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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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such society or trustees are incorporated or not) having control of any war fund may, with the consent of the Governor-General in Council, transfer such fund to any other society or trustees incorporated pursuant to section twelve of the said Act, to be applied by such last-mentioned society or trustees for the purposes for which such last-mentioned society or trustees were incorporated, notwithstanding that such purposes may not be identical with the purposes for which the fund to be transferred was established ; provided that consent shall not be given to any application under this section unless the 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 trustees having control of the war fund known as the Auckland Women’s Provincial Patriotic League Fund to transfer the Fund held by such trustees, entitled “ The Auckland Women’s Provincial Patriotic League Fund,” to the Auckland Provincial Patriotic and War Relief Association (Incorporated) :

And whereas the Governor-General in Council is satisfied that such fund can be administered by the Auckland Provincial Patriotic and War Relief Association (Incorporated) 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 trustees, entitled “ The Auckland Women’s Provincial Patriotic League Fund,” to the Auckland Provincial Patriotic and War Relief Association (Incorporated).

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with the Raising of a Loan of £700 by the Board of the Moa Road District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this fifth day of May, 1920.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the Moa Road Board lately proposed to raise a loan of seven hundred pounds, under the provisions of section 16 (e) of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of erecting two bridges over the Waiongona-iti and the Waiongona-nui Streams, and approaches thereto :

And whereas public notification of the deposit of the special roll of ratepayers was not given in the manner prescribed in section three of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and the regulations thereunder, inasmuch that it was omitted to state that such special roll would be open for inspection for a period of seven days from the date of the deposit thereof :

And whereas the public notification of the special order authorizing the raising of the loan does not comply with the provisions of section seventy-two of the Road Boards Act, 1908, and the amendments thereto, inasmuch as public notification of the time and place fixed for the meeting for the confirmation of the special order was not given once in each of the four weeks immediately preceding the date of the said meeting :

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularities, 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 Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings taken to raise the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though public notification of the deposit of the special roll of ratepayers and of the special order had been given in the proper manner, and that the proceedings shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularities or defects aforesaid.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with the Raising of a Loan of £25,000 by the Council of the Borough of Whakatane.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this fifth day of May, 1920.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the Whakatane Borough Council lately proposed to raise a loan of twenty-five thousand pounds, under the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913 (hereinafter called “ the said Act), for the installation of a high-pressure water-supply system for the borough :

And whereas section ten of the said Act provides that the poll of ratepayers shall be taken not less than one nor more than three weeks after the day of the last publication of the notice of intention to raise the loan :

And whereas the poll of ratepayers was taken within one week after the day of the last publication of the notice of intention to raise the loan, inasmuch as the last publication of the said notice appeared in the issue of the Whakatane Press dated the eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and the poll of ratepayers was held on the thirteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen :

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

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 Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the said proceedings shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the poll of ratepayers had been taken in the proper manner, and that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £1,600 proposed to be raised by the Whangarei County Council.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this fifth day of May, 1920.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the Whangarei Council 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 one thousand six hundred pounds for the purpose of forming and metalling the Hikurangi Bridge to Riponui Road, within the Hikurangi-Riponui Special Rating Area :

And whereas the ratepayers’ consent given under paragraph (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 the special order raising the said loan is irregular, in so far that the public notification of the time and place fixed for the confirmation of the said special order authorizing the raising of the loan was given four times, but such notifications did not comply with the provisions of section ninety-seven of the Counties Act, 1908, which provides that notification shall be given once in each of the four weeks immediately preceding the day on which the subsequent meeting was held, the last of such notices not appearing within the week immediately preceding the seventeenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen :

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the said irregularities or defects, 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 Executive 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