MAR. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 843

Declaring Portion of Puhirua North Road, in the Rangitikei County, to be a County Road.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this third day of March, 1908.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by "The Public Works Act, 1905," 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 order and declare that the road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be a county road.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that portion of road in the Wellington Land District, Rangitikei County, known as the Puhirua North Road, commencing at its junction with the Gorge Road, and proceeding generally in a northerly direction along part of the eastern frontage of Section 16, Block III, Hautapu Survey District, and terminating at a point 33 chains south of the boundary between Sections 35 and 37, Block III aforesaid, being a distance of 49 chains, more or less; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked R. 6289, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon shown in red colour.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Part of Taheke Road, in the Rangitikei County, to be a County Road.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this third day of March, 1908.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by "The Public Works Act, 1905," 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 order and declare that the road described in the Schedule hereto, known as the Taheke Road, shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be a county road.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that portion of road in the Wellington Land District, Rangitikei County, commencing at a point 1 mile 65 chains from its junction with the Mangamahoe-Mataroa Road, and proceeding generally in an easterly direction along part frontage of Section 18, Block II, Tiriraukawa Survey District, and terminating at the boundary between Sections 18 and 19, Block II aforesaid, being a distance of 37 chains, more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan marked R. 4543, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating the Public Notifications of the Special Order making the Rate for the Loan of £1,750 to widen and metal the Pirongia West Road, applied for by the Kawhia County Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of February, 1908.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Kawhia County Council lately proposed to raise a loan of one thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, under "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901," for the purpose of widening and metalling the Pirongia West Road:
And whereas the public notification of the special order making the special rate was published in the Kawhia Settler newspaper for four weeks, but was not published once in each week of the four weeks immediately preceding the date of the subsequent meeting at which the special order was confirmed, as required by section eleven of "The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1903":
And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the said notification:
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 such public notification of the special order shall be deemed and taken to be as valid as though the said notification had been properly published, 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.

Authorising Maori Land Board to dispose of Land by way of Sale.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of February, 1908.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section eight of "The Native and Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1902" (hereinafter called "the said Act"), it is provided that the Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation published in the Gazette and Kahiti, declare that any parcel or parcels of Maori land, whether or not such parcels form portions of several blocks, and whether or not such parcels are held by the owners under separate titles, shall be vested in the Board as a site for a Native township, and shall by the same Proclamation assign a name to such township:
And whereas by Proclamation bearing date the twenty-second day of January, one thousand nine hundred and three, the Governor declared the lands comprised therein to be vested in the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa Maori Land Board as a site for a Native Township, and assigned to the said township the name of "Te Kuiti": And whereas the said Proclamation has, in respect only of the boundaries of the land comprised therein, been amended from time to time:
And whereas by section ten of the said Act it is provided, inter alia, that the Board shall have full power and authority to deal with such lands by way of sale, lease, exchange, or otherwise in such mode or under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Governor:
And whereas by regulations under his hand bearing date the thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and three, the Governor prescribed the mode and terms and conditions upon which such lands might be disposed of:
And whereas by regulation nine of such regulations it is provided that "all dealings with allotments other than reserves, unless otherwise authorised by the Governor in Council, shall be for a term not exceeding twenty-one years":
And whereas the lands described in the Schedule hereto are situate in and form part of the Te Kuiti Native Township, and it is expedient that the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa Maori Land Board should be enabled to dispose of the same by way of sale:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act, and of all other powers him thereunto enabling, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the same, doth hereby authorise the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa Maori Land Board to alienate by way of sale the lands described in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land, containing 36 perches, more or less, being Allotment 1, Block X, Te Kuiti Native Township.
All that piece or parcel of land, containing 24 perches, more or less, being Allotment 2, Block X, Te Kuiti Native Township.