1884

THE CITY PIANO AND MACHINE CO., LIMITED.

IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION.

In the matter of the Companies Act, and in the matter of THE CITY PIANO AND MACHINE COMPANY, LIMITED.

AT an extraordinary general meeting of the above-named company, duly convened and held at 158 Cashel Street, Christchurch, on the 1st day of June, 1931, the following resolution was duly passed; and at a subsequent extraordinary general meeting of the above-named company, duly convened and held at 158 Cashel Street, Christchurch, on 18th June, 1931, the following resolution was duly confirmed, viz:-

"That the company be wound up voluntarily."

And at such last-mentioned meeting JOSEPH ALFRED BECKETT COOKSON, of 158 Cashel Street, Christchurch, was appointed Liquidator for the purpose of winding-up. Christchurch, 20th June, 1931.

JAMES WILKINSON,
Chairman of Directors.

CHRISTCHURCH DRAINAGE BOARD.

RESOLUTION REMITTING RATES IN THE NUMBER 7 LOAN SPECIAL-RATING AREA.

In the matter of the Christchurch District Drainage Amendment Act, 1922, and in the matter of a special loan of £700,000, authorized to be raised for the purposes of constructing drainage and sewerage works, and to extend the sewerage system for the benefit of a special area of the Christchurch Drainage Board District.

WHEREAS the drainage works proposed to be constructed out of the above-mentioned loan of £700,000 will confer varying degrees of benefit upon the lands in the special area defined and created by resolutions of the Christchurch Drainage Board, bearing date the seventeenth day of April, 1923, the fifteenth day of February, 1927, the twenty-first day of June, 1927, and the sixteenth day of April, 1930, which special area and the subdivisions thereof are more particularly described, defined, and set forth in the New Zealand Gazette Nos. 37, 11, 54, and 37, dated the twenty-sixth day of April, 1923, the third day of March, 1927, the twenty-eighth day of July, 1927, and the twenty-second day of May, 1930, respectively: And whereas the Christchurch Drainage Board has, before entering upon the construction of the said works, and before depositing the special roll for public inspection as required by paragraph (d) of section 3 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, divided the said special area into two subdivisions, viz.-

(b) Land receiving or likely to receive direct benefit from the construction of the drainage works;

(c) Land receiving or likely to receive only an indirect benefit therefrom:

And whereas the rates levied by the Board to provide interest and sinking fund and other charges, as security for the above-mentioned loan of £700,000, have been made and levied upon the said classes of land as aforesaid in the proportions as follows:-

An annually recurring special rate of one penny halfpenny in the pound to be levied on the capital value of all rateable property in that part of the said special area described in Schedule "B" in the said resolutions before mentioned (being the land which is to be sewered), and an annually recurring special rate of one farthing in the pound to be levied on the capital value of all rateable property in that part of the said special area described in Schedule "C" in the said resolution of the seventeenth day of April, 1923 (being the land which is already sewered):

And whereas the scheme of drainage works undertaken by the Board in connection with the above loan is intended to be carried out in such a way that all that portion of the special area described in the said Schedule "C" of the said special area will not receive benefit until a later date than the other portion of the said special area, the Christchurch Drainage Board hereby resolves to remit for the period from the first day of April, 1931, until the thirty-first day of March, 1932, the whole of the special rate of one farthing in the pound made and levied (in connection with the said scheme and loan of £700,000) on the capital value of all rateable property so far as regards that part of the said special area which is described in the Schedule "C" of the special area, and to remit for the same period-viz. : From the first day of April, 1931, until the thirty-first day of March, 1932, eleven sixty-fourths of a penny (11/64d.) in the pound of the special rate of one penny halfpenny (1½d.) in the pound made and levied

on the capital rateable value of all rateable property so far as regards that part of the said special area which is described in the Schedule "B" of the special area; and in addition to the rates remitted above the Board hereby further remits for the same period-viz. : From the first day of April, 1931, until the thirty-first day of March, 1932, twenty-nine thirty-seconds of a penny (29/32d.) in the pound of the said special rate of one penny halfpenny (1½d.) in the pound on the capital rateable value of all rateable property described in the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Schedules hereto, being a portion of the said Schedule "B" of the special area: And, further, in addition to the rates remitted above, the Board hereby further remits for the same period-viz. : From the first day of April, 1931, until the thirty-first day of March, 1932, one penny and twenty-one sixty-fourths of a penny (1 21/64d.) in the pound of the said special rate of one penny halfpenny (1½d.) in the pound on the capital rateable value of all rateable property within the areas described in the Fifth and Sixth Schedules hereto, being a portion of the said Schedule "B" of the special area:

And in the matter of a Supplementary Loan of £70,000, authorized to be raised for the purpose of constructing drainage works within the special area described in Schedule "B" of a resolution of the Board dated the seventeenth day of April, 1923, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 37, of the twenty-sixth day of April, 1923, and as amended by resolutions of the Board bearing date the fifteenth day of February, 1927, the twenty-first day of June, 1927, and the sixteenth day of April, 1930, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, Nos. 11, 54, and 37, dated the third day of March, 1927, the twenty-eighth day of July, 1927, and the twenty-second day of May, 1930, respectively: Whereas the special rate levied by special order dated the fifteenth day of November, 1927, to secure interest and other charges on the said loan of £70,000 will not be required for the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, 1932, the Christchurch Drainage Board hereby resolves to remit, for the period commencing on the first day of April, 1931, and ending on the thirty-first day of March, 1932, the whole of the special rate of nine sixty-fourths of a penny (9/64d.) in the pound made and levied (in connection with the said loan of £70,000) on the capital rateable value of all rateable property within the area described in Schedule "B" of the said special area:

And in the matter of a loan of £242,500, authorized to be raised for the purpose of constructing drainage works within the special area described in Schedule "B" of a resolution of the Board dated the seventeenth day of April, 1923, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 37, of the twenty-sixth day of April, 1923, and as amended by resolutions of the Board bearing date the fifteenth day of February, 1927, the twenty-first day of June, 1927, and the sixteenth day of April, 1930, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, Nos. 11, 54, and 37, dated the third day of March, 1927, the twenty-eighth day of July, 1927, and the twenty-second day of May, 1930, respectively: Whereas the special rate levied by special order dated the twentieth day of November, 1928, to secure interest and other charges on the said loan of £242,500, will not be required for the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, 1932, the Christchurch Drainage Board hereby resolves to remit, for the period commencing on the first day of April, 1931, and ending on the thirty-first day of March, 1932, the whole of the special rate of twenty-seven sixty-fourths (27/64d.) of a penny in the pound made and levied (in connection with the said loan of £242,500) on the capital rateable value of all rateable property within the area described in Schedule "B" of the said special area:

And in the matter of a loan of £53,000, authorized to be raised for the purpose of constructing drainage works in Radley and St. Martin's, being part of the special area described in Schedule "B" of a resolution of the Board dated the seventeenth day of April, 1923, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 37, of the twenty-sixth day of April, 1923, and as amended by resolutions of the Board bearing date the fifteenth day of February, 1927, the twenty-first day of June, 1927, and the sixteenth day of April, 1930, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, Nos. 11, 54, and 37, dated the third day of March, 1927, the twenty-eighth day of July, 1927, and the twenty-second day of May, 1930, respectively: Whereas the special rate levied by special order dated the twentieth day of November, 1928, to secure interest and other charges on the said loan of £53,000 will not be required for the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, 1932, the Christchurch Drainage Board hereby resolves to remit, for the period commencing on the first day of April, 1931, and ending on the thirty-first day of March, 1932, the whole of the special rate of three thirty-seconds of a penny (3/32d.) in the pound, made and levied (in connection with the said loan of £53,000) on the capital rateable value of all rateable property within the area described in Schedule "B" of the said special area.