JULY 19]

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand
Northern District
(Auckland Registry).

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1933, and in the matter
of DEVON CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the winding-up of
the above-named company by the Supreme Court was on
the 4th day of June, 1951, presented to the said Court by City
Press, Limited, a duly incorporated company having its registered
office at Auckland. And that the said petition is directed to be heard
before the Court sitting at Auckland on the 27th day of July, 1951,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon; and any creditor or contributory
of the said company desirous to support or oppose the making of
an order on the said petition may appear at the time of hearing
in person or by his counsel for that purpose; and a copy of the
petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the
said company requiring the same by the undersigned on payment
of the regulated charge for the same.

B. P. HOPKINS,
Solicitor for the Petitioner.

Address for Service: The offices of Messrs. Lovegrove, Turner,
and Hopkins, Solicitors, Power Board Building, Queen Street,
Auckland.

NOTE.—Any person who intends to appear on the hearing of
the said petition must serve on, or send by post to, the above-named
notice in writing of his intention so to do. The notice must state
the name, address, and description of the person, or if a firm, the
name, address, and description of the firm, and an address for service
within three miles of the office of the Supreme Court at Auckland,
and must be signed by the person or firm, or by his or their solicitor
(if any), and must be served, or, if posted, must be sent by post
in sufficient time to reach the above-named petitioner's address for
service not later than four o'clock in the afternoon of the 26th day
of July, 1951.

PICTON BOROUGH COUNCIL

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE

Sewerage Improvement Loan, 1951 (£12,000)

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it on that
behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926, and amendments,
and all other powers in that behalf thereunto enabling it, the Council
of the Borough of Picton doth hereby resolve as follows:

“ That for the purpose of securing the interest and other
charges on a loan of twelve thousand pounds (£12,000) authorized
to be raised by the Picton Borough Council under the above-
mentioned Act for the purpose of carrying out sewerage-disposal
improvements, the said Council hereby pledged a special rate of
one penny and one farthing (1½d.) in the pound (£) on the unimproved
rateable value of all rateable property within the Borough of Picton
which, if required, shall be appropriated as security for the purpose
of the payment of interest and principal of the said loan, and that
such rate shall be an annually recurring rate payable on demand
in each and every year during the currency of the said loan.”

I hereby certify that the above resolution was passed at a
special meeting of the Picton Borough Council held on the 21st
day of June, 1951.

D. S. CRISP, Town Clerk.

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP

NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership heretofore sub-
sisting between EDWARD FRANCIS FINDLATER and FRANCIS
BRYCE YOUNG, who carried on business as builders at Dunedin
and Mosgiel under the name of FINDLATER AND YOUNG, has been
dissolved by mutual consent from the 31st day of March, 1951.
EDWARD FRANCIS FINDLATER will carry on business on his own
account as a builder at Portobello and FRANCIS BRYCE YOUNG
will carry on business as a builder on his own account at Mosgiel.

Dated this 5th day of July, 1951.

F. B. YOUNG.
F. F. FINDLATER.

MATAMATA COUNTY COUNCIL

RESOLUTION LEVYING SPECIAL RATE

Tokoroa Fire Services Loan, 1951

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

“ That for the purpose of providing the repayment of and
interest charges on a loan of £1,500, authorized to be raised by
the Matamata County Council under the above-mentioned Act for
the purpose of purchasing a fire-engine for use by the Tokoroa
Volunteer Fire-brigade under the provisions of the Fire Services
Act, 1949, the said Matamata County Council hereby makes and
levies a special rate of fifteen sixty-fourths of a penny in the
pound (1½d.) on the rateable value of all buildings in the Tokoroa
Secondary Urban Fire District, being all that area in Blocks VII,
VIII, and XII, Patetere South Survey District, included within the
following boundaries:

“ Commencing at the point where the Putaruru-Kinleith
railway-line crosses the Whakauru Stream; thence in a south-
easterly direction generally by the said Whakauru Stream to and
across the Tirau-Wairakei (No. 41) State Highway to a line drawn
in a southerly direction, generally being parallel to and at a uniform
distance of 5 chains from the centre-line of the said Tirau-Wairakei
(No. 41) State Highway ; thence in a southerly direction generally
by the said line to a point on a right line, being the production
of the southern boundary of Lot 31 on D.P. No. 23865 of Tokoroa
No. 1 Block; thence in a westerly direction by the said right line to
and across the Tirau-Wairakei (No. 41) State Highway to the south-
eastern corner of Lot 31 on D.P. No. 23865 of Tokoroa No. 1 Block;
thence by the southern boundary of the said Lot 31 on D.P. No.
23865 to the Putaruru-Kinleith railway-line; thence by a right
line across the said railway-line to the south-eastern corner of
Lot 18 on D.P. No. 23865 of Tokoroa No. 1 Block ; thence by the
eastern boundary of the said Lot 18 on D.P. No. 23865 to a point
being 10 chains distant from the centre-line of the Maraetai Road;
thence by a line drawn in a westerly direction, being parallel to and
at a uniform distance of 10 chains from the centre-line of the said
Maraetahi Road to the western boundary of Lot 6 on D.P. No.
32554 of Tokoroa No. 1 Block; thence in a northerly direction by
the said western boundary of Lot 6 on D.P. No. 32554 to the Maraetai
Road; thence in a northerly direction by a right line to the south-
western corner of Lot 11 on D.P. No. 23866 of Tokoroa No. 1 Block;
thence in a northerly direction by a right line to and across Baird
Road to a point being 10 chains distant from the north-western inter-
section of Baird Road and Paraonui Road; thence continuing by
a production of the said right line to a point 10 chains distant from
the centre-line of Baird Road; thence by a line drawn in an easterly
direction generally, being parallel to and at a uniform distance of
10 chains from the centre-line of Baird Road to the Whakauru
Stream ; thence in a south-eastern direction by the said Whakauru
Stream to the point of commencement.

“ And that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring
rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on
the 17th day of August in each and every year during the currency
of such loan, being a period of fifteen years or until the loan is fully
paid off.”

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of and a correct
extract from the minutes of proceedings of the Matamata County
Council at the meeting held on Thursday, 12th July, 1951.

J. A. BECK, County Clerk.

PATEA COUNTY COUNCIL

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE

Housing Loan, 1950, £3,900

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

“ That for the purpose of providing the principal, interest,
and other charges on a loan of £3,900, authorized to be raised by
the Patea County Council under the above-mentioned Act for the
erectio