Nov. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1433

Manner in which Special Rate can be levied in Districts where Ratepayers do not exceed One Hundred in Number.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of November, 1886.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by section twenty-one of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and direct that, where the ratepayers in a district do not exceed one hundred in number, the following shall be the manner in which the consent of the ratepayers shall be testified in favour of raising and levying a special rate, namely:—

The signatures to every consent of the ratepayers to be testified for the purposes of section twenty-one of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” shall be witnessed by some adult person or persons, and verified by statutory declaration of the attesting witness or witnesses, in the form prescribed by the First Schedule hereto.

Such consent shall, when completed, be forwarded to the Colonial Treasurer by the Chairman of the local authority of the district.

The Chairman of such local authority shall also forward to the Colonial Treasurer a declaration made by such Chairman, in the form prescribed by the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

FORM OF DECLARATION VERIFYING SIGNATURES TO CONSENT.

I, A.B., do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare—

That the signatures affixed to the above consent, initialed by me [or which I have marked, describing the mark], are the genuine signatures of the persons whose signatures they purport to be, and that such persons are ratepayers of the District [naming the district in full] to which such consent relates.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

A.B.

Declared at , this day
of , 18 , before me—
C.D.,
Justice of the Peace,
[or Solicitor, or Notary Public.]

SECOND SCHEDULE.

FORM OF DECLARATION BY CHAIRMAN OF LOCAL AUTHORITY.

I, A.B., Chairman of the [giving names of the local authority and the district in full], do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare—

That the signatures appended to the consent hereto attached (and which said consent is initialed by me on each page) comprise the signatures of three-fourths of the ratepayers of the District, and that the rateable values of the properties of the ratepayers signing the said consent are collectively greater than the rateable values of the properties of those ratepayers who do not consent to the levying of the special rate mentioned in the said consent.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

A.B.

Declared at , this day
of , 18 , before me—
C.D.,
Justice of the Peace,
[or Solicitor, or Notary Public.]

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land taken at Arahu ra for Portion of Greymouth to Hokitika Railway.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of October, 1886.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order that the Government work known as the Greymouth to Hokitika Railway shall and may be constructed on or through the parcel of land mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Provincial District of Westland; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 14243, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured pink.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land taken for Construction of Defence Works at Bastion Point, Provincial District of Auckland.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of August, 1886.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order that the Government work known as the construction of defence works at Bastion Point, Provincial District of Auckland, shall and may be constructed on or through the parcel of land more particularly described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Provincial District of Auckland; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 13900, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land at Petone taken for Portion of Wellington-Napier Railway.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of October, 1886.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent