Aug. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2479

The said business will in future be carried on by the said
JAMES FRANCIS SKEDDEN under the style of “Skedden and
Watson.”
Dated at Wellington on this 10th day of August, 1925.
JAMES FRANCIS SKEDDEN.
NORMAN EDWARD WATSON.
Witness—J. Shivnan, Journalist, Wellington. 806

SUMNER BOROUGH COUNCIL.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING INCREASE OF SPECIAL RATE.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that
by section 22 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913,
the Sumner Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other
charges on a loan of one thousand pounds, authorized to be
raised for the purpose of erecting a worker’s dwelling, the
Sumner Borough Council hereby increases the special rate
authorized by resolution of the said Sumner Borough Council
and passed on the ninth day of July, 1923, from five one-
hundredths of a penny (0·05d.) in the pound, to fifty-four
thousandths (0·054) of a penny in the pound on the rateable
value of all rateable property of the whole of the Borough of
Sumner, so that the annual produce thereof shall suffice to
provide the payment of the said interest and other charges
on account of the said loan.
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W. V. SIDDALL, Town Clerk.

RAGLAN COUNTY COUNCIL.
RESOLUTION STRIKING SPECIAL RATE AS SECURITY FOR LOAN
OF £6,500 FOR FORMING A ROAD FROM WAIKARETU TO
PORT WAIKATO.
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 thereunto enabling, the Raglan
County Council hereby resolves as follows:
That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of
interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Raglan
County Waikaretu - Port Waikato Special-rating District
Road Loan of £6,500, 1925, authorized to be raised by the
Raglan County Council under the above-mentioned Act for
the purpose of forming a road from Waikaretu to Port Wai-
kato in the Waikaretu-Port Waikato Special-rating District
of the County of Raglan, the said Raglan County Council
hereby makes and levies a special rate of one penny and
three farthings in the pound sterling on the rateable value
(on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property
in the Waikaretu - Port Waikato Special-rating District of
the County of Raglan, being described as follows:
Boundaries of the Waikaretu - Port Waikato Special-rating
District.
Commencing at the mouth of the Hurawai Stream, thence
running east and north and south, taking in 1,741 acres of
Section Te Akau A No. 6 to the north-east corner of Section
Te Akau 9281; thence east along the northern boundaries
of Sections Te Akau A No. 8G and A No. 9 to the north-east
corner of A No. 9; thence south along the eastern boundary
of Section Te Akau A No. 9 to the south-east corner of the
same section; thence west along the northern boundary of
Te Akau A No. 11 to the north-east corner of A No. 11; and
thence south along the eastern boundaries of Te Akau A No. 11,
A No. 13B, B No. 28, and B No. 18, to the south-west corner
of Section B No. 18; thence west along the southern boundary
of Section B No. 18 to the north-west corner of Section B
No. 29; thence following the eastern and southern boundaries
of Section Te Akau B No. 29 to the coast-line, and thence
following the coast-line to the point of commencement.
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 January in each and every year during the
currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and a half
(36½) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.
CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE, Chairman.
H. MARSLAND, Clerk. 808

MOUNT EDEN BOROUGH 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
Mount Eden Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other
charges on a loan of £100,000, authorized to be raised by
the Mount Eden Borough Council under the above-men-
tioned Act, for the construction of permanent drainage-works
within the borough, the Mount Eden Borough Council hereby
makes and levies a special rate of sevenpence in the pound
upon the rateable value of all rateable property in the Borough
of Mount Eden; and that such special rate shall be an
annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan,
and be payable annually on the first day of April in each and
every year during the currency of such loan, being a period
of 36½ years, or until the loan is fully paid off.
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S. GRAY, Town Clerk.

KAIRANGA COUNTY COUNCIL.
RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.
IN pursuance of the powers vested in it on that behalf
by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the Kairanga
County Council resolves as follows:
That, for the purpose of providing the instalments in respect
of principal and interest and also the other charges on a loan
of £2,000 in respect of the Fitzherbert Riding, authorized to
be raised by the Kairanga County Council under the Local
Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of renewing culverts
and bridges in the Fitzherbert Riding, the said Kairanga
County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of
1/22 (one twenty-second) of a penny in the pound on the
rateable value of all rateable property in the said riding;
and that such rate shall be an annually recurring rate during
the currency of such loan, and payable yearly on the 1st day
of April in each and every year during the currency of such
loan, being a period of 36½ years, or until the loan is fully
paid off.
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F. W. CONNELL, County Clerk.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908, and in the
matter of the GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE, AND LIFE
ASSURANCE CORPORATION (LIMITED), a company incor-
porated in Great Britain.
NOTICE is hereby given that the GENERAL ACCIDENT,
FIRE, AND LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (LIMITED)
proposes to commence business at Auckland, and that its
registered office where legal process of any kind may be
served upon it and notices of any kind may be addressed or
delivered will be at Number 8 His Majesty’s Arcade, Queen
Street, Auckland.
THE GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE, AND LIFE
ASSURANCE CORPORATION (LIMITED),
By its Attorney,
NEVILLE NEWCOMB (LIMITED).
811

GREEN ISLAND BOROUGH COUNCIL.
RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE PASSED BY THE ABOVE
COUNCIL ON THE 3RD DAY OF AUGUST, 1925.
WHEREAS by requisition of the Board of Health dated
the 13th day of June, 1923, and made under sec-
tion 22 of the Health Act, 1920, the Green Island Borough
Council was required to provide certain sanitary works set
out in such requisition to an amount not exceeding £1,500:
And whereas the said Green Island Borough Council has
made application to the State Advances Board to advance
to it the sum of £1,500 bearing interest at 4½ per cent. per
annum: And whereas the State Advances Superintendent
is unable to advance such loan at the said rate of interest,
but has decided to entertain the application for such loan at
the rate of interest of 5¼ per cent. per annum: Now, in
pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that
behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the Green
Island Borough Council hereby resolves that for the purpose
of providing moneys sufficient to cover the increased pay-
ments in respect of such loan of £1,500 the said the Green
Island Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special
rate of 1⅝d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all
rateable property within the borough, comprising the whole
of the Borough of Green Island; and that such special rate
shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such
loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 30th day of Septem-
ber and the 31st day of March in each and every year during
the currency of such loan, being a period of 36½ years, or
until the loan is fully paid off.
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A. L. BURK, Town Clerk.