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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

Validating an Irregularity in the Notifications of the Special Order making the Special Rate, with respect to the Rate per Cent. being erroneously quoted.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of May, 1905.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Castlepoint County Council lately proposed to raise a special loan of eight hundred pounds to make and fence a road from Whakataki to Castlepoint: And whereas in the notifications relative to the said loan the rate of interest payable therefor was stated at three and one-half per centum instead of four per centum per annum: And whereas in the voting-paper the rate of interest was stated at four per centum per annum, and it appears that the ratepayers of the special-rating district have not been misled, and it is expedient to validate such irregularity:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the consent and advice 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 validate the notifications published in relation to the said loan, and doth hereby declare that the interest payable thereon shall be at the rate of four per centum per annum, and that the proposal to raise this said loan shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as though the said notifications had been duly and regularly made and published; and doth hereby declare that neither the said proposal to raise such special loan, or the special rate made to secure the interest and charges on the same, shall be called in question on account of the irregularity aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Irregularity in Napier Borough Council Elections.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of May, 1905.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the election of Mayor and Councillors for the Borough of Napier was appointed to be held on the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five, as provided by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” being the last Wednesday in the said month: And whereas the Returning Officer of the said Borough of Napier appointed the seventeenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five, to be the day on or before which nominations of candidates for the offices of Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Napier were to be delivered to him: And whereas in appointing such day as aforesaid the Returning Officer by mistake did not comply with section seven of “The Local Elections Act, 1904,” which prescribes that the day to be appointed by him for the nomination of candidates shall be a day not less than five nor more than seven days (exclusive of the day of election) before the election: And whereas pursuant to such notice as aforesaid Samuel Carnell was nominated as a candidate for the office of Mayor, and, there being no other candidate, he was on the said seventeenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five, declared to be duly elected to the office of Mayor: And whereas, of the candidates who, pursuant to such notice as aforesaid, were nominated for election to the office of Councillors, William James McGrath, James Spence, Alexander Edward Eagleton, John Chaddesley Westall, James Porteous Thomson, Thomas William Bear, Gideon Widerstrom, Andrew Paul, and William Adam Donaldson were duly elected: And whereas it sufficiently appears that no intending candidates were excluded or misled by reason of the Returning Officer’s aforesaid mistake, and that consequently such mistake was an irregularity in matter of form, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in him by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby validate the aforesaid irregularity, and declare that the aforesaid elections shall be as valid as if the Returning Officer’s notice and the proceedings consequent thereon had strictly complied with the provisions of “The Local Elections Act, 1904.”

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extension of Time for Preparation of County Rolls, Rangitikei County.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of May, 1905.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that, owing to unavoidable circumstances, the preparation of the rolls for the County of Rangitikei, and the taking of certain steps consequent on such preparation, cannot be made and taken within the times limited by “The Counties Act, 1886,” and it is expedient to extend the said times respectively:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by “The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1903,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the several dates mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be the respective dates for taking the several steps set out in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

1. For preparing the defaulters’ list and the rolls for ridings within the County of Rangitikei: Until the 27th May, 1905.
2. Time for which such list and rolls shall be open for inspection: From the 2nd June, 1905, to the 21st June, 1905.
3. Time for appeals against the said rolls: Until the 7th July, 1905.
4. Revision Courts may sit for hearing applications with reference to the said rolls, and adjourn: Until the 27th July, 1905.
5. Time when the said rolls, having been duly corrected and signed, shall come into force: On the 5th August, 1905.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extension of Time for Preparation of County Rolls, &c., County of Waitotara.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of May, 1905.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that, owing to unavoidable circumstances, the preparation of the rolls for the County of Waitotara, and the taking of certain steps consequent on such preparation, cannot be made and taken within the times limited by “The Counties Act, 1886,” and it is expedient to extend the said times respectively:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by “The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1903,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the several dates mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be the respective dates for taking the several steps set out in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

1. For preparing the defaulters’ list and the rolls for ridings within the County of Waitotara: Until the 22nd June, 1905.
2. Time for which such list and rolls shall be open for inspection: From the 27th June, 1905, to the 15th July, 1905.
3. Time for appeals against the said rolls: Until the 31st July, 1905.