Sept. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2391

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power 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 said voting-paper, and doth hereby declare that the proceedings with reference to the said loan shall be and shall be deemed to have been as good, valid, and effectual as though the said voting-paper had been in due form.

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

Validating the Voting-paper in connection with a Loan for £500 proposed to be raised by the Hunterville Town Board for providing a Mechanical Filter for the Water Reservoir of the Hunterville Town District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of September, 1909.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Hunterville Town Board lately proposed to raise a loan of five hundred pounds, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” for the purpose of providing a mechanical filter for the water reservoir of the Hunterville Town District: And whereas the public notice of the proposal to raise the said loan was published in the Hunterville Express newspaper in accordance with the provisions of the said Act: And whereas the voting-paper used at the subsequent poll of the ratepayers did not set forth the particulars of such notice, as required by section eleven of the said Act, and was otherwise not in the form contained in the Second Schedule to the said Act: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularities or defects, and that 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 power 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 said voting-paper, and doth hereby declare that the proceedings with reference to the said loan shall be and shall be deemed to have been as good, valid, and effectual as though the said voting-paper had been in due form.

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

Validating an Irregularity in connection with a Loan of £2,871 for a Bridge over the Whakatane River on the Main Road between Opotiki and Rotorua.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of September, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Whakatane County Council lately proposed to raise a loan of two thousand eight hundred and seventy-one pounds for the purpose of providing the amount necessary to enable it to comply with the Warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor, dated the thirtieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight, authorising the construction of a bridge over the Whakatane River on the main road between Opotiki and Rotorua, near the Town of Whakatane, and apportioning the cost thereof: And whereas, for the purpose of providing interest and other charges upon the said loan, the said Whakatane County Council did, by special order, make and levy a special rate of one-sixteenth of a penny in the pound on the rateable value of all rateable property in the said Whakatane County: And whereas the public notification of the said special order making the said special rate was published in the Whakatane Press newspaper once during each of the four weeks immediately after it was adopted, whereas it should have been published once in each of the four weeks immediately preceding the date of its confirmation: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity or defect, 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 said public notification and the proceedings confirming such special resolution under the provisions of “The Counties 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 public notification had been correctly published, 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 irregularity or defect.

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

Validating an Irregularity in connection with a Proposed Loan of £1,360 to be raised by the Waimate West County Council for the Purpose of metalling the Unmetalled Portion of Auroa Road South.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of September, 1909.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Waimate West County Council lately proposed to raise a loan of one thousand three hundred and sixty pounds, by consent of the ratepayers of the Auroa Road South Special-rating District, under paragraph (d) of section fifteen of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” for the purpose of metalling the unmetalled portion of Auroa Road South, in the Waimate Riding of the Waimate West County: And whereas the special roll of the said special-rating district was not advertised as open for public inspection at the office of the said Waimate West County Council, as required by section twenty-two of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1908”: And whereas the whole of the ratepayers of the said special-rating district consented to the raising of the said loan, and it therefore appears that the said ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity or defect, 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 aforesaid irregularity, and doth also declare that the proceedings relative to such loan shall not be called into question by reason only of such irregularity.

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

Vesting a Reserve in the Matamata County Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of September, 1909.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for a stockyard and water reserve for stock:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Matamata County Council:

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 described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Matamata County, in trust, for a stockyard and water reserve for stock.