July 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1915

special roll shall be deposited for public inspection at
the office of the local authority for not less than seven
days, and notice thereof shall be published in some news-
paper circulating in the district: And whereas such public
notice was not so published, inasmuch as it was only pub-
licly notified for two days, instead of seven days, but the
special roll was actually lying at the Board’s office for some
weeks: And whereas it has since been published in the
Auckland Star, dated the fifteenth day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and eight, that the special roll was open for
public inspection at the Board’s office from the sixteenth
to the twenty-fourth days of June, one thousand nine
hundred and eight, both days inclusive: And whereas no
objections have been lodged to the said special roll, and it
is apparent that the ratepayers of the Pukekohe East Road
District have not been misled, and it is expedient to vali-
date such irregularity:

Now, therefore, 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,
and in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
conferred on him by section ten of “The Local Bodies’ Loans
Amendment Act, 1902,” doth hereby declare that such
public notice that the said special roll was open for inspec-
tion shall be deemed and taken to be as valid to all intents
and purposes as though the same were regular and in form,
and that the proceedings taken to obtain the said loan of
three thousand pounds shall not be called in question by
reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Consenting to Land being taken for a Hall and Public
Offices in the Borough of Roslyn.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourteenth
day of July, 1908.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” it is in
section fifteen thereof, inter alia, enacted that except
for the purpose of a railway or for defence purposes, or for
the purposes of any other work to be made under the
authority of a special Act, nothing therein contained shall
authorise the taking of any land occupied by any building,
yard, garden, orchard, or vineyard, or in bona fide occupation
as an ornamental park or pleasure-ground, without the
previous consent of the Governor in Council:

And whereas an application has been made by the Council
of the Borough of Roslyn for the issue of an Order in
Council under the said Act consenting to the taking of the
land described in the Schedule hereto for the purpose of
a hall and public offices in the Borough of Roslyn: And
whereas such land is occupied by a building:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
doth hereby consent to the land described in the Schedule
hereto being taken by the said Borough Council for the
purposes of a hall and public offices.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece of land in the Provincial District of Otago,
in the Dominion of New Zealand, being Section 21, Kai-
korai Township, being subdivision of part of Section 24,
Block IV, Upper Kaikorai District, containing by ad-
measurement 34 perches. Commencing at a point on City
Road, and bounded on the north by Allotment 14 of subdi-
vision of Section 23, Block IV, Upper Kaikorai District, and
road-line, 91° 13′, for 257·2 links; on the east by Section 20,
Kaikorai Township, 1° 13′, for 83·9 links; on the south by
Section 22 of same township, 91° 13′, for 250 links; and
on the west by City Road, 176° 15′, for 84·1 links, to the
commencing-point: be all the aforesaid area and linkages
a little more or less.

As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan
marked R. 9875, and coloured with a pink border, de-
posited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at
Wellington, in the Land District of Wellington.

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

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

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourteenth
day of July, 1908.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that, owing to
unavoidable circumstances, the preparation of the
rolls for the County of Westland, and the taking of cer-
tain 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 respec-
tively:

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 men-
tioned 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 Westland: Until the 22nd
   day of July, 1908.

2. Time for which such list and rolls shall be open for
   inspection: From the 23rd day of July, 1908, to the 14th
   day of August, 1908.

3. Time for appeals against the said rolls: Until the
   14th day of August, 1908.

4. Revision Courts may sit for hearing applications with
   reference to the said rolls, and adjourn: Until the 19th
   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 Sep-
   tember, 1908.

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

Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “The
Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourteenth
day of July, 1908.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Native Land
Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is enacted that the
Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the opera-
tion of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native
Land Court Act, 1894” (hereinafter called “the said Act”),
for a limited period of otherwise, and either generally or
for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall
be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate,
which is for the time being subject to the operation of the
said section, or any interest therein or right over the same,
or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclu-
sively of any lessee or other person who has been bona fide
in occupation of and has made improvements on such land,
or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase
thereof, prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that
no Order in Council under the provisions of this section
shall take effect until after the expiration of two months
from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette:
Provided also that every alienation under the provisions of
this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of
section fifty-three of the said Act:

And whereas the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori
Land Board, by a recommendation made on the sixth day
of December, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and
received on the fifth day of June, one thousand nine
hundred and eight, has recommended the Governor to