MAR. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1023

Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that all proceedings in connection with the said poll shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the said notice had been published in all respects as required by section nine of the said Act, and that the said proceedings shall not be called into question by reason only of the said irregularity or defect.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Proceedings in connection with Two Loans of £750 each, proposed to be raised by the Mangawara Drainage Board.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this nineteenth day of March, 1917.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Mangawara Drainage Board lately proposed to raise two loans of seven hundred and fifty pounds each under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the following purposes, namely :—

(a.) For constructing drainage-works within the Mangawara Drainage Board’s Number One Special-rating Area :

(b.) For constructing drainage-works within the Mangawara Drainage Board’s Number Two Special-rating Area :

And whereas irregularities or defects occurred both in the notices published in pursuance of section nine of the said Act and in the voting-papers used at the polls upon the said proposals, in that the term of the said loans (namely, thirty-six years and a half) was not set forth in such notices and voting-papers :

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularities or defects, and it is expedient to validate the same :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him 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 hereby declare that the proceedings in connection with the said loans shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the term of the said loans had been stated in the said notices and voting-papers, and that the proceedings shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularities or defects aforesaid.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £800 proposed to be raised by the Te Rapa Drainage Board.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this nineteenth day of March, 1917.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Te Rapa Drainage Board lately proposed to raise a loan of eight hundred pounds for the purpose of improving the existing drains and making new drains in Number One, Number Two, and Number Four Areas, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913 :

And whereas an irregularity or defect occurred both in the notice published in pursuance of section nine of the said Act and in the voting-paper used at the poll upon the said proposal, in that the term of the said loan (namely, thirty-six years and a half) was not set forth in such notice and voting-paper :

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity or defect, and it is expedient to validate the same :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him 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 hereby declare that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the term of the said loan had been stated in the said notice and voting-paper, and that the proceedings shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulation (Amended) for Deer-shooting, Rotorua Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS by Warrant dated the twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, made under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, regulations were made prescribing the deer-shooting season in that part of the Rotorua Acclimatization District comprised in the Counties of Rotorua and Whakatane: And whereas it is expedient to amend the said regulations as hereinafter mentioned :

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Animals Protection Act, 1908, do hereby make the following regulation.

REGULATION.

No stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten points.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, the fifteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Scenic Reserve Inspector appointed.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section four of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

WILLIAM COBELDICK

to be an Inspector under the said Act in respect to the scenic reserve described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 282 acres 2 roods, more or less, situated in Blocks XVI, Rotorua Survey District, and IV, Horohoro Survey District, and being part of Rotohokahoka Block. Bounded towards the north-west by part of Rotohokahoka F Block from Trig. Station S, Ngongotaha, to the westernmost corner of part D, Rotohokahoka North No. 3 Block; towards the north-east by the said part D to Mountain Road; thence towards the south generally by that road, Rotohokahoka D South No. 9, D North No. 2b, and D North No. 10 Blocks; towards the west by Rotohokahoka D North No. 10 and D North No. 9 Blocks; and towards the north generally by Rotohokahoka F Block to and across Mountain Road, by that road to a point bearing 77° 33′ from Trig. Station S aforesaid, and thence to the said trig. station, the place of commencement.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Portion of a Primary-education Endowment in Block I, Mataura Hundred, Southland Land District, set apart as a Site for a Public School.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS by section five of the Education Reserves Amendment Act, 1911, it is enacted that the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Land Board of the district in which are situated any reserves or endowments vested in the Crown by or in pursuance of section two of the Education Reserves Amendment Act, 1910, set apart as sites