18 Dec.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2051

Waihi Drainage Area—Notice of Making and Levying General Rates

I, ERNEST BOWYER CORBETT, Minister of Lands, in the exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Swamp Drainage Act 1915 and its amendments, do hereby make and levy, on the unimproved value of all land within the Pukehina Subdivision of the Waihi Drainage Area constituted under the said Act, the general rates described in the First Schedule hereto, and on the unimproved value of all land included in the Central Subdivision the general rate described in the Second Schedule hereto, and on the unimproved value of all land in the Kaikokopu Subdivision the general rates described in the Third Schedule hereto, such respective rates being for the purpose of meeting maintenance-costs for the period 1 April 1952 to 31 March 1953.

The amount of such rates will be payable in one sum on 19 December 1952, together with the amount of the special rates already made and levied, to the Collector of Rates, Room 8, First Floor, Government Buildings, Customs Street West, Auckland.

The rate-book will be open for inspection at the office of the Collector of Rates, and a copy of the same will be available for inspection at the office of the Kaituna River Roard, Tauranga, at all times at which those offices are open for the transaction of public business.

FIRST SCHEDULE
PUKEHINA SUBDIVISION

CLASS A: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the persons appointed to classify lands under section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act 1928, two pence and four one-hundredths of a penny (2·04d.) in the pound.

CLASS C: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class C, ninety-one one-hundredths of a penny (0·91d.) in the pound.

SECOND SCHEDULE
CENTRAL SUBDIVISION

CLASS A: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the persons appointed to classify lands under section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1928, seven pence and ninety-eight one-hundredths of a penny (7·98d.) in the pound.

THIRD SCHEDULE
KAIKOKOPU SUBDIVISION

CLASS A: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the persons appointed to classify lands under Section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act 1928, five pence and forty-two one-hundredths of a penny (5·42d.) in the pound.

CLASS B: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class B, four pence and twenty-two one-hundredths of a penny (4·22d.) in the pound.

CLASS C: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class C, two pence and forty-one one-hundredths of a penny (2·41d.) in the pound.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of December 1952.

W. SULLIVAN,
For the Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 15/24/1)

Notice of Making and Levying Special Rates Under the Swamp Drainage Act 1915 and its Amendments, Waihi Drainage Area: Pukemarama Special Subdivision

WHEREAS by section 4 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act 1948, it is enacted that the Minister of Lands may, from time to time make and levy on the lands in a special subdivision of a drainage area, an additional rate, or additional rates, for the repayment of the whole, or such part as the Minister of Finance from time to time determines, of any expenditure incurred for the construction of drainage works in a special subdivision, together with interest at such rate as the Minister of Finance from time to time determines:

And whereas by Order in Council published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 13 of 2 March 1950, certain lands in the Kaikokopu Subdivision of the Waihi Drainage Area were constituted a special subdivision to be known as the Pukemarama Special Subdivision:

And whereas the expenditure incurred for the construction of drainage works in the Pukemarama Special Subdivision together with capitalized interest to 31st day of March 1952, is £5,088 15s. 7d.:

And whereas the Minister of Finance has determined that the rate of interest for the purposes of the said section 4 shall be 3½ per cent:

And whereas it is expedient that special rates be made and levied sufficient to produce annual sums of £611 17s. 8d., which sums will include interest on the above-mentioned sum of £5,088 15s. 7d., or on so much as shall from time to time remain owing, and also repayments of capital sufficient to repay the capital of the said sum in a period of ten years:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the powers vested in me in that behalf by section 4 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act 1948, and all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, Ernest Bowyer Corbett, Minister of Lands, do hereby make and levy special rates on the unimproved value of all land within the Pukemarama Special Subdivision of the Kaikokopu Subdivision of the Waihi Drainage Area, as set out in the Schedule hereto.

And I declare that the foregoing special rates shall be annually recurring rates, and may be levied year by year, without further proceedings by the Minister, until moneys in respect of which they were made are paid off. The amount of such rates, will in respect of the financial year ending on 31 March 1953, be payable on 19 December 1952, and will, in respect of every future financial year, be payable on 30 August in such year.

And I further declare that the said special rates shall be payable at the office of the Collector of Rates, First Floor, Government Buildings, Customs Street West, Auckland.

SCHEDULE

CLASS A: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the person appointed to classify the lands under section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act 1928, eighteen pence and sixty-seven one-hundredths of a penny (18·67d.) in the pound.

CLASS B: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class B, fourteen pence and fifty-two one-hundredths of a penny (14·52d.) in the pound.

CLASS C: On the unimproved value of all lands so classified as Class C, eight pence and three-tenths of a penny (8·30d.) in the pound.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of December 1952.

W. SULLIVAN,
For the Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 15/24/5)

Notice of Intention to Take Land in Block IX, Oparara Survey District for Road

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act 1928, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road—and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, and notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Karamea and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken: 2 roods 13 perches.

Being part Sections 29 and 51.

Situated in Block IX, Oparara Survey District (Nelson R.D.).

In the Nelson Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 138973, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 15th day of December 1952.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 53/677; D.O. 23/54/0/4)

Exemption Order Under the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940

PURSUANT to the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940, the Minister of Transport hereby orders and declares that the provisions of clause (1) of regulation 7 of the said regulations so far as they relate to the driving of heavy trade motors shall not apply to the person hereinafter mentioned, but in lieu thereof the following provision shall apply:—

A motor-driver’s licence issued under the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940, to the person described in Column 1 of the Schedule hereunder may authorize him to drive a heavy trade motor in the course of his employment for the employer described in Column 2 of the said Schedule, but shall not authorize him, while he is under the age of eighteen years, to drive a heavy trade motor for any other purpose.

SCHEDULE

Column 1 (Driver). Column 2 (Employer).
James Allen Nickle, Pukekura, Cambridge . . . . Father.

Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of December 1952.

W. A. SHEAT,
For the Minister of Transport.