FEB. 27.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

RURAL SUBDIVISION.

Class A: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, twenty-six pence and three one-hundredths of a penny (26·03d.) in the pound.

Class B: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class B by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, nine pence and eleven one-hundredths of a penny (9·11d.) in the pound.

Class C: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class C by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, three pence and nine-tenths of a penny (3·9d.) in the pound.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

RURAL SUBDIVISIONS.

Class A: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, thirteen pence and two one-hundredths of a penny (13·02d.) in the pound.

Class B: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class B by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, four pence and fifty-six one-hundredths of a penny (4·56d.) in the pound.

Class C: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class C by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, one penny and ninety-five one-hundredths of a penny (1·95d.) in the pound.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Making and Levying Special Rates under the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its Amendments.

WHEREAS by section 2 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1928, it is enacted that the Minister of Lands may from time to time make and levy a special rate on lands in any drainage area of an amount sufficient for payment of the annual charges in respect of interest and a sinking fund of not more than one per centum per annum on so much of the moneys raised pursuant to section 4 of the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, as has been expended on that drainage area:

And whereas by section 5 (I) of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1926, it is enacted that the capital expenditure chargeable against the Kaitaia Drainage Area constituted under the principal Act shall, as from the 1st day of April, 1927, be the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds (£125,000), and that sum shall for the purposes of any special rate to be made and levied in that area be deemed to be the amount of loan-moneys expended on that area:

And whereas by section 5 (2) of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1926, it is enacted that the said drainage area shall be deemed to be divided into two subdivisions of which the Kaitaia Town District forms one (hereinafter referred to as the Town Subdivision) and the balance of the said area the other (hereinafter referred to as the Rural Subdivision), and that the said capital sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds shall be allocated between the two subdivisions in the proportion of fifteen thousand pounds (£15,000) to the Town Subdivision and one hundred and ten thousand pounds (£110,000) to the Rural Subdivision, and that any special rate to be made and levied shall be made and levied separately for each subdivision as if it were a separate drainage area:

And whereas it is expedient that provision by means of such special rates as aforesaid be made for the payment of amounts representing 5½ per centum per annum of the respective proportions (being £15,000 allocated to the Town Subdivision and £110,000 allocated to the Rural Subdivision) of the said sum of £125,000 raised and expended as aforesaid:

And whereas the said 5½ per centum per annum is made up of an annual charge of 5 per centum per annum for interest and a sinking fund of ½ per centum per annum:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the powers vested in me in that behalf by the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1928, and all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, George William Forbes, Minister of Lands, do hereby make and levy a special rate on the unimproved value of all land within the Town Subdivision as set out in the First Schedule hereto:

And in further pursuance of the powers aforesaid, I do hereby likewise make and levy a special rate on the unimproved value of all land within the Rural Subdivision on a graduated scale according to the classification of such land made in accordance with section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1928, being the graduated scale as set out in the Second Schedule hereto:

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And I declare that the foregoing special rates shall be annually recurring rates, and may be levied year by year without further proceeding by the Minister until the moneys in respect of which they were made (being the respective sums hereinbefore referred to) are paid off, and in respect of the financial year ending on the 31st day of March, 1930, be payable on the 1st day of March, 1930, and shall in respect to every future financial year be payable on the 30th day of August in such year:

And I further declare that the said respective special rates shall be payable at the office of the Collector of Rates, Chief Drainage Engineer's Office, 5 Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of February, 1930.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

TOWN SUBDIVISION.

On the unimproved value of all lands within the Kaitaia Town District, two pence and eighty-five one hundredths of a penny (2·85d.) in the pound.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

RURAL SUBDIVISION.

Class A: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, twenty-six pence and three one-hundredths of a penny (26·03d.) in the pound.

Class B: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class B by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, nine pence and eleven one-hundredths of a penny (9·11d.) in the pound.

Class C: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class C by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, three pence and nine-tenths of a penny (3·9d.) in the pound.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Member of the Oparure Rabbit Board elected.—(Notice No. Ag. 2888.)

Department of Agriculture,

Wellington, 20th February, 1930.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Oparure Rabbit Board, established under the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, that Hugh Ross, Esquire, has been duly elected as a member of the said Board, vice Victor James Thomasen, resigned.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Agriculture.

Notification of Approval of Rules, Auckland Acclimatization Society.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 16th February, 1930.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 25 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, hereby notify that copies of the rules made by the Auckland Acclimatization Society on the 12th December, 1929, have been forwarded to me and were approved on the 16th day of February, 1930.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

Members of Taihape Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 24th February, 1930.

THE undermentioned persons have been appointed or elected to be members of the Taihape Fire Board constituted under the Fire Brigades Act, 1926:

Appointed by the Governor-General—Harry Dashwood.

Elected by the Fire Insurance Companies—N. C. Barstow. G. R. Cramond.

Elected by the Taihape Borough Council—L. B. H. de Lautour. H. I. Christensen.

P.A. DE LA PERRELLE,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 11/32/35.)