JUNE 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2439

was not deposited for inspection in the manner required by
the above-mentioned Acts and the regulations thereunder,
but was deposited after the signatures to the ratepayers'
consent had been sought and obtained: And whereas in
the public notification of the deposit of the roll the time
within which objections to the special roll could be received
was erroneously stated as within seven days from the first
day of the deposit of the special roll instead of as within
seven days from the last day of the deposit of the special roll,
as required by the above-mentioned Acts and the regulations
thereunder: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers
have not been misled by such irregularities or defects, and it
is expedient to validate the said proceedings:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities conferred on him by section one
hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913,
and acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare
that the said proceedings shall be valid to all intents and
purposes as though the said roll had been legally deposited
in the proper order, and public notification thereof and of
all matters in connection therewith given in the proper manner,
and that the proceedings in connection with the said loan
shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregu-
larities aforesaid.

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

Extension of Time for Preparation of Defaulters List, Grey County.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this sixteenth
day of June, 1914.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that the pre-
paration of the defaulters list for the County of Grey,
and the taking of certain steps consequent on such prepara-
tion, cannot be made and taken within the time mentioned
in the Counties Act, 1908, and it is expedient to extend the
said time:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers conferred upon him by the said Counties Act, 1908,
and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Ex-
eutive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order
and declare that the time for preparation of the defaulters
list for the County of Grey is hereby extended to the twenty-
second day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

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

Postmasters appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the
two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices
of the Peace Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons set
out in the Schedule hereto, being persons holding the office
of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at
the places set opposite their names in the said Schedule, are
authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under
the two hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of
the Peace Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

ALEXANDER HERON . . . . Bull's.
JOHN ALEXANDER HERD . . . . Ohakune.
ROBERT ARCHIBALD BAYLIFFE . . . . Marton.

As witness my hand this thirteenth day of June, one
thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

Opening Land in Otago Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur
William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor
of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that
the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for
selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the eleventh
day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen,
at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also
declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject
to section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as
it contains, or is supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or
valuable stone.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAIHEMO COUNTY.—DUNBACK
SURVEY DISTRICT.—OTAGO MINING DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £35 3s., valuation for fencing.

Open, ridgy land, carrying very fair native vegetation;
altitude, 800 ft. to 1,200 ft. General aspect good. Soil is of
very fair quality, and portions can be cultivated; watered.
Access by formed road about six miles from the Town of
Palmerston.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this eleventh day of June, one thousand nine
hundred and fourteen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Otago Land District for Sale or Selection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur
William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor
of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report
of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section
one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare
that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open
for sale or selection on Tuesday, the eleventh day of August,
one thousand nine hundred and fourteen; and also that
the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the
option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected
for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease;
and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands
shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said
Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be
sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions
of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Southland County.—Waipahi Survey District.

8 | XII | 106 0 17 | 220 0 0 | 5 10 0 | 4 8 0

Flat land, covered with a coarse tussock. Soil somewhat
sour. Part of the area consists of a peat bog. Situated
about fourteen miles from Clinton, twelve miles from Pukerau,
and four miles from Otaraia Post and Telephone Office.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Clutha County.—Woodland Survey District.

6 | XI | 210 0 0 | 190 0 0 | 4 15 0 | 3 16 0

Weighted with £25, valuation for improvements consisting
of 10 acres felled and grassed.