JUNE 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1491

Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by section ten of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1902,” doth hereby declare that the said special order and public notifications so advertised as aforesaid shall be deemed and taken to be as valid to all intents and purposes as though the same were regular in form, and doth hereby declare that the said special order and the proceedings relative to the said special rate or to the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Proceedings by the Kaitangata Borough Council for raising a Loan of £500 towards the Erection of a Bridge over the Matau Branch of the Clutha River.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of June, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the Kaitangata Borough Council took all necessary steps under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” to entitle it to raise a loan of five hundred pounds, being its share of the cost of erecting a bridge at Kaitangata over the Matau Branch of the Clutha River, but at the time such proceedings were taken no Governor’s Warrant authorising the construction of the said bridge, as required by section one hundred and thirteen of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” had been issued, but such Warrant was obtained subsequently thereto—namely, on the eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and four: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled, and it is expedient to validate the said proceedings: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by section ten of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1902,” doth hereby declare that the proceedings taken by the said Borough Council under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” as aforesaid shall be deemed and taken to be valid to all intents and purposes as though the same had been taken after the issue of the said Warrant, and the provisions of section one hundred and thirteen of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” had been duly complied with.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Altering the Rates of Duty on certain Goods imported into the Cook and other Islands.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of June, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon him by “The Cook and other Islands Government Act Amendment Act, 1902,” and “The Cook and other Islands Government Act Amendment Act, 1903,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby modify the New Zealand Customs Tariff in its application to goods imported into the Cook and other islands aforesaid by declaring and directing that the duty on claret imported into the Cook and other islands aforesaid, on and after the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and four, shall be two shillings the gallon (in lieu of six shillings the gallon as fixed by “The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888”), and that the duty on horses imported into the Cook and other islands aforesaid, on and after the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and four, shall be ten shillings each (in lieu of one pound each as fixed by “The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888”), also that drugs imported by missionary societies for dispensation among the Natives be admitted free into the said islands.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating the Public Notifications re £300 Loan applied for by the Raglan County Council for the Purpose of forming and metalling Portions of the Ngaruawahia–Waingaro–Waimai Road under Section 10 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1902.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of June, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the Raglan County Council lately proposed to raise a loan of three hundred pounds for the purpose of forming and metalling portions of the Ngaruawahia–Waingaro–Waimai Road: And whereas a special order making a special rate has been made as security for the said loan: And whereas the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-four of “The Counties Act, 1886,” relating to special orders were not complied with by the said Raglan County Council, inasmuch as public notice of the meeting for the purpose of confirming the resolution adopting such special order, although published for four successive weeks, was not given once in each of the four weeks immediately after the date at which such resolution was passed: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled, and it is expedient to validate such irregularity: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by section ten of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1902,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the said special order shall be deemed and taken to be as valid to all intents and purposes as though the same had been regular in form, and doth hereby declare that the proceedings relative to the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Lands temporarily reserved in the Wellington Land District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned: Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the lands in the Wellington Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes in the said Schedule specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the lands so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres and 31 perches, more or less, being Section No. 13, Mowhanau Village. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 14, Mowhanau Village; towards the south-east by Matai Street; towards the south-west by Waitangi Parade; and towards the north-west by Section No. 12 of said village. For primary education.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood 20 perches, more or less, being Section No. 14, Mowhanau Village. Bounded towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 9 and 15, Mowhanau Village; towards the south-east by Matai Street; towards the south-west by Section No. 13 of said village; and towards the north-west by Sections Nos. 12 and 9 of village aforesaid. For primary education.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 52128, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured purple.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood 5 perches, more or less, being Section No. 18, Mowhanau Village. Bounded towards the north-east by Waitangi Parade; towards the south-east by Section No. 72, Mowhanau Village; and towards the