BOROUGH OF NEW PLYMOUTH.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE PASSED BY THE NEW PLYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL ON MONDAY, 20TH APRIL, 1925.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, the New Plymouth 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 New Plymouth Borough Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of paying off the following special loan, which the said Council has heretofore lawfully raised and which falls due on the 1st October, 1925, including any matter or thing incidental or in relation to such purpose : (a.) A special loan of £10,000 borrowed to form streets and footways, and generally to improve the streets and footways in the borough, the said New Plymouth Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-seventh (1/7th) of one penny in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property of the Borough of New Plymouth; 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 June in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of seven years and eleven months, or until the loan is fully paid off.

FRANK E. WILSON, Mayor.

CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAY BOARD.

SPECIAL ORDER, £8,000 LOAN.

IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Christchurch Tramway District Act, 1920, and the Christchurch Tramway District Amendment Act, 1921, and all other powers it enabling, the Christchurch Tramway Board hereby resolves by way of special order :-
First, to raise a loan of £8,000 to repay money advanced by certain Tramway Reserve Funds for the purchase of motor-buses.
Second, that the said sum of £8,000 shall be repayable on the 1st day of April, 1934, or such earlier date as may be determined by the Board.
Third, that for the purpose of providing interest and sinking fund on the said loan of £8,000 the Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of six one-thousandths parts of a penny (0-006d.) in the £l upon the capital value of all rateable property in the Christchurch Tramway District ; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of the loan, and be payable on the 1st day of April in each year during the currency of the loan, being a period of nine years, or such shorter period as may be determined by the Board, or until the loan is fully paid off. It is not proposed to pay out of the loan the cost of raising the loan nor the interest and sinking fund for the first year.

FRANK THOMPSON, General Manager.

RAGLAN TOWN BOARD.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, the Raglan Town Board hereby resolves as follows :-
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £415, authorized to be raised by the Raglan Town Board under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of forming, metalling, kerbing and channelling, and tarring and sanding roads and footpaths, the said Raglan Town Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-sixth of one penny ($\frac{1}{6}$d.) in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property within the town district ; 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 thirty-six and a half years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

THOMAS PARKER, Chairman.

OPOTIKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION STRIKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and 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 thereto enabling, the Opotiki County Council hereby resolves as follows :-
That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Opotiki County Council Waiotahi to Crooked Road Loan of £400, 1924, authorized to be raised by the Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of formation, metalling, and completion, including fencing, of the road from Waiotahi to Crooked Road through Lots 4 and 5 of Sections 410, 411, 412, and 413, Block I, Opotiki Survey District, the said Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one penny (1d.) in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property in the Waiotahi Special District of the County of Opotiki, which comprises Lot 3 of 410, 412, Block I, Opotiki ; Lot 5 of 410, 411, 412, 413, Block I, Opotiki ; Lot 4, Block I, Opotiki ; east part 418, 419, Blocks II and V, Opotiki ; west part 418, Block V, Opotiki ; Section 414, Block VI, Opotiki ; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the first days of April in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and one-half (36$\frac{1}{2}$) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

J. H. REID, Chairman.

J. TILBERRY, Clerk.

THE GREEN FLAX DRESSING COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that the affairs of the abovementioned company having been fully wound up, and an account made up showing the manner in which such winding-up has been conducted and the assets of the company disposed of, a general meeting of the company is hereby called to be held at the office of Messrs. Inder and Metcalfe, Solicitors, Shortland Street, Auckland, on Friday, the 22nd day of May, 1925, at 2.30 p.m., for the purpose of laying the account before such meeting and offering any explanation to be given.

Dated this 27th day of April, 1925.

G. H. METCALFE,

Liquidator.

In the matter of the KAITUNA COAL COMPANY (LIMITED), in liquidation.

NOTICE is hereby given that a general meeting of the shareholders of the above-named company will be held at the Call-room of the Dunedin Stock Exchange, Stock Exchange Buildings, Princes Street, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 12th day of May, 1925, at 8 o'clock in the evening.

BUSINESS :

1. To receive the Liquidator's accounts showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the assets disposed of.

2. To pass an extraordinary resolution directing the manner in which the books, accounts, and documents of the company and of the Liquidator may be disposed of.

Dated this 24th day of April, 1925.

N. M. GUNN,

Liquidator.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908 ; and in the matter of the OPUA SHIPPING COMPANY (LIMITED).

AT a special general meeting of the members of the above-named company duly convened and held at the offices of the company, at Christchurch, on the 18th day of March, 1925, the following resolution was duly passed, and at a subsequent general meeting of the abovenamed company duly convened and held at Christchurch on 22nd April, 1925, the following resolution was duly confirmed, viz. :-
"That is has been proved to the satisfaction of the shareholders that the company cannot, by reason of the sale of the s.s. "Opua," continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same, and accordingly that the company be wound up."

At the same meeting Mr. T W. REESE, of Christchurch, was appointed Liquidator for the purpose of such winding-up.

Dated this 23rd day of April, 1925.

RICHD. L. SCOTT,

Chairman.