Dec. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3243

Vesting a Reserve in the Highbank Public Library (Incorporated).

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 29th day of November, 1920.

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 public library: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Highbank Public Library (Incorporated):

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 the fourth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Highbank Public Library (Incorporated), in trust, as a site for a public library.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

RESERVE 3810, situated in Block II, Corwar Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less.

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

Commission.—Boundaries of the Greymouth Harbour District and Administration of the Greymouth Harbour Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to ANDREW DUNCAN THOMSON, Esquire, of Wellington; WILLIAM STONHAM SHORT, Esquire, of Auckland; and RICHARD SEYMOUR GALBRAITH, Esquire, of Hokitika: Greeting.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection two of section two of the Greymouth Harbour Board Amendment Act, 1920 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), that, for the purpose of determining the boundaries of the Greymouth Harbour District, the Governor-General may appoint a Commission under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and may adopt the report of the Commission, either wholly or with such modifications or alterations as he thinks fit:

And whereas it is also necessary or expedient to inquire into other matters affecting the administration of the Greymouth Harbour Board, and the necessity of legislation relating thereto:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the said section and the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby constitute and appoint you the said Andrew Duncan Thomson, William Stonham Short, and Richard Seymour Galbraith to be a Commission to inquire into and report as to what should be determined to be the boundaries of the Greymouth Harbour District, and also to inquire into and report upon such other matters affecting the administration of the Greymouth Harbour Board as may be placed before you. And, with the like advice and consent, I do further appoint you the said Andrew Duncan Thomson to be Chairman of the Commission.

And, for the purpose of better enabling you the said Commission to carry these presents into effect, you are hereby authorized and empowered to make and conduct any inquiry under these presents, at such times and places in the said Dominion as you deem expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time and place to place as you think fit, and to call before you and examine on oath, or otherwise as may be allowed by law, such person or persons as you think capable of affording you information in the premises. And you are also hereby empowered to call for and examine such books, papers, plans, writings, documents, or records as you deem likely to afford you the fullest information on the subject-matter of the inquiry directed to be made, and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all lawful means whatsoever. And, using all diligence, you are required to report to me, under your hands and seals not later than the first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, your opinion as to the aforesaid matters. And you are hereby strictly charged and directed that you shall not at any time publish or otherwise disclose, save to me in pursuance of these presents or by my direction, the contents or purport of any report so made or to be made by you. And it is hereby declared that these presents shall continue in full force and virtue although the inquiry is not regularly continued from time to time or from place to place by adjournment. And, lastly, it is hereby further declared that these presents are issued under and subject to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 29th day of November, 1920.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

Approved in Council.

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

Further reviving and confirming the Commission to inquire into the State of that Part of the Clutha River where it runs in the Vicinity of the Borough of Balclutha, thence continuing to the Sea; and also into the State of the Orari, Rangitata, Waimakariri, Ashley, and Maraewhenua Rivers, and such other Rivers as have been or may from time to time be added to such Commission; and further extending the Time for forwarding the Report of the Commission.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

To all to whom these present shall come, and to FREDERICK WILLIAM FURKERT, Esquire, of Wellington, Engineer-in-Chief and Under-Secretary, Public Works Department; ASHLEY JOHN HUNTER, Esquire, of Auckland, Civil Engineer; and FRANCIS CHARLES HAY, Esquire, of Gisborne, Civil Engineer: Greeting.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby declare and appoint that the time at or before which the Commission, dated the eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, appointing Frederick William Furkert, Esquire, of Wellington, Engineer-in-Chief and Under-Secretary, Public Works Department; Ashley John Hunter, Esquire, of Auckland, Civil Engineer; and Francis Charles Hay, Esquire, of Gisborne, Civil Engineer, to inquire into the state of that part of the Clutha River where it runs in the vicinity of the Borough of Balclutha, thence continuing to the sea; and also into the state of the Orari, Rangitata, Waimakariri, Ashley, and Maraewhenua Rivers, and such other rivers as have been or may from time to time be added to such Commission, shall present to me its report, is hereby further extended to the seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.

And, with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said powers and authorities, I do hereby further revive and confirm the said Commission dated the eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

And I do hereby declare that the provisions of the Warrant dated the twenty-second day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, adding certain other rivers to the list of rivers to be inquired into by the aforesaid Commission, and the Warrant dated the third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, reviving and confirming the aforesaid Commission and extending the time within which a report was to be presented, and the Warrants dated the seventeenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and the twenty-third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, further reviving and confirming the aforesaid Commission and further extending the time within which a report was to be presented, shall apply as fully and effectively in all respects as if the seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, was the date for expiration originally fixed in the said Warrants.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 29th day of November, 1920.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Issued in Executive Council.

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