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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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Lot 11 and 16, Tahora 2c 1, Section 3; Lot 3, Hangaroea-Matawai B 4 : 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.

J. G. APPLETON, County Clerk.

COUNTY OF TARANAKI.

New Plymouth, 9th January, 1924.

RESOLUTION LEVYING SPECIAL RATE OF TWOPENCE IN THE POUND TO SECURE SEALY ROAD SPECIAL LOAN.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, the Taranaki County Council hereby resolves as follows :-

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £300, authorized to be raised by the Taranaki County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of forming and metalling the Sealy Road, the said Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of twopence in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Sealy Road Special-rating District, being Sections part 44, part 44, Section 34, part 39, part 61, Sections 62, 70, part 61, part 44, Sub. 1 of part 47, part 60, Block 8, Paritutu Survey District : and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable on the first day of April in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six years and a half (36½ years), or until the loan is fully paid off.

ROBERT ELLIS, County Clerk.

9th January, 1924.

PALMERSTON NORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.-HOUSING LOAN (1924), £10,000.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the Palmerston North Borough Council 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 Palmerston North Borough Council under the above-mentioned Acts for the purposes, either within the borough or adjacent thereto, of erecting for occupation by workers employed or resident in the borough on any land now or hereafter purchased; acquired, or appropriated by the Council, for that purpose, any buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, and of purchasing or otherwise acquiring any buildings with or without lands for such purpose, and of converting any buildings into workers' dwellings, and of altering, enlarging, repairing, and improving the same respectively, the said Palmerston North Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-thirteenth of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property of the Borough of Palmerston North, comprising the whole of the Borough of Palmerston North ; 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.

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J. R. HARDIE, Town Clerk.

WAIKOHU COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING A SPECIAL RATE.-TAUMATA No. III LOAN.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, the Waikohu County Council hereby resolves as follows :-

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £300 authorized to be raised by the Waikohu County Council under the above-mentioned Act for forming Taumata Road, the said Waikohu County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-twelfth (1/12th d.) of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Taumata No. III Special-rating Area, comprising part Lot 2, Wharekopae 1A ; part Sub. 2, Tahora 2c 1, Section 3 ; Lots 1 and 2, Hangaroa-Matawai B 4 ; small Grazing-runs 76, 30, and 77 ; Hangaroa-Matawai B 3 ;

NOTICE.

IN respect of the business of the AUSTRALIAN PROVINCIAL ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (LIMITED), now carried on by the UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY (LIMITED) the address for service of legal documents will be at the office of the company's attorney (Mr. A. J. HYDER) at the company's office, corner of Grey and Featherston Streets, Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership subsisting between DAVID RICHMOND FISHER and FLORIAN VAUGHAN WARD as Printers and Newspaper-proprietors has been dissolved as from the 21st day of December, 1923, and the business will be carried on by the said FLORIAN VAUGHAN WARD and others under the name of THE WAIPUKURAU PRESS COMPANY (LIMITED).

Dated at Waipukurau this 26th day of January, 1924.

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned DONALD THOMSON and ANDREW SAMUEL GLENN, carrying on business as Builders, Joiners, and Contractors at Dunedin as "Thomson and Glenn," has been dissolved by mutual consent as from the twenty-fourth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and the business will from such date be carried on by the said DONALD THOMSON. All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid respectively by the said DONALD THOMSON.

Dated at Dunedin this twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

Witness to both signatures--D. B. Kent, Solicitor, Waipukurau.

Witness to the signature of the said Donald Thomson.--E. J. Anderson, Solicitor, Dunedin.

Witness to the signature of the said Andrew Samuel Glenn.--E. J. Anderson, Solicitor, Dunedin.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company : New Zealand Quicksilver Mines (Limited) When formed, and date of registration : 16th July, 1918. Whether in active operation or not : Not in active operation. Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary : 17 Swan- son Street, Auckland ; H. C. Tewsley. Nominal capital : £15,000. Amount of capital subscribed : £13,283. Amount of capital actually paid up in cash : £7,213 10s. Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any) : Nil. Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid : £6,069 10s. Number of shares into which capital is divided : 60,000. Number of shares allotted : (53,762 less 630 forfeited) 53,132. Amount paid per share : 5s. Amount called up per share : 5s. Number and amount of calls in arrear : Nil. Number of shares forfeited : 1,020. Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same : 290 ; £7 5s. Number of shareholders at time of registration of company : 79. Present number of shareholders : 86. Number of men employed by company : 1. Quantity and value of quicksilver produced since last statement : Nil. Total quantity and value produced since registration 36,450 lb. ; £7,292 1s. 4d. Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement : £240 17s. Total expenditure since registration : £16,226 10s. 10d. Total amount of dividends declared : Nil.