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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 3

Commission appointing the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool to be Governor of New Zealand.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th January, 1913.

THE following Commission, appointing the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool, M.V.O., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand is published for general information.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

NEW ZEALAND.

COMMISSION passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, appointing the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool, M.V.O., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand.

GEORGE R.I.

George the Fifth, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India: To Our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved Cousin, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Member of Our Royal Victorian Order, Greeting.

We do, by this Our Commission under Our Sign Manual and Signet, appoint you, the said Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, to be, during Our pleasure, Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand, with all the powers, rights, privileges, and advantages to the said Office belonging or appertaining.

II. And We do hereby authorize, empower, and command you to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions contained in certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster the Eighteenth day of November, 1907, or in any other Letters Patent adding to, amending, or substituted for the same, according to such Orders and Instructions as Our said Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the time being hath already received, and to such further Orders and Instructions as you may hereafter receive from Us.

III. And We do hereby appoint that so soon as you shall have taken the prescribed Oaths and have entered upon the duties of your Office, this Our present Commission shall supersede the Commission under the Sign Manual and Signet of His late Majesty King Edward the Seventh, bearing date the Fourth day of May, 1910, appointing Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor, John Poynder, Baron Islington, Companion of Our Distinguished Service Order (now also Knight Commander of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George), to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.

IV. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, Ministers, and loving subjects in Our said Dominion, and all others whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof, and to give their ready obedience accordingly.

Given at Our Court at Saint James’s, this Ninth day of September, 1912, in the Third year of Our Reign.

By His Majesty’s Command,

L. HARCOURT.

Notice respecting Proposed Alterations in Boundaries of Borough of Onehunga.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th January, 1913.

PURSUANT to section 118 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a petition in accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-fourth of the electors of the area described in the Schedule hereto, has been presented to him, praying that the said area may be included in the Borough of Onehunga. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration within one month from the first publication of this notice; such objections or petitions to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BOROUGH OF ONEHUNGA.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north-west by the south-eastern side of Campbell Road from the northernmost corner of Lot No. 1 of small lots near Onehunga; towards the north-east by the north-east boundaries of Lots Nos. 14, 15, 16, 43, 44, 49, 52, 88, 91, 92, and 97 on plan numbered 7941, deposited at the office of the District Land Registrar, Auckland, by the abutment of Tawa Road, and by the north-east boundaries of Lots Nos. 98, 103, 104, 109, 110, 115, and 116 on plan No. 7941 aforesaid; towards the south-east generally by the south-east boundary of the last-mentioned Lot No. 116, the abutment of Tawhiri Road, by the south-east boundaries of Lots Nos. 117 and 118 on the said plan No. 7941, by the crossing of Rawhiti Road, by the south-western side of that road to the eastern corner of Lot No. 85 on plan deposited as aforesaid numbered 4393, by the south-east boundaries of Lot No. 85 aforesaid and Lot No. 81 on the last-mentioned plan, the abutment of Moata Road, by the south-east boundaries of Lots Nos. 77 and 73 on the aforesaid plan No. 4393, by the abutment of Ngamata Road, by the south-east boundaries of Lots Nos. 69 and 67 on plan No. 4393 aforesaid to the crossing of Moana Road, and by the south-east boundaries of Lots Nos. 89, 87, 86, and 85 on plan No. 3646 deposited as aforesaid; towards the south by the crossing of Marire Road, by the southern boundaries of Lots Nos. 83, 81, 80, 79, and 78 on the said plan No. 3646, and the crossing of Cameron Street to its western side; towards the east by the western side of that street and its production to the south-west side of Mount Smart Road; towards the south-west by the said side of Mount Smart Road to the west side of Queen Street; and towards the west by the said side of Queen Street to the place of commencement.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the New Plymouth Borough Council abolishing Wards.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th January, 1913.

THE following special order, made by the New Plymouth Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908.

J. HISLOP,
Under-Secretary.

NEW PLYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

THAT, on and from the 15th day of April, 1913, all subdivisions or wards in the Borough of New Plymouth be abolished, and that the number of Councillors for the undivided borough be twelve; and that, in pursuance of the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, the whole Council shall go out of office on the above date, and there shall be a fresh election of Councillors.

I, George William Browne, Mayor of the Borough of New Plymouth, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a resolution passed by the New Plymouth Borough Council on the 22nd day of November, 1912, at a special meeting, and duly confirmed as a special order at a special meeting of the said Council held on the 23rd day of December, 1912. I also further certify that all the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, relating to the passing of special orders have been duly complied with in the passing of the above special order.

Dated this 30th day of December, 1912.

G. W. BROWNE,
Mayor of the Borough of New Plymouth.

Resolution made by the Council of the Borough of Ekatahuna.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 14th January, 1913.

THE following resolution, made by the Ekatahuna Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.

W. FRASER,
Acting Minister of Finance.

EKETAHUNA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Special Resolution passed by the Ekatahuna Borough Council at a Special Meeting of the Council held on Monday, the 16th December, 1912, at 8 p.m., increasing Special Rate.

WHEREAS the Ekatahuna Borough Council has been authorized by the ratepayers to borrow £12,700 for the purpose of constructing waterworks for the supply of water for the use of inhabitants of the Borough of Ekatahuna, and the