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said Dominion, doth hereby validate the public notices
relating to such special order so published as aforesaid, and
doth hereby declare that the said special order and the
proceedings relative to such loan shall not be called into
question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Validating the Public Notifications in connection with a Loan of £560, being Part of a Joint Loan of £1,200 proposed to be raised by the Okotuku Road Board for the Purpose of completing the Gap between Mangitangi and Okotuku Roads.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth
day of August, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Okotuhu Road Board lately proposed to
raise a loan of five hundred and sixty pounds, being
part of a joint loan of one thousand two hundred pounds,
authorised to be raised by the Okotuku Road Board, in
conjunction with the Wairoa and Moturoa Road Boards
and Patea County Council, by special order, under paragraph
(d) of section fifteen of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,”
for the purpose of completing the gap between the Mangi-
tangi and Okotuku Roads by acquiring the land necessary
for such purpose, fencing and forming a road, and rendering
the same fit for traffic: And whereas a special order
was duly made in accordance with the provisions of sec-
tion seventy-two of “The Road Boards Act, 1908,” save that
the public notice in accordance with paragraph (c) of the
said section, though published in four successive weeks, was
not published once in each of the four weeks immediately
preceding the day on which the meeting was held to confirm
such special order: And whereas it appears that the rate-
payers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is
expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion 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 validate the public notices re-
lating to such special order so published as aforesaid, and
doth hereby declare that the said special order and the pro-
ceedings relative to such loan shall not be called into ques-
tion by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Validating the Public Notifications in connection with a Loan of £308, being Part of a Joint Loan of £1,200 proposed to be raised by the Wairoa Road Board for the Purpose of completing the Gap between Mangitangi and Okotuku Roads.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth
day of August, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Wairoa Road Board lately proposed
to raise a loan of three hundred and eight pounds,
being part of a joint loan of one thousand two hundred
pounds, authorised to be raised by the Wairoa Road Board,
in conjunction with the Okotuku and Moturoa Road Boards
and the Patea County Council, by special order, under para-
graph (d) of section fifteen of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act,
1908,” for the purpose of completing the gap between the
Mangitangi and Okotuku Roads by acquiring the land neces-
sary for such purpose, fencing and forming a road, and
rendering the same fit for traffic: And whereas a special
order was duly made in accordance with the provisions of
section seventy-two of “The Road Boards Act, 1908,” save
that the public notice in accordance with paragraph (c) of
the said section, though published in four successive weeks,
was not published once in each of the four weeks im-
mediately preceding the day on which the meeting was
held to confirm such special order: And whereas it appears
that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregu-
larity, and it is expedient to validate the same:

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 validate the public notices relating
to such special order so published as aforesaid, and doth
hereby declare that the said special order and the proceedings
relative to such loan shall not be called into question by
reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Vesting a Public Hall and Library Reserve in the Ohakune Town Board.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth
day of August, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto
has been permanently reserved for a site for a public
hall and library:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is ex-
pedient that the said land should be vested in the Ohakune
Town Board:

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 of the powers and authorities vested in him
by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day
of the date hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule
hereto shall become vested in the Ohakune Town Board,
in trust, for a site for a public hall and library.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
by admeasurement 1 rood 3 perches, more or less, being
Section No. 7, Block I, Town of Ohakune. Bounded
towards the north by a public road; towards the east by
Section No. 8, Block I, Town of Ohakune; towards the
south by Section No. 15 of said Block I; and towards the
west by Section No. 6 of said Block I: as the same is
delineated on the plan marked L. 4743/8, deposited in the
Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and
thereon coloured red.

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

Napier 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 sixteenth
day of August, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-
sixth day of November, one thousand nine hundred
and six, the Napier 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 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 of the powers and
authorities conferred upon him by the said last-mentioned
Act, doth hereby revoke the said Order in Council dated
the twenty-sixth day of November, one thousand nine
hundred and six, and doth order and declare that, from and
after the date hereof, the Napier High Schools Board shall
be a leasing authority within the meaning of that Act:
Provided that the said Board shall not have the powers con-
ferred upon leasing authorities by section seven thereof.

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