River; thence along the middle-line of the Roding River to its confluence with the Lee River; thence along the middle-line of the Lee River to a point opposite to the southernmost corner of the Stoke Road District on the right bank of the Lee River; thence by a straight line to the said corner; thence along a line bearing 45°, and being part of the south-eastern boundary of the Stoke Road District (the said line prolonged in a north-easterly direction should strike a point being two miles distant in a south-easterly direction along a prolongation of the north-eastern boundary of, and from the north-eastern corner of Section XVIII of Suburban South Original District, in Block VIII of the Waimea Survey District) to its intersection with the southern boundary of the Stoke Road District (otherwise the southern boundary of Square 18); thence proceeding due east along the said southern boundary to its intersection with a line being the prolongation in a south-easterly direction of the south-western boundary of Section 59 of Square 1, in Block VIII of the Waimea Survey District; thence north-westerly along the said line to the westernmost corner of the said section; thence by a line across a road to the southernmost corner of Section 70 of Square 1, in Block VII of Waimea Survey District; thence along a road to the easternmost corner of the said section; thence along the north-eastern boundary of the said section to its northernmost corner; and thence by a straight line to the easternmost corner of the Borough of Richmond; also including the islands Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Sufficient for the purpose of identification.—A. T. Waters, for Chief Surveyor, 23rd June, 1924.

I certify the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution passed by the Waimea County Council at a special meeting held on the 8th day of May, 1924, and subsequently confirmed by way of special order at an ordinary meeting held on the 5th day of June, 1924.

S. BLOMFIELD, County Clerk.

Notice respecting Proposed Constitution of Horahia Drainage District, County of Hauraki Plains.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 9th July, 1924.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General under the Land Drainage Act, 1908, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be constituted a drainage district under Part I of the said Act, by name the Horahia Drainage District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the constitution of the said drainage district which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED HORAHIA DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that land in the Auckland Land District, Hauraki Plains County, containing 14,700 acres, more or less, bounded, commencing at a point on the Firth of Thames at the intersection of the south-western boundary of the Orongo Block, thence in a south-westerly direction by the Firth of Thames to the mouth of the Piako River; thence generally in a southerly direction by the east bank of the Piako River to its junction by the Awaiti Canal; thence by the east bank of the Awaiti Canal to its intersection with the northern boundary of Makumaku No. 3B Block; thence in an easterly direction along the northern boundaries of Makumaku 3B, 5E, and 5A; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of Makumaku 5F; thence westerly and southerly by the north-western and western boundaries of Section 6, Block VII, Waihou Survey District; and thence in an easterly direction by the southern boundaries of Sections 6, 5, 4, and 3, Block VII, Waihou Survey District; thence in a generally northerly direction by the eastern boundaries of Sections 3 and 1A of the aforementioned block, Lots 2 and 1, D.P. 14265, and Lot 4 on D.P. 14180, to a road; thence by the eastern side of that road to and across a public road and by the eastern boundaries of Lots 4, 3, and 2, D.P. 12921, to and across a public road; thence and again by the eastern boundaries of Sections 14, 26, 13, and 21, Block XI, Thames Survey District, to the south-western boundary of the Orongo Settlement; and in a north-westerly direction to the south-west boundary of that settlement to the point of commencement.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

JULY 10.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

By-laws under the Rotorua Borough Act, 1922.

WHEREAS by section 8 of the Rotorua Borough Act, 1922, the control of the water-supply to the Borough of Rotorua is vested in the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, which for the purpose of such section, is a body corporate:

And whereas in respect of such works the said Department has all the powers for the time being conferred by law on Borough Councils, except the power to borrow money or to make and levy any special rate:

Now, therefore, the said Department, in pursuance of such powers, doth hereby revoke by-law No. 4, and amend by-law No. 14 (a), as shown hereunder, all of Part XIV of the Rotorua Borough By-laws, published in the New Zealand Gazette of 11th October, 1923, and doth substitute the following new by-laws and amendments therefor; and doth hereby declare that the said revocation, new by-laws, and amendments shall take effect and come into force on the 1st day of August, 1924.

BY-LAWS.

4. Charges.—The charges for water-supply shall be as follows:

Ordinary Supply.—Class I, Domestic.

(1.) Domestic or household supply, not otherwise: For each service to each household or family occupying exclusive premises, or apartment houses, or semi-detached dwellings, or for each separate premises on same land occupied as residences ..

Per Annum.
£ s. d.
1 13 0

(2.) For flushing-supply service to each patent water-closet, not metered
1 2 0

(3.) For flushing-supply service to each urinal or other sanitary convenience, not metered 1 2 0

The foregoing charges shall also be payable for each patent water-closet, urinal, or other sanitary convenience, connected with septic tank.

Ordinary Supply.—Class II, Commercial.

(4.) Tea-rooms, dining-rooms, restaurants, manufacturing-confectioners, premises in which photographs are developed, garages with washboards: For each of these services 3 6 0

(5.) Shops in which ice-cream or assorted drinks are made and sold: For each shop 2 4 0

(6.) Kitchen or market gardens: For one tap 1 13 0
For each additional tap 0 11 0

Dental rooms: For each suite 1 13 0

Horse or cattle troughs, each 1 13 0

Factories with electric power, each 1 13 0

(7.) Chemists' shops, dry-cleaners, fresh-fish dealers: For each shop 1 2 0

(8.) Offices, lock-up shops (other than those previously specified), motor mechanics' premises, garages without washboard: For each of these services 0 11 0

This charge shall be payable whether or not water is laid into any particular premises.

(9.) For flushing-supply service to each patent water-closet, not metered 1 2 0

(10.) For flushing-supply service to each urinal or other sanitary convenience, not metered 1 2 0

The foregoing charges shall be payable for each water-closet, urinal, or other sanitary convenience connected with septic tanks.

(11.) Where a horse is kept for delivery of goods 0 11 0

(12.) Halls not metered, and similar buildings: For each hall or building 0 11 0

Extraordinary Supply.

This shall include water supplied to—Hotels and boardinghouses, and all sanitary conveniences in connection therewith. Public and private hospitals. Dairies, bakehouses, butchers' shops, slaughterhouses. Aerated-water or cordial factories, laundries. Theatres and public halls, contractors' or carriers' stables. Educational or religious establishments with residential accommodation. Wholesale wine-and-spirit shops. Water-motors, steam-boilers, oil-engines, garden-fountains. Massage-rooms, factories or workshops, or any businesses not otherwise mentioned.

4A. Water for such extraordinary services may be supplied through a meter at the rate hereinafter provided, or a fixed