Extending Rating-powers of Huntly Town Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3rd day of May, 1921.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR F. H. D. BELL, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by section forty-one of the Finance Act, 1920, that the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, on the recommendation of a Commission appointed under the said section, increase the rating-powers of the Huntly Town Board to such extent as the Governor-General deems advisable, anything to the contrary in any Act notwithstanding:

And whereas a Commission appointed under the said section held inquiries, and recommended that the rating-powers of the said Board be increased, and it is desirable to increase such rating-powers in manner hereinafter appearing:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said section forty-one of the Finance Act, 1920, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that, notwithstanding anything contained in the Town Boards Act, 1908, or any other Act, it shall be lawful for the said Huntly Town Board to levy general rates in each year on all rateable property within the district of the said Board, but so that the maximum general rate in any year shall not exceed twopence in the pound on the capital value of rateable property, or its equivalent on the unimproved value, or two shillings and sixpence in the pound on the annual value, as the case may be; and doth hereby further declare that such authority as aforesaid shall take effect in respect of general rates to be made and levied by the said Town Board during the financial year ending the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.

C.A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

[NOTE.-The above Order in Council is in substitution of the one published in Supplementary Gazette No. 44 of 6th May, 1921, page 1109.]

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block VI, Waihou Survey District, for the more Effective Carrying-out of the Drainage or other Works in the Hauraki Plains, and for the Better Disposal of Land set apart under the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, and the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the more effective carrying-out of the drainage or other works authorized by the latter Act, and for the better disposal of land set apart under the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Kerepehi, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken:-

FOR DRAINAGE OR OTHER WORKS.

Δ. R. P.

1 0 9 \ Portion of part Makumaku { Coloured violet.
1 0 10 \ Coloured violet
5A 2D 4B and blue.
1 0 7·7 \ Coloured violet.

FOR THE BETTER DISPOSAL OF LAND SET APART UNDER HAURAKI PLAINS ACT, 1908.

1 3 5·9 Portion of Makumaku 5A 2D 4B Block; edged red.

Situated in Block VI, Waihou Survey District (Auckland R.D). (S.O. 21140.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 49779, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 13th day of May, 1921.

R. HEATON RHODES,
For Minister of Public Works.

Public Trust Office.-Appointment of Agent at Morrinsville.

It is notified for general information that an Agency of the Public Trust Office has been established at Morrinsville in charge of Mr. Arthur Charles Thynne as Agent.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of May, 1921.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Education Act, 1914, General Council of Education.-Election of Members.

Education Department,

Wellington, 17th May, 1921.

In pursuance of the regulations made in terms of section 9 (5) of the Education Act, 1914, it is hereby notified that the following persons have been duly elected members of the General Council of Education as representatives of:

Members of Education Boards of the South Island-

Banks, William Alexander.
Fleming, David Thomas.

Male Teachers, Secondary and Technical Schools-

Campbell, Frank Hyde.

Female Teachers, Secondary and Technical Schools-

Coad, Nellie Euphemia.

The following are the particulars of the voting :-

Representatives of Members of Education Boards of the South Island—

Banks, William Alexander .. .. 26
Fleming, David Thomas .. .. 25
Thomson, John Charles .. .. 10
Number of valid votes recorded .. 61
Number of votes rejected as informal .. .. .. .. 2

Representatives of Male Teachers, Secondary and Technical Schools-

Campbell, Frank Hyde .. .. 152
Park, George John.. .. .. .. 65
Number of valid votes recorded .. 217
Number of votes rejected as informal .. .. .. .. 13

Representatives of Female Teachers, Secondary and Technical Schools-

Coad, Nellie Euphemia .. .. 105
Mills, Clara Beatrice .. .. 57
Number of valid votes recorded .. 162
Number of votes rejected as informal .. .. .. .. 12

F. S. SEVERNE, Returning Officer.

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 10th May, 1921.

The following result of an election of trustees of a drainage district has been received from the Returning Officer, and published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

J. HISLOP, Under-Secretary.

Inch-Clutha Road, River, and Drainage District, County of Bruce-

Peter Anderson.
Alexander Renton.
Albert Outram Rutherford.