608 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 28

Governor-General in Council is satisfied that the fund to be
transferred can be administered by the incorporated society
or trustees for substantially the same purposes as those for
which the fund was established:

And whereas an application has been made by the Pihama
Patriotic League to transfer the fund held by such league,
entitled “The Pihama Patriotic League Fund,” to the
Taranaki Provincial War Relief Association (Incorporated):

And whereas the Governor-General in Council is satisfied
that such fund can be administered by the Taranaki Pro-
vincial War Relief Association for substantially the same
purposes as those for which that fund was established:

And whereas it is considered desirable to consent to such
transfer:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and acting
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said Dominion, doth hereby consent to the transfer of
the fund held by the said Pihama Patriotic League, entitled
“The Pihama Patriotic League Fund,” to the Taranaki Pro-
vincial War Relief Association (Incorporated).

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £445
proposed to be raised by the Moa Road Board.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of February, 1918.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Moa Road Board, acting under and in
pursuance of paragraph (e) of section sixteen of the
Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, lately proposed to raise a
loan of four hundred and forty-five pounds for the purpose
of forming and metalling the Mangaotea Road within the
Mangaotea No. 2 Special Rating Area:

And whereas an irregularity or defect occured in the pro-
ceedings taken in connection with the said loan in that the
said Mangaotea No. 2 Special Rating Area was erroneously
described throughout the said proceedings as comprising part
Sections 26, 27, 28, and 32, and Sections 33, 34, and 35,
Block V, Huiroa Survey District, instead of part Sections 26,
27, 28, and 32, and Sections 33, 34, and 35, Block VI, Huiroa
Survey District:

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-General 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 Execu-
tive 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 said Mangaotea
No. 2 Special Rating Area had been properly described, and
that the proceedings shall not be called into question by
reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £2,000
proposed to be raised by the Kaitieke County Council.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of February, 1918.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Kaitieke County Council, acting under
and in pursuance of paragraph (e) of section sixteen
of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, lately proposed to raise
a loan of two thousand pounds for the purpose of reforming
and metalling a portion of the Kokakonui Road:

And whereas the ratepayers’ consent given under para-
graph (e) of section sixteen aforesaid is irregular, in that one
of the subscribing ratepayers has attested the signatures of
the other subscribers thereto:

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

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General 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 Execu-
tive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and
declare that the ratepayers’ consent to the raising of the said
loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the
same had been properly witnessed, and that the validity
of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall
not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity
aforesaid.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £1,200
proposed to be raised by the Eureka Drainage Board.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of February, 1918.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Eureka Drainage Board lately proposed
to raise a loan of one thousand two hundred pounds,
under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of
constructing, widening, and deepening drains in the New-
stead Special Rating Area:

And whereas only six days intervened between the last
publication of the notice of intention to raise the loan pre-
scribed by section nine of the said Act and the date on which
the poll of the ratepayers upon the said proposal was taken,
instead of a period of not less than one week as required by
subsection two of section ten of the said Act:

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

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General 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 Execu-
tive 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 requirements of
subsection two of section ten of the said Act had been strictly
complied with, and that the proceedings shall not be called
into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Vesting a Reserve for a Fire-brigade Station in the Mayor,
Councillors, and Burgesses of the Stratford Borough.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of February, 1918.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
has been duly set apart as a site for a fire-brigade
station: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-
General, it is expedient that the said land should be vested
in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Stratford
Borough:

Now, therefore, 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,
and in 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 mentioned in the Schedule
hereto shall become vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and
Burgesses of the Stratford Borough, in trust, as a site for a
fire-brigade station.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 282, Town of Stratford: Area, 33 perches.

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