Aug. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2169

Town of Rotorua.—Order levying a Library Rate, 1921-22.

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 4 of the said Act it is enacted that the said Department shall have and may exercise within the said town all the powers and authorities conferred by law on Borough Councils to make and levy a library rate:

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-General by Order in Council directs) extend and apply as if the said town were a borough:

And whereas on the 11th day of April, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General, 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 by the Rating Act, 1908, do hereby order, direct, and declare that a rate of one twenty-fourth of a penny in the pound on the capital value of all rateable property in the Town of Rotorua is hereby made and levied as a library rate for the year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1921, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1922, and that such rate shall be payable in one sum on the 16th day of August, 1921.

As witness my hand this 15th day of August, 1921.

B. M. WILSON, General Manager.

Witness—D. M. Jervis.

Town of Rotorua.—Order levying a Fire-prevention Rate, 1921-22.

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-General 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-General, 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 nine-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, 1921, and ending on the 30th day of June, 1922, and that such rate shall be payable in one sum on the 16th day of August, 1921.

As witness my hand this 15th day of August, 1921.

B. M. WILSON, General Manager.

Witness—D. M. Jervis.

Return of Sheep in the Dominion on the 30th April, 1921.—Notice No. 2074.

Department of Agriculture, Wellington, 18th August, 1921.

THE following particulars are published for general information:—

NUMBER OF SHEEP IN THE DOMINION ON THE 30TH APRIL, 1921.

NUMBER OF SHEEP IN THE DOMINION AND EXPORT OF MUTTON AND LAMB FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS AT 30TH APRIL.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.