Sept. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2423

And whereas it is desirable that the said special order shall be validated, and take effect as from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one:

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 two hundred and sixteen of the Counties Act, 1920, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth declare that the special order made by the Waipa County Council on the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and confirmed on the eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, declaring the Tuhikaramea Road Board dissolved and the Tuhikaramea Road District merged in the County of Waipa, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the same had been gazetted prior to the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and doth declare that such special order shall take effect as from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £1,500 proposed to be raised by the Waipawa Borough Council.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of September, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Waipawa Borough Council, acting under and in pursuance of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, proposes to raise a loan of fifteen hundred pounds for the extension of waterworks and installing an engine to maintain the supply of water:

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 not taken not less than one week after the publication of the notice to raise the loan, inasmuch as the last publication of the said notice appeared in the issue of the Waipawa Mail dated the twenty-second day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and the poll of ratepayers was held on the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the said 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 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 the poll of ratepayers had been taken in the proper manner, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

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

Vesting a Reserve in the Kiwitea County Council.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of September, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for a roadman's cottage site: And whereas it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Kiwitea:

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 Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Kiwitea, in trust, for a roadman's cottage site.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Lot 1, plan 143/11 (formerly part of Sections 45 and 46), Block XI, Ongo Survey District: Area, 5 acres.

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

Vesting the Control of a Reserve in the Pahiatua County Council.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of September, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for road purposes:

And whereas it is expedient that the control of the said reserve should be vested in the Pahiatua County 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 reserve in the Pahiatua County Council.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Section 25, Block XI, Mangahao Survey District: Area, 6 acres 3 roods 23 perches.

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

Amended Regulations under the Mining Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Mining Act, 1908, and its amendments, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby make the following additional amendments to the regulations made under the said Act on the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and gazetted on the fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (hereinafter referred to as “the said regulations”); and doth hereby declare that the amendments to the said regulations hereby made shall be read as part of the principal regulations, and shall come into force on the date of the gazetting hereof.

AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS.

1. THE First Schedule to the said regulations is hereby further amended as follows: Form 63 (Reg. 103) is hereby revoked, and Form 63 (Reg. 103) in the Schedule hereto is substituted therefor.

2. The following additional regulation is hereby made:—

126A. Assistance may also be granted by the Minister to the extent and subject to such conditions as he may impose towards the construction of tailraces which would have the effect of serving to prove areas of ground likely to contain gold or other minerals, and which areas have not been previously sufficiently prospected.

3. Paragraphs (2) and (3) of regulation 134 of the said regulations are hereby revoked, and the following substituted therefor:—

(2.) (a.) Each member of the Board who is not otherwise employed in any Department of the Public Service shall receive by way of travelling-expenses the sum of £1 11s. for each day of twenty-four hours he is absent from his place of abode for the purpose of attending at a meeting of the Board.

(b.) For any portion of a day he shall receive one twenty-fourth of the full daily rate for each hour's absence.

(c.) In computing the time of absence, a fraction of an hour if less than half an hour shall not be taken into account, but half an hour or more shall be reckoned as one hour.

(3.) He shall also be repaid all reasonable sums properly expended by him for fares by railway, coach, or steamer in travelling for the said purpose.