JAN. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 17

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion 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 Dominion, doth hereby declare that the voting-paper used at the poll of ratepayers shall be deemed and taken to be as valid as though the said voting-paper had been in the form required by “The Local Bodies' Loans Act Amendment Act, 1906,” and doth hereby declare that the proceedings relative to the said loan 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 used at a Poll of the Ratepayers on a Proposal to raise a Loan of £3,000 to construct a Steel Bridge and Approaches over the Manawatu River at Harding's Road.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this twenty-sixth day of December, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Woodville County Council lately proposed to raise a special loan of three thousand pounds for the purpose of constructing a steel bridge and approaches over the Manawatu River at Harding's Road: And whereas the security for such loan is a rate of one-fourteenth of one penny in the pound, recurring annually for a period of forty-one years, upon all the rateable property included in the Woodville County: And whereas the voting-paper used at the poll of the ratepayers on such proposal did not mention the date when such poll should be taken, but the said date was duly notified in the Woodville Examiner, circulating in the Woodville County, on the twenty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, being seventeen days prior to the day appointed for the said poll: And whereas the voting-paper was in accordance with “The Local Elections Act, 1904,” instead of “The Local Bodies' Loans Amendment Act, 1903”: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled, and it is expedient to validate such irregularity:

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 voting-paper so used at the poll of ratepayers aforesaid shall be deemed and taken to be as valid and effectual as if the same were in accordance with “The Local Bodies' Loans Amendment Act, 1903,” and that the proceedings relative to the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Native Land taken for the Purposes of a Wharf-site in Rangiuru No. 1a Block, Block III, Maketu Survey District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of December, 1907.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required for a public work, to wit, for the purpose of a wharf-site in the Rangiuru No. 1a Block, Block III, Maketu Survey District:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown:

And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the said land, as required by the eighty-ninth section of “The Public Works Act, 1905”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by the eighty-ninth section of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the land shown upon the map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purposes of the said wharf-site; and the said land shall vest in His Majesty the King as from the twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

SCHEDULE.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prohibiting all Private Alienation of certain Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth day of December, 1907.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

ON the request of the Commission referred to in section ten of “The Native Land Settlement Act, 1907,” and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby prohibit for the period of one year from the date of this Order in Council all private alienation of the Native land known as Tauwhareparae 1B and 1F respectively, situate near Tolago Bay, in the Gisborne Land District.

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

Vesting Land in the Tairawhiti Maori Land Board under “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of December, 1907.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section eight of “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,” it is provided that where any Maori land within the Tairawhiti Maori Land District is, in the opinion of the Native Minister, not required or not suitable for occupation by the Maori owners, the Governor may, by Order in Council, declare that such land is vested in the Board of that district for an estate in fee-simple in possession, subject nevertheless to all valid encumbrances, liens, and interests affecting the same, to be held and administered by the Board for the benefit of the Maori owners in accordance with the provisions of that Act:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is Maori land within the said district, and in the opinion of the Native Minister is not required or is not suitable for occupation by the Maori owners thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of all powers and authorities conferred by the hereinbefore-recited Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the said land is vested in the Tairawhiti Maori Land Board for