APRIL 8.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

965

Validating certain Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £150 raised by the Masterton County Council for forming and metalling a Deviation on the Black Creek Road, near Masterton.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of March, 1909.

Present:

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

WHEREAS the Masterton County Council, in or about the month of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight, being duly authorised in that behalf, proceeded to raise a loan of one hundred and fifty pounds, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for forming and metalling a deviation in the Black Creek Road, near Masterton: And whereas an irregularity or defect occurred in the proceedings in connection with the said loan, inasmuch as in the rate-payers’ consent and in the special order making the special rate to meet interest and other charges on the said loan a portion of the special-rating area is described as part Section 14, Block II, Mikimiki Survey District, whereas it should have been part Section 41 in the block mentioned: And whereas, saving the aforesaid irregularity or defect, the proceedings in connection with the raising of the aforesaid loan appear to have been regular and in order: And whereas it appears that the special ratepayers interested in the said loan have not been misled, and it is expedient to validate the said irregularity or defect:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section one hundred and twenty-one of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” and of every other power him thereunto enabling, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby validate the proceedings in connection with the raising of the said loan, and doth hereby declare that the figures “41” shall be read in place of the figures “14” where the latter occur in the said rate-payers’ consent, that the said special order shall be read as if the words “and parts of Section 14” were omitted therefrom, and doth hereby further declare that the security for the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Public Notification of Special Order re Loan of £1,050 applied for by the Tumu-Kaituna Drainage Board.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of March, 1909.

Present:

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

WHEREAS the Tumu-Kaituna Drainage Board lately proposed to raise a loan of one thousand and fifty pounds, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” for the purpose of constructing and improving drains in the Tumu-Kaituna Drainage District: And whereas the provisions of section ninety-seven of “The Counties Act, 1908,” have not been complied with, inasmuch as the special order making the rate as security for the said loan was not advertised during the last week immediately preceding the day on which the subsequent meeting was held to confirm the resolution making the special order, but the notice of the subsequent meeting to confirm the resolution aforesaid was duly published for four weeks prior to the holding of such subsequent meeting: And whereas it appears that the rate-payers have not been misled by such irregularity, 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 conferred by section one hundred and twenty-one of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the special order making the said rate shall be deemed to have been duly advertised, and that the resolution passed at the special meeting making the said special order shall be deemed to have been duly confirmed, and that the proceedings relative to the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorising the Auckland Harbour Board to reclaim Additional Land in Auckland Harbour in connection with the Construction of an Embankment and Roadway at O’Neil’s Point.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of March, 1909.

Present:

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

WHEREAS it is provided by the one-hundred-and-fifty-eighth section of “The Harbours Act, 1908” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), that where a Harbour Board is desirous of executing or constructing any harbour-works upon lands vested in such Board or upon lands of the Crown of such a nature that the same could, but for this section, only be carried out and executed under the authority of a special Act, the Board may apply to the Governor in Council for a special order, and, if the Governor in Council thinks fit, such order may be made and granted:

And whereas by special order of the Governor in Council dated the sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight, the Auckland Harbour Board (hereinafter called “the Board”) was authorised to reclaim from the sea certain land at O’Neil’s Point, in Auckland Harbour, for an embankment and roadway at O’Neil’s Point, in the said harbour:

And whereas the Board is desirous of reclaiming from the sea certain additional land at O’Neil’s Point, in the said harbour, for the purpose hereinbefore mentioned, and the said work is of such a nature as aforesaid, and the Board has applied to the Governor in Council for the issue of a special order:

And whereas the conditions precedent to the granting of a special order prescribed by the said Act have been duly performed and observed, and it appears expedient that such order should be made and granted:

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend to the injury of navigation:

Now, therefore, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth, by this special order, authorise and empower the Board to reclaim from the sea additional land as shown on plan marked M.D. 3313, as an extension of the reclamation-works authorised by special order dated the sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight, such additional reclamation to be carried out and constructed in accordance with plan marked M.D. 3313, subject to the provisions of the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

“ The Land Titles Protection Act, 1908.”—Consenting to an Application to the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court in pursuance of Section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of March, 1909.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by orders of the Native Land Court made the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eight, purporting to determine the successors to the shares or interests of Mohite Wara, otherwise known as Mohite Whara, in the blocks of land respectively known as Allotment 348, Parish of Taupiri; Allotments 51 and 62, Parish of Pepepe; Allotment 21, Parish of Whangape; Allotment 18, Parish of Onewhero; and Allotment 62, Parish of Koheroa, certain Natives were declared to be the successors to the said shares or interests: