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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 18

"The Wellington City Council, being the local authority having control of the streets in the City of Wellington, hereby declares that the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, shall not apply to the portion of Eden Street in the said city extending for a distance of one hundred and thirty-four feet in a north-easterly direction from the northern boundary of Section 56, Town Registration District, and thence in a north-westerly direction for a distance of seventy-nine feet; and being the portion of the said street to which part Section 5, Town Registration District, has a frontage"; subject to the condition that no building or part of a building shall at any time be erected on the eastern side of the portion of Eden Street described in the Schedule hereto within a distance of thirty-three feet from the centre-line of the said portion of street.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that portion of Eden Street, Island Bay, in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, abutting on part Section 5, Town Registration District. As the said portion of street is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 50400, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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

The North-western Side of Portion of Elliot Street Extension, in the City of Dunedin, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of February, 1921.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works 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 approve of the following resolution passed by the Dunedin City Council on the tenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-viz., "That the Dunedin City Council hereby resolves that the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, shall not apply to that portion of the street in the City of Dunedin known as Elliot Street Extension where the same abuts on Allotments 5, 6, 7, and 8, subdivision of Original Allotments 13, 14, and 15 of Section 2, Block II, Anderson's Bay, as more particularly shown by red colour on the plan hereunto annexed"; such portion of street being described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that portion of Elliot Street Extension, in the Otago Land District, City of Dunedin, adjoining Allotments 5, 6, 7, and 8, subdivision of Original Allotments 13, 14, and 15 of Section 2, Block II, Anderson's Bay District. As the said portion of street is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 50275, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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

Commission.—Facilities for Conduct of Railway Business at Palmerston North.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to WILLIAM MOWAT HANNAY, Esquire, of Wellington; JAMES MARCHBANKS, Esquire, of Wellington; and ALFRED HENRY MILES, Esquire, of Wellington: Greeting.

WHEREAS it is desirable that inquiry should be made respecting the sufficiency and suitability of the facilities now existing at Palmerston North for the conduct of the business of the Government Railways Department:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by 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—

WILLIAM MOWAT HANNAY,
JAMES MARCHBANKS, and
ALFRED HENRY MILES

to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the following matters:

1. Whether the facilities now existing at Palmerston North for the conduct of the business of the Government Railways Department are sufficient and suitable for that purpose.

2. If such facilities are not sufficient or are not suitable for such purpose, what alterations therein (whether in respect of situation or otherwise howsoever) are necessary and desirable and best adapted to enable the business of the said Department to be carried on with the greatest degree of safety, efficiency, economy, and convenience.

And, with the like advice and consent, I do further appoint you the said WILLIAM MOWAT HANNAY to be the Chairman of the said 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 hereby 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 March, 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 House at Wellington, this 7th day of February, 1921.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Railways.
Approved in Council.

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

Opening Town Lands in Wellington Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the town lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MANAWATU COUNTY.— SANDY SURVEY DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.

Town of Tangimoana.