MAR. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1157

Motukaraka Settlers' Association incorporated.--Notice No. 1732.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of March, 1914.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. H. HERRIES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies 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 incorporate the members of the Motukaraka Settlers' Association, and such persons as shall hereafter be admitted members of the said association agreeably to the rules of the said association and the provisions of the said Act, into a body corporate under the style and title of "The Motukaraka Settlers' Association." J. F. ANDREWS, Clerk of the Executive Council.
Boundaries of City of Christchurch altered.
LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth day of March, 1914.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE J. ALLEN PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS, in pursuance of section nineteen of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1910, a petition was presented to the Governor praying that part of the County of Waimairi should be excluded from the said county and included in the City of Christchurch:
And whereas, after inquiry and report by a Commission as directed by the said section, a poll was duly taken on the fifteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, on the proposal that the areas described in the First Schedule hereto, being part of the said county, should be excluded therefrom and included in the said city, and the result of that poll was in favour of the said proposal:
And whereas it is expedient that the area described in the said First Schedule hereto should be included in the said City of Christchurch and added to the St. Albans Ward thereof:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, as amended by the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, 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 declare that as on and from the third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, the area described in the First Schedule hereto shall be included in the City of Christchurch, and shall form part of the St. Albans Ward thereof, and that the boundaries of the said St. Albans Ward shall be those described in the Second Schedule hereto.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
AREA INCLUDED IN THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.
ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north by a line along the middle of Shirley Road from the boundary of the City of Christchurch at the junction of Shirley Road and Hills Road to Marshland Road, formerly known as Canal Reserve Road; thence towards the east generally by a line along the middle of the last-mentioned road to Banks Avenue; thence along the middle of Banks Avenue and Dudley Creek Road to a point opposite the confluence of Dudley Creek with the River Avon; thence by a line across the said Dudley Creek and by the left bank of the River Avon to the eastern boundary of the City of Christchurch; and thence towards the south and west generally by the City of Christchurch to the junction of Shirley Road and Hills Road, the place of commencement.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
St. ALBANS WARD.
ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line along the south-eastern side of Norman's Road from the northernmost corner of Rural Section No. 242 to and across Papanui Road, and along the north-eastern side of that road to May's Road; thence along the south-eastern side of May's Road to Rutland Street, and along the south-western side of Rutland Street to a point in line with the south-eastern side of McFadden's Road; thence across Rutland Street, and along the south-eastern side of McFadden's Road to Phillpot's Road; thence along the south-western side of Phillpot's Road to and across Innes Road, and along the south-eastern side of that road to Shirley's Road; thence along the south-western side of Shirley's Road to its junction with Hill's Road; thence along the middle of Shirley's Road to Marshall Road, and along the middle of that road to Banks Avenue; thence along the middle of Banks Avenue and Dudley Creek Road to a point opposite the confluence of Dudley Creek and the River Avon; thence across the said Dudley Creek and along the left bank of the River Avon to a point in line with the southern boundary-line of a subdivision of original Section No. 197, containing 3 acres and 35 perches; thence along the former boundary of the City of Christchurch as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 52 of the 29th June, 1911, page 2058, to North Avon Road; thence along the southern and eastern sides of that road to Bealey Avenue, along the northern side of Bealey Avenue and across Park Terrace to the River Avon; thence along the left bank of that river to Boundary Road, along the north-eastern side of Boundary Road and the north-western side of the road forming part of the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section No. 133 to Wairarapa Stream, along the left bank of that stream to Rural Section No. 242; and thence along the north-eastern boundary of that section to its northernmost corner, the place of commencement.
Consenting to the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court granting Leave to Appeal.
LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of March, 1914.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. H. HERRIES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS subsection one of section fifty of the Native Land Act, 1909, enacts that at any time and from time to time, on application made ex parte or otherwise by any person interested, the Chief Judge may, if he thinks fit, on being satisfied that the applicant has shown a prima facie case of error, whether of fact or law, in any final order of the Native Land Court, grant leave to the applicant to appeal to the Appellate Court against that order, notwithstanding the fact that, owing to lapse of time or for any other reason, the applicant has no appeal as of right to that Court:
And whereas subsection two of that section further enacts that, save with the precedent consent of the Governor in Council, leave to appeal shall not be granted by the Chief Judge under this section unless application for same is made within five years after the making of the order appealed from:
And whereas application has been made to His Honour the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court to grant leave to appeal against the decision of the Native Land Court, dated the eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, in respect of the succession to the interest of Apiata te Aitu, deceased, in the Waitakere No. 2 Block: And whereas it is expedient that such leave to appeal should be granted:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by subsection two of section fifty of the Native Land Act, 1909, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby consent to the Chief Judge granting the applicant leave to appeal as aforesaid. 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.
J. F. ANDREWS, Clerk of the Executive Council.