Aug. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2221

three hundred pounds, authorized to be raised by the Hikurangi Town Board, under the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of completing the construction of the Hikurangi Bridge in reinforced concrete, and metalling the approaches thereto, hereby makes and levies a special rate of three-sixteenths of a penny in the pound on the rateable value of all rateable property of the Hikurangi Town District; 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 September in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of 36½ years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

Dated this 6th day of August, 1921.

671 J. McKINNON, Town Clerk.

HIKURANGI TOWN BOARD.

LOAN OF £200.—RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, the Hikurangi Town Board 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 two hundred pounds, authorized to be raised by the Hikurangi Town Board, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of metalling portions of the main streets within the Hikurangi Town District, hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-eighth of a penny in the pound on the rateable value of all rateable property of the Hikurangi Town District; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on 1st day of September in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of 36½ years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

Dated this 6th day of August, 1921.

672 J. McKINNON, Town Clerk.

WAIPAWA 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, the Waipawa Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £1,500, authorized to be raised by the Waipawa Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the extension of waterworks and installing an engine to maintain the supply of water, the said Waipawa Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 17/100ths of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Waipawa Borough Council, comprising the whole of the Borough of Waipawa; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, being a period of 36½ years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

H. M. RATHBONE, Mayor.

673 H. FLETCHER, Town Clerk.

MANGAPAPA TOWN BOARD.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, the Mangapapa Town Board 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 £4,690, authorized to be raised by the Mangapapa Town Board, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for alteration and construction of necessary levels and improvement of roads in the Mangapapa Town District, including the improvement of Ormond Main Road (£3,690) and the opening-up and development of the Matokitoki Gravel-pit (£1,000), hereby makes and levies a special rate of seven-eighths of one penny in the pound sterling (to be adjusted) upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Mangapapa Town District as at present constituted; 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 September and March 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 8th day of July, 1921.

674 W. J. McCLISKE, Chairman. H. E. HILL, Clerk to Board.

WE, the undersigned, formerly trading at Matiere, King-country, under the name of “Petley and Elliston,” Builders, hereby give notice that we have as from the 31st day of March, 1921, dissolved the Partnership until that date carried on by us.

675 CHAS. PETLEY. CHAS. A. ELLISTON.

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between FREDERICK CHARLES HAND and EDWARD AUSTIN WHITTAKER, carrying on business as Land Agents in Victoria Street, Hamilton, under the style or firm of “The Farmers’ Land Agency Company,” has been dissolved as from the date hereof so far as concerns the said Edward Austin Whittaker, who retires from the said firm. All debts due to the said firm will be received by FRED-ERICK CHARLES HAND, who will continue to carry on the business under the style or firm of “The Farmers’ Land Agency Company.”

Dated this 16th day of August, 1921.

F. C. HAND.

E. A. WHITTAKER.

Witness—H. C. M. Norris, Solicitor, Hamilton. 676

McNEE AND CO. (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that at an extraordinary general meeting of the above-named company on the 27th day of July, 1921, the following resolution was passed—namely, “That McNee and Co. (Limited) be wound up voluntarily under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1908, and that ARTHUR ROBERT MCNEE, Murchison, Storekeeper, be and he is hereby appointed Liquidator”; and was duly confirmed at an extraordinary general meeting of the said company held on the 10th day of August, 1921.

677 ARTHUR R. MCNEE, Secretary.

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A WATER-RACE.

UNDER THE MINING ACT, 1908.

To the Warden of the Westland Mining District at Reefton.

PURSUANT to the Mining Act, 1908, the undersigned, Henry Betts, of Inangahua Junction, Farmer, hereby applies for a license for a water-race as specified in the Schedule hereto, the course whereof has been duly marked out for the purpose. Precise time of marking out privilege applied for: 16/8/21, at 5 p.m. Pegs marked Z. Date and number of miner’s right: 6/7/21; No. 122340. Address for service: Care of H. P. Lawry, Solicitor, Reefton. Dated at Reefton this 17th day of August, 1921. Schedule.

Locality of the race and of its starting and terminal points: Situate in Block IX, Inangahua Survey District, starting at a point on the north bank of Brown Creek about 32 chains south-easterly from the westernmost corner of Section 13 and terminating at a point in Section 11 about 10 chains north of the south boundary of Section 11 and about 3 chains east of the western boundary of Section 11, and crossing Section 13 (held by John Ross) and Sections 11 and 12 (held by the applicant); all under lease in perpetuity. Length and intended course of race: 70 chains, or thereabouts; westerly and northerly, as per plan filed with application. Points of intake: One. Estimated time and cost of construction: Six months; £1,000. Mean depth and breadth: 2 ft. 6 in. by 2 ft. Number of heads to be diverted: Ten. Purpose for which water is to be used: Sawmilling and mining purposes. Proposed term of license: Twenty-one years. Width of land required under section 110 of the Mining Act, 1908: 20 ft.

H. BETTS

(By his Solicitor, H. P. LAWRY),

Applicant.

Precise time of filing the foregoing application: 17/8/1921, at 10.30 a.m.