time and place fixed for the confirmation of the said special
order was given four times, but such notification did not
comply with the provisions of section sixty-two of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920:
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
public notification of the special order had been correctly
given, 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 aforesaid.

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

Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £30,000
for the Hicks Bay Harbour Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day
of May, 1922.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the Matakaoa County Council, by Order in
Council dated the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, was declared to have all the
powers of a Harbour Board within the Hicks Bay Harbour:
And whereas the Matakaoa County Council, acting under
and in pursuance of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, proposes to raise a loan of thirty thousand pounds for the purpose
of carrying out harbour-works (wharf, shed, &c.) at Hicks
Bay, and taking over works already completed and in progress:
And whereas the advertisements giving notice of the
intention to take a poll and giving notice of the result of the
poll, and also the polling-papers, have all been issued in the
name of the Hicks Bay Harbour Board instead of in the
name of the Matakaoa County Council:
And whereas all the resolutions of the Matakaoa County
Council in connection with the said loan purport to be resolutions of the Hicks Bay Harbour Board:
And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been
misled by the 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 said advertisements and polling-papers be
deemed to be advertisements and polling-papers duly issued
by the Matakaoa County Council, and that the said resolutions be deemed to be resolutions of the Matakaoa County
Council, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection
with the said loan shall not be called in question by reason
only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Declaring the Mount Eden Domain to be a Sanctuary under
the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
PURSUANT to the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I, John Rush-
worth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the area described
in the Schedule hereto shall be a sanctuary for the purposes
of the said Act, and that no imported or native game shall
be taken or killed within the said area except pursuant to
an authority granted under section thirty-one or section
thirty-two of the said Act; nor shall any person, except
under such conditions as may from time to time be prescribed by the Minister, take any dog or firearm into such
area, or discharge any firearm or explosive in such area, or
do anything likely to cause any imported game or native
game to leave such area.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that area comprised within the Mount Eden Domain,
being all that area in the North Auckland Land District,
containing by admeasurement 65 acres 2 roods 20 perches,
more or less, being Lot 1A of Section 6, Suburbs of Auckland, and Allotment 68A of Section 10, Suburbs of Auckland, and known as the Mount Eden Domain.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 13th day of May, 1922.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs
Commission.-Construction of a Railway between Rotorua and
Taupo.
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
To all to whom these presents shall come, and to HERBERT
Buxton, Esquire, of Wellington; GEORGE THOMAS
MURRAY, Esquire, of Wellington; LEON MACINTOSH
ELLIS, Esquire, of Wellington; JOHN DOUGLAS RITCHIE,
Esquire, of Wellington; and to HUGH MUNRO, Esquire,
of Auckland: Greeting.
WHEREAS request has been made to the Government
that a Government railway should be constructed
and worked between Rotorua and Taupo (or the vicinity
thereof) connecting with the present Government railway at
Rotorua: And whereas the Government is desirous of
obtaining the fullest available information on the matters
hereinafter mentioned, the better to enable it to consider and
decide regarding such request:
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
HERBERT BUXTON,
GEORGE THOMAS MURRAY,
LEON MACINTOSH ELLIS,
JOHN DOUGLAS RITCHIE, and
HUGH MUNRO
to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the
following matters:-

1. The extent of the traffic which may reasonably be
   expected to be conveyed over a railway between Rotorua and
   Taupo or the vicinity thereof (connecting with the present
   Government railway at Rotorua) if such first-mentioned
   railway be constructed.
2. The probability of such railway (if constructed) returning sufficient revenue from the working thereof to meet the
   expenditure incurred in and by such working, together with
   interest on the cost of the construction of such railway,
   assuming such interest to be charged on such cost at the
   rate of 4 per centum per annum.
3. The extent of the country which would be served by
   such a railway (if constructed), and the suitability of such
   country for purposes of settlement.
4. The route (generally) which should be adopted for the
   construction of such a railway (if such construction should be
   decided upon).
5. Generally upon such matters as are in your opinion
   relevant to the question as to whether it is desirable and
   warranted in and by the public interest that a railway should
   be constructed between Rotorua and Taupo as aforesaid.
   And, with the like advice and consent, I do further appoint
   you, the said HERBERT BUXTON, 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