Oct. 18. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3935

thirty, by Proclamation declare such land to be Crown land
subject to the Land Act, 1908, and thereupon the land may
be administered and disposed of under that Act accordingly:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto was
taken for the purposes of a road: And whereas such road
has been stopped, and it is desirable to declare the land con-
tained therein to be Crown land:

And whereas a plan has been prepared, and the Minister has
recommended the Governor-General to declare such land to
be Crown land:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred upon me by the above-in-part-
recited Acts, and of all other powers in anywise enabling me
in this behalf, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of
Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby declare the land described in the Schedule
hereto to be Crown land subject to the Land Act, 1908, and
that such land may be administered and disposed of under
that Act accordingly.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of stopped road declared to
be Crown land:—

A. R. P.
0 3 13, adjoining or passing through Section 11. 10.
0 3 34 " 9.
0 3 21 " 8.
0 3 0 " 7.
1 2 13 " 6.
2 1 16 "

Situated in Block VII, Wakaiā District (Southland R.D.).
In the Southland Land District; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 42874,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works
at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
coloured green.

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-General 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 fifteenth
day of October, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Amended Regulations under the Stock Act, 1908, for the Preven-
tion of Blackleg amongst Cattle.—Notice No. 1900.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this fifteenth day
of October, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twentieth
day of December, one thousand nine hundred and
fifteen, regulations were made under the Stock Act, 1908,
for the prevention of blackleg amongst cattle:

And whereas by those regulations certain lands described
in the First and Second Schedules thereto were declared to
be infected areas within the meaning of the said Act:

And whereas the area described in the Second Schedule
to the said regulations as No. 2 Infected Area B was amended
by Order in Council dated the fifth day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and sixteen, and published in the Gazette of
fifteenth idem:

And whereas it is desired to alter the boundaries of the
areas described in the First and Second Schedules to the said
regulations as “No. 1 Infected Area A,” “No. 2 Infected
Area A,” “No. 1 Infected Area B,” and “No. 2 Infected
Area B”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the powers conferred upon him by the Stock Act, 1908, and
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend the afore-
said regulations by revoking those parts of the First and
Second Schedules thereof which describe “No. 1 Infected
Area A,” “No. 2 Infected Area A,” “No. 1 Infected Area
B,” and “No. 2 Infected Area B,” and by substituting
therefor the description set out in the Schedule hereto; and
doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall come into
force on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand
Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

NO. 1 INFECTED AREA A.

The Counties of Franklin, Waikato, Waipa, and Piako as at
present constituted; that portion of Raglan County as at
present constituted situated north of the southern boundary
of Te Akau A 6 and A 3, and generally of the northern
boundary of the Parish of Whangape to the Waikato River;
that portion of West Taupo County as at present constituted
north of the Puniu River, the Owairaka Stream, its water-
shed, and the Waiteti Stream to the Waikato River; and
those portions of Ohinemuri and Thames Counties as at pre-
sent constituted on the western side of the main range water-
shed to the Waiwhakauranga Stream, following same to the
Firth of Thames.

NO. 1 INFECTED AREA B.

The Counties of Waitomo and Matamata as at present
constituted and West Taupo County, exclusive of the southern
portion lying south of a right line from Trig. 1390 (Pareora)
to the mouth of the Waihora Stream at Lake Taupo, and
the northern portion included in infected area A.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amending Regulations under the Discharged Soldiers
Settlement Act, 1915.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this fifteenth day of
October, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon
him by the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915
(hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), His Excellency
the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand,
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend, in the
manner set forth in the Schedule hereto, the regulations
under the said Act made by Order in Council dated the
seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six-
teen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the six-
teenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

SCHEDULE.

CLAUSE 4 of the said regulations is hereby revoked, and the
following substituted in place thereof:—

4. In no case shall the amount advanced for the purpose
   of erecting a dwellinghouse and other buildings exceed £250.

Clause 5 of the said regulations is hereby revoked, and the
following substituted:—

5. The amount of advance that may be made to any one
   person shall not, including all other advances made to the
   same person and still remaining unpaid, exceed £500; pro-
   vided that the Minister may, if in his opinion special cir-
   cumstances render such amount inadequate, authorize an
   additional advance not exceeding £250.

The said regulations are hereby further amended by adding
the following new clauses:—

9. Any authority to make an advance issued by the Minis-
   ter shall be deemed to be an authority to advance and
   readvance moneys on current account so that the total in-
   debtedness, exclusive of interest, of the person to whom
   such advance is made shall not at any time exceed the
   amount so authorized.

10. All the powers conferred upon His Majesty the King
    as mortgagee or grantee by any mortgage or chattels security
    for moneys advanced under these regulations, or pursuant to
    any law as such mortgagee or grantee, may be exercised in
    his own name by the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the
    land district in which is situated the land affected by such
    mortgage, or upon which are the stock or chattels described
    in such chattels security.