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along that boundary to the Kawhia County boundary; thence by right lines to the Pirongia Trig. and the easternmost inlet of the Aotea Harbour; thence by the northern coast of that harbour to the sea-coast; thence generally northwards by the sea-coast to the northern heads of the Manukau Harbour, and by the northern shore of that harbour to the point of commencement.

Crossing-places.

1. Bridge crossing Waipa River on Pirongia-Kawhia Road at Pirongia.
2. Te Mawhai-Kakepuka Road, at the bridge where it crosses the Puniu River.
3. At the bridge over the Puniu River on the Kihikihi-Otorohanga Road.
4. At the bridge over the Waikato River on the Kihikihi-Putaruru Road known as the Waotu Bridge.
5. At the bridge which crosses the Waikato River at Atiamuri on the Rotorua-Taupo Road.
6. At the bridge over the Waikato River on the Waiotapu-Taupo Road at Waimahana.
7. At the bridge over the Waikato River on the Waiotapu-Taupo Road at Taupo.
8. Crossing at Waipīhi on Lake Taupo at the junction of the Tokaanu-Taupo Road with the Taupo-Napier Road.
9. Bridge crossing Rangitaiki River on the Taupo-Napier Road at Rangitaiki.
10. Bridge crossing Rangitaiki River at Murupara on the Rotorua–Murupara–Te Whaiti Road.
11. Crossing at road junction at Rakauroa.
12. Crossing at road junction at south-east corner of Section 1, Block XII, Motu Survey District, at Rangiriri Stream.
13. On the Cape Runaway Road where it crosses the Opotiki County boundary near Cape Runaway.

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

Amending Regulations under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of January, 1923.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), 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, in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto, the regulations under the said Act made on the fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.

SCHEDULE.

CLAUSE 14 of the said regulations is hereby amended by including therein the following sections of the Land Act, 1908—viz., sections 89, 144, and 191.

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

Authorizing the Opunake Electric-power Board to construct Electric Works.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of January, 1923.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by section forty-nine of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, as amended by section seventeen of the Electric-power Boards Amendment Act, 1920, and of all other powers in anywise 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 authorize the Opunake Electric-power Board to construct the works indicated on the plans marked P.W.D. 55704, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, for the purpose of enabling the Board to utilize water from the Waiaua River and divert those waters through suitable conduits to a power-station situated on the sea-coast in the Opunake Town District, and to erect suitable machinery for the conversion of such water-power into electrical energy; and also to erect electric lines as shown on the said plans, and such further lines as may from time to time be required in the Opunake Electric-power District as hereinafter defined, and substations for the transmission and distribution of electrical energy in the Opunake Electric-power District, as defined by Proclamation dated the ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 77, of the eighteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. No water shall be used for the purpose of generating electricity, and no electric lines shall be used for the distribution of electrical energy, until the Opunake Electric-power Board has obtained a license for such purposes in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1908, and section 2 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911.
2. Any conditions inserted in such license shall be strictly complied with by such Board.
3. Such Board shall forward for the approval of the Minister of Public Works such further plans and particulars as the Minister may require.
4. The Board shall not, without the consent in writing of the Minister of Public Works, erect any electric lines along the routes of the Government main trunk transmission-lines.
5. The works hereby authorized shall be constructed so as to comply with the regulations made under section 2 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, dated the 9th day of October, 1922, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th day of the same month, or any regulations made in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor, which regulations shall be deemed to be incorporated herein.
6. The licensee shall substantially complete the works hereby authorized within a period of one year from the date of this Order in Council, or within such further time as the Minister may allow in the event of the work being delayed by strikes, lockouts, breakdowns, or other unavoidable causes not due to any neglect of the licensee.
7. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, the licensee shall bear the cost of converting the Post and Telegraph Department’s lines which are now erected from earth-working to metallic if required by the Minister of Telegraphs.
8. The licensee shall rectify to the satisfaction of the Minister of Telegraphs any interference or disturbance that affects the satisfactory working of the telegraph lines which are the property of the Telegraph Department.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Street in the City of Auckland of a Width less than 66 ft. but not less than 40 ft.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of January, 1923.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of all other powers in anywise 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 authorize the Auckland City Council to permit the laying-off of a street of a width less than sixty-six feet but not less than forty feet within the area described in the Schedule hereto, it being inexpedient to lay off a street of a width of sixty-six feet in such area.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land situated in the North Auckland Land District, City of Auckland, containing by admeasurement