Oct. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3099

And whereas by subsection (b) of section ninety-seven of the Counties Act, 1908, it is provided that all special orders shall be confirmed at a subsequent meeting (either ordinary or special) held not sooner than the twenty-eighth day and not later than the seventieth day after such special meeting:

And whereas by subsection (c) of section ninety-seven of the last-mentioned Act it is required that public notice of the time and place fixed for such subsequent meeting and of such resolution shall be given once in each of the four weeks immediately preceding the day on which the subsequent meeting is to be held:

And whereas public notice of the time and place fixed for such subsequent meeting and of such resolution was duly advertised in the King Country Chronicle, a newspaper published at Te Kuiti, on the following dates—fifth, twelfth, nineteenth, and twenty-sixth days of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen:

And whereas the above-mentioned confirming meeting was not held within seven days of the appearance of the last-mentioned advertisement:

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 in exercise of the powers conferred 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 validate the special order authorizing the raising of the said loan; and doth hereby declare that the proceedings relative to such loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Special Order with respect to a Loan of £1,200.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of September, 1919.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Waitomo County Council, at a special meeting of the said Council held on the third day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, duly passed a special order, which special order was confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, authorizing the raising of a loan of one thousand two hundred pounds, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of forming and culverting Barber’s Road Special Rating Area:

And whereas by subsection (b) of section ninety-seven of the Counties Act, 1908, it is provided that all special orders shall be confirmed at a subsequent meeting (either ordinary or special) held not sooner than the twenty-eighth day and not later than the seventieth day after such special meeting:

And whereas by subsection (c) of section ninety-seven of the last-mentioned Act it is required that public notice of the time and place fixed for such subsequent meeting and of such resolution shall be given once in each of the four weeks immediately preceding the day on which the subsequent meeting is to be held:

And whereas public notice of the time and place fixed for such subsequent meeting and of such resolution was duly advertised in the King Country Chronicle, a newspaper published at Te Kuiti, on the following dates—fifth, twelfth, nineteenth, and twenty-sixth days of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen:

And whereas the above-mentioned confirming meeting was not held within seven days of the appearance of the last-mentioned advertisement:

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 in exercise of the powers conferred 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 validate the special order authorizing the raising of the said loan; and doth hereby declare that the proceedings relative to such loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Special Order with respect to a Loan of £4,500.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington this twenty-ninth day of September, 1919.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Waitomo County Council, at a special meeting of the said Council held on the third day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, duly passed a special order, which special order was confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, authorizing the raising of a loan of four thousand five hundred pounds, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of reforming, culverting, metalling, or puming the Takiri-Mokauiti Road from its junction with the Waimiha-Tangitu Road, situate within the Mokauiti Special Rating Area:

And whereas by subsection (b) of section ninety-seven of the Counties Act, 1908, it is provided that all special orders shall be confirmed at a subsequent meeting (either ordinary or special) held not sooner than the twenty-eighth day and not later than the seventieth day after such special meeting:

And whereas by subsection (c) of section ninety-seven of the last-mentioned Act it is required that public notice of the time and place fixed for such subsequent meeting and of such resolution shall be given in each of the four weeks immediately preceding the day on which the subsequent meeting is to be held:

And whereas public notice of the time and place fixed for such subsequent meeting and of such resolution was duly advertised in the King Country Chronicle, a newspaper published at Te Kuiti, on the following dates—fifth, twelfth, nineteenth, and twenty-sixth days of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen:

And whereas the above-mentioned confirming meeting was not held within seven days of the appearance of the last-mentioned advertisement:

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 in exercise of the powers conferred 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 validate the special order authorizing the raising of the said loan; and doth hereby declare that the proceedings relative to such loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting the Control of Reserves for River-conservation Purposes in the Ekatahuna Borough Council.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this sixth day of October, 1919.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been permanently reserved for river-conservation purposes: And whereas it is expedient that the control of the said reserves should be vested in the Ekatahuna Borough Council:

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 two of the Public Reserves and Domains Amendment Act, 1914, doth hereby vest the control of the said reserves in the Ekatahuna Borough Council.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 2 roods 32 perches, more or less, being Section 35, Block XIV, Tararua Survey District; situated between Kaiparoro Road and Makakahi River, north of Section 27, Block XIV aforesaid. Bounded towards the north-west and north-east generally by a river-bank reserve one chain wide along the south bank of Makakahi River, and towards the south generally by Kaiparoro Road.