Southland County Council under the above-mentioned Act for the following purposes, namely:--

(1.) £38,000 for the purpose of providing the money required by the said Council for and in connection with the work of constructing and reconstructing roads in the said county declared under the Main Highways Act, 1922, to be main highways;

(2.) £12,000 for the purpose of acquiring plant, machinery, vehicles, tools, and other things required for the work of constructing, reconstructing, improving, and maintaining roads in the said county,—

the said Southland County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 93/1,000ths of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Southland County, comprising the whole of the County of Southland; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of April and the 1st day of October in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of 12 years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

COLIN ROBERTSON, Chairman. A. J. SERVICE, Clerk.

WAIMAIRI COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.—BROOKLANDS ELECTRIC LIGHTING LOAN.

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

That, for the purpose of providing interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £1,500, authorized to be raised by the Waimairi County Council by a petition of ratepayers under section 16 of the said Act, for the purpose of electrical construction, the Waimairi County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of sixpence (6d.) in the £1 on the rateable value (being capital value) of all the rateable property in the special-rating area known as the Brooklands Electric Lighting Loan Area in the Styx Riding of the Waimairi County as defined in the Schedule hereto; and that such rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of the said loan, and shall be payable annually on the 1st day of April, in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of 10 years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO.

All that area in the Styx Riding of the County of Waimairi commencing at the south-western corner of R.S. 20279, thence in a south-easterly direction along the Government Road to the south-eastern corner of R.S. 35750: thence in a northerly direction along the sea-beach and the estuary of the Waimakariri River to the mouth of the Styx River at the eastern end of R.S. 22150; thence westerly and southerly along the Styx River and the western boundary of R.S. 20279 to the point of commencement.

J. SEYMOUR, Chairman. G. S. COWPER, County Clerk.

WAITOMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

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

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £2,500, authorized to be raised by the Waitomo County Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of re-forming, widening, culverting, and metalling portion of the Paekaka Road, the said Waitomo County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of threepence in the £1 upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Paekaka Special-rating District, comprising part Section 3 (16 acres 0 roods 9 perches), Sections 3A, 3B, 19, 20, Block XVI, Maungamangero Survey District; part Section 5 (79 acres 2 roods), Sections 6, 7, 8, Lots 1 and 2 of 9, 10, 16, part 11 (97 acres 2 roods), Block XII, Otanake Survey District; Karu-o-te-Whenua B 2B 7, parts 3 (733 acres 3 roods 34 perches and 309 acres 2 roods 31 perches), Blocks III and IV, Awakino East Survey District; Karu-o-te-Whenua B 2B No. 3 and part B2B 4 (772 acres 3 roods 7 perches), part B2B No. 4 (576 acres 3 roods 8 perches), Block IV, Awakino East 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 July in each and every year during a period equal to the currency of such loan, being a period of 36½ years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

ROBT. WERE, Chairman. F. CHAS. PERRY, Clerk.

AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION INCREASING SPECIAL RATE.

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 Akaroa Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:--

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Akaroa Borough Retaining-wall and Tennis-courts Loan of £550, 1925, authorized to be raised by the Akaroa Borough Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of building a retaining-wall around the sea-boundary of the Akaroa Pound Reserve and constructing four public tennis-courts, the said Council, pursuant to section 22 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, hereby increases to nineteen two-hundred-and-thirty-seconds (19/232nds) of a penny in the pound sterling the special rate of seventeen two-hundred-and-thirty-seconds (17/232nds) of a penny in the pound sterling made and levied by resolution passed by the said Council on the 17th day of June, 1925, on the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property in the whole of the Borough of Akaroa, such rate of seventeen two-hundred-and-thirty-seconds (17/232nds) 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.

G. ARMSTRONG, Mayor. P. G. RICHES, Town Clerk.

AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION INCREASING SPECIAL RATE.

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 Akaroa Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:--

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Akaroa Borough Water-supply Extension Loan of £1,700, 1925, authorized to be raised by the Akaroa Borough Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of installing a six-inch water-main for the supply purposes in addition to the existing water-main and extending from the reservoir to the corner of Jolie Street and Beach Road a distance of 4,356 ft., the said Council, pursuant to section 22 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, hereby increases to one farthing (¼d.) in the pound sterling the special rate of twenty-nine one-hundred-and-twenty-eighths (29/128ths) of a penny in the pound sterling made and levied by resolution passed by the said Council on the 17th day of June, 1925, on the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property in the whole of the Borough of Akaroa, such rate of twenty-nine one-hundred-and-twenty-eighths (29/128ths) 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.

G. ARMSTRONG, Mayor. P. G. RICHES, Town Clerk.

AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

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 Akaroa Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:--

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Akaroa Borough Retaining-wall and Tennis-courts Loan of £550, 1925, authorized to be raised by the Akaroa Borough Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of building a retaining-wall around the sea-boundary of the Akaroa Borough Pound Reserve and constructing four public tennis-courts, the said Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of seventeen two-hundred-and-thirty-seconds (17/232nds) of a penny in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property in the whole of the Borough of Akaroa; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of