May 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1483

Extension of Time for Preparation of County Rolls, &c., County of Cook.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of May, 1908.

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

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that, owing to unavoidable circumstances, the preparation of the rolls for the County of Cook, and the taking of certain steps consequent on such preparation, cannot be made and taken within the times limited by “The Counties Act, 1886,” and it is expedient to extend the said times respectively:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by “The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1903,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the several dates mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be the respective dates for taking the several steps set out in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

1. For preparing the defaulters’ list, and the rolls for ridings within the County of Cook: Until the 22nd day of May, 1908.
2. Time for which such list and rolls shall be open for inspection: From the 27th day of May, 1908, to the 16th day of June, 1908.
3. Time for appeals against the said rolls: Until the 30th day of June, 1908.
4. Revision Courts may sit for hearing applications with reference to the said rolls, and adjourn: Until the 20th day of July, 1908.
5. Time when the said rolls, having been duly corrected and signed, shall come into force: On the 1st day of August, 1908.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extension of Time for Preparation of County Rolls, Inangahua County.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of May, 1908.

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

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that, owing to unavoidable circumstances, the preparation of the rolls for the County of Inangahua, and the taking of certain steps consequent on such preparation, cannot be made and taken within the times limited by “The Counties Act, 1886,” and it is expedient to extend the said times respectively:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by “The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1903,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the several dates mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be the respective dates for taking the several steps set out in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

1. For preparing the defaulters’ list and the rolls for ridings within the County of Inangahua: Until the 22nd day of June, 1908.
2. Time for which such list and rolls shall be open for inspection: From the 27th day of June, 1908, to the 15th day of July, 1908.
3. Time for appeals against the said rolls: Until the 31st day of July, 1908.
4. Revision Courts may sit for hearing applications with reference to the said rolls, and adjourn: Until the 20th day of August, 1908.
5. Time when the said rolls, having been duly corrected and signed, shall come into force: On the 1st day of September, 1908.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending Time for Preparation of Valuation List of Borough of Eastbrook.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of May, 1908.

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

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that the valuation list of the Borough of Eastbrook cannot be completed by or within the time mentioned in “The Rating Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers vested in him by the said “Rating Act, 1894,” and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby extend the time for completing the preparation of such valuation list until the fifteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and doth also extend the time during which such valuation list shall be open for inspection, and during which objections thereto may be made, until the fifteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating certain Irregularities in connection with Proposal of the Hawera County Council to raise a Loan of £63,000.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eleventh day of May, 1908.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Hawera County Council lately proposed to raise a loan of sixty-three thousand pounds from the Public Trust Office, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for constructing, providing, and establishing public works in the Hawera, Ararata, Meremere, and Mokoia Ridings of the said county: And whereas in the publication of the proposals, pursuant to section eight of the said Act, in the Hawera and Normanby Star of the eighteenth and twenty-third January, and first and eighth February, one thousand nine hundred and eight, the provision for repayment of the loan as required by the said Act was stated to be payment of interest on the said loan at the rate of five pounds ten shillings per centum per annum during the currency of the loan: And whereas the interest to be paid under the said loan was at the rate of four pounds ten shillings per centum per annum, and the provision for repayment was to be a payment of one pound per centum per annum on the amount of the said loan during its currency towards a sinking fund of which the Public Trustee should be Sinking Fund Commissioner: And whereas at a poll taken, under the provisions of the said Act, on the twenty-ninth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight, for the purpose of obtaining the consent of the ratepayers to the loan, the provision for repayment of the loan required to be stated in the poll-paper was set out as in manner hereinbefore stated in the publication of the proposal to raise the said loan: And whereas the resolution of the Hawera County Council made on the twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight, resolving to levy a special rate of nine-sixteenth of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property within the districts comprising the said ridings for the purpose of providing a security for such loan stated that the interest to be paid on such loan (or on so much thereof as should from time to time be raised or on any addition thereto) to be at the rate of five pounds ten shillings per centum per annum: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled, and it is expedient to validate such proceedings:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by section ten of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1902,” doth hereby declare that the said public