Nov. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2769

for reforming, widening, metalling, and tarring portion of
the Otoko-Rakauroa Road, the said Waikohu County Council
hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-sixth of a penny
in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property
of the Otoko No. 1 Special-rating Area (comprising Ngatapa
S.D.: Block III-Secs. 12, 11, 10, 13, 10R, 9, 15, 14, 1, pt. 3,
pt. 4; Block VII-Secs. 7, pt. 3, 6, 4, 8, 9, Lots 1 and 2 of
pt. 3; Block IV: Secs. 5, pt. 1, pt. 2, 3, 4; Block VIII-
Sec. 1. Motu S.D.: Block XV-Sec. pt. 2; Block XVI-
Sec. 2, pt. 3; pt. Wharekopae 2A, A 1, 2B 1), 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 July 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.

T. B. SPENCE, Chairman.
J. G. APPLETON, Clerk.

KAPONGA TOWN BOARD.

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
Kaponga Town Board hereby resolves as follows:-
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other
charges on a loan of £10,000, authorized to be raised by the
Kaponga Town Board under the above-mentioned Act, for
the purposes of the purchase, erection, and installation of
electric lighting and power headworks, plant, machinery, and
materials, including poles and transmission-lines connected
with the Board's electric-power scheme, and with the distribution and sale of electric lighting and power therefrom, the
said Kaponga Town Board hereby makes and levies a special
rate of twopence and one farthing in the pound upon the
capital value of all rateable property of the Kaponga Town
District (comprising the whole of the Town District of Kaponga), and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, being a
period of twenty years, or until the loan be fully paid off.

R. G. COOK, Chairman.

TEMUKA 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
Temuka Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:-
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other
charges on a loan of £5,000, authorized to be raised by the
Temuka Borough Council under the above-named Act, for
the purpose of curbing, channelling, and asphalt paving about
500 chains of footways in the Borough of Temuka, the Temuka
Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of
7/32 of a penny in the pound upon rateable value of all rate-
able property of the Temuka Borough, 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 June 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.

T. GUNNION, Mayor.
E. B. COOPER, Town Clerk.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908, and its amend-
ments; and in the matter of the N.Z. MERCHANTS
(LIMITED), (in voluntary liquidation).

NOTICE is hereby given that the creditors of the above
company, which is being voluntarily wound up, are
required, on or before 30th day of November, 1923, being
the day fixed for that purpose by the undersigned, to send
their names and addresses and the particulars of their debts
and claims, and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to W. L.
JENNISS and J. F. O'SULLIVAN, Liquidators of the said com-
pany, and, if so required by notice in writing from the said
Liquidators, or by their solicitors, to come in and prove their
said debts or claims at such time and place as shall be speci-
fied in such notice, or, in default thereof, they will be excluded
from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts
are proved.
Dated this 29th day of October, 1923.
W. L. JENNISS,
J. F. O'SULLIVAN, Liquidators.
Cambridge Terrace, Wellington.
COOPER AND DUNCAN (LIMITED).
NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of sections 230 and
252 of the Companies Act, 1908, that a general meeting
of the members of the above-named company will be held
at 570 Colombo Street, Christchurch, on Wednesday, 28th
November, 1923, at 2.30 p.m., for the purpose of having an
account laid before them, showing the manner in which the
winding-up has been conducted and the property of the
company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that
may be given by the Liquidator, and also of determining by
extraordinary resolution the manner in which the books,
accounts, and documents of the company, and of the Liquidator thereof, shall be disposed of.
GEORGE COOPER,
Liquidator.
29th October, 1923.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership existing
between EDWARD JOSEPHS and WILLIAM JACKSON,
recently carrying on business in the City of Wellington as
painters, under the name or style of "Josephs and Jackson," has been dissolved as from the sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.
Dated this 6th day of October, 1923.
EDWARD JOSEPHS and WILLIAM JACKSON,
By their Solicitors, BARKER and O'DONOVAN.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore
subsisting between JOHN ALEXANDER MANSON and
JOHN McINTYRE, carrying on business as fishmongers and
fruiterers, at Taumarunui, under the name or style of
"Manson and McIntyre," has been dissolved as from the
twenty-third day of October, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-three. All the accounts owing to or by the said firm
will be received and paid by the said JOHN ALEXANDER
MANSON, who will hereafter carry on the said business under
his own name.
Dated this twenty-seventh day of October, 1923.
JOHN ALEXANDER MANSON.
JOHN McINTYRE.
Witness to both signatures-T. F. Simpson, Solicitor, Taumarunui.
CARROLL AND COMPANY (LIMITED.
NOTICE is hereby given that by an entry in its minute-
book, signed by all the members of the company
under the provisions of subsection (6) of section 168 of the
Companies Act, the above-named company on the 27th day
of October, resolved as follows:-
"That the company be wound up voluntarily, and that
Messrs. ROWLEY and GILL be appointed Liquidators for
the purpose of such winding-up."
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership business
heretofore subsisting between ARTHUR NEWMAN and
ALBERT TROTMAN, carrying on business as farmers, at Birkenhead, has been dissolved by mutual agreement as from the 1st
June, 1923. The business is being carried on by ARTHUR
NEWMAN in his own name and on his own account.
A. NEWMAN.
A. TROTMAN.