Jan. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 7

pounds to construct a suspension bridge across the Waikato River, connecting Claudelands and the adjoining neighbourhood with Hamilton West: And whereas in the notifications calling a meeting of ratepayers to consider the proposal and in the notifications for the date of the poll, and also in the proposal on the voting-paper relative to the said loan, the term or duration of the said loan was not stated, although in the four weeks' notifications of the proposal of the said Council the time stated therein was a period of thirty years, or until the loan was fully paid off: And whereas 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 and the voting-paper used in relation to the said loan, and doth hereby declare that the proposal to raise the said loan shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as though the said notifications and voting-paper and the term of the said loan had been duly and regularly made, stated, and published respectively, 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 by reason only of the irregularities aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking Order in Council licensing George Tolerton to occupy a Part of Foreshore in Whangaroa Harbour.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of December, 1905.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 92, of the tenth day of November in the same year, His Excellency the Governor in Council did, inter alia, in pursuance of the provisions of “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883,” license George Tolerton, of Okaihau, Bay of Islands, to use and occupy a part of the foreshore in Whangaroa Harbour, in the Provincial District of Auckland, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining thereon a shop, dwelling, and storeroom in the position shown on, and in accordance with, plan marked M.D. 2294, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, and upon and subject to the terms and conditions therein set forth:

And whereas the said George Tolerton desires that the said license should be revoked so far as it relates to him:

Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise of all the powers enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby revoke and determine the said recited Order in Council of the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, so far as it relates to the license to the said George Tolerton, but not further or otherwise.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking the Delegation of Powers under “The Cemeteries Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1885,” to the Wairoa County Council, in respect of the Wairoa Public Cemetery.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of December, 1905.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by an Order in Council issued on the nineteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, the powers conferred upon the Governor by section six of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” as to the appointment and removal of trustees, were delegated to the Council of the County of Wairoa, in pursuance of section two of “The Cemeteries Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1885,” in respect to the cemetery described in the Schedule hereto: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said delegation:

Now, therefore, His Excellency William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the 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 revoke the delegation to the Council of the County of Wairoa of the powers conferred upon the Governor by section six of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” in respect of the Wairoa Public Cemetery, described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

WAIROA PUBLIC CEMETERY.

ALL that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 9 acres and 32 perches, more or less, being Suburban Section No. 54, Class 2, in the Township of Clyde. Bounded towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 33 and 34, 1350 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 55, 700 links; towards the south-west by Section No. 54A, reserve, 1280 links; and towards the north-west by a public road, 700 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 54603, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Date for Payment of Income-tax under “The Land-tax and Income-tax Act, 1905.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of December, 1905.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority vested in him under “The Land and Income Assessment Act, 1900,” and “The Land-tax and Income-tax Act, 1905,” 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 order and determine that the respective duties leviable under the said Acts by way of income-tax shall be paid in one sum on Wednesday, the thirty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and six.

And in further pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority aforesaid, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, His Excellency doth also determine that the place where the said duties of income-tax shall be payable shall be the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, at the Government Buildings, Wellington, and that notice to the foregoing effect shall be given by the said Commissioner accordingly.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to closing Road in Block XII., Shepherd’s Bush Survey District, Rangitata Road District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of December, 1905.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by section one hundred and thirty-three of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” it is enacted that a local authority shall not declare any county or district road to be stopped, and such road shall not be deemed to be stopped, until the consent thereto of the Governor by Order in Council gazetted is obtained:

And whereas the Rangitata Road Board has applied for such consent in respect to the road described in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the above-in-part-recited Act, and of all other powers in any-wise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said