Mar. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1145

Increasing Number of Councillors, Raglan County Council.

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ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of March, 1911.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Raglan County Council has passed a resolution, as provided by section two of the Counties Amendment Act, 1908 :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers 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 hereby order and declare that, pursuant to the said resolution, the number of the members of the said Raglan County Council is hereby increased to eleven.

H. D. GROCOTT,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Raglan County Council authorized to increase Number of Ridings.

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ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of March, 1911.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by section four of the Counties Amendment 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 order and declare that the Council of the County of Raglan is hereby authorized to increase the number of ridings in that county to eleven.

H. D. GROCOTT,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Incorporating the Waitohi Downs Land Settlement Association.

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ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of March, 1911.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section seven of the Land Settlement Finance Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is provided that as soon as practicable after the complete execution of any agreement under the said Act, application in the prescribed form shall be made to the Governor by or on behalf of the purchasers for an Order in Council confirming the agreement in pursuance of the said Act : And whereas by sections eight and nine of the said Act it is further provided that upon receipt of such application the Minister of Finance shall refer the same, together with the agreement, to the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners for its report thereon, and if the Board reports that the agreement is fit and proper to be so confirmed, the Governor may, if he thinks fit, by Order in Council confirm the agreement accordingly : And whereas under the provisions of the said Act an agreement, bearing date the eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, has been entered into between Thomas Stratford, Frederick Edward Pagan, Alexander Sinclair Mills, Daniel Patrick Brosnan, and John Joseph Scannell and Stephen Joseph Scannell (as tenants in common in equal shares), as purchasers, of the one part, and David Shaw, jun., as vendor, of the other part, for the purchase of the land therein described, and the said purchasers therein agreed to become incorporated as the Waitohi Downs Land Settlement Association : And whereas application has been made in the prescribed form for the issue of an Order in Council confirming the said agreement : And whereas the said application, together with the said agreement, was referred to the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners for its report, and the Board has reported that no roading is required in respect of the said land, and that the said agreement is fit and proper to be so confirmed :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said Act, 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 confirm the said agreement dated the eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

H. D. GROCOTT,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Recreation Reserve in Wellington Land District brought under Part II of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

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ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of March, 1911.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-sixth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby order and declare that the reserve for recreation in the Wellington Land District described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Act; and such reserve shall hereafter form part of Pohangina Domain, and be managed, administered, and dealt with as a public domain by the Pohangina Domain Board.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 8 acres and 18 perches, more or less, being Suburban Section No. 32B, Town of Pohangina. Bounded towards the north-west by the abutment of a road and by Suburban Section No. 32A, Town of Pohangina, a cemetery reserve; towards the north-east generally by a public road; towards the south-east by Suburban Section No. 33, Town of Pohangina aforesaid; and towards the south-west by Suburban Sections Nos. 63 and 34 of said town: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 1204/7, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

H. D. GROCOTT,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Recreation Reserve in Auckland Land District brought under Part II of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

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ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of March, 1911.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-sixth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby order and declare that the reserve for recreation in the Auckland Land District described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Act; and such reserve shall hereafter be known as Grahamtown Domain, and be managed, administered, and dealt with as a public domain.

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SCHEDULE.

GRAHAMTOWN DOMAIN.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 8 acres 1 rood 21 perches, more or less, being Allotment No. 391 of the Village of Grahamtown; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 56148/12, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered green.

H. D. GROCOTT,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.