JUNE 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1927

Council, on the recommendation of the Board in whose district the land is situated, in any case in which he is of opinion that an equal division of that land in manner aforesaid would be impracticable or inexpedient in the public interest or in the interests of the owners, authorize the division of that land in any other proportion, or authorize the whole of that land to be disposed of either by sale or lease: And whereas the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board has recommended that it is expedient that the whole of the land set out in the First Schedule hereto shall be disposed of by way of sale, and the land set out in the Second Schedule hereto shall be disposed of by way of lease:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby authorize the whole of the said land set out in the Schedules hereto to be disposed of by way of sale and lease; and it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the Native Land Act, 1909, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor in Council to the proceedings hereby authorized.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

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

Incorporating the Blairgowrie Land Settlement Association.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of June, 1913.

Present :
THE HONOURABLE W. H. HERRIES 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 first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, has been entered into between Robert Beatson Ross, vendor, of the one part, and Henry Thomas William Antrobus, Charles Sydney Moule, Robert Ness, James Boyte, David Bishop, Charles Harper Gray, James Martin Tweedie, Alexander Milne, and James Ramsay Scobie, and William Emanuel Pickford (as tenants in common in equal shares), purchasers, of the other part, for the purchase of the land therein described, and the said purchasers therein agreed to become incorporated as the Blairgowrie 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 the sum of eight hundred 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 first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and doth hereby direct that the sum of eight hundred 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.

License authorizing the Invercargill Borough Council to erect Electric Lines within the Borough of Invercargill, Portion of the Borough of South Invercargill, and Portion of the Southland County.

LIVERPOOL, Governor
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seventh day of June, 1913.

Present :
THE HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, it is provided that no person shall lay, construct, put up, place, or use any electric line except under the authority of a license issued by the Governor in Council under that Act: And whereas the Invercargill Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as “the said Council”) desires to erect electric lines within the Borough of Invercargill, portion of the Borough of South Invercargill, and portion of the Southland County, and it is expedient accordingly to issue a license in respect thereof under the said section:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said section, and of all other powers enabling him in that 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, subject to the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, hereby authorize the said Council to erect and maintain electric lines for lighting and power purposes within the area enclosed by red, green, and yellow lines on the plan marked P.W.D. 32362, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

SCHEDULE.
CONDITIONS.

In this license the following words and phrases shall have the meanings hereby attached to them respectively:—
(a.) “Minister” means the Minister of Public Works.
(b.) “Inspecting Engineer” means the engineer or other officer appointed by the Minister for the purpose of inspecting the works to be constructed or maintained by the Council under the authority of this license.
(c.) “Electric line” or “line” means a wire or wires, conductor, or other means used for conveying, transmitting, or distributing electricity for power, lighting, or heating purposes, and including any instrument, insulator, casing, tubing, pipe covering, or post enclosing or supporting an electric line or anything connected therewith.
(d.) “Pressure” means difference of electric potential.
(e.) “Earthed” means, when applied to any metallic body, that it shall be connected to the general mass of the earth in such a manner as will ensure at all times an immediate discharge of electrical energy without danger.