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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Stratford County Council Road Improvements (West Riding) Loan of £22,000, authorized to be raised by the said Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of effecting road improvements in and purchasing machinery for the West Riding of the County of Stratford, the said Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one penny and five-eighths of a penny in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property in the West Riding of the said county; 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 February 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.

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E. WALTER, Chairman.

BOROUGH OF DANNEVIRKE.

RESOLUTION MAKING AND LEVYING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, and of all other powers (if any) it thereunto enabling, the Dannevirke Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Dannevirke Borough Council Abattoir Loan of £1,400, 1922, authorized to be raised by the said Council, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the purpose of the establishment and erection of a building to house the boiling-down works in connection with the borough abattoir and plant in connection therewith, the said Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-fifteenth of a penny (1/15d.) in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property in the whole of the Borough of Dannevirke; 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 July in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of ten years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a resolution passed by the Dannevirke Borough Council on the 28th day of April, 1922.

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CHAS. A. MEARS, Town Clerk.

HOKIANGA COUNTY 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 Hokianga County Council hereby resolves, by way of special order, as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £4,000, authorized to be raised by the Hokianga County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of completing a water-race for the supply of water to the Hokianga Hospital and to the inhabitants of the Township of Rawene, the said Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-eighth of one penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property in the County of Hokianga; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the first days of April and October 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.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Hokianga was hereunto affixed at a meeting of the Council this eighth day of March, 1922, by the direction of the Council, in the presence of—

F. T. GOODHUE, Chairman.
L. BUISSON, County Clerk.

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I, HIKITIA POTAE ARTHUR, heretofore called and known by the name of Hikitia Potae, of 386 Ormond Road, Gisborne, hereby give public notice that on the 22nd day of April, 1922, I formally and absolutely renounced, relinquished, and abandoned the use of my said surname of Hikitia Potae, and then assumed and adopted and determined thenceforth on all occasions whatsoever to use and subscribe the name of Hikitia Potae Arthur instead of the said name of Hikitia Potae.

And I give further notice that by a deed-poll dated the 22nd day of April, 1922, duly executed and attested and enrolled in the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Gisborne District, on the second day of May, 1922, I formally and absolutely renounced and abandoned the said surname of Potae, and declared that I had assumed and adopted and intended thenceforth upon all occasions to use and subscribe the name of Hikitia Potae Arthur instead of Hikitia Potae, and so as to be at all times thereafter called, known, and described by the name of HIKITIA POTAE ARTHUR exclusively.

Dated the third day of May, 1922.

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HIKITIA POTAE ARTHUR.

OTOROHANGA TOWN BOARD.

In the matter of the Town Boards Act, 1908, and the Public Works Act, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Otorohanga Town Board proposes, under the provisions of the above-mentioned Acts, to execute certain public works—namely, the acquisition of land and the construction of a recreation-ground on the block of land known as Orahiri Y 3; and for the purposes of the public works the parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that a plan of the said land required to be taken is deposited in the public office of the Clerk to the Board situated in Maniapoto Street, Otorohanga, and is open for inspection (without fee) by all persons during ordinary office hours. All persons affected by the execution of the said public works or by the taking of the said parcels of land, who have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public works or to the taking of the said parcels of land, must state their objections in writing, and send the same, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Clerk of the Court at the said office.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of land: 14 acres 0 roods 22 perches. Being portion of the block called Orahiri Y No. 3, situated in Blocks IV and VIII of the Orahiri Survey District. Coloured red on plan.

Dated at Otorohanga this 20th day of April, 1922.

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C. TUCKER, Town Clerk.

THE Partnership heretofore existing between ALBERT KNIGHT and WILLIAM JOHN ALEXANDER McCLEAN, under the style or firm of “McClean and Knight,” has been dissolved by mutual consent.

Dated at Auckland this 13th day of April, 1922.

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GLAISTER AND ENNOR,
Solicitors for the Parties.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Success Gold-dredging Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 25th May, 1910.

Whether in active operation or not: In liquidation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Liquidator: Masterton; Norman H. James.

Nominal capital: £10,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £10,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £8,000.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £8,000.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £2,000.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 10,000.

Number of shares allotted: 10,000.

Amount paid per share: 20s.

Amount called up per share: 20s.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.

Number of shares forfeited: Nil.

Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: Nil.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 7.

Present number of shareholders: 127.

Number of men employed by company: Nil.

Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: Nil.

Total quantity and value produced since registration: 12,355 oz. 17 dwt.; valued at £48,719 11s. 7d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement: £53 10s.

Total expenditure since registration: £50,415 5s. 4d.