Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3023

That, for the purpose of providing the interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the special loan of one hundred and thirty thousand pounds (£130,000) authorized to be raised by the Wellington City Council under the above-mentioned Acts for the purposes of carrying out the works and operations authorized by the said Wellington City and Suburban Highways Construction and Hutt Road Amendment Act, 1924, and for purchasing the plant necessary for that purpose to the extent authorized by the last-mentioned Act, the said Wellington City Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of twenty-nine two-hundredths of a penny (29/200ths d.) in the pound upon the rateable value on the basis of the unimproved value of all rateable property of the special-rating district being the “district of the Wellington City Council” mentioned in the said Wellington City and Suburban Highways Construction and Hutt Road Amendment Act, 1924, and being the area comprising the City of Wellington and the Wellington Suburban Area as defined in the Hutt Road Amendment Act, 1917 (which district and area now consist of the City of Wellington, the Boroughs of Petone, Lower Hutt, and Eastbourne, the Town Districts of Johnsonville and Upper Hutt, and the Counties of Makara and Hutt); and that such special rate shall be an annual-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-five years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

1230 JNO. R. PALMER, Town Clerk.

WAIROA COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING AND LEVYING SPECIAL RATE.

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

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, repayment of principal, and other charges on a loan of one thousand pounds (£1,000), authorized to be raised by the Wairoa County Council under the provisions of the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of erecting the Mangaruhe Bridge on the Ohuka Branch Road, the said Wairoa County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of eleven-sixtieths of a penny (11/60d.) in the pound sterling upon the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property comprised within the Mangaruhe Special-rating District, bounded as follows—Commencing at the south-western corner of Small Grazing-run 80, thence northwards along the western boundary of Small Grazing-run 80; thence in a general northerly direction along the western and north-western boundaries of Section 2 (Block XIII, Tuahu S.D.); thence in a general easterly direction along the northern boundaries of Section 2 (Block XIII, Tuahu S.D.), Section 3 (Block XIII, Tuahu S.D.), Small Grazing-run 81, and Small Grazing-run 82; thence in a general southerly direction along the eastern boundaries of Small Grazing-run 82, northern and eastern boundaries of Small Grazing-run 83, and eastern boundary of Section 2 (Block III, Taramarama S.D.), to the Mangaruhe River; thence in a general easterly direction along the Mangaruhe River to the junction of the Mangakapua Stream and the Mangaruhe River; thence in a general westerly direction along the Mangakapua Stream to its junction with the western boundary of Section 2 (Block VIIIA, Taramarama S.D.); thence in a northerly direction along the western boundary of Section 2 (Block VIIIA, Taramarama S.D.) to the road; thence in a general westerly direction along the road forming the southern boundary of Section 3 (Block III, Taramarama S.D.); thence in a northerly direction along the western boundary of Section 3 (Block III, Taramarama S.D.) to the Mangaruhe River; thence westward along the Mangaruhe River to the eastern boundary of Ohiwa Section 3 (N.R.); thence in a south-westerly direction along the eastern boundary of Ohiwa Section 3 (N.R.); thence by the southern boundaries of Ohiwa Section 3 (N.R.), and Pukewhinau Section 6, and the western boundary of Pukewhinau Section 6 to the Mangaruhe River; thence westward along the Mangaruhe River to the south-west boundary of Small Grazing-run 80 and along that boundary westward to the south-western corner of Small Grazing-run 80, the commencing-point; and comprising Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Block XIII, Tuahu S.D.; S.G.R. 80, Section 1, Block XIII, Taramarama S.D.; S.G.R. 81, Section 1, Block XIV, Tuahu S.D.; S.G.R. 82, Section 1, Block XV, Tuahu S.D.; S.G.R. 83, Section 1, Block XVII, Tuahu S.D.; parts Sections 1 and 2, Block XVI, Tuahu S.D.; Sections 1, 2, 3, Block III, 2, Block IV, and 2, Block VIIIA, Taramarama S.D. (7,462a. 3r. 10p.); Okare Native Reserve, Section 2, Block XVII, Tuahu S.D.; Matikota Block, Section 3, Block XVII, Tuahu S.D.; Ohiwa Block, Section 3, Block II, Taramarama S.D.; Pukewhinau Block, Section 6, Block II, Taramarama S.D.; Otamariki Block, Section 1, Block VIIIA, Taramarama S.D.; Whataroa Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Blocks and Urua in Whataroa Block, Block II, Taramarama S.D.; Matukuhia Block, Section 2, Block XIV, Tuahu S.D., Te Raupo Block, Section 4, Block II, Taramarama S.D.; Ngaipu Block, Section 4, Block III, Taramarama S.D.; and Lot 1 of Section 1, Block XVI, Tuahu S.D. (7a. 0r. 30p.)—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 August in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and one-half years, or until such loan is fully paid off.

1231 A. G. NOLAN, County Chairman.

WAIROA COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING AND LEVYING SPECIAL RATE.

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

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, repayment of principal and other charges on a loan of £1,000, authorized to be raised by the Wairoa County Council under the provisions of the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of erecting the Mangakahakaha and Te Irina-o-wharo Bridges on the Ruapapa Road, the said Wairoa County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-sixth of a penny (1/6d.) in the pound sterling upon the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property comprised within the Ruapapa No. 2 Special-rating District, bounded as follows—Commencing at a point on the Waiau River at its intersection with the western boundary of Block XV, Waiau Survey District, thence in a northerly direction along the western boundaries of Blocks XIV and XV, Waiau Survey District, to the northern boundary of Block XIV; thence in a general easterly direction along the northern boundaries of Blocks XIV, XVI, and XVII, Waiau Survey District; and Blocks IX, Taramarama Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of Block IX, Taramarama Survey District; thence in a southerly direction by the eastern boundary of Block IX, and the eastern boundary of Section 1, Block X, Taramarama Survey District, to its junction with the Waiau River; thence in a general southerly direction along the west bank of the Waiau River to where the western boundary of Tutaekuri No. 1c 11 meets it; thence in a general southerly direction along the western boundaries of the Tutaekuri 1c 11 and 1c 12 to the south-eastern boundary of Block XX, Taramarama Survey District; thence in a southerly and westerly direction along the eastern and southern boundaries of Block XX, the southern boundary of Block XIII, Taramarama Survey District, and the southern boundary of Block XX, Waiau Survey District, to its junction with the western boundary of Lot 1, Pihanui No. 1; thence in a northerly direction along the western boundary of Lot 1, Pihanui No. 1, to its junction with the Waiau River; thence in a general westerly direction along the northern bank of the Waiau River to the western boundary of Block XV, Waiau Survey District; and comprising Sections 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7, Block IX, Small Grazing-run 64, Block IX, Section 1, Block X, and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, Block XIII, all in Taramarama Survey District; the whole of Blocks XIV, XV, XVI, and XVII, Waiau Survey District, Lot 1, of Pihanui No. 1, and Owhio Blocks in Blocks XX, Waiau, and XIII and XX, Taramarama Survey Districts (being all the lands comprised in D.P. 383, Cricklewood Estate, containing 8,120a. 0r. 32p.), Kahotea West 1c 2a, 1c 2b, 1c 2c, 1d 2, 2b, and Kahotea East No. 2 Blocks, in Block XIII, Taramarama Survey District, and Pikaungaehe No. 1 Block in Block IX, Taramarama Survey District. 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 August in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and one-half years, or until such loan is fully paid off.

1232 A. G. NOLAN, Chairman.

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