Nov. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3823

and the other existing leases and tenancies, and shall vest in the Corporation of the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington as from the date hereinafter mentioned; and I do also hereby declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the twenty-sixth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land taken: 21·4 perches. Portion of Section 153, Town of Wellington R.D., City of Wellington.

Situated in Block VI, Port Nicholson Survey District.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

ALL that the estate and interest created in the part of Section 153, Town of Wellington above described, by deed of lease registered No. 106648 and by deed of assignment of lease registered No. 111503, now vested in Douglas Smith Patrick, of Wellington, Draper, which lease was granted for a period of ten years from the 19th day of July, 1911, and those estates and interests created by the present existing short leases.

All in the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 38889, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Amended Description of Puhipuhi Mining District.

[I.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Mining Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the Proclamation constituting the Puhipuhi Mining District, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 75, of the ninth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and in lieu thereof do hereby proclaim and declare that the boundaries of the said district shall be those mentioned in the Schedule hereto. And I do hereby further proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect as from the date of gazetting hereof.

SCHEDULE.

PUHIPUHI MINING DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Block VII, Hukerenui Survey District, being Sections 12 and 13, and containing by admeasurement 511 acres 2 roods 14 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north by Sections 4, 7, 11, and the Whenuaroa Cinnabar Syndicate’s Mining Claim, all in Block VII aforesaid; towards the east generally by a road 100 links wide and a river reserve following the Waiariki Stream; towards the south generally by parts No. 4B North No. 1, No. 4A, No. 1, No. 4A HA No. 2B, and No. 4A No. 4B of the Puhipuhi Block (Native land), and the crossing of a road 100 links wide.

Again, all that area in the Auckland Land District situate in Blocks IV and VIII, Hukerenui Survey District, being Sections 6, 16, 17 (cemetery site), 18 (creamery site), 19 (quarry site), 20 (hall site and a township reserve), all within Block IV; and Sections 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 (school reserve), 32 (quarry reserve), all within Block VIII; and containing by admeasurement 1,924 acres 0 roods 8 perches,

more or less. Bounded towards the west by a river reserve following the Waiariki Stream, towards the north by a road 100 links wide to its intersection with the river reserve following the Kaimamaku Stream, thence towards the east by a river reserve following the said stream, thence towards the south by Section 15 of Block VIII aforesaid, again towards the west by a State-forest plantation, again towards the east by a road 100 links wide, and towards the south by No. 5B Puhipuhi Block aforesaid (Native land).

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 5484, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this twelfth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities from the State Advances Department.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this fifteenth day of November, 1915.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section twenty-six, subsection one, of the Appropriation Act, 1915, it is provided that, notwithstanding any Act to the contrary, it shall not be lawful or competent for any local authority or for any Harbour Board, during the present war with Germany, to borrow or contract to borrow any money (otherwise than by way of bank overdraft within the limits of its powers, if any, in that behalf) whether from the State Advances Office or from any other source whatever, and whether in pursuance of a special Act or under any other authority whatever, without the precedent consent of the Governor in Council:

And whereas application has been made for the consent of the Governor in Council to enable the several local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto to borrow the loans set out in column B therein from the State Advances Office:

And whereas it is expedient that the precedent consent of the Governor in Council should issue:

Now, therefore, 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 consent to the borrowing from the State Advances Department of the loans hereinbefore mentioned by the several local authorities set out in the Schedule hereto; and it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the Appropriation Act, 1915, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor in Council to the raising of the loans hereby authorized.

SCHEDULE.

Column B.
£
Cook County Council .. .. .. 1,500
Eketahuna County Council .. .. .. 100
" .. .. .. 500
" .. .. .. 400
Kawhia County Council .. .. .. 4,400
Manunui Town Board .. .. .. 2,000
Onehunga Borough Council .. .. .. 5,000
Taranaki County Council .. .. .. 800
Waiapu County Council .. .. .. 5,000
Waimarino County Council .. .. .. 250
" .. .. .. 300
" .. .. .. 500
Whakatane County Council .. .. .. 700

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