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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 67

The Public Service Classification Act, 1907.—Extension of Time for the Employment of a certain Temporary Officer of the Valuation Department.

PLUNKET. Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of August, 1908.

Present ;

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the Public Service Classification Act, 1907, 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 authorise the temporary employment for three years from the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight, of

DANIEL PRICE VARCOE

as a Clerk in the Valuation Department.

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

The Public Service Classification Act, 1907.—Extension of Time for the Employment of certain Temporary Officers of the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of August, 1908.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS by subsection two of section sixteen of the Public Service Classification Act, 1907 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor may, by Order in Council, in any case in which he considers that the public interest so requires, authorise the temporary employment of any person or any class of persons for a longer period than is permitted by subsection one of the said section sixteen :

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that, in respect of the hereinafter-mentioned classes of persons employed in the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, the period of temporary employment should be extended from six months to three years :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorise the temporary employment of the persons employed in the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts included in the classes set out in the Schedule hereto for three years in lieu of six months.

SCHEDULE.
Office-cleaners and messengers.
Laundresses.

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

Additional Regulations under the Rotorua Town Act, 1907.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of August, 1908.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), provision is made for the management of the Town of Rotorua by the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, and the said Department is, in respect of the said town, created a body corporate : And whereas in exercise of the power conferred by the said Act certain regulations were made on the eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the sixteenth day of April then instant, for the purposes of the said Act, and it is expedient to amend the said regulations in manner hereinafter appearing :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on that behalf by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend the mid recited regulations as follows, namely :-

1. Clause 21 of the said regulations is hereby amended by omitting the following words and figures in the item, “XIV, Finance generally,” under the heading “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” viz.: “Subsection (1) of section 159, subsection (2) of section 159.”

2. Clause 22 of the said regulations is hereby amended by omitting the following words and figures in the item, “The Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1902,” viz.: “and subsections (1) and (2) of section 13.”

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

Steward Settlement Water-race District. County of Waitaki, constituted under “The Land Drainage Act, 1904.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of August, 1908.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the fifty-ninth section of “The Land Drainage Act, 1904,” a majority of the ratepayers in the area described in the Schedule hereto, situated in the County of Waitaki and known as the Steward Settlement, have presented a petition to His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, praying that the land comprised in the said area he declared to be a district under Part II of the said Act : And whereas the provisions of “The Water-supply Act, 1891,” cannot conveniently be adopted in the said area ;

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the said fifty-ninth section of “The Land Drainage Act, 1904,” 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 constitute and declare the area of land described in the Schedule hereto to be a district under Part II of the said Act for the purpose of the maintenance and construction therein of water-races for the supply of water for irrigation of land, and otherwise for the use and convenience of the public in any manner other than for domestic use : and, with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, His said Excellency doth hereby declare that the said district shall be called by the name of “The Steward Settlement Water-race District,” and also that this Order shall come into effect on and after the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that area in the Otago Land District, situated in Awamoko and Papakaio Survey Districts, bounded towards the north-east by the Waitaki River: towards the east generally by Section No. 60a, Block VIII, Papakaio Survey District, Kaik Road, Sections Nos. 13 and 14, said Block VIII, Sea Cliffs Road, and the south-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 76a and 73a, Steward Settlement: thence towards the south generally by Sections Nos. 10, 11, 12, and 13, Block V, Papakaio Survey District, the abutment of a road, and Sections Nos. 14, 15, 16, and 17, said Block V ; thence by Steward Road, the road forming the northern boundaries of Sections Nos. 6%, 51, 49, 213, and 48, Block IV, Papakaio Survey District, and the road forming the western boundary of the last-mentioned section, by Sections Nos. 60, 61, 62, 68, 64, and 67, Block IV, to Ferry Road ; thence by Ferry Road and the road forming the northern boundary of Section No. 41, Block IV aforesaid, by Sections Nos. 38 and 8, said Block IV, to Duncan’s Road ; thence by Duncan’s Road, Papakaio Road, and Sections Nos. 20 and 21, Block III, Papakaio Survey District, to Gibson’s Road ; thence by Gibson’s Road, Peebles Road, and Section No. 22a to McPherson’s Road ; thence by McPherson’s Road, Jardine’s Road, and the road forming the northern boundary of Section No. 16, Block IV, A-oko Survey District, to the Duntroun Railway line ; thence by the Duntroun Railway line to Wilson’s Road ; thence by Wilson’s Road, the road forming the northern boundary of Section No. 46, Block I, Awamoko Survey District, and again by the Duntroun Railway line to the eastern boundary of Section No. 28, Block I aforesaid ; thence towards the west generally by the last-mentioned