channelling, asphalting, and drainage-works in the Borough of Mataura, the said Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of ten and one-quarter pence in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the annual value) of all rateable property in the Borough of Mataura; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the first day of June 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.

Dated this first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty.

JOHN LOWDEN.
587

WAIROA COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION LEVYING SPECIAL RATE.

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

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and repayment of principal and other charges on a loan of £3,000, authorized to be raised by the Wairoa County Council, under the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of erecting workers’ dwellings in the Mahia and Waikaremoana Ridings of the Wairoa County, the Wairoa County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-seventieth (1/70th) of a penny in the pound sterling upon the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property within the Mahia and Waikaremoana Ridings of the County of Wairoa; 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 August in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and a half (36½) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

B. G. SIGNALL, County Clerk.

Wairoa, 17th June, 1920.
588

PALMERSTON NORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.—HOUSING LOAN OF £10,000.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, and its amendments, the Housing Act, 1919, and any other authority it thereunto enabling, the Council of the Borough of Palmerston North resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing interest and other charges on a loan of ten thousand pounds (£10,000), authorized to be raised by special order passed on the 12th day of February, 1920, and confirmed on the 16th day of March, 1920, for the purpose of erecting workers’ dwellings on any land