MAY 26.] 9 Edward VII, No. 16. An Act to empower the Heathcote Road Board to establish and maintain Waterworks.

9 Edward VII, No. 17. An Act to authorise the Otago Harbour Board to raise a Loan.

9 Edward VII, No. 18. An Act to close a Portion of a Public Road known as "The Strand," Reefton; and vest the same in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Inangahua as a Public Reserve for Recreation Purposes.

9 Edward VII, No. 19. An Act to change the Purposes for which a certain Portion of the Public Reserve known as "Russell Park," situated in the Town District of Waipukurau, was vested in the Waipukurau Town Board.

9 Edward VII, No. 20. An Act to enable the Corporation of the City of Auckland to convey certain Land to the Auckland Fire Board.

9 Edward VII, No. 21. An Act to consolidate and otherwise deal with certain Loans of the City of Auckland, and to provide for Sinking Funds in respect of certain Loans of the said City.

9 Edward VII, No. 22. An Act to amend the Otago Dock Trust Merger Act, 1908.

9 Edward VII, No. 23. An Act to amend the Dunedin District Drainage and Sewerage Act, 1900, and the Acts amending the Same.

9 Edward VII, No. 24. An Act to authorise the New Plymouth Harbour Board to reclaim certain Lands in the Harbour of New Plymouth and to vest the same in the said Board.

9 Edward VII, No. 25. An Act to empower the Wellington City Council to take over as Public Streets certain Private Streets and Private Ways in the City of Wellington.

9 Edward VII, No. 26. An Act to provide, inter alia, for the Acquisition of a Site for School Buildings for the Gisborne High School.

9 Edward VII, No. 27. An Act to amend the Opunake Harbour Act, 1908.

9 Edward VII, No. 28. An Act to give Power to the Wairoa Harbour Board to erect Harbour-works, and to give Borrowing-powers to the said Board for carrying out such Works.

9 Edward VII, No. 29. An Act to authorise the Exchange of certain Lands between the Masterton Trust Lands Trustees and the Crown.

9 Edward VII, No. 30. An Act to authorise the Wanganui Education Board to dispose of certain Lands by Way of Lease, and to borrow Money for certain Purposes.

9 Edward VII, No. 31. An Act to empower the Inangahua County Council to contract for the Construction of a Branch Railway.

9 Edward VII, No. 32. An Act to sever the Malvern and Upper Waimakariri Road Districts from the Selwyn County, and to constitute in substitution for the said Districts a County to be called the Tawera County.

9 Edward VII, No. 33. An Act to constitute the Wai-rewa County.

9 Edward VII, No. 34. An Act to validate certain Acts of the Kiwitea County Council in respect of the Application of certain "Thirds," and the Non-collection of certain Special Rates, and the Payment of Interest on certain Special Loans.

9 Edward VII, No. 35. An Act to constitute the Wai-para County.

9 Edward VII, No. 36. An Act to provide that certain Lands in the Borough of Grey Lynn shall be vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Grey Lynn for the Purposes of a Public Domain.

9 Edward VII, No. 37. An Act to authorise the Minister of Railways and the Bluff Harbour Board to exchange certain Lands.

9 Edward VII, No. 38. An Act to vest in the Taranaki Education Board certain Land in the Borough of Inglewood as a Site for a Technical School.

9 Edward VII, No. 39. An Act to amend the Christchurch District Drainage Act, 1907, and the Christchurch District Drainage Act, 1908.

9 Edward VII, No. 40. An Act to amend the Hutt Valley Tramway District Act, 1908.

9 Edward VII, No. 41. An Act to give Power to the Napier Harbour Board to carry out certain Harbour-works and Improvements, and to give Borrowing-powers for carrying out such Works.

9 Edward VII, No. 42. An Act to vest certain Lands in the Corporation of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Waitara as an Endowment for the Waitara Public Library.

I have, &c.,

CREWE.

Governor, the Right Honourable Lord Plunket, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., &c.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1595

Special Orders made by the Patea County Council merging Patea East and Patea West Road Districts.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 25th May, 1910.

THE following special orders, made by the Patea County Council, are published for general information.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

PATEA COUNTY COUNCIL.
Special Order merging Patea East Road District.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 31, Counties Act, 1908, the Patea County Council, on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers of the Patea East Road District, resolves, by way of special order, that, on and after the 1st day of July, 1910, the said road district shall be merged in the County of Patea, and the Board thereof abolished.

The above special order was duly passed at a special meeting of the Patea County Council held on Tuesday, 19th April, 1910, and confirmed at a special meeting of the said Council held on the 18th day of May, 1910.

The common seal of the Patea County Council has hereunto been affixed this 18th day of May, 1910, in the presence of--

G. V. PEARCE,
Chairman.

E. C. HORNER,
Clerk.

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the above special order was duly made in accordance with the Counties Act, 1908.

E. C. HORNER,
County Clerk.

PATEA COUNTY COUNCIL.
Special Order merging Patea West Road District.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 31, Counties Act, 1908, the Patea County Council, on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers of the Patea West Road District, resolves, by way of special order, that, on and after the 1st day of July, 1910, the said road district shall be merged in the County of Patea, and the Board thereof abolished.

The above special order was duly passed at a special meeting of the Patea County Council held on Tuesday, 19th April, 1910, and confirmed at a special meeting of the said Council held on the 18th day of May, 1910.

The common seal of the Patea County Council has hereunto been affixed this 18th day of May in the presence of--

G. V. PEARCE,
Chairman.

E. C. HORNER,
Clerk.

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the above special order was duly made in accordance with the Counties Act, 1908.

E. C. HORNER,
County Clerk.

Government Offices not to be closed on King's Birthday.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 26th May, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been informed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies that it is the pleasure of His Majesty King George V that for the current year there should be no celebration of His Majesty's birthday either in the United Kingdom or elsewhere in the Empire.

The notification dated 11th May instant, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th instant, is accordingly cancelled, and the Government Offices in New Zealand will not be closed on 3rd June, 1910.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Wanganui County Council, altering Boundaries of Mataongaonga and Mangawhero Road Districts.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 25th May, 1910.

THE following special order, made by the Wanganui County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1908.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.