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of principal, interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the said loan: And that such ratepayers have by such writing declared their desire to dispense with the formality of a poll on the said proposal: Now, I, the Chairman of the said Board, do hereby further certify and declare that, the said poll having been dispensed with at the request of the said ratepayers, and that the total number of ratepayers signing such request being thirteen, that the total number of ratepayers to be rated for the proposed loan being fourteen, and that the total number of votes possessed by them being thirty-nine, that the proposal to raise the said loan has been duly carried.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

CHARLES CAMPBELL, Chairman.

Declared at Christchurch, this 14th day of March, 1927, before me—P. Acton Adams, J.P., Sheepfarmer, Clarence Reserve, Kaikoura.

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LOWER HUTT 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, 1926, the Lower Hutt Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £3,000, authorized to be raised for the purpose of acquiring land and the erections thereon of workers’ dwellings in the borough, the Lower Hutt Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of twenty-three four-hundredths of a penny in the pound sterling upon the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property in the Borough of Lower Hutt, and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of the said 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 one-half years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

Dated this 14th day of March, 1927.

W. T. STRAND, Mayor.

B. S. KNOX, Town Clerk.

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WALLACE COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

Wrey’s Bridge Special Loan of £5,000.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and the Counties Act, 1920, the Wallace County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of five thousand pounds (£5,000), authorized to be raised by the Wallace County Council under the above-mentioned Acts, for the purpose of providing the money required in addition to that provided by the Main Highway Board for renewing the bridge (exceeding 20 ft. in span) over the Aparima River at Wrey’s Bush, in the County of Wallace, the said Wallace County Council hereby resolves to make and levy a special rate of nine-thirty-seconds of a penny in the pound sterling (9/32d. in the £1) upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Wairio Riding in the said county, comprising the whole of the said Wairio Riding; 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 August in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of fifteen years, or until such loan is fully paid off.

L. CODY, Chairman.

G. B. BURNS, County Clerk.

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HEATHCOTE COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

Mount Pleasant Electrical Loan, £2,000.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, the Heathcote County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing interest at five and three-quarters per cent. (5¾ per cent.) and sinking fund at two per cent. (2 per cent.) on a loan of £2,000, authorized to be raised by the Heathcote County Council under the above-mentioned Act for electric lighting in the Mount Pleasant Riding, the Heathcote County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of five-sixteenths of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all the rateable property in the Mount Pleasant Riding of the County of Heathcote; and that such rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable on the 1st day of July of each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

J. H. McAULIFFE, County Clerk.

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WAITOMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

SPECIAL RESOLUTION MADE ON THE 11TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1927.

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 £1,100, authorized to be raised by the Waitomo County Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of forming, culverting, and fencing approximately three miles of Mangatea Road, the said Waitomo County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of three halfpence (1½d.) in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Mangatea Special-rating District, comprising Pukenui 2T 2, Lot 1, Lot 2 of Pukenui 2T 3, Pukenui 2D 7B 6C, Pukenui 2D 7B 6C, part No. 2 (23 acres 2 roods 39 perches), Pukenui 2C 3B 2B, Pukenui 2C 5A 1A, Pukenui 2C 5A 2, Pukenui 2C 6B, Pukenui 2C 6A, Pukenui 2C 5B, Pukenui 2D 7D 6D, part (1 acre 0 roods 6 perches), Pukenui 2C No. 3A, Pukenui 2C 3B 1, Pukenui 2C 3B 2A, Pukenui 2C No. 4, Pukenui 2C 5A 1B, Pukenui 2C 5C, Karu-o-te-Whenua 3D No. 2, Karu-o-te-Whenua, part Section No. 3D No. 3A (231 acres 2 roods), all in Block III, Otanake Survey District; parts Pukenui 2T No. 2, 2W 2C, and 2E No. 1 (376 acres 2 roods 26 perches), Blocks III and VII, Otanake 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.

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DARGAVILLE 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, 1926, and of all other powers (if any) it thereunto enabling, the Dargaville Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Dargaville Borough Water-main Replacement Loan of £1,250, 1926, authorized to be raised by the Dargaville Borough Council under the above-mentioned Act for the purpose of laying cast iron water-mains, together with all necessary fittings and connections, under the footpaths in Victoria Street, for the purpose of eliminating the existing faulty mains and service connections under the carriage-way; contingencies; first year’s interest and sinking fund, the said Council, pursuant to section 23 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, hereby increases to one-eighth (1/8th) of a penny in the pound sterling the special rate of three thirty-seconds (3/32nds) of a penny in the pound sterling made and levied by resolution passed by the said Council on the 19th day of May, 1926, on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property in the whole of the Borough of Dargaville, such rate of three thirty-seconds (3/32nds) of a penny in the pound sterling being insufficient to provide for the 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 thirty-six and one-half (36½) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

FRANCIS A. JONES, Mayor.

WILLIAM MARTIN, Town Clerk.

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