SEPT. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2391

Vesting a Reserve in the Matamata Town Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of September, 1922.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart as a reserve for a depot and site for buildings of the Matamata Town Board:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Matamata Town Board:

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 Matamata Town Board, in trust, for a depot and site for buildings of the said Board.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 8, Block II, Matamata Township: Area, 1 rood 10·3 perches.

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

Vesting a Reserve in the Westland Acclimatization Society.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of September, 1922.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart for acclimatization purposes:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Westland Acclimatization Society:

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 Westland Acclimatization Society, in trust, as a reserve for acclimatization purposes.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

RESERVE No. 913, Block XI, Kanieri Survey District: Area, 100 acres.

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

Vesting a Reserve in the Geraldine County Council.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of September, 1922.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

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

And whereas it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Geraldine County:

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 Geraldine County, in trust, for planting purposes.

SCHEDULE.

Canterbury Land District.

RESERVE 4052, Block XII, Opihi Survey District: Area, 1 acre 2 roods 19 perches.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with Whangarei Borough Council's Workers' Dwellings Loan of £5,600.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of September, 1922.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the Whangarei Borough Council lately proposed to raise a loan of five thousand six hundred pounds, under the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of erecting workers' dwellings or the advancing of money for the erection of workers' dwellings:

And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said loan were irregular, in that public notice of the special order authorizing the raising of the loan was not given once in each full week intervening between the meetings at which the resolution was passed and confirmed respectively, as required by section sixty-three of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the district have not been misled by such irregularity as aforesaid, 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 in connection with the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the said public notice had been correctly given, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Amending the Order in Council authorizing the Ohakune Borough Council to use Water from the Mangawhero River for the Purpose of generating Electricity, and to erect Electric Lines within the Borough of Ohakune.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of September, 1922.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Public Works Act, 1908, and its amendments, and of every other power in anywise enabling him in that behalf, 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 amend the Order in Council dated the twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, authorizing the Ohakune Borough Council to use water from the Mangawhero River for the purpose of generating electricity, and to erect electric lines within the Borough of Ohakune, by revoking subclause (h) of clause forty-three thereof (supply to consumers), and substituting therefor the following clause:

"43. (h.) In addition to the maximum charge per unit a service or meter rent not exceeding 6d. per month per meter installed may be charged. A minimum charge not exceeding 4s. per month, including meter-rent, may be made, and such minimum charge shall be printed on the conditions of supply to consumers."

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