be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such
loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of October in each
and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period
of thirty-six and one-half (36½) years, or until the loan is
fully paid off.
29

T. G. JOHNSON, Mayor.

FEATHERSTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

HALF-MOON ROAD LOAN.—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
Featherston County Council hereby resolves as follows :—
That, for the purpose of providing the instalments in
respect to interest and principal and also other charges on a
loan of £500, authorized to be raised by the Featherston
County Council, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for
the formation and metalling of the Half-moon Road, the
Featherston County Council hereby makes and levies a special
rate of seven-sixteenths (7/16ths) of a penny in the pound
sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved
value) of all rateable properties within the Half-moon Road
Special Rating District, which district comprises all that area
within the Martinborough Riding of the Featherston County,
the boundaries of which special district are herein described,—
Commencing at the north-easternmost corner of Lot 93 of
Section 29, Block XIV, Huangarua S.D. ; thence in a southerly
direction along the Huangarua River to the south-easternmost
corner of Lot 95 of Sections 29 and 98 ; thence westerly along
the southern boundary of the said Lot 95 to the easternmost
corner of Lot 3 of Section 30 ; thence south-westerly along the
said Lot 3 and Lot 4 of Sections 30 and 31 to the Awea Road ;
thence along that road to the south-western corner of Lot 90
of Section 39; thence in a north-easterly direction along the
north-western boundaries of the said Lot 90 and Lots 91 and
92 to the north-easternmost corner of the said Lot 92 ; thence
south-easterly along the said Lot 92 to the Mangaura Stream ;
thence along that stream to Lot 80 of Section 29 ; thence along
the south-western and north-western boundaries of the said
Lot 80 to the Pahaoa Road ; thence along the said Pahaoa
Road to the place of commencement.
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 February and the first day of August in
each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a
period of thirty-six and one-half (36½) years, or until the loan
is fully paid off.
30

GEO. W. COBB, County Clerk.

HAVELOCK NORTH TOWN BOARD.

RESOLUTION MAKING A SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and in 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
Havelock North Town Board hereby resolves as follows :—
That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of
interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Havelock
North Town Board’s Hydro-electric Power and Lighting Plant
Loan of £19,940, 1921, authorized to be raised by the Board,
under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of hydro-
electric installation and water-pumping plant, the said Board
hereby makes and levies a special rate of one penny and
seventeen-twentieths of a penny (1d. and 17/20d.) in the
pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the
capital value) of all rateable property in the Havelock North
Town District; and that such special rate shall be an annually
recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be pay-
able yearly on the 1st day of August in each and every year
during the currency of such loan, being a period of fifteen
years, or until the loan is fully paid off.
31

E. C. CLARKSON, Chairman.

WAIKIWI RIVER BOARD.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it
in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913,
section 87 of the River Boards Act, 1908, as amended by
section 126 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and
Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1915, and section 98 of the
Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Em-
powering Act, 1916, it thereunto enabling, the Waikiwī River
Board hereby resolves as follows :—
That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of
interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Waikiwī
River Board’s Loan of £5,000, 1921, authorized to be raised

by the said Board, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the
purpose of straightening, deepening, and widening the Wai-
kiwi Creek, and cleaning out all obstructions therefrom within
the Waikiwī River District, and the construction and acquir-
ing of all necessary works, lands, easements, materials, and
plant relative and incidental to such work, the said Board
hereby makes and levies the special differential rate of five
shillings (5s.) per acre on all land in the Waikiwī River Dis-
trict classed “A,” the special differential rate of two shillings
(2s.) per acre on all land in the said district classed “B,” and
the special differential rate of sixpence (6d.) per acre on all
land in the said district classed “C”; and that such special
differential rates shall be annually recurring rates during the
currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the first
day of September during the currency of such loan, being a
period of thirty-six and one-half (36½) years, or until the loan
is fully paid off.
32

R. A. ANDERSON, Chairman.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A FOREIGN
MINING COMPANY.

Name of company: Waihi Grand Junction Gold Company
(Limited).
When formed, and date of registration of office of company
in New Zealand: 22nd December, 1897.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or
Attorneys: Waihi and Auckland ; Samuel Leah.
Where mine is situate : Waihi.
Nominal capital : £400,000.
Amount of capital subscribed : £385,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in New Zealand:
£40,494 15s.
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: Nil.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as 15s. paid up;
£112,500.
(c.) In cash : Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided : 400,000.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register : 218,199.
Amount paid per share (New Zealand Register): £1.
Amount called up per share (New Zealand Register): £1.
Number and amount of calls in arrear (New Zealand
Register): Nil.
Number of forfeited shares on New Zealand Register sold,
and money received for same : Nil.
Number of shareholders on New Zealand Register : 1,196.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand : 285.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last
statement: —; £115,289 5s. 1d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration of
office of company in New Zealand: —; £1,936,724 8s. 9d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining
operations in New Zealand since last statement :
£140,398 18s. 9d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in
New Zealand: £1,780,521 10s. 4d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £145,689
12s.
Amount of cash in bank in New Zealand: £50.
Amount of cash in hand in New Zealand : £20.
Amount of debts directly due to company in New Zealand:
£293 16s.
Amount of such debts considered good : £223 3s. 8d.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £50,224
9s.

I, Samuel Leah, the Attorney of the Waihi Grand
Junction Gold Company (Limited), do solemnly and sin-
cerely declare that this is a true and complete statement
of the affairs of the said company as on the 31st
December, 1919 (being the date of the last balance-sheet);
and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing
the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the
Peace Act, 1908.

S. LEAH.

Declared at Waihi this 10th day of January, 1921, before
me—P. G. Brady, J.P.

WAITEMATA COUNTY COUNCIL.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LAND FOR ROADS.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under
the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, and
amendments thereto, by the Waitemata County Council, to
execute certain public works—to wit, construction of roads
through portion of Aotearoa Block, shown on D.P. 9056,
situated in Block V, Kaipara Survey District; portion of