1544
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

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 validate the said
public notification and the proceedings confirming such
resolution, under section sixty-five of “The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1908”; and doth hereby declare that the
proceedings in relation to the said loan and special order
making and levying the said special rate shall be and be
deemed to have been as good, valid, and effectual as though
the said notifications had been correctly published and the
said special meeting confirming the said special order had
been held on the date appointed for holding the same, and
that the validity of the proceedings or of the security for
the said loan shall not be questioned on the ground of the
aforementioned irregularities or defects respectively.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Otago High Schools Board to be a Leasing Authority
under “The Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh
day of June, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-
second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-eight, the Otago Boys’ and Girls’ High Schools Board
was declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public
Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887”:

And whereas the said Board is a body having power to
lease lands reserved for educational purposes, as defined by
subsection (1) of section 4 of “The Public Bodies’ Leases
Act, 1908,” and has applied to be declared a leasing authority
within the meaning of the last-mentioned Act:

And whereas the said Board has consented to the revocation
of the Order in Council hereinbefore referred to:

Now, therefore, His Excellency William Lee, Baron
Plunket, 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 pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities conferred on him by the said last-
mentioned Act, doth hereby revoke the said Order in Council
dated the twenty-second day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-eight, and doth order and declare that,
from and after the date hereof, the Otago Boys’ and Girls’
High Schools Board shall be a leasing authority within the
meaning of that Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Ashburton High School Board to be a Leasing Authority
under “The Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh
day of June, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-
fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred
and seven, the Ashburton High School Board was declared
to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Bodies’
Powers Act, 1887”:

And whereas the said Board is a body having power to
lease lands reserved for educational purposes, as defined by
subsection one of section four of “The Public Bodies’
Leases Act, 1908,” and has applied to be declared a leasing
authority within the meaning of the last-mentioned Act:

And whereas the said Board has consented to the revoca-
tion of the Order in Council hereinbefore referred to:

Now, therefore, His Excellency William Lee, Baron
Plunket, 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 pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities conferred on him by the said last-
mentioned Act, doth hereby revoke the said Order in Council
dated the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand nine
hundred and seven, and doth order and declare that, from
and after the date hereof, the Ashburton High School Board
shall be a leasing authority within the meaning of that Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Boundaries of Borough of Petone altered.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh
day of June, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS a petition has been presented to the Go-
vernor, under section one hundred and eighteen
of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” praying the
Governor to alter the boundaries of the Borough of Petone
by including therein the area described in the Schedule
hereto: And whereas a notice showing the proposed altera-
tion in boundaries of the said borough has been gazetted
and publicly notified, and objections in writing against
such alteration were lodged: And whereas such objections
have been duly considered, and it is deemed expedient to
make the alteration hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities vested in him by “The Municipal Corpora-
tions Act, 1908,” 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 declare that, as on and from the first day of
July, one thousand nine hundred and nine, the area de-
scribed in the Schedule hereto shall be included in the said
Borough of Petone.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, being Original
Section No. 10, Block XIII, Belmont Survey District, and
a public road. Bounded towards the north-east and east
generally by a channel of the Hutt River; towards the
south-west by Port Nicholson from the mouth of the Hutt
River to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of
Section No. 8; thence towards the north-west by a right
line to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned
section, and by that section to the aforesaid channel of the
Hutt River.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Empowering New Plymouth Harbour Board to alter Bound-
aries of Electoral Wards of Harbour District.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh
day of June, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section twenty-seven of
“The New Plymouth Harbour Board Empowering
Act, 1908,” that the Governor may, by Order in Council,
empower the New Plymouth Harbour Board (hereinafter
called “the Board”), by special resolution, to alter the
boundaries of the electoral wards into which the New Ply-
mouth Harbour District is divided, so that the value of the
rateable property within each ward shall be as nearly as may
be equal:

And whereas each of the electora wards as described in
the Schedule hereto contains rateable property the value of
which is as nearly as may be equal:

And whereas it is desirable to empower the Board to alter
the boundaries of such wards as so described:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the hereinbefore-
recited powers, and acting by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth
hereby empower the Board, by special resolution, to alter the
boundaries of the electoral wards into which the New
Plymouth Harbour District is divided, so that they shall be
those described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

EGMONT WARD.

THAT portion of the Egmont County within the New Ply-
mouth Harbour Rating District, together with the Tatarai-
make, Okato, Oakura, Omata, Barrett, Hurford, Elliot,
Frankley, and Carrington Road Districts of the Taranaki
County.

NEW PLYMOUTH WARD.

The Borough of New Plymouth, Fitzroy Town District
and the Henui, Mangorei, and Egmont Road Districts.