Aug. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2601

SCHEDULE.

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

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Beckenham Domain.

ISLINGTON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of August, 1912.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section forty-seven of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, appoint any local authority to be the Domain Board having, subject to the said Act, control of any public domain:

And whereas by an Order in Council made on the twenty-second day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, the land described in the Schedule hereto was brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Act:

And whereas it appears expedient to appoint a Domain Board to control the domain:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint

The CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL

to be the Beckenham Domain Board, having the control of the land described in the said Schedule hereto for the purposes of and subject to the provisions of the said Act; and doth hereby appoint Monday, the sixteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, at nine o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the City Council Office, Christchurch, as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

BECKENHAM DOMAIN.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, known as Lots 165 and 166 and parts of Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of Rural Section 49, containing by admeasurement 11 acres 1 rood 24 perches, more or less, situated in the Sydenham Ward of the City of Christchurch, and being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 254, folio 264 (Canterbury).

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

Exempting Lawrence Street, in the City of Auckland, from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908.

ISLINGTON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of August, 1912.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection one of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, it is, inter alia, provided that the said section shall not apply in any case where the local authority having control of any road or street by resolution declares that the provisions thereof shall not apply to any specified road or street, or any specified part thereof, and such resolution is approved by the Governor in Council:

And whereas by subsection two of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, it is provided that such approval may be either absolute or sub-

ject to such conditions with respect to the building-line as the Governor, by Order in Council, thinks fit to impose:

And whereas the Auckland City Council, being the local authority having control of the street described in the Schedule hereto, did by resolution declare that the provisions of the said section one hundred and seventeen should not apply to the said street:

And whereas it is deemed expedient that such resolution should be approved:

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 of the said resolution in so far as it affects the said street described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that street in the City of Auckland, known as Lawrence Street, commencing at its junction with Sarsfield Street and running in a south-easterly direction generally to its junction with Jervois Road, being a distance of 1,253 ft., more or less; as the said street is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 32048, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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

Incorporating the Moana Vale Land Settlement Association.

ISLINGTON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of August, 1912.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 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 fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, has been entered into between Richard Percival Clarke, John Ingram Thomason, William Houston, Nicholas Hopwood, Jacob Marx, Eric Harold Marx, and Alexander Hewson and Christopher Frederick Gregory as tenants in common, and Francis Asbury Paine, Charles Beresford Paine, and Frank Paine as tenants in common, purchasers, of the one part, and Frank Paine, vendor, of the other part, for the purchase of the land therein described, and the said purchasers therein agreed to become incorporated as the Moana Vale 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 agreement, was referred to the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners for its report, and the Board has reported that the sum of five hundred and thirty-eight pounds is reasonably required to be expended by the said association as roading-money in order to form and metal the roads dedicated by the association, and to construct bridges, culverts, and other requisite appurtenances to these roads, 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 fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and doth hereby direct that the sum of five hundred and thirty-eight pounds, as determined by the report of the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners, shall be expended by the said association as roading-money.

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