Mar. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 567

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between HECTOR MACKENZIE and JOHN WALKER, carrying on business at Napier as Builders and Contractors under the style of “MacKenzie and Walker,” has been dissolved by mutual consent as from the 31st day of December, 1927. The said business will from that date be carried on in partnership between the said JOHN WALKER and ALEXANDER McBEATH, of Napier, Builder and Contractor, under the style of “Walker and McBeath.” All debts due to the late Partnership are to be paid to the new firm, and all accounts against the late Partnership are to be sent to the new firm.

Dated this 22nd day of February, 1928.

HECTOR MACKENZIE.

Signed by the said Hector MacKenzie in the presence of—
C. C. Sorrell, Solicitor, Napier.

JOHN WALKER.

Signed by the said John Walker in the presence of—M. R. Grant, Solicitor, Napier.

A. McBEATH.

Signed by the said Alexander McBeath in the presence of—M. R. Grant, Solicitor, Napier.

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CHANGE OF NAME.

THE BRITISH IMPERIAL OIL COMPANY (NEW ZEALAND), LIMITED, NOW THE SHELL COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, LIMITED.

NOTICE is hereby given that by special resolution passed on the 26th day of October, 1927, and confirmed on the 16th day of November, 1927, at extraordinary general meetings of the shareholders at the registered office of the company in London, The British Imperial Oil Company (New Zealand), Limited, changed its name to “The Shell Company of New Zealand, Limited.” The change of name was duly approved by the Board of Trade (Great Britain), and the certificate of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies that the new name has been duly entered in the Register was issued on the 31st day of December, 1927.

The company will in future be known as “The Shell Company of New Zealand, Limited.” Head Office: A.M.P. Building, Customhouse Quay, Wellington.

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M. O. BARNETT, Solicitor.

UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT, 1908.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LAND.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Coromandel County Council proposes, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, and of the Counties Act, 1920, to execute a certain public work—to wit, to construct a road to give access to the public wharf at Mercury Bay; and for the purposes of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken: And notice is hereby further given that a plan (Number 24196, blue) of the lands so required to be taken is deposited in the public office of the Clerk of the said Council, situate at Coromandel, and is open for inspection (without fee) by all persons during ordinary office hours.

All persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of such lands who have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of the said lands must state their objections in writing, and send the same within forty days from the first publication of this notice to the County Clerk at the Council Chambers, Coromandel.

SCHEDULE.

Approximate area of the parcel of land required to be taken: 1 rood 15 perches. Being portion of Weiti No. 1, Block X, Otama Survey District; coloured purple.

All in the County of Coromandel, in the Land District of Auckland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the said plan number 24196 (blue).

Dated this 23rd day of February, 1928.

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RICHARD SIMMONDS, County Clerk.

R. J. HIBBERD, LTD.

IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of R. J. HIBBERD, LTD. (in liquidation), held on the 30th November, 1927, the following extraordinary resolution was carried:—

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“That, as the company has proved to its satisfaction that it cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue to carry on its business, the company shall forthwith go into voluntary liquidation and hereby appoints Mr. A. E. TOMLINSON as Liquidator.

A. E. TOMLINSON, Liquidator.

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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, 1926, the Mount Eden Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and sinking fund on a loan of £100,000, authorized to be raised by the Mount Eden Borough Council under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and the Local Bodies’ Loans Board Act, 1926, for the construction of permanent drainage and sewerage works within the borough, and for the payment of the Council’s proportion of the cost of works beyond the borough which are required to provide an outfall, the said Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of sixpence halfpenny in the pound on 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 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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S. GRAY, Town Clerk:

PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTIONS MAKING SPECIAL RATES.

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 Piako County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

Loan of £420.

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Piako County Morrinsville–Kiwitahi Road Supplementary Loan of £420, 1928, being 10 per cent. additional to the Piako County Morrinsville–Kiwitahi Road Loan of £4,200, 1925, authorized to be raised by the Piako County Council under the above-mentioned Act for the purpose of metalling for the first time the Morrinsville–Kiwitahi Road from the Kereone Road corner to Starkey’s Road (or Tahuroa Road corner), the metal to be 12 ft. wide and 9 in. deep, at a cost of £4,200 (such latter amount being insufficient to complete the works for which such loan was raised), the said Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-eighth (1/8th) of a penny in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property in the Morrinsville–Kiwitahi Road Special-rating Area in the County of Piako, being more particularly described in the Schedule at the foot hereof, and that such special rate 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.

SCHEDULE.

Commencing at a point being the western corner of Section 13, Tahuroa No. 2, Block X, Maungakawa Survey District; thence in a north-easterly direction following the northern boundaries of Sections 13, 14, and 15, Tahuroa No. 2, to the most northerly point in Section 15; thence in a south-easterly direction along the north-east boundary of the said Section 15 to the Topehaehae Stream; thence following the Topehaehae Stream in a generally northerly direction to the western corner of Section Te Au o Waikato A No. 5c, Block VI, Maungakawa Survey District; thence following the north-west boundaries of Te Au o Waikato A 5c and 5D to the north-east corner of Section 5D; thence following the north-east boundary of Section 5D and 4C 2 to the Piako River; thence in a southerly direction following the course of the Piako River to the north-east corner of Section Te Au o Waikato A No. 5B; thence in a south-westerly direction following the western boundary of Section 5B to the Morrinsville–Rotorua railway-line; thence in a generally easterly direction following the railway-line to where the line crosses the Piakonui River, being on the boundary-line between Blocks XI and XII, Maungakawa Survey District; thence in a generally southerly direction following the course of the Piakonui River to the most southerly point in Section Te Waikaukau No. 5;