APRIL 18.]

SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing District Valuers under "The Government Valuation of Land Act, 1896."

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of April, 1907.
Present :

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by "The Government Valuation of Land Act, 1896," 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 appoint, as from the 1st day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven,

DAVID STOWELL, of St. Andrew's, and EDWARD MORGAN, of Drury,

to be District Valuers under the said Act; also, in order to remove all doubt as to the manner in which these appointments are made, it is hereby declared that the provisions of neither "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886," nor "The Civil Service Insurance Act, 1893," apply to the persons so appointed.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Vesting Reserves in the Mackenzie County Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of April, 1907.
Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.
WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto have been permanently reserved for gravel purposes:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that the said lands should be vested in the Mackenzie County 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 reserves mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Mackenzie County, in trust, as reserves for gravel purposes.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating the Public Notification of the Special Order making the Rate for a Loan of £4,000 applied for by the Sefton-Ashley Drainage Board.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of April, 1907.
Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.
WHEREAS the Sefton-Ashley Drainage Board has applied to the Colonial Treasurer, under the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901" (hereinafter called "the said Act"), and its amendments, for a loan of four thousand pounds for the purpose of erecting protective works (1) along the north bank of the River Ashley, three thousand three hundred pounds; (2) at lower end of Fox's Creek, five hundred pounds; and (3) at lower end of Stony Creek, two hundred pounds: And whereas by section eleven, subsection three, of "The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1903," it is provided that public notice of the special order shall be given once in each of the four weeks immediately preceding the day on which the subsequent meeting is to be held: And whereas the said special order was advertised for four weeks, but was not advertised during the last week immediately preceding the day on which the subsequent meeting was held, to wit, the eleventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seven: And whereas the Governor is satisfied that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it appears expedient to validate the said public notice of the said special order:
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, doth hereby declare that the said public notice of the said special order is validated.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.