JAN. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 27

SCHEDULE C.

DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY APPLICANT OR PURCHASER UNDER PART VI OF THE LAND ACT, 1908.

I, A. B., of , do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am of the age of twenty-one years and upwards.
2. That I am, subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, desirous of becoming the purchaser [or transferee] of a lease or license of the pastoral lands described in the accompanying Schedule.
3. That I am acquiring the lease or license of such land solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

• 4. That I am not the holder of any lease or license under Part VI of the Land Act, 1908, except the lease or license over Run No. which I am now purchasing, nor have I any interest in any such lease or license save as aforesaid.
     [Or 4. That I am the holder of Lease or License No. over Run No. , District, under Part VI of the Land Act, 1908, but have applied under section 231 of the said Act for the recommendation of the Land Board and approval of the Minister of Lands to enable me to become the holder of a lease or license of the pastoral lands which I am now purchasing.]
     And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.
     Declared at this day of , 191 , before me— , a Justice of the Peace for New Zealand [or Solicitor, or Notary Public].
• For the purpose of section 231 of the Land Act, 1908, a person is deemed to be the holder of a run if his wife or her husband (as the case may be) is the holder of a run.
  J. F. ANDREWS,
  Clerk of the Executive Council.

The Southern Side of Waitemata Street, Ponsonby, in the City of Auckland, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fourth day of January, 1916.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by subsection one of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, it is, inter alia, provided that the said section shall not apply in any case where the local authority having control of a road or street by resolution declares that the provisions thereof shall not apply to any specified road or street, or any specified part thereof, and such resolution is approved by the Governor in Council:
And whereas by subsection two of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, and clause (b) of subsection one of section thirteen of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, it is provided that such approval may be either absolute or subject to such conditions as the Governor in Council thinks fit to impose, and may refer to one or both sides of the road or street:
And whereas the Auckland City Council, the local authority having control of the street described in the Schedule hereto, did, on the second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, pass the following resolution—viz., “Whereas by Order in Council dated the twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, the northern side of Waitemata Street in the City of Auckland was exempted from the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908: And whereas the trustees of St. Mary’s Convent property have agreed to dedicate seven feet of such property on the southern side of the said street to widen it from thirty-three to forty feet: Be it therefore resolved that upon the widening of the said street to forty feet the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, shall not apply to the said Waitemata Street ”:
And whereas it is deemed expedient that such resolution should be approved in so far as it refers to the southern side of the said street described in the Schedule hereto:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the above-in-part-recited Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the said resolution to the extent hereinbefore mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that street in the City of Auckland, known as Waitemata Street, Ponsonby, commencing at its junction with New Street, Ponsonby, and running in a north-easterly direction for a distance of seven chains, more or less. As the said street is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 35429, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured red.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £850 proposed to be raised by the Council of the County of Piako.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fourth day of January, 1916.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the Piako County Council lately proposed to raise a loan of eight hundred and fifty pounds, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of completing the metalling of Eastport Road: And whereas the special roll of the ratepayers interested, though deposited for public inspection, was not deposited before any steps were taken to raise the loan, as required by section seventeen of the above-mentioned Act: And whereas it appears that the said ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity or defect, and it is expedient to validate the aforesaid proceedings:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred 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 validate the deposit of the said roll; and doth hereby declare that the said proceedings shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the same had been carried out in the proper manner, and that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Reserves in the Paeroa Borough Council.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fourth day of January, 1916.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been duly set apart for municipal purposes: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said reserves in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Paeroa:
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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the fourth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserves described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Paeroa, in trust, for municipal purposes.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF PAEROA.
Sections 29, 30, 31, 40, 41, and 42, Block IV: Area, 2 roods 28 perches.
Sections 1, 2, 3, 14, 15, and 16, Block XVII: Area, 1 acre 0 roods 32 perches.
Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Block XXIII: Area, 2 acres 0 roods 29 perches.
Sections 1, 3, and 7, Block XXVI: Area, 3 acres 1 rood 30 perches.
Sections 3 and 4, Block XXVII: Area, 2 acres 1 rood 23 perches.

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