May 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1121

loan of £65,000, authorized by a poll of ratepayers taken on the 19th day of November, 1923, to be raised by the Council of the County of Egmont under the above-mentioned Act for the purpose of improving by reconstructing, widening, and bitumen-sealing or otherwise the following roads within the county, namely—the Main South Road from the northern boundary to the southern boundary of the county, excluding the portion of the said road lying within the Opunake Town District, and the Eltham Road from the Main South Road to the eastern boundary of the county, and to acquire or provide such plant, machinery, materials, and things as may be necessary in connection with such work, the said Council of the County of Egmont hereby makes and levies a special rate of nine thirty-ninths (9/39ths) of one penny in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property of the County of Egmont, comprising the whole of the said county; 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 April in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

WALTER C. GREEN, County Chairman.
GEO. W. ROGERS, County Clerk.
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HEATHCOTE COUNTY COUNCIL.
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RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.
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IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and amendments thereto, and with the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council under section 20 of the Finance Act, 1919, the necessary evidence thereof having appeared on page 8 of the New Zealand Gazette, 1924, the Heathcote County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing interest and sinking fund and other charges on the Aranui Public Hall Loan of £1,080 (ten hundred and eighty pounds) authorized to be raised by the Heathcote County Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of the erection of a public hall, the said Heathcote County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of ⅓rd (one-third) of a penny in the £1 upon the rateable value (being the capital value) of all the rateable property of the said rating-area comprised within the following boundaries:—

SCHEDULE OF AREA.

Commencing at the north-west corner of Burton Road and Page’s Road, and thence in a straight line along the western boundary of Burton Road to Eureka Road; and thence in a straight line along the southern boundary of Eureka Road to the western boundary of Marlow Road; and thence in a north-westerly direction along the western boundary of Marlow Road to Wainoni Road; and thence in a south-westerly direction along the southern boundary of Wainoni Road to its junction with Onslow Street; and thence in a south-easterly direction along the eastern boundary of Onslow Street to Page’s Road; and thence in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of Page’s Road to Shortland Street in the Avon Riding; and thence in a straight line across Page’s Road to the south-west corner of Shortland Street in the Bromley Riding; and thence in a westerly direction along the southern boundary of Page’s Road to the north-east corner of R.S. 8990; and thence in a south-easterly direction in a straight line along the eastern boundary of the said R.S. 8990 to Cuthbert’s Road; and thence in a straight line in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of Cuthbert’s Road to the eastern boundary of Breeze’s Road; and thence in a south-easterly direction along Breeze’s Road to the south-west corner of Section 7, R.S. 7819; and thence in a north-easterly direction in a straight line to the north-west corner of Lot 1, D.P. 3521, R.S. 7198; and thence along the eastern boundary of what is described in the Valuation Roll as part of Lot 30, D.P. 903, R.S. 9152 and 9165, to the south-eastern corner of R.S. 1692; and thence in a straight line in a westerly direction along the southern boundary of the said R.S. 1692 to the south-eastern corner of Lot 3, R.S. 1622; and thence in a north-easterly direction in a straight line along the eastern boundary of the said Lot 3, R.S. 1622, to Page’s Road; and thence in a straight line along the southern boundary of Page’s Road to the south-west corner of Burton Road and Page’s Road, and thence in a straight line across Page’s Road to the point of commencement.

And that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and payable half-yearly on the first day of February and the first day of August in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-five and a half years, or until the loan is fully paid off.
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OHAKUNE BOROUGH COUNCIL.
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RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.
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IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the Ohakune Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest, instalments of sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of fifteen hundred pounds (£1,500), authorized to be raised by the Ohakune Borough Council under the above-mentioned Act for the erection of Council chambers and library, the said Ohakune Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one penny in the pound sterling upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Ohakune Borough (on the basis of the unimproved value), comprising the whole of the Ohakune Borough; and that such special rate shall be payable yearly on the first day of May in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty years, or until such loan is fully paid off.

J. A. BUTLER, Mayor.
E. LARKIN, Town Clerk.
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NEW ZEALAND.
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FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT, 1909.—ADVERTISEMENT OF CANCELLING.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the Registrar of Friendly Societies has, pursuant to section 70 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, by writing under his hand dated this 5th day of May, 1924, cancelled the registry of Renwick Tent, No. 92, of The New Zealand Central District Independent Order of Rechabites, Friendly Society (Register No. 110/75), held at Renwicktown, on the ground that the said branch has ceased to exist.

WILLIAM M. WRIGHT, Registrar.
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NEW ZEALAND.
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FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT, 1909.—ADVERTISEMENT OF CANCELLING.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the Registrar of Friendly Societies has, pursuant to section 70 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, by writing under his hand dated this 5th day of May, 1924, cancelled the registry of Taylor Memorial Tent, No. 7, of The New Zealand Central District Independent Order of Rechabites, Friendly Society (Register No. 110/79), held at Ashburton, on the ground that the said branch has ceased to exist.

WILLIAM M. WRIGHT, Registrar.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES DEPOSITS ACT, 1921–22.
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AUSTRALIAN PROVINCIAL ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (LIMITED).
—NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF DEPOSIT.
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THE AUSTRALIAN PROVINCIAL ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (LIMITED) has given written notice to the Public Trustee, pursuant to the provisions of the Insurance Companies Deposits Act, 1921–22,—

(1.) That the Australian Provincial Assurance Association (Limited) ceased to carry on the business of fire insurance and employers’ liability insurance in New Zealand on the 1st October, 1923, and that no new or renewal insurance business has been accepted from that date.

(2.) That the UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY (LIMITED) has taken over the whole of the current policies of the Australian Provincial Assurance Association (Limited) in respect of fire and employers’ liability insurance with the full liability thereon as from 1st October, 1923.

(3.) That the Australian Provincial Assurance Association (Limited) proposes to withdraw its deposit of £30,000 in respect of fire insurance and employers’ liability insurance.

The PUBLIC TRUSTEE therefore gives public notice that the said sum of £30,000 deposited with the Public Trustee pursuant to the provisions of the above-mentioned Act will be repaid to the AUSTRALIAN PROVINCIAL ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (LIMITED) on or after the 23rd July, 1924, unless the Public Trustee is satisfied before that date that any liability of the Australian Provincial Assurance Association (Limited) in respect of fire or employers’ liability insurance has not been fully liquidated or provided for.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.
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