JULY 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1683

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 Rodney: Until the 22nd day of June, 1905.

2. Time for which such list and rolls shall be open for inspection: From the 27th day of June, 1905, to the 15th day of July, 1905.

3. Time for appeals against the said rolls: Until the 31st day of July, 1905.

4. Revision Courts may sit for hearing applications with reference to the said rolls, and adjourn: Until the 21st day of August, 1905.

5. Time when the said rolls, having been duly corrected and signed, shall come into force: On the 1st day of September, 1905.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending Time for Election of Member of Wanganui Harbour Board by County of Wanganui.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of July, 1905.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Wanganui Harbour Board Act, 1893,” it is, among other things, enacted that the elective members of the Board shall consist, inter alia, of one person qualified to be a member of the County Council of the County of Wanganui, and that on the second Monday in the month of February in every alternate year there shall be an election of the elective members of the Board:

And whereas an election was held on the thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five, by the ratepayers of the County of Wanganui to elect a member of the said Board, which said election was on the twentieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five, by reason of irregularity, declared void under section fifty of “The Local Elections Act, 1904”:

And whereas a fresh election could not be held within twenty-five days after the date of such declaration as required by section fifty-three of that Act:

And whereas it is enacted by section two hundred and thirty-three of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” that in any case in which, by misadventure or accident, anything is at any time done after the time required by that Act, or is otherwise irregularly done in matter of form, the Governor may, by Order in Council duly gazetted, from time to time make provision for any such case, or may extend the time within which anything is required to be done:

And whereas it is desirable to extend the time within which the ratepayers of the County of Wanganui may elect a member of the Wanganui Harbour Board:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the hereinbefore-recited section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time within which the ratepayers of the County of Wanganui shall elect a duly qualified member of the Wanganui Harbour Board until Wednesday, the second day of August, one thousand nine hundred and five.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating the Public Notification in connection with a Loan of £1,500 applied for by the Barrett Road Board.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of July, 1905.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Barrett Road Board lately proposed to raise a loan of one thousand five hundred pounds for the purpose of forming Devon Road from Belt Road to South Road of the said Road Board district: And whereas a special order making a special loan rate has been made as security for the said loan: And whereas the provisions of section seventy-five of “The Road Boards Act 1882,” relating to special orders were not complied with by the said Board, inasmuch as public notice of such meeting for the purpose of passing the resolution making such special order, although published for four weeks successively, was not published for four successive weeks immediately preceding the day on which the subsequent meeting was held: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the said proceedings:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers 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 declare that such public notification of the special order shall be deemed and taken to be as valid as though the said notification had been properly published, and that the proceedings relative to the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending Period within which Crown Lands Inquiry Commissioners shall report.

PLUNKET, Governor.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to James McKerrow, Esquire, of Wellington; Robert Hall, Esquire, of Auckland; William Wilson McCardle, Esquire, of Kawhia; William Arthur McCutchan, Esquire, of Whangamomona; John Moore Johnston, Esquire, of Palmerston North; William Brooklyn Matheson, Esquire, of Rongomai; George William Forbes, Esquire, of Linwood; John Anstey, Esquire, of Otipua; Donald McLennan, Esquire, of Duntroun; and John Thomas Paul, Esquire, of Dunedin: Greeting.

WHEREAS by a Commission bearing date the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five, you, the said

JAMES MCKERROW,
ROBERT HALL,
WILLIAM WILSON MCCARDLE,
WILLIAM ARTHUR MCCUTCHAN,
JOHN MOORE JOHNSTON,
WILLIAM BROOKLYN MATHESON,
GEORGE WILLIAM FORBES,
JOHN ANSTEY,
DONALD MCLENNAN, and
JOHN THOMAS PAUL,

were appointed to be Commissioners, with the powers mentioned therein, for the purpose of making inquiry into matters affecting Crown lands:

And whereas by the said Commission you were directed and required to transmit to me your report and recommendations in respect to the several matters inquired into by you not later than the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five:

And whereas the time within which you were required to report was extended to the eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and five:

And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be further extended as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in exercise and pursuance of every power and authority enabling me in this behalf, do hereby further extend the period within which you shall (using all diligence) report to me, as by the said Commission provided, to the eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and five.

And with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said power and authority, I do hereby confirm the said Commission, except as altered by these presents.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Approved in Council.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.