1866

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 56

Consenting to the Assignment by Henry Bodley of his Rights, Powers, and Privileges under the Order in Council dated the 24th January, 1916, to Joseph King.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of July, 1923.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and clause fifty of the regulations relating to electric lines published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, 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 consent to the assignment to Joseph King, of Meeance, Hawke’s Bay, Farmer, by Henry Bodley, of Te Pohue, Hotelkeeper, of his rights, powers, and privileges under the Order in Council dated the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, authorizing the said Henry Bodley to take and use water from a tributary of the Mangaone Stream in Section 5, Block XIII, Maungaharuru Survey District, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, for the purpose of generating electricity, and also to erect and maintain electric lines.

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

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Constituting the Pukeokahu-Taoroa Rabbit District.—Notice No. Ag. 2276.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of July, 1923.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by section sixty-nine of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), as amended by the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act, 1918, it is provided that the Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, on petition in that behalf from a majority of the ratepayers therein, constitute and declare any part of New Zealand defined in such Order in Council a district for the purposes of Part III of the said Act :

And whereas a petition in accordance with the provisions of the said Act has been received, asking that the lands described in the Schedule hereto be constituted and declared a rabbit district for the purposes of Part III of the said Act :

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 the said Act and its amendments, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby constitute by the specific name of “the Pukeokahu-Taoroa Rabbit District” and declare that part of New Zealand defined in the Schedule hereto to be a district for the purposes of Part III of the said Act; and doth hereby further declare that the Board of Trustees for the said district shall in terms of the said Act consist of seven members.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, situated in the Ohinewairua, Pukeokahu, Ruahine, and Hautapu Survey Districts, bounded towards the north-west by a line commencing at a point on the left bank of the Moawhango River being the north-western corner of Awarua 2c No. 19, Block XI, Ohinewairua Survey District, and proceeding in a north-easterly direction along the north-western boundary-lines of Awarua 2c Block 19, 2c No. 18, 2c No. 17, to the north-eastern corner of the last-mentioned subdivision; thence across the Tutupapa Road and by the western boundary-line of Section 2, Block VIII, Ohinewairua Survey District, to the north-western corner thereof; thence towards the north by the northern boundary-lines of the aforesaid Section 2 and Sections 7 and 3 (E.R.), Block V, Pukeokahu Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by part of the western boundary-line of Section 2 of the aforesaid Block V and by the Mangaohata Stream to its junction with the Rangitikei River; thence towards the east and south-east generally by the Rangitikei River to its confluence with the Moawhango River; and thence towards the west generally by the Moawhango River to the north-western corner of Awarua 2c No. 19, the place of commencement.

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

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Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of July, 1923.

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 said loans.

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SCHEDULE.

Auckland City Council (for redeeming loan which matured on 16th May, 1923) .. .. .. £ 9,600
Whangarei Borough Council (for the improvement of Kensington Park Reserve) .. .. .. 3,000
Whangarei Borough Council (for acquiring recreation reserves in Caffers Avenue) .. .. .. 1,590
Whangarei Borough Council (for acquiring part Rau-manga Block for Horahora Reserve) .. .. 1,750
Tauranga County Council (for regrading, metalling, culverting, and widening various roads in the Maketu Riding) .. .. .. .. 2,600
Piako County Council (for completing the concreting and metalling of Stanley Road) .. .. 1,900
Mangawara River Board (for repaying an advance from the Treasury) .. .. .. .. 650
South Hautapu Drainage Board (for drainage-works) 400
Otahuhu Borough Council (for completing workers’ dwellings) .. .. .. .. .. 110
Balclutha Borough Council (for completing the erection of public swimming-baths) .. .. 150

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

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

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of July, 1923.

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 Waiariki 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 :