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of the said Block V to the eastern side of Elliott Road,
by the eastern side of that road to a point in line with
the southern boundary-line of Subdivision No. 25 in the
said Section No. 40 as shown on plan hereinafter referred
to; thence by a right line to and by the southern
boundary-line of the last-mentioned subdivision and Sub-
divisions Nos. 7, 5, 23, and 22 to the north-eastern
boundary-line of Section No. 38 of the said Block IV ;
thence towards the south-west by the said Section No. 38
and Section No. 24 to the south side of the closed road,
the place of commencement: as the same is delineated
on plan marked 59A, deposited in the Head Office, Lands
and Survey Department, Wellington.

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

Authorizing the Minister of Public Works to construct
and maintain Water-supply Works in the Ida Valley.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
sixth day of February, 1912.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it is provided by section two of the Public
Works Amendment Act, 1910 (hereinafter called
“the said Act”), that the Governor may, if he thinks fit,
by Order in Council authorize the Minister of Public
Works to construct, maintain, or control any water-race
or water-supply works, either within or outside a mining
district, which are proposed to be constructed or which
have been constructed out of funds provided by Parlia-
ment :

And whereas it is further provided by section five of
the said Act that before any Order in Council is issued
authorizing the said Minister to construct any water-race
or water-supply works the owners or occupiers of all the
lands likely to be benefited thereby shall be given an
opportunity to enter into contracts with His Majesty to
take water from such works when completed; and such
contracts shall specify the quantity of water to be so
taken, and the price or rent to be paid for the same :

And whereas it is also provided by section five of the
said Act that if at least one-half of the total number of
those owners or occupiers enter into contracts to take such
quantity of water as the Governor thinks reasonable, at
such a price or rate as the Governor may approve, an Order
in Council authorizing the construction of the works may
be issued :

And whereas the water-supply works mentioned in the
First Schedule hereto are proposed to be constructed out
of funds provided by Parliament :

And whereas at least one-half of the total number of the
owners or occupiers of the lands which are likely to be
benefited thereby have entered into contracts with His
Majesty to take water from such works when completed,
which contracts specify the quantity of water to be taken
and the price to be paid for the same :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise
of the powers conferred by the above-in-part-recited Act,
and acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby
approve and confirm the terms of the several contracts
aforesaid, and doth hereby authorize the Minister of
Public Works to construct, maintain, and control the
water-supply works described in the First Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

The Ida Valley irrigation works, for the irrigation of the
Ida Valley Irrigation District, as described in the Second
Schedule hereto, by means of water drawn from the Pool-
burn and Manorburn Streams and the dam on the Manor-
burn Stream known as the Greenland Swamp dam, or any
other dam or dams which may be constructed or acquired
by the Minister of Public Works on those streams in addi-
tion to or in lieu of the said Greenland Swamp Dam, such
water being conveyed into the said district by the race
known as the Bonanza Race, or by any enlargement or
extension thereof or any other race or races constructed
or acquired by the Minister of Public Works in addition
to or in lieu of the said Bonanza Race, the said works
including all dams, weirs, reservoirs, tunnels, fluming,
siphons, piping, gauge-boxes, and races, and all other
works incidental thereto or required for the construction,
maintenance, and control of the said works for the irriga-
tion of the said Ida Valley Irrigation District.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

IDA VALLEY IRRIGATION DISTRICT.

All that land comprising such parts of the Tiger Hill
and Poolburn Survey Districts, in the Otago Land District,
as are within the area bordered red on the plan marked
P.W.D. 30859, deposited in the office of the Minister of
Public Works, at Wellington.

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

Consenting to Land being taken for the Purposes of a Road
in Block V, Wairou Survey District, Manukau County.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
sixth day of February, 1912.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the Public Works Act, 1908, it is, in
section fifteen thereof, inter alia, enacted that, except
for the purpose of a railway or defence purposes, or for the
purposes of any other work to be made under the authority
of a special Act, nothing in this Act contained shall autho-
rize the taking of any land occupied by any building, yard,
garden, orchard, or vineyard, or in bona fide occupation as
an ornamental park or pleasure-ground, without the previous
consent of the Governor in Council :

And whereas part of the land described in the Schedule
hereto is occupied by an orchard, and the Minister of Public
Works has recommended the Governor to issue an Order
in Council under the said Act consenting to the taking of
the said land for the purposes of a road :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the above-
in-part-recited Act, and of all other powers in anywise
enabling him in this behalf, 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 consent to the land described in
the Schedule hereto being taken for the purposes above
mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more par-
ticularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as
above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister
of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial
District.

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

Declaring Portion of the Ohura Road, in the Whangamo-
mona County, to be a County Road.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
sixth day of February, 1912.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him
by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other
powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excel-
lency 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 portion of the road described in the
Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order
in Council, be a county road.

SCHEDULE.

All that portion of road in the Taranaki Land District,
Whangamomona County, commencing at its junction with