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hundred and seven: And whereas the Governor is satisfied that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity or defect in publishing the notice of and calling and holding the said ratepayers’ meeting, and it appears expedient to validate the said notice and meeting of ratepayers:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities contained in the tenth section of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1902,” doth hereby validate the said recited notice calling a meeting of ratepayers on the twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, as aforesaid, and also the said meeting of ratepayers held as aforesaid, and doth hereby declare that all proceedings thereunder shall be and be deemed to have been as good and valid and effectual as if the said meeting of ratepayers had been duly and regularly called and held.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating the Notice calling the Meeting of the Ratepayers on a Proposal to raise a Loan of £1,220 to construct Pembroke Road by the Manganui Road Board.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of November, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the inhabitants of the Manganui Road District lately proposed to raise a special loan of one thousand two hundred and twenty pounds for the purpose of grading, forming, and metalling Pembroke Road from the Cardiff Road westwards to the Barclay Road, and forming a bridge over the Gentle Annie Stream on the said Pembroke Road: And whereas the security for such loan is a rate of twopence three farthings in the pound, recurring annually for a period of twenty-six years, upon all the rateable property included in a special area called the Pembroke Road No. 3 Special-rating Area, and comprising part Section 52 (266 acres), Sections 9, 12, part Section 13 (80 acres), Sections 14, 106, 39, 8, 6, 7, 4, 5, 3, 2, and 1, Block IV, Kaupokonui Survey District: And whereas the notice convening a meeting of ratepayers to consider the advisability of raising such loan was first publicly notified on the tenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, instead of on the ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, as required by section nine 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 irregularity or defect:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him 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 Dominion, doth hereby declare that the notice calling the said meeting of ratepayers shall be deemed and taken to be as valid and effectual as if the same had been regularly given in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and that the proceedings relative to the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Validating the Notice and Meeting of the Ratepayers in connection with a Loan of £2,500 for grading, metalling, and forming Roads in the Hamilton Riding of the Waipa County, applied for by the Waipa County Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of November, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Waipa County Council has applied to the Colonial Treasurer, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a loan of two thousand five hundred pounds for the purpose of grading, metalling, and forming roads in the Hamilton Riding of the Waipa County: And whereas by the ninth section of the said Act it is provided that a meeting of ratepayers to consider a proposed loan shall be called by public notice for a day not more than ten days after the last publication of the notice required by the eighth section of the said Act: And whereas by a public notice published in the Waikato Argus newspaper on the sixteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, a meeting of ratepayers to consider the proposal to borrow the said sum of two thousand five hundred pounds was called for the twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, being more than ten days after the last publication of the notice given under the eighth section of the said Act as aforesaid: And whereas the said meeting of ratepayers was duly held at the old Borough Chambers, at Hamilton, on the said twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven: And whereas the Governor is satisfied that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity or defect in publishing the notice of calling and holding the said ratepayers’ meeting, and it appears expedient to validate the said notice and meeting of ratepayers:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities contained in the tenth section of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1902,” doth hereby validate the said recited notice calling a meeting of ratepayers on the twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, as aforesaid, and also the said meeting of ratepayers held as aforesaid, and doth hereby declare that all proceedings thereunder shall be and be deemed to have been as good and valid and effectual as if the said meeting of ratepayers had been duly and regularly called and held.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing the Ferguson’s Mining and Smelting Company (Limited) to use and occupy Part of the Foreshore, &c., at Waiomo, Thames County, as a Site for a Wharf.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of November, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned, the Ferguson’s Mining and Smelting Company (Limited), (hereinafter called “the company”), has applied to the Governor in Council for a license under “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), to occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark at Waiomo in order to erect and maintain a wharf thereon; and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” has deposited a plan, in duplicate, in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington (marked M.D. 3121) showing the place in the said river where it is intended to construct such wharf, and the area of foreshore and land below low-water mark intended to be occupied for such purpose: And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend to the injury of navigation, and the said plan has, prior to the making of this Order in Council, been approved by the Governor in Council: And whereas it is expedient that a license under the said Act, for the purpose aforesaid, should be granted and issued to the company on the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the purpose or object for which the said license is required by the company as aforesaid; and, in further pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and permit the company to use and occupy that part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark which is particularly shown and delineated on the plan so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of constructing or erecting thereon a wharf, such license to be