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And whereas it is deemed expedient to make the alterations of the boundaries of the said borough recommended by the said Commission:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, 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 declare that as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be excluded from the Borough of Ashburton and included in the County of Ashburton.

SCHEDULE.

AREA EXCLUDED FROM THE BOROUGH OF ASHBURTON.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, being part of the Borough of Ashburton, commencing at the north-east corner of Reserve 2471 at the intersection of the Main North Road and Smithfield Road; thence along the south-west side of the latter road to Milton Road; thence along the north-west side of that road to Wakanui Road; thence along the north-eastern side of that road and of Jones Street to the south-west corner of Lot 6 on D.P. 5392; thence by the south-eastern boundaries of Lots 6 and 7 on the aforesaid plan to and thence across Princes Street; thence by the north-eastern side of that street to Bridge Street; thence by the south-eastern side of Bridge Street to a point in line with the south-western side of Kitchener Street; thence across Bridge Street, and along the south-western side of Kitchener Street to the north-western side of Brucefield Avenue; thence along the north-western side of Brucefield Avenue to Reserve 2644; thence by the south-western boundaries of Reserves 2644 and 2471 to the Main North Road; thence along the south-eastern side of that road to the point of commencement.

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 House at Wellington, this 6th day of February, 1922.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 loans hereby authorized.

SCHEDULE.

Nelson City Council (for providing an electric steam plant and electric reticulation) .. .. £70,000
Wanganui Borough Council (for tramway purposes) .. 50,000
Pahiatua Borough Council (for renewal of loan) .. 2,150
Gore Borough Council (for constructing flood protection-works) .. .. .. 2,000
Waipawa Borough Council (for the erection of a clock-tower) .. .. .. 600
Piako County Council (for metalling part of Morrinsville-Kereone Road) .. .. 400
Piako County Council (for completing the metalling of No. 1 Road North) .. .. 50

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 House at Wellington, this 6th day of February, 1922.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 loans hereby authorized.

SCHEDULE.

Christchurch Tramway Board (for renewal of tram-track) .. .. .. £35,000
Christchurch Tramway Board (for improving the tramway system) .. .. .. 20,000
Rangiora County Council (for constructing an electric transmission-line and reticulation) .. 15,000
Waipukurau Borough Council (for purchasing land and erecting workers’ dwellings) .. .. 5,000
Tauranga Borough Council (for completing electrical works) .. .. .. 3,000
Kamo Town Board (for electric light purposes) .. 2,700
Te Puke Land Drainage Board (for widening and straightening Atuaroa Stream) .. .. 85

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

Declaring Land to be no longer subject to Part XV of the Native Land Act, 1909.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of February, 1922.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section ninety-six of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, it is enacted that the Governor-General in Council may from time to time by Order in Council declare that any land subject to Part XIV or XV of the Native Land Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), and vested in a Maori Land Board, shall no longer be subject to such Parts of that Act, and shall be revested in the Native owners thereof:

And whereas the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is at present subject to Part XV of the said Act, and is vested in the Aotea District Maori Land Board, which Board has recommended that such land be no longer subject as aforesaid and that it be revested in the Native owners:

And whereas the Governor-General is satisfied that the said land is not subject to any lease, license, contract for sale, or other alienation, and that no moneys are charged on the said land or on the revenue thereof in accordance with the said Act or under any other authority:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section ninety-six of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall no longer be subject to Part XV of the Native Land Act, 1909, and shall be revested in the Native owners thereof.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 18,065 acres, more or less, and known as Tapapa No. 3 Block, situate in the Taharua, Aripia, and Kawaka Survey Districts, in the Land District of Hawke’s Bay.

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

Directing the Sale of Land under the Public Works Act, 1908, in Block IX, Rangitoto Survey District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of February, 1922.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Public Works Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New