JUNE 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1709

Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £500 proposed to be raised by the Huntress Creek Drainage Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of June, 1922.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the Huntress Creek Drainage Board, acting under and in pursuance of paragraph (e) of section sixteen of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, proposes to raise a loan of five hundred pounds for the purpose of improving, straightening, and cleaning out the drains throughout the district:

And whereas the ratepayers' consent given under paragraph (e) of section sixteen aforesaid is irregular, in that a subscribing ratepayer has attested the signatures of the other subscribers thereto:

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 upon 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 ratepayers' consent to the raising of the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the same had been properly witnessed, 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.

Vesting a Reserve in the Waipiro Bay Public Library (Incorporated).

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of June, 1922.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved 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 Waipiro Bay Public Library, a body corporate duly constituted pursuant to the Libraries and Mechanics' Institutes Act, 1908:

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 "Waipiro Bay Public Library," in trust, as a site for a public library.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 5 and 6, Block II, Waipiro Township: Area, 1 rood 12 perches.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Cemetery Reserve in the Hawke's Bay County Council.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of June, 1922.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart for a public cemetery: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Hawke's Bay:

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 four 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 Hawke's Bay, in trust, for a public cemetery.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 190 and 191, Town of Clive: Area, 2 roods.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Setting apart Crown Land under Section 20 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section twenty of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the land described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—CROWN LAND.

SECTION 5, Block V, Rangaunu Survey District: Area, 25 acres 0 roods 17 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 26th day of June, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Notice as to Exchange of Reserve for other Land.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by notice issued pursuant to section six of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, dated the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and published in Gazette of the third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, the land described in Part I of the Schedule hereto was exchanged for the land described in Part II of that Schedule; and the land so described in Part II of the said Schedule was dedicated as a site for a police-station, being a purpose comprised in Part II of the Second Schedule to the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908:

And whereas the said notice was laid before Parliament pursuant to the provisions of section seven of the said Act, and no resolution has been passed by either House of Parliament that such House does not assent to such exchange and dedication as aforesaid:

And whereas it is provided by the said section seven that if no such resolution is passed by either House, then, from and after the termination of the then session of Parliament, such exchange and dedication, in accordance with the terms of the notice, shall be valid and effectual for all purposes whatsoever:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify that no such resolution as aforesaid has been passed by either House of Parliament, and that the exchange of the land described in Part I of the Schedule hereto for the land described in Part II of that Schedule, and the dedication of the land described in the said Part II, as set forth in the notice aforesaid, has taken effect accordingly as from the thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two (being the date of the termination of the session during which the notice aforesaid was laid before Parliament).

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

SECTION 15, Block VII, Matamata Township, Auckland Land District: Area, 1 rood.

PART II.

Section 19, Block VIII, Matamata Township, Auckland Land District: Area, 1 rood.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 23rd day of June, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.