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all other powers(if any) it thereunto enabling, the Marton Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—
That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Marton Borough Council Redemption Loan of £10,000 (1922), authorized to be raised by the Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of repaying the Council's consolidated loan of £10,000, the said Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of fifteen-sixteenths of a penny (15/16d.) 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 Marton; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st days of February and August in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of ten (10) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

FRED. PUMILL, Mayor.
A. H. KNIGGE, Town Clerk.

EKETAHUNA 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 Eketahuna Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—
That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Eketahuna Borough Council Antecedent Liability Loan of £2,740 (1922), authorized to be raised by the Eketahuna Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of repaying the Council's “antecedent liability” as defined by the Local Bodies’ Finance Act, 1921–22, the said Eketahuna Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of seven-eighths of a penny (7d.) 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 Eketahuna; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable at the Borough Council Office on the 1st day of February in each year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty (20) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

PHIL PIKE, Mayor.
THOS. BEDDING, Town Clerk.

RODNEY COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.—ANTECEDENT LIABILITY LOAN, £6,835.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Counties Act, 1920, the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and the Local Bodies’ Finance Act, 1921–22, and their various amendments, the Rodney County Council hereby resolves as follows:—
That, for the purpose of providing interest and other charges on a loan of six thousand eight hundred and thirty-five pounds (£6,835), authorized to be raised by the Rodney County Council, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the purpose of extinguishing the Council’s “antecedent liability,” the said Rodney County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-eighth of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property in the County of Rodney; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of July in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twelve (12) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

J. MORISON, Chairman.
J. F. LAWRIE, Member.
H. F. GOODMAN, Clerk.

RODNEY COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.—WELLSFORD-WHANGARIPO, £2,500.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Counties Act, 1920, the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and the State-guaranteed Advances Act, 1909, and their various amendments, the Rodney County Council hereby resolves as follows:—
That, for the purpose of providing interest and other charges on a loan of (£2,500) two thousand five hundred pounds, authorized to be raised by the Rodney County Council, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the purpose of metalling the Wellsford-Whangaripo Road, the said Rodney County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of five-eighths of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property in the Wellsford-Whangaripo Special Rating District, in the County of Rodney, comprising all that

area within the boundaries commencing at the north-east boundary of Section 9, Block V, Pakiri Survey District; thence in a southerly direction by the north-eastern boundary of both that section and the Pakiri Kauri-gum Reserve Extension ; thence by a continuing right line to the north-eastern boundary of Section 56, Pakiri Parish; thence by the eastern boundary of that section; thence by part of the northern and eastern boundary of Section 101, the eastern boundary of Section 117; thence by part of the northern, the eastern, and the south-eastern boundaries of Section 121, the south-eastern and the southern boundaries of Section 78, the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 74, 75, 81, and 79, by the western boundary of Sections 79 and 111, the south-eastern boundary of Section 92, the western boundary of that section, and the western boundary of Section 90 as far as the south-eastern boundary of Section 91; thence by that boundary and the south-western boundary of the same section to the south-eastern boundary of Section 105, all Pakiri Parish; thence by the south-eastern boundary of Section 105 to the Waiwhiu Stream ; thence by that stream to its confluence with the Hoteo River; thence by the southern boundaries of Sections 2 and 9 of Block XII, Pakiri Survey District; thence by the southern and western boundaries of the Wayby Kauri-gum Reserve to the south-western boundary of Arai Parish; thence northerly by that parish boundary to the north-western boundary of Section 70, Arai Parish; thence by the northern boundary of Sections 70, 46, and 90 to the eastern boundary of Arai Parish ; thence northerly by that parish boundary to the commencement-point. And that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of July 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.

J. MORISON, Chairman.
S. F. BOLER, Member.
H. F. GOODMAN, Clerk.

AWATERE COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION STRIKING 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 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, and of all other powers (if any) it thereunto enabling, the Awatere County Council hereby resolves as follows:—
That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Awatere County Council Hospital Contribution Loan of £3,000 (1922), authorized to be raised by the Awatere County Council, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the purpose of paying part of the Council’s contribution to the Wairau Hospital Board required for the purpose of capital expenditure as certified by the secretary to the said Wairau Hospital Board under date this 5th day of July, 1922, the Awatere County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one twenty-sixth of a penny (1/26d.) in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property in the County of Awatere; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st days of January and July in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of ten (10) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

J. H. WOOLLEY, County Clerk.

ELTHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL.

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 Eltham Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—
That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Eltham Borough Council Gasworks Loan of £1,000 (1922), authorized to be raised by the Eltham Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of completing the erection of and constructing the tank for a 45,000 cubic feet gasholder, and incidental expenses connected therewith, and the payment of any preliminary expenses incurred in connection with the raising of the loan, the said Eltham Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-sixteenth of a penny (1/16d.) in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property in the Borough of Eltham; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of July in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of ten (10) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

GEO. W. TAYLER, Mayor.
W. WATERS, Town Clerk.