of eight councillors exclusive of the Mayor, such alteration
to be effective as from the 1st day of November 1953.''
The foregoing resolution was duly passed by the Geraldine
Borough Council by way of special order, passed and adopted
at a special meeting of the said Council, convened for that
purpose on the 14th day of September 1953; and in the
meantime having been publicly notified in the prescribed
manner, confirmed by the said Council on the 13th day of
October 1953.

The common seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses
of the Borough of Geraldine was hereunto affixed to the
foregoing special order this 13th day of October 1953 in the
presence of--

P. H. DAVIS, Mayor of Borough of Geraldine.[L.S.]A. HILL, Town Clerk of Borough of Geraldine.675

BAY OF ISLANDS HARBOUR BOARD

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE

Harbour Board Loan 1953, £198,000

IN pursuance of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the
Local Bodies’ Loans Act 1926, the Bay of Islands
Harbour hereby resolves as follows:

‘That, for the purpose of providing the interest and
other charges on a loan of £198,000 (one hundred and
ninety-eight thousand pounds), authorized to be raised by
the Bay of Islands Harbour Board under the above-mentioned
Act, for—

1. Construction of wharf and miscellaneous harbour
   works at and in the vicinity of Opua,

2. Dredging:
   (a) Veronica Channel to 24 ft. L.W.S.T.,
   (b) At wharf,

the said Bay of Islands Harbour Board hereby makes and
levies a special rate upon the rateable value of all rateable
property in the Bay of Islands Harbour District comprising
the Counties of Mangonui, Hokianga, Whangaroa, and Bay
of Islands and the Boroughs of Kaitaia and Kaikohe, the
special rate to be a rate, the product of which does not exceed
the product of:

(a) A rate of thirteen sixteenths of a penny in the pound
upon the unimproved value, as at the thirty-first
day of March nineteen hundred and fifty-two of
all rateable property in the County of Mangonui
and the Borough of Kaitaia;

(b) A rate of one penny and one half-penny in the pound
upon the unimproved value, as at the thirty-first
day of March nineteen hundred and fifty-two, of
all rateable property in the Counties of Hokianga
and Whangaroa;

(c) A rate of twopence and one-sixteenth of a penny
in the pound upon the unimproved value, as at the
thirty-first day of March nineteen hundred and
fifty-two of all rateable property in the County
of Bay of Islands and the Borough of Kaikohe;

and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate
during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly
on the first day of December and the first day of June in
each year and every year during the currency of such loan,
being a period of thirty years, or until the loan is fully
paid off.''

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a
resolution passed by the Bay of Islands Harbour Board at a
meeting held at Opua on the 1st day of October 1953.

P. S. STANLEY,676Secretary, Bay of Islands Harbour Board.

LOWER HUTT CITY COUNCIL

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE

Petone Overbridge Loan 1953, £18,000

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that
behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act 1926, the Lower
Hutt City Council hereby resolves as follows:

‘That, for the purpose of providing the interest and
other charges on a loan of eighteen thousand pounds (£18,000)
authorized to be raised by the Lower Hutt City Council under
the above-mentioned Act for the purpose of meeting Lower
Hutt’s proportion of the cost of construction of an over-
bridge at Petone; the said Lower Hutt City Council hereby
makes and levies a special rate of one hundred and ninety
thousandths of a penny (0·190d.) in the pound (£) on the
rateable value (on the basis of the annual value) of all
rateable property in the City of Lower Hutt, and that such
special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the
currency of such loan and be payable yearly on or about the
first day of August in each year during the currency of such
loan, being a period of thirty-five years, or until the loan is
paid off.''

I hereby certify that the above resolution was passed at
a meeting of the Lower Hutt City Council held on 12 October
1953.677C. M. TURNER, Town Clerk.

HUTT COUNTY COUNCIL

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE

Paraparaumu Fire Engine Loan 1952, £1,600

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

‘That, for the purpose of providing the principal, interest,
and other charges on a loan of £1,600 authorized to be raised
by the Hutt County Council under the above-mentioned Act
for the purpose of purchasing a fire engine with fittings and
equipment necessary to serve the Paraparaumu Secondary
Urban Fire District, the said Hutt County Council hereby
makes and levies a special rate of one-thirtieth of a penny
(1/30d.) in the pound upon the rateable value on the basis of
the unimproved value of all rateable property of the Kapiti
and Whareroa Ridings of the County of Hutt, and that such
special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the
currency of such loan and be payable yearly on the 1st day
of September in each and every year during the currency of
such loan, being a period of ten years, or until the loan
is fully paid off.''

Proposed by Councillor A. Hardham.
Seconded by Councillor E. Caradus and carried.

We hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a
resolution passed at a meeting of the Hutt County Council
held at Wellington on the 8th day of October 1953.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and
Inhabitants of the County of Hutt was hereunto affixed this
8th day of October 1953 in the presence of--

J. B. YALDWYN, County Chairman.[L.S.]H. R. ROBINSON, County Clerk.678

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand

Canterbury District

(Christchurch Registry).

In the matter of the Administration Act 1908, and in
the matter of the estate of RONALD CEDRIC JAMES
KIRK, late of Christchurch, Tally Clerk, deceased.

HEREBY give notice that by an order of the Supreme
Court, Christchurch, dated the 14th day of October 1953,
I was appointed administrator of the estate of the above-
named RONALD CEDRIC JAMES KIRK, and I hereby call a
meeting of creditors to be held at my office in Maling's
Building, 184 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch, on Tuesday,
27 October 1953, at 2.15 p.m.

All claims against the above estate must be lodged with
me on or before 15 December 1953.

G. W. BROWN, Official Assignee.

184 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch, 16 October 1953.679

MARTON BOROUGH COUNCIL

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE

Water Supply Improvement Loan 1953, £165,000

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

‘That, for the purpose of providing the interest and
other charges on a loan of £165,000 authorized to be raised
by the Marton Borough Council under the above-mentioned
Act for the purpose of constructing a storage dam, renewing
water-supply mains, making additions to the filtration plant,
installing reticulation, and providing for incidental work and
expenses, the said Marton Borough Council hereby makes and
levies a special rate of ten decimal two nought three (10·203)
perce in the pound upon the rateable property within the
Borough of Marton, and that such special rate shall be an
annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan and
be payable yearly on the 14th day of July in each and every
year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty
years, or until the loan is fully paid off.''

Moved by Councillor Fogelberg, seconded by Councillor
Howard.

I hereby certify the above to be a true copy of the
resolution so passed.

W. T. TILLICK, Town Clerk.680