SEPT. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3637

And whereas parts of the areas over which the undermentioned loans, viz.,—

Rowan Road Loan No. 1 .. .. 282 1 1
Mangawhero Road Loan No. 1 .. .. 180 0 7
Manaia Road Loan No. 1 .. .. 275 17 1
Auroa Road Loan No. 1 .. .. 496 11 10
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1,234 10 7

were originally raised by the late Waimate Road Board, since merged in the Waimate West County Council (hereinafter referred to as the said Council), have been merged or included in the County of Eltham :

And whereas parts of the areas over which the undermentioned loans, viz.,—

Roads in Central Subdivision Loan .. 380 0 0
Oeo Road No. II Loan .. .. 560 13 5
Auroa Road Loan .. .. 505 1 11
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1,445 15 4

were also raised by the said Council have been merged or included in the County of Egmont :

And whereas part of the area over which the undermentioned loan, viz.,—

Manaia Road Loan No. 1 .. .. 220 0 0

was also raised by the said Council has been merged or included in the Town District of Kaponga :

And whereas it has been mutually agreed between the local authorities concerned that the amount of fifty-five pounds eleven shillings in respect of the four loans first above mentioned shall be paid annually by the Eltham County Council to the said Council, also that the amount of sixty-five pounds one shilling and sixpence in respect of the three loans secondly above referred to shall be paid annually by the Egmont County Council to the said Council, and also that the amount of nine pounds eighteen shillings in respect of the Manaia Road Loan No. 1 shall be paid annually by the Kaponga Town Board to the said Council, as their respective duly proportionate parts of the interest and other charges in respect of the said loans :

And whereas written application has been made by the said Council to the Governor-General to direct accordingly :

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by section seventy-three of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, do hereby direct that the Eltham County Council shall in respect of the four loans first above mentioned pay annually to the said Council on the first day of February in each and every year during the currency of the said loans the sum of fifty-five pounds eleven shillings, also that the Egmont County Council shall in respect of the three loans secondly above mentioned pay annually to the said Council on the first day of February in each and every year during the currency of the said loans the sum of sixty-five pounds one shilling and sixpence, and that the Kaponga Town Board shall pay annually to the said Council in respect of the Manaia Road Loan No. 1 the sum of nine pounds eighteen shillings in each and every year during the currency of the loans, as their duly proportionate parts of the interest and other charges payable in respect of the said loans respectively.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this thirteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

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Member of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th September, 1917.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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(New Zealand.—Separate.) Downing Street, 10th July, 1917.

My Lord,—I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency a letter addressed to you by the Clerk of the Council, together with the sealed notification of your appointment as a Member of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council.

I have, &c.,
WALTER H. LONG.

Governor-General His Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool, P.C., G.C.M.G., M.V.O., &c.

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ENCLOSURE.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 2nd day of July, 1917.

Present :

THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

This day the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.O., Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand, was, by His Majesty’s command, appointed a Member of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council

ALMERIC FITZROY.

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Member of Canterbury Land Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th September, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM

a member of the Canterbury Land Board.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

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Member of Dunsandel Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th September, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

HERBERT FLEMING WRIGHT

to be a member of the Dunsandel Domain Board, in the place of James Burgess, who has left the district.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

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Members of Rukuhia Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th September, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

HENRY WEBB,
ARTHUR CEDRIC WALLIS,
JOHN KELLY, and
The Rev. JOHN GEORGE LAUGHTON

to be members of the Rukuhia Domain Board, in the places of William Power, William Ernest Butcher, Walter Thomas Asplin, and Daniel Archibald McKay, who have retired.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

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Trustee, New Plymouth Savings-bank, appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 12th September, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JAMES McLEOD, Esquire,

to be a Trustee of the New Plymouth Savings-bank.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

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Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th September, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOHN JOSEPH CORBY

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wairau, vice W. Ching, deceased.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.