May 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2119

tion 8, Blocks IX and V, Waro Survey District, and part Section 9, Block V aforesaid, and terminating at the south-eastern corner of Section 5, Block V aforesaid; being a distance of two miles, more or less. As the said portion of road is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 42204, 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.

Extending Prohibition of Private Alienation of certain Native Land.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fourteenth day of May, 1917.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby extend for a further period of six months the Order in Council made the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and gazetted the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, prohibiting all alienations of the Native land specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienations in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

MAKETU AND WAIHI SOUTH SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Approximate Area.

A. B. P.

PUKEHINA M Block, Section 1 .. .. 684 1 0
" " 2 .. .. 602 2 3
" " 3 .. .. 300 1 18

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

License authorizing the Devonport Borough Council to erect Electric Lines within Portion of the Borough of Takapuna.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fourteenth day of May, 1917.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, it is provided that no person shall lay, construct, place, put up, or use any electric line except under the authority of a license issued by the Governor in Council under that Act:

And whereas the Devonport Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as “the licensee”) desires to erect electric lines along the route defined in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter called “the said electric lines,” and it is expedient accordingly to issue a license in respect thereof under the said section:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said section, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in that behalf, 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, doth, subject to the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, and to the regulations made under section two of the aforesaid Act, and published in the New Zealand Gazette dated the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and hereinafter referred to as “the regulations,” hereby authorize the licensee to erect and maintain the said electric lines for lighting, power, and heating purposes.

SCHEDULE.

1. THE ROUTE OF THE ELECTRIC LINES AUTHORIZED.

THAT route commencing in Wairoa Road, adjoining Narrow Neck Beach, in the Borough of Devonport, and proceeding along the said road across the borough boundary, and along old Lake Road, in the Borough of Takapuna, to its junction with Lake Road. As the said route is more particularly indicated by red crosses on the plan marked P.W.D. 42186, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

2. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (1) (b) of clause 2 of the regulations.

The generating voltage shall be approximately 460 to 500 volts between the terminals.

3. DATUM TEMPERATURE.

For the purpose of calculating the stresses as provided in clause 12 of the regulations, the datum temperature shall be taken as 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

4. NOTICES re EXTENSIONS, ETC.

Records of results of tests (Regulation 37), and notices re commencement of work (Regulation 44) and re extensions and alterations (Regulation 49), should be sent to the Under-Secretary, Public Works Department, Wellington, and to the Telegraph Engineer of the district, or his deputy, at present stationed at Auckland.

5. CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY.

The charge for electrical energy shall not exceed 9d. per unit for lighting purposes, and 4d. per unit for motor-power, heating, or cooking purposes; provided that “lighting purposes” shall include the operation of motor generators for lighting purposes.

6. DURATION OF LICENSE.

This license shall, unless revoked by three months’ notice in writing from the Takapuna Borough Council to the licensee, or unless determined in accordance with the provisions hereinafter expressed, continue in force for a period of forty-two years from the date hereof. Upon the expiry of the said term, or upon the sooner determination of this license by revocation or otherwise, all rights hereby granted to the licensee shall thereupon cease and determine; but such expiration or determination shall not relieve the licensee of any liability theretofore incurred under this license.

7. REQUIREMENTS OF TAKAPUNA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the licensee shall not be entitled to erect, maintain, or use any electric lines within the Borough of Takapuna, except subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this license and the regulations relating thereto, as may from time to time be agreed upon between the licensee and the Takapuna Borough Council.

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

Licensing William Richard Lawrence to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore and Land below Low-water Mark at Totara North, Whangaroa Harbour, as a Site for a Wharf.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fourteenth day of May, 1917.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), William Richard Lawrence, of Totara North (hereinafter called “the licensee”), has applied to the Governor in Council for a license under the said Act to use and occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark at Totara North, Whangaroa Harbour, as shown on plans marked M.D. 1470 and 1471, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, in order to maintain a wharf thereon: And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor in Council that the said wharf will not be or tend to the injury of navigation, and the said plans marked M.D. 1470 and 1471 have, prior to the making of this Order in Council, been approved of by the Governor in Council: And whereas it is desirable that a license under the said Act, for the purpose aforesaid, should be granted and issued to the licensee for the term and subject to the conditions hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and of