APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1039

in the Forest Gate Estate Water-race District is insufficient
to complete the work: And whereas application has been
made by the Waipawa County Council for a further loan of
one hundred pounds, under “The Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1901” (the said loan being ten per centum of the original
loan), to complete the work: And whereas when making
the special order making the special rate for such further
loan, and in the public notification of such special order,
Section 1, Block XII, of the Ruataniwha Survey District
was in error omitted from the description of the Forest
Gate Estate Water-race District, although such section was
included in the special-rating district of the original loan:
And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been
misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate
the said special order and the said public notifications:

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
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth
hereby declare that such special order and the public
notification thereof shall be deemed and taken to be as valid
as though the said special order and the public notification
thereof had been regularly made and given, and that the
proceedings relative to the said loan shall not be called in
question by reason only of the irregularities aforesaid.

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

Validating the Public Notification in connection with an
Additional Loan of £200 applied for by the Pohangina
County Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth
day of April, 1906.

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

WHEREAS the Pohangina County Council lately pro-
posed to raise a loan of two hundred pounds, under
“The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901,” and Acts amending
the same (in addition to the sum of six hundred and fifty
pounds already applied for), for the purpose of paying the
cost of additions and extensions now carried out in connec-
tion with the river protective works at the Ferry Road:
And whereas there was a lapse of eleven days between the
last public notification of the intention to raise the loan and
the date of the meeting of ratepayers, contrary to the pro-
visions of section nine of “The Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1901”:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been
misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate
the same:

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 order and declare that the said meeting
of the ratepayers shall not be called in question by reason
only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Validating the Voting-paper (wherein the Date of the Poll was
omitted to be mentioned) and the Public Notifications of the
Special Order making the Rate (wherein the Act was wrongly
quoted) in connection with the Loan of £4,000 to form
Dray-roads and erect Bridges in and giving Access to the
Rangiwaewa Block, applied for by the Upper Wangaehu
Road Board.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth
day of April, 1906.

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

WHEREAS the Upper Wangaehu Road Board lately
proposed to raise a loan of four thousand pounds
for the purpose of forming dray-roads and erecting bridges
in and giving access to the Rangiwaewa Block: And whereas

the voting-paper used at the poll taken upon the proposal
was not strictly in accordance with Form No. 1 in the
Schedule to “The Local Bodies' Loans Amendment Act,
1903,” inasmuch as the date upon which the poll was to be
taken did not appear at the head thereof: And whereas
the public notification of the special order making the
special rate quoted “The Road Boards Acts Amendment
Act, 1905,” as “The Road Boards Act Amendment Act,
1903”: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have
not been misled, and it is expedient to validate such pro-
ceedings:

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 voting-paper used
as aforesaid and the said public notification of the special
order 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 in accordance with Form No. 1 in the Schedule
to “The Local Bodies' Loans Amendment Act, 1903,” and
as though “The Road Boards Acts Amendment Act, 1905,”
was correctly quoted respectively, and doth hereby declare
that the proceedings relative to the said loan and special
rate shall not be called in question by reason only of the
irregularities aforesaid.

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

Validating the Date when the Poll was taken on Proposals
to raise Loans of £200 and £650 for constructing River
Protection Works at a Point known as Holly's Hill, and
for constructing River Protection Works at a Point known
as Ferry Road respectively, applied for by the Pohangina
County Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth
day of April, 1906.

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

WHEREAS the Pohangina County Council lately pro-
posed to raise loans of two hundred pounds and
six hundred and fifty pounds respectively for the purpose of
constructing river protection works at a point known as
Holly's Hill, and for constructing river protection works at a
point known as Ferry Road: And whereas the meetings of
the ratepayers were held to consider the proposals on the
twenty-second day of March, one thousand nine hundred and
five: And whereas the polls of the ratepayers were taken
on the thirteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred
and five, being an interval of twenty-two days between the
date of the ratepayers' meetings and the date when the said
polls were taken, contrary to the provisions of section eleven
of “The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901”:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been
misled, and it is expedient to validate such irregularities:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power
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 polls of rate-
payers shall not be called in question by reason only of the
irregularities aforesaid.

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

Appointing Members of Assessment Courts under “The
Government Valuation of Land Act Amendment Act,
1900.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth
day of April, 1906.

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in him by “The Government Valuation of Land
Act Amendment Act, 1900,” His Excellency the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the