May 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1149

of such notice was made on the morning of the day upon
which such subsequent meeting was held: And whereas it
is expedient to validate the said recited notification:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, being satisfied that the ratepayers
have not been misled, and acting under the powers conferred
by section ten of ‘The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment
Act, 1902,” and by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby validate
the said notification, and doth hereby declare that the pro-
ceedings relative to the said loan shall not be called in ques-
tion by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Constituting a Kauri-gum District under “The Kauri-gum
Industry Act, 1898,” and its Amendments.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth
day of April, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898”
(hereafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted
that the Governor in Council may from time to time divide
the North Island of New Zealand, or any portion thereof,
into such districts as he thinks fit, and notice of the
constitution of every such district shall be given in the
Gazette:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and
in exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me
by the said Act, do hereby constitute the portion of the said
North Island described in the Schedule hereto into a dis-
trict for the purposes of the said Act, the description and
boundaries whereof shall be those set forth in the Schedule
hereto; and I do hereby declare that, for the purposes of the
said Act, such district shall be known by the name set over
the description of such district.

SCHEDULE.

Awhitu Kauri-gum District.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District known as the
Awhitu Road District, the boundaries whereof are described
in the New Zealand Gazette No. 42, of the 18th May, 1883.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Lawrence Borough Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth
day of April, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
has been permanently reserved for public cemetery
purposes:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expe-
dient to vest the said reserve in the Lawrence Borough
Council:

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 the powers and authorities vested in him by the
fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth
hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date
hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall
become vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses
of the Borough of Lawrence, in trust, for public cemetery
purposes.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by
admeasurement 10 acres, more or less, being public ceme-
tery reserve, Town of Lawrence. Bounded towards the
north-west by Section No. 13, Block I, Tuapeka East
Survey District; towards the north-east by Gabriel Street,
in the Township of Lawrence; towards the south-east by a
road opposite Section No. 35, Block I, Tuapeka East Survey
District; and towards the south-west by a road opposite
Sections Nos. 14, 29, and 34 of the said Block I: as the
same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 52185, deposited
in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at
Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Maramarua Mechanics’ Institute
(Incorporated).

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth
day of April, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
has been permanently reserved for a site for a
mechanics’ institute and athenæum:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expe-
dient to vest the said reserve in the Maramarua Mechanics’
Institute (Incorporated):

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in
exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the
fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth
hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date
hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall
become vested in the Maramarua Mechanics’ Institute (In-
corporated), in trust, for a site for a mechanics’ institute
and athenæum.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by
admeasurement 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 55A,
Parish of Maramarua. Bounded by a line commencing at a
point on the southern side of a public road, the said point
being distant 547·8 links measured along a line running in a
north-westerly direction and bearing N. 53° 15′ W. from the
junction of the said public road with the road forming the
south-eastern boundary of Section No. 55, Maramarua
Parish, and proceeding thence in a south-easterly direction
along a line bearing S. 25° 48′ W., 283·6 links; thence in a
north-westerly direction along a line bearing N. 64° 12′ W.,
170 links; thence in a north-easterly direction along a line
bearing N. 25° 48′ E., 300 links; and thence in a south-
easterly direction by the said public road, 171·6 links, to the
point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more
or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G.
51852, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands
and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Road-lines through Land in the Kinloch Settlement to be closed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS a report has been received from the Surveyor-General from which it appears that the roads described
in the Schedule hereto are unformed and unused, and that they intersect land acquired under “The Land for
Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and are not suitable for the subdivision of such land:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and
in exercise of section sixty-nine of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this
behalf, do by this notice hereby close the roads hereinafter described, and I do hereby declare that they shall thereupon
become subject to the said Act.

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