JULY 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1791

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Devonport Borough Electricity Loan of £21,000, 1924, authorized to be raised by the Devonport Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of purchase and installation of additional electrical plant and machinery, reticulation, transformers, extensions, consumers’ services, meters, and protection, and repayment of existing mortgage of £900, the said Devonport Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one halfpenny (½d.) 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 Devonport ; 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 April in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty (20) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.
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A. E. WILSON, Town Clerk.

BOROUGH OF DEVONPORT.

RESOLUTION INCREASING SPECIAL RATE, LOAN £5,500.

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 Devonport Borough Council hereby resolves as follows :—

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Devonport Borough Road-formation Loan of £5,500, 1924, authorized to be raised by the Devonport Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of road-formation, sewerage, and storm-water drainage, and water-supply mains in that area known as the Old Cemetery Reserve, and described as part Lot 1 of Allotment 1, Section 1, Parish of Takapuna, the said Council pursuant to section 22 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, hereby increases to thirteen one-hundredths (13/100ths) of a penny in the pound sterling the special rate of one-eighth (1/8th) of a penny in the pound sterling made and levied by resolution passed on the 9th day of July by the said Council and gazetted on page 1757 of the New Zealand Gazette, 1924, on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property in the Borough of Devonport ; such rate of one-eighth (1/8th) of a penny in the pound sterling being insufficient to provide for payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on such loan ; and that such special rate as increased shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of April in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty (20) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.
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A. E. WILSON, Town Clerk.

BOROUGH OF DEVONPORT.

RESOLUTION INCREASING SPECIAL RATE, LOAN £1,500.

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 Devonport Borough Council hereby resolves as follows :—

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Devonport Borough Destructor Loan of £1,500, 1924, authorized to be raised by the Devonport Borough Council under the above-mentioned Act for the purpose of the erection of a refuse-destructor, the said Council, pursuant to section 22 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1923, hereby increases to one twenty-eighth (1/28th) of a penny in the pound sterling the special rate of one thirty-second (1/32nd) of a penny in the pound sterling made and levied by resolution passed on the 9th day of July, 1924, by the said Council, and gazetted on page 1757 of the New Zealand Gazette, 1924, on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property in the Borough of Devonport, such rate of one-thirty-second (1/32nd) of a penny in the pound sterling being insufficient to provide for payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on such loan ; and that such special rate as increased shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan and be payable yearly on the 1st day of April in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty (20) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.
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A. E. WILSON, Town Clerk.

BOROUGH OF TAKAPUNA.

RESOLUTIONS MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the Takapuna Borough Council hereby resolves as follow :—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and sinking fund and other charges on a loan of £106,000, authorized to be raised by the Takapuna Borough Council under the above-mentioned Act, for provision, construction, and laying of sewers, tanks, outfalls, and drainage-works constituting sewage systems within the Borough of Takapuna, including the acquisition of land necessary for the purposes of the said works, and payment of compensation for land purchased or taken, and for land injuriously affected, and provision of funds for advances to ratepayers for connections to the said system under section 228 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the said Takapuna Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one penny and thirteen-hundredths of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property of the Borough of Takapuna, comprising the whole of the Borough of Takapuna ; 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 thirty-six and a half years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and sinking fund and other charges on a loan of £75,000, authorized to be raised by the Takapuna Borough Council under the above-mentioned Act, for—

(a.) Widening and supporting Marine Parade and construction and improvement of Marine Parade, King Edward Avenue, Victoria Road, Lake Road, Hurstmere Road, Kitchener Road, Shakespeare Road, Taharoto Road, Anzac Street, the Terrace, and East Coast Road ; and kerbing, channelling, and forming footpaths, and provision of improved storm-water drainage for the said streets ;

(b.) Purchase of machinery and plant required in connection with the said work ;

(c.) Acquisition by purchase or taking with compensation of land within the borough for the purpose of quarry-sites,—

the said Takapuna Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of eighty-hundredths of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property of the Borough of Takapuna, comprising the whole of the Borough of Takapuna ; 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 thirty-six and a half years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and sinking fund and other charges on a loan of £25,000, authorized to be raised by the Takapuna Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purchase, construction, extension, and improvement of water mains and pipes and waterworks and appliances necessary thereto within the Borough of Takapuna, the said Takapuna Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of twenty-seven hundredths of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property of the Borough of Takapuna, comprising the whole of the Borough of Takapuna ; 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 thirty-six and a half years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and sinking fund and other charges on a loan of £2,500, authorized to be raised by the Takapuna Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for—

(a.) Purchase of a fire-engine, appliances, and equipment for extinguishing fires ;

(b.) Provision and installation of a fire system within the Borough of Takapuna ;

(c.) Erection and equipment with necessary furniture, appliances, and equipment of a building for use as a fire station,—

the said Takapuna Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of five-hundredths of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property of the Borough of Takapuna, comprising the whole of the Borough of Takapuna ; 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 twelve years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and sinking fund and other charges on a loan of £2,200 authorized to be raised by the Takapuna Borough Council under the above-mentioned Act for the acquisition of Lots 70, 71, 72, and 73 of Allotment 84 of Section one, Parish of Takapuna, for a park for the borough, the said Takapuna Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of three-hundredths of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property of the