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Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 368, 24 June 1884, Page 3

» r General Notices. k THE WAIMEA PLAINS RAILWAY/ ; if, COMPANY (LIMITED). £ Special rate for the purpose of Providing 0 Guaranteed Interest for the Year B ending the 31st day of March, 1884. . . ; Under the Authority of " The D«. 1 trtct Railways Aot 1877, " and the 1 Acts Amending the same, and " The I Rating Act 1881." 1 "VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVfIN that "Tlie -*-* Waimea Plains Railway Company (Limited)," by direction of the Honorable Mdward Mitchelson, the Minister for Public Works for the Colony of New Zealand, intend to MAKE and LEVY a RATE of THREE-HALFPSNCE in the POUND upon the rateable values of the rateable preperty situat* in the district constituted for the purposes of the Waimea Plains Railway, ai appearing in the Valuation-roll for the County of Southland (that being the valua r tiqn-roll for the purpose of local rating within the Railway district) in force on the 31st day of March 1884 ; such rate to be for tke •ye*r ending the thirty- first day of March 1884— that is to say for the period commencing the first day of April 1883 and ending on the 31st day of March 1884, and to be payable in twojequal instalments or 3uma,one of suck instalments to be payable on the thirtieth day of JUNE 1884. and the other of such'' instalments to be payable, on the thirty-first day of- DECEMBER 1884, and to be applied to make up in part the • deficiency- between ; the profits of the Company and the guaranteed interest on the cost of the said Railway, as provided by " The District Railways Act 1877" and the Amendments thereof. And notice is 'hereby further ( given that the Rate-book of the said Waimea .Plains Railway District will be open for inspection without fee at the office, at Gore ? , of Messrs Green and Souness, Auctioneers tkere, between the hoars of 10 o'clock in the forenoon and 4 o'clock in the; afternoon of each and every working day between the '^rd'day of 'June 1884 : and the 9th day of July 1884, both days inclusive. , £ 'i3at«d kbit ISth 1 day of June 1884. i rßy order of the Board of r Directors of ;the j Waimea Plains Railway Company (Limited). R, H.LEARY, 6 657: it ;i ■ ; . • . ! Secretary. THE WAIMEA PLAINS SAILWAY' ;; ' CTdMPANY (LIMITED). \ , f NOTJO^IS, HEREBY. GIVBK that: a MEETING of the Board of Directors of the above Company will be held at the Me&istered Office of the Company in Hjgh street, DuhSdin, on MONDAY, the 14th day of Judy 1884, at 3 o'clock in the ~af ternopn' for the purposes following— that is to say ? 1. To make and declare a Rate for the j : ...year ending the 31st day of Mar^ch 1 1884 (that ia to say for the period commencing the Ist day of Ariril : 1883 and ending on the 31»t day! of March 1884) of Three-halfpence ;in .the Pound upon the rateable values of the rateable property situate |in " ■ ; the' district constituted for the purpose of the Waimea Plains Railway, ;ta appearing on the valuation-rbll - for the County of Southland in force oa the 31st day of March. 1884 ; such ' rate to be payable in two equal in- j stalments or sums — one of such instalments to be payable on the 30th ; , day of June, 1884, and the other on I tbe 31st day of Pecemher, 1884. * i 2. To appoint a Collector to collect the ' said rate and every instalment therei of. 3. To appoint two or more of the Directors of the Company to sign the c Rate-book. ■ „ : 'Dated at Dunedin,'the 17th day of June : 1884. :- By order of the Board of Directors of the ; Waimea Plains Railway Company (Limited). - R. H. LEAKY, jefflft Secretaiy. j ; A Fortune for 10s ! c D AMAS TOR'S i NOVELTY CONSULTATION ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, 1884. T© be run on 4ti November. 184 Nomin- ,. . ationa. . :,, : , Will close November Ist. CAPITAL : : £5000.^ j In 10,000 Shares of 10s each. ( 319 Prizes to be distributed as follows : — HOESES. CASH ATTJLBDS. i First ... £1000 sat £100 ... £500 ( Second ... 400 10 at £50 ... 500 Third :• ... 200 20 at £25 ... 600 Starters, divide 300 40 at £10 ... 400 Stoti-starters, divide ... 600 BQ at £6: „, 800 60 at £5 ... 300 ; . $2500 £2500 : Each ticket has aeven separate chances* Race and Caah Awards being drawn for separately. .Please aend P.O. orders when convenient, or bank notes. Ckeques must be marked correct by bank. Note.— Registered letters not accepted. Two stamps required for reply and result. Programmes, with nominations of horses, gent free on application. Will positively close on or before Nbv«mlw>r \ Ist, 1884. ADAM.AS^eR'S ;,&50 \ , Special Prize oi £so ! A speoial prize of £50 will be given to the fiistshaieholder of four tickets, or more, who name* the first three horses in their respective places. A register will be kept of the date each tipster's letter is received, and the irst correct tipster will receive this speoial priae. Each shareholder . of not less than four tickets is entitled to a tip ; of eight tickets, two tips, and so on, for each and every four tickets. The LSO i» place.d in the hands of the editor ,©f the ' Otago Weekly Witness,' Dunedin. Books open to subscribers for inspection. All subscribers on application can know where the. . principal prizes go to, and their names and address, if required. • •;/ Address : AdamASTOB, . •• i •■:. ; Care of* Lyons andHar^j 1 J 6tto P. 0., Box 151, Dttnedin.