Nov. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2751

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 10 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 of the irregularity aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land temporarily reserved in the Wellington Land District.

PLUNKET, 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, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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 land in the Wellington Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Schedule specified at the end of the description of the land so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 10 acres 2 roods 30 perches, more or less, being Section No. 1, Village of Kohanga. Bounded towards the north-east by Rata Street, Village of Kohanga; towards the south-east by Kowhai Street of said village; towards the south-west by Manuka Street of said village; and towards the north-west by Sections Nos. 2 and 26 of the village aforesaid: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 52879, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered purple. For a site for a public school.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Lands temporarily reserved in the Auckland Land District.

PLUNKET, 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, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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 Auckland 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 Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood 15 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of Block XV., Town of Paeroa. Bounded towards the north-east by Lewis Street, Town of Paeroa; towards the south-east by Victoria Street of said town; towards the south-west by Wood Street of said town; and towards the north-west by Sections Nos. 6 and 7 of Block XV. of the Town of Paeroa aforesaid. For a recreation reserve.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 34 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 1, 2, and 3, Block XXI., Town of Paeroa.

Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 4, Block XXI., Town of Paeroa; towards the south-east by Sections Nos. 8 and 7 of said Block XXI.; towards the south-west by Lewis Street of said town; and towards the north-west by Olga Street, Town of Paeroa aforesaid. For a recreation reserve.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 48702A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved in the Southland Land District.

PLUNKET, 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, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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 land in the Southland Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Schedule specified at the end of the description of the land so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing 2,326,200 acres (approximately), bounded towards the north-east by the summit of the watershed between John O’Groat’s River and Thurso River from the Tasman Sea at Stripe Point to Pembroke Peak, thence by the summit of the leading range to Tutoko Peak; towards the east and south-east generally by the summit of the watershed between the Hollyford River and the Cleddau River to Homer’s Saddle, thence by the summit of the leading range to Mount Anau, thence by the summit of the watershed between the Hollyford River and Eglington River to a point due north of Mount Eglington, thence by a line due south through Mount Eglington to the Eglington River, thence by the said Eglington River to Lake Te Anau, thence by the eastern shore of the said Lake Te Anau to the Waiau River, thence by the eastern shore of the said Lake Manapouri to the Waiau River, thence by a right line to the Monowai River where it flows out of Lake Monowai, thence by the south-eastern shore of the said Lake Monowai to a point due north of Goldie’s Hill Trigonometrical Station, Hauroko Survey District, thence by a line due south through the said trigonometrical station to the northern boundary-line of Rowallan Survey District; towards the south generally by the last-mentioned boundary-line to Lake Hauroko, thence by the south-eastern shore of the said Lake Hauroko to the Wairaurahiri River where it flows out of the said Lake Hauroko, thence by the western shore of the said Lake Hauroko to the northern boundary-line of Waitutu Survey District, thence by the last-mentioned boundary-line and the northern boundary-line of Hakapoua Survey District to Dawson Burn, thence by the said Dawson Burn to the south-eastern shore of Preservation Inlet, and thence by the said shore to Puysegur Point, Preservation Survey District; and thence towards the west and north-west generally by the Tasman Sea to Stripe Point, the place of commencement: excluding from the above-described area the following islands, viz., Lee, Entrance, Arran, Bute, Doubtful, Erin’s, Centre, and Dome Islets, situated in Lake Te Anau; the islands Pomona, Rona, Isola, Holmwood, Makara, Buncrana, Koinga, and Inch Keith, situated in Lake Manapouri; the islands Lloyd, Anxiety, Secretary, Bauza, Elizabeth, Towing, Breaksea, Gilbert, Entry, Resolution, Anchor, Petrel, Parrot, Pigeon, Seal, Norman’s, Indian, Long, Cooper, Front, Shag, Chalk, Passage, Great, Coal, and Steep-to, situated in or adjacent to the West Coast Sounds; excluding also that portion of the mainland bounded by a line commencing at a point on the southern shore of Dusky Sound due north of the summit of Mount Sparman, and proceeding thence due south to said summit, thence by a right line in a south-westerly direction to the summit of Mount Bradshaw, thence by a right line due west to the Tasman Sea, thence northerly by said sea to the southern shore of Dusky Sound, and thence