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mentioned Act and Order in conversion of existing securities issued in respect of the loans set out in the First Schedule to that Order, the said Rangiora Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 5¾d. in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of unimproved value) of all rateable property within the whole of the area of the district of the local authority described and defined as follows: All the rateable property comprised in that portion of the Borough of Rangiora, commencing at a point at the north-eastern boundary of the borough on the East Belt; thence in a westerly direction along the northern boundary of the borough to a point at the north-western boundary of Lot 18, D.P. 2326; thence in a southerly direction generally along the western boundaries of Lots 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 of D.P. 2326, and of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of D.P. 2570, to the south boundary of the Rangiora and Oxford Railway; thence in a westerly direction along the south boundary of the Rangiora and Oxford Railway to a point where the Rangiora and Oxford Railway crosses the western boundary of R.S. 1045; thence in a southerly direction for a distance of 5 chains; thence in a westerly direction for 5 chains across R.S. 1080; thence in a southerly direction for 5 chains to High Street; thence across High Street; thence in a westerly direction along the south boundary of High Street to a point 6 chains in a westerly direction from Lindon Street; thence in a southerly direction for a distance of 8¾ chains to the south side of an unnamed street; thence to the east side of Lindon Street for 2 chains; thence in an easterly direction for 3½ chains; thence in a southerly direction for 1 chain; thence for a distance of 13 chains, crossing White Street, to a point 2½ chains from the western side of Church Street; thence in a southerly direction along a line parallel 2½ chains from the western side of Church Street to the north side of John Street; thence in a easterly direction in a straight line along John Street, crossing Church and King Streets, to a point at the south-westerly boundary of Lot 119, D.P. 1691; thence along the southern boundary of Lot 119, D.P. 1691, to Perceval Street; thence across Perceval Street to the north-western boundary of D.P. 1691; thence along the northern boundary of D.P. 1691 to a point at a boundary of Victoria Street and Northbrook Road; thence along the north boundary of Northbrook Road to a point at the west boundary of Northbrook Road and Ivory Street; thence northerly along the west boundary of Ivory Street for a distance of 7½ chains; thence easterly across Ivory Street to the Christchurch and Rangiora Railway; thence in a northerly direction for 2 chains; thence across the Christchurch and Rangiora Railway in an easterly direction to the western side of the East Belt (being a point 9½ chains measured in a northerly direction from Northbrook Road); thence along the western boundary of East Belt back to the commencing-point; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such securities and be payable yearly on the 1st day of April in each and every year until the last maturity date of such securities, being the 1st day of April, 1964, or until all such securities are fully paid off.”

We hereby certify that the above is a true copy of and a correct extract from the minutes of the proceedings of the Rangiora Borough Council at a meeting of such Council held on the 25th day of March, 1936.

C. W. TYLER, Mayor.
J. M. FRASER, Town Clerk.

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No. 9.

Under the Mining Act, 1926.

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A WATER-RACE.

To the Warden of the Otago Mining District at Oamaru.

Pursuant to the Mining Act, 1926, the undersigned John Evelyn Austin, of Karuakoa, near Oamaru, Farmer, hereby applies for a license for a water-race, as specified in the Schedule hereto, the course whereof has been duly marked out for the purpose.

Mark on pegs: “I.”

Precise time of marking out privilege applied for: 5.15 p.m., 5/4/36.

Date and number of miner’s right: 7/2/36; No. 62018.

Address for service: Office of Hislop and Creagh and Main, Solicitors, Thames Street, Oamaru.

Dated at Oamaru, this 7th day of April, 1936.

SCHEDULE.

Locality of the race, and of its starting and terminal points; also description of land traversed—e.g., unalienated Crown land, private land, or otherwise: Commencing at a point on the west bank of the Kakanui River 125 yards north of the Balruddery Bridge; thence running in a westerly direction across the public road on the eastern boundary of Lot II, Balruddery Estate, Blocks III and IV, Kauroo Survey District, being private land the freehold property of the applicant; thence running in a westerly direction adjacent to the north side of the public road intersecting the property of the applicant a distance of approximately 20 chains; thence across the said road and continuing adjacent to the south side thereof for a distance of approximately 75 chains to a point approximately 44 yards distant from the western boundary of the applicant’s property; thence in a line parallel with such western boundary a distance of approximately 105 yards to the terminal point, the line of the said race being except for the roads entirely within the applicant’s property.

Length and intended course of race: About 75 chains in a westerly direction.

Points of intake: In the Kakanui River about 125 yards north of the Balruddery Bridge.

Estimated time and cost of construction: Two years; £2,000.

Mean depth and breadth: Water is to be pumped and conveyed by means of a 6-in. pipe.

Number of heads to be diverted: Two heads.

Purpose for which water is to be used: Irrigation.

Proposed term of license: Twenty-one years.

J. E. AUSTIN,
By his Solicitor—J. H. MAIN.

Precise time of filing of the foregoing application: 12.30 p.m., 7/4/36.

Time and place appointed for the hearing of the application and all objections thereto: Wednesday, 6th May, 1936, at 10 a.m. at the Warden’s Court, Oamaru.

Objections must be filed in the Registrar’s office and notified to applicant at least three days before the time so appointed.

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F. STOOP, Mining Registrar.

THAMES VALLEY ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

Reticulation Extension Loan, 1936, of £75,000.

Pursuant to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Thames Valley Electric-power District held on the 3rd day of April, 1936, on a proposal to borrow the sum of £75,000 for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, and providing electric works as defined in the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, in order to supply and to extend the supply of electricity within the whole of the Thames Valley Electric-power District, the voting was as follows:—

Votes.
For the proposal .. .. .. 707
Against the proposal .. .. .. 99
Informal .. .. .. 3

As the number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal was more than three-fifths of the total number of votes polled, I hereby declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 7th day of April, 1936.

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JOSEPH PRICE, Chairman.

THAMES VALLEY ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

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 Thames Valley Electric-power Board hereby resolves as follows:—

“That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of principal, interest, and other charges on the Redemption Loan of £325,000 authorized to be raised by the Thames Valley Electric-power Board under the above-mentioned Act for the purpose of redeeming the outstanding liability in respect of a loan of £350,000 raised in London in September, 1921, the said Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of three-eighths of a penny (¾d.) in the pound on the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property in the Thames Valley Electric-power District as defined in the Proclamation proclaiming the said district appearing in the New Zealand Gazette of the 8th January, 1920, at page 12, excepting the area excluded by Proclamation appearing in the New Zealand Gazette of the 6th September, 1923, at page 2318, 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 year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty (20) years or until the loan is fully paid off.”

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J. PRICE, Chairman.