Oct. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2775

has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, the Governor-General may issue a Proclamation that such land has become Crown land:

And whereas the purchase of the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority so conferred upon me by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim that the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has become Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

MOHAKA 2B Block, being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 12th February, 1919, Mohaka Survey District: Approximate area, 387 acres.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of October, 1922.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Proclaiming Native Land to have become Crown Land.

[L.S.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, it is provided, inter alia, that on being satisfied that the purchase of any Native land has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, the Governor-General may issue a Proclamation that such land has become Crown land:

And whereas the purchase of the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority so conferred upon me by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim that the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has become Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

PARAIROA 2A and 2B 2 Block, Waingaromia Survey District: Approximate area, 713 acres 1 rood 1 perch.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of October, 1922.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Conferring on Ashburton County Council Powers of Borough Councils with respect to Waterworks.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 16th day of October, 1922.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by the Counties Act, 1920, that the Governor-General may by Order in Council confer on any County Council such of the powers of Borough Councils with respect to the supply of water for domestic or industrial purposes as he thinks fit, and with such restrictions, modifications, and conditions as he thinks fit, and thereupon that County Council shall have and may exercise the said powers accordingly pursuant to the tenor of the said Order in Council:

And whereas it is expedient to confer upon the Ashburton County Council certain of the said powers of Borough Councils:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him in that behalf by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby confer on the said Ashburton County Council all the powers with respect to the supply of water for domestic or industrial purposes exercisable by a duly constituted Borough Council under sections eighty-two to eighty-seven, Part XXIV (with the exception of sections two hundred and forty-five and two hundred and forty-seven), and section three hundred and thirty-nine of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and section eleven of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1921–22.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 16th day of October, 1922.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made under section twenty, subsection one, of the Finance Act, 1919, for the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council to enable the several local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto to borrow the sums set out therein, and it is expedient that such consent should issue:

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, doth hereby consent to the raising of the loans hereinafter mentioned by the several local authorities set out in the Schedule hereto, and it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the Finance Act, 1919, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor-General in Council to the raising of the said loans.

SCHEDULE.

HASTINGS BOROUGH COUNCIL (for repaying its antecedent liability) ... 28,082
New Plymouth Borough Council (for constructing an extension of the overhead electric tramway system) . 19,000
Otaki Borough Council (for sewerage) .. 14,000
Port Chalmers Borough Council (for repaying its antecedent liability) .. 8,300
Hamilton Borough Council (for waterworks) .. 7,500
Foxton Borough Council (for assisting householders to install sanitary fittings and to connect with the sewerage system) .. 2,500
Newmarket Borough Council (for relief works for unemployed) .. 2,000
Tauranga Borough Council (for paying its share of the Hairini Bridge) .. 2,000
Lyttelton Borough Council (for the renewal of the electric light loan) .. 2,000
Whangamarino Road Board (for re-forming and metalling Lake Road) .. 1,400
Hobson County Council (for completing the erection of a bridge over the Northern Wairoa River) .. 850
Wairarapa South County Council (for paying the amount due to the Carterton Borough Council consequent on the alteration of the boundary-line) .. 200
Wairarapa South County Council (for paying the amount due to the Carterton Borough Council consequent on the alteration of the boundary-line) 150

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Portion of Road in Maungamangero Survey District to be a Government Road.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 16th day of October, 1922.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anyway enabling him in this 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 order and declare that the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, become a Government road.