Jan. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 151

by section one hundred and eleven of the Native Land Amend-ment Act, 1913 (as amended by section eight of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1916), His Excellency the Governor-General 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 eighteen months the Order in Council dated the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and gazetted the twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, prohibiting all alienations of the Native lands specified in the Schedule hereto, other than alienations in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

KAWHIA NORTH SURVEY DISTRICT.

Block. Approximate Area.
A. R. P.
Kawhia R No. 2B, Section 1 .. .. 17 1 2
" , ' 2 .. .. 39 0 38

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

Extending Time for holding General Election of Members of the Palmerston North – Kairanga River Board.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fourteenth day of January, 1918.

Present :

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

WHEREAS by section twenty-seven of the River Boards Act, 1908, it is provided that on the second Tuesday in January, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and on the same day in each succeeding third year thereafter, the ratepayers of the district shall elect the required number of persons to be members of the Board of such district: And whereas it is expedient to extend the time for holding the general election in the Palmerston North – Kairanga River District:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section forty-two of the River Boards Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby extend the time for holding the general election of members of the Board of the Palmerston North – Kairanga River District; and doth hereby order and declare that in the aforesaid river district the said general election shall be held and take place on Thursday, the seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

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

Further defining Purposes of New Zealand War Relief Fund.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fourteenth day of January, 1918.

Present :

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

WHEREAS by an order in Council (hereinafter referred to as “the said Order”), dated the fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, made under the War Funds Act, 1915, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the thirteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, the purposes of the War Fund known as the New Zealand War Relief Fund were defined:

And whereas it is desirable further to define the purposes of the said New Zealand War Relief Fund, and for that purpose to amend the said Order:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said War Funds Act, 1915, and of every other power and authority in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend the said Order by adding to the list therein of purposes for which the said New Zealand War Relief Fund shall be deemed to be established the following purpose in connection with the present war, that is to say:—

(e.) The laying-out, planting, and upkeep of grounds connected with institutions established or set apart for the care of sick and wounded soldiers.

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

Hungahunga Drainage District extended.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this fourteenth day of January, 1918.

Present :

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

WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of section three of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, a majority of the ratepayers in the area described in the First Schedule hereto, situated in the County of Matamata, have presented a petition to His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, praying that the land comprised in the said area be included in the Hungahunga Drainage District as constituted under the provisions of the said Act:

And whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries of such drainage district in manner hereinafter appearing:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in section three of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, 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 alter the boundaries of the said Hungahunga Drainage District by including in such district the area of land described in the said petition and in the First Schedule hereto; and doth hereby declare that the boundaries of the said drainage district, with such addition as herein provided for, shall be those described in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA TO BE ADDED TO HUNGAHUNGA DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point on the right bank of the Waitoa River, being the southernmost corner of Section 7, Block II, Tapapa Survey District; thence along the south-eastern boundary of that section and its production to the Morrinsville–Rotorua Railway line, along that railway-line to a point opposite the southernmost corner of Section 1, Block II aforesaid; thence to and along the southern boundary of that section to the road forming its south-western boundary, across that road, along the eastern boundary of Section 81 and part of the north-eastern boundary of Section 80 to and across a road to the aforesaid railway-line, and again along the railway-line to a point opposite the north-eastern corner of Section 104, Block VI; thence to and along the northern boundary of that section to the right bank of the Waitoa River, and along the right bank of that river to the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

HUNGAHUNGA DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north-west by a right line from the Waitoa River at its intersection by the northern boundary of Block XVI, Waitoa Survey District, to the road forming the north-eastern boundary of Ngutumanga Block at right angles to that road; thence towards the north-east generally by the last-mentioned road and the north-eastern boundary of the Ngutumanga Block to the railway-line; thence across the railway-line and a road to Section No. 14, Block XVI, Waitoa Survey District; thence by the north-western and north-eastern boundaries of the said Section No. 14 to its easternmost corner; thence across a road and by the road running southward to the Waitoa – Te Aroha Road; thence by that road in a south-westerly direction for a distance of twelve chains; thence by a right line through Waihekau No. 3 Block to a point on the road which forms the northern boundary of Orongomairoa Block midway between the Waiwhero and Piraunui Streams; thence by the last-mentioned road to the northernmost corner of Orongomairoa Block; thence by the north-eastern side of the road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Orongomairoa and Hungahunga No. 2 Blocks to the road intersecting Section No. 1, Block V, Wairere Survey District;