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water mark adjacent thereto, of Kaihu Creek, Kaipara Harbour, in order to maintain thereon a wharf erected in accordance with plan marked M.D. 3905, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, and upon and subject to the terms and conditions therein set forth: And whereas it is desirable that the said license should be revoked:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the Harbours Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke and determine the said-recited Order in Council of the twenty-sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and the rights and privileges thereby conferred.

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

Vesting a Plantation Reserve in the Corporation of the Borough of Opotiki.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this ninth day of January, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was heretofore permanently reserved for plantation purposes: And whereas by an Order in Council dated the twenty-third day of October, one thousand nine hundred and two, and published in Gazette of the thirtieth day of that month, the said reserve was, with other lands, duly vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and inhabitants of the Opotiki County, in pursuance of section four of the Public Reserves Act, 1881:

And whereas, with the consent of the Opotiki County Council, and in pursuance of subsection two of section three of the Public Reserves and Domains Amendment Act, 1914, the said Order in Council was revoked in so far as it related to the said reserve by Order in Council dated the sixteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and published in the Gazette of the nineteenth day of that month: And whereas it is expedient that the said reserve should now be vested in the Corporation of the Borough of Opotiki:

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 pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section four of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Corporation of the Borough of Opotiki in trust for plantation purposes.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 2 perches, being Lots 239, 240, 241, and 242 of Section 1, Town of Opotiki.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Vesting the Control of certain Reserves in the Southland Land Board.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this ninth day of January, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twelve of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, as amended by section six of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1916, it is enacted that in respect of any lands set apart in the South Island of New Zealand to make provision for landless Natives, or permanently reserved by Proclamation for the purpose of providing land for landless Natives, whether under the South Island Landless Natives Act, 1906, or since the repeal of that Act, the Governor in Council may vest the control of the same by Order in Council in the Land Board (under the Land Act, 1908) of the district within which the same are situated:

And whereas the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been duly set apart to make provision for landless Natives in the South Island:

And whereas in the opinion of the Governor it is expedient to vest the control of the lands described in the Schedule hereto in the Southland Land Board:

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 said section twelve of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, as amended by the said section six of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1916, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the control of the lands described in the Schedule hereto (being lands set apart in the South Island of New Zealand to make provision for landless Natives) shall be and the same is hereby vested in the Land Board of the Southland Land District.

SCHEDULE.

HOKONUI AND FOREST HILL BLOCKS.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 17,103 acres 0 roods 24 perches, more or less, being Section 823, Block 54, Section 910, Block 61, Sections 907, 908, 909, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, and 923, Block 62, and Sections 921 and 922, Block 63, Hokonui Survey District; Sections 440 and 441, Block 4, Sections 439 and 442, Block 5, Sections 431, 432, 433, 435, 436, and 437, Block 9, Sections 430, 471, and 472, Block 10; Sections 419, 421, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 429, 463, 464, 465, and 466, Block 11; Sections 416, 417, 418, Block 12, Sections 415, 451, 452, 453, 457, 462, 467, and 468, Block 16, and Sections 454, 455, 458, 459, and 460, Block 17, Forest Hill Hundred. As the same is delineated upon the plans marked L. and S. 22/1099B and L. and S. 22/1099C, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.

WAIKAWA BLOCK.

All that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 17,619 acres 1 rood 1 perch, more or less, being Sections 35A, 52A, 53, 54, 55, 56, and 61, Block 1, Sections 57, 58, 59, and 60, Block 2, Lindhurst Hundred; Sections 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, and 48, Block 4, Sections 45, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 57A, 58, 58A, 59, 60, 61, 62, and 66, Block 5, Sections 63, 64, and 65, Block 6, Waimumu Hundred; and Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, and 12, Block 16, Waikawa Survey District. As the same is delineated upon the plans marked L. and S. 22/1099D and L. and S. 22/1099E, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.

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

Validating Public Notifications of the Special Order authorizing the Raising of a Loan of £420 to be raised by the Council of the County of Waimarino.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eighteenth day of December, 1916.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. ALLEN PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Waimarino County Council, acting under and in pursuance of section sixteen (e) of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, lately proposed to raise a loan of four hundred and twenty pounds for the purpose of metalling the Mangahouhou Road from its junction with the Rangataua Road westwards, a distance of about sixty-five chains:

And whereas the public notices of the special order authorizing the raising of the above loan, although four publications were made, were not given once in each of the four weeks immediately preceding the day on which the special order was confirmed, inasmuch as no public notice was given in the fourth week as required by section ninety-seven of the Counties Act, 1908:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient that the irregularity should be validated:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power conferred on him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and of every other power and authority enabling him in this behalf, and acting