SEPT. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2509

Amending the Regulations under “The Workers’ Dwellings Act, 1905.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of September, 1906.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section nineteen of “The Workers’ Dwellings Act, 1905,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time make regulations for carrying out the purposes of the said Act:

And whereas certain regulations were made under the said Act by an Order in Council made and issued on the fifteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in Gazette No. 21, of the twenty-second day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six: And whereas it is desirable to amend the said regulations:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke clause ten of the said regulations, and make the following regulation in lieu thereof:—

REGULATION.

10. (1.) No deposit is required with any application, but every successful applicant shall before being admitted to possession make payments as follows:—

(a.) In the case of a weekly tenancy, the amount of one week’s rent.

(b.) In the case of a lease, the amount of the first month’s rent: Provided that the successful applicant may, with the permission of the Land Board, pay the sum of one pound as part of the first month’s rent, and undertake to complete the payment within thirty days, together with ten shillings for registration of lease.

(2.) An applicant may indicate in his application his preference for any particular dwelling, but no person shall be allowed to acquire or hold more than one dwelling.

(3.) If there is only one approved applicant in any class he shall be entitled to the choice of any dwelling in the class in which he applies.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Makerua Drainage District, Counties of Horowhenua and Kairanga, constituted.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of September, 1906.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the third section of “The Land Drainage Act, 1904,” a majority of the ratepayers in the area of land described in the Schedule hereto, situated in the Counties of Horowhenua and Kairanga, have presented a petition to His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, praying that the said area be constituted a drainage district under the provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the third section of “The Land Drainage Act, 1904,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby constitute and declare the area of land described in the Schedule hereto to be a district for the purposes of Part I of the said Act, and to be called by the name of the “Makerua Drainage District”; and also, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the fourth section of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the Board of Trustees for the said district shall consist of five persons, to be elected as members of the said Board under and in accordance with the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

MAKERUA DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north-west generally by the Tuwhakatupua Block from the Manawatu River to Section No. 41, Block IV, Mount Robinson Survey District; thence by the said Section No. 41, and the road forming the north-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 34, 33, 31, 30, 29, 26, 25, and 23, Block I. Arawaru Survey District, to the road forming the north-eastern boundary of the last-mentioned section; thence by that road to the southernmost corner of Section No. 159; and thence by Sections Nos. 159, 158, and 157, Block I aforesaid, to the easternmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence towards the north-east by the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 15, 17, and 18 to the Wellington-Manawatu Railway line: thence towards the south-east generally by the said railway-line to the Township of Tokomaru; thence by the said Township of Tokomaru and again by the railway-line to the westernmost corner of Section No. 2, Block VIII, Mount Robinson Survey District; thence by the last-mentioned section to its southernmost corner; thence by the south-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 3, 4, and 5, Block VIII aforesaid, to the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by a right line to a point on the south-western boundary-line of Section No. 6, distant 20 chains from its westernmost corner; thence by a right line to a point on the north-western boundary-line of Section No. 7, Block VIII aforesaid, distant 20 chains from its northernmost corner; thence by the railway-line to Section No. 2, Block XII. Mount Robinson Survey District; thence by the north-eastern boundary-line of the said Section No. 2 for a distance of 10 chains; thence by a line parallel to and 10 chains distant from the railway-line, through Sections Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 10, Block XII aforesaid, to the road forming the south-western boundary of the last-mentioned section; thence by that road to the railway-line; thence by the railway-line to the north-eastern boundary-line of 2d Section 6b of Manawatu-Kukutauaki 2d Block: thence towards the south-west by the north-eastern boundary-line of the said 2d Section 6b for a distance of 73 chains; thence by a right line at right angles to the last-mentioned boundary-line to the south-western boundary-line of the said 2d of Section 6b; thence by the south-western boundary-lines of 2d Section 6b and 2d Section 6c of the said Manawatu-Kukutauaki 2d Block to the Manawatu River: and thence towards the west generally by the Manawatu River to the place of commencement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Validating Election of Members of Waitotara-Momohaki Road Board, County of Patea.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of September, 1906.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS prior to the seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six, the following persons were members of the Board of the Waitotara-Momohaki Road District, namely: Edward Thurston, Finlay J. F. Macdonald, James Kennedy, William Birch, and Alfred Walton Curry: And whereas the said William Birch resigned his office as a member of the said Board, and the said Edward Thurston and Alfred Walton Curry went out of office by effluxion of time, as provided by section three of “The Road Boards Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1883,” and an election to fill these three vacancies should have been held: And whereas by inadvertence a general election was held on the seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six, for five members of the Board, and the undermentioned persons were declared to be duly elected, namely:—

JAMES KENNEDY,
FINLAY J. F. MACDONALD,
ROBERT JOHN SEWELL,
EDWARD THURSTON, and
FREDERICK TRAIN:

And whereas it is expedient to validate the said election as hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in him by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the colony, doth hereby validate the irregularities in matter of form which occurred with respect to the aforesaid election of the said Edward Thurston, Robert John Sewell, and Frederick Train as members of the said Waitotara-Momohaki Road Board, in addition to the said James Kennedy and Finlay J. F. Macdonald, whose term of office had not then expired.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.