Land proclaimed as a Road in Block VII, Kaeo Survey District, Whangaroa County.

[J.s.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section eleven of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim as a road the land in Kaeo Survey District described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land proclaimed as a road: 10 acres 0 roods 31 perches. Portion of Lot 6 of Allotment 51, Parish of Kaeo, Block VII, Kaeo Survey District (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 22241.) In the North Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 56199, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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 20th day of January, 1923.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Public Works.

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.

TE KARAWA No. 3g Block, Omapere Survey District: Approximate area, 27 acres 2 roods 7 perches.

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 Buildings at Wellington, this 18th day of January, 1923.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Allocating Cost of taking Poll under Section 132 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, County of Waimairi

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 17th day of January, 1923.

Present:

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

IN pursuance of the powers vested in him by section one hundred and thirty-two of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of every other power and authority 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 direct that the Christchurch City Council shall defray all the costs incurred in connection with the taking of a poll under the said Act on the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, on the proposal to exclude an area from the County of Waimairi and include such area in the City of Christchurch.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amending an Order in Council vesting the Control of certain Reserves for Landless Natives in the Southland Land Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 17th day of January, 1923.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the ninth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and published in the Gazette of the eleventh day of that month, the control of certain reserves in the Southland Land District set apart to make provision for landless Natives in the South Island was vested in the Land Board of the Southland Land District, pursuant to section twelve of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, as amended by section six of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1916:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to amend the said Order in Council by excluding from the Schedule thereof the lands described in the Schedule hereto:

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 pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section twelve of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, and the amendments thereof, and of every other power and authority enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby amend the Order in Council dated the ninth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, hereinbefore referred to, by excluding from the land described in the Schedule thereto the sections more particularly described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 416, Block XII, Forest Hill Hundred; Sections 63 and 64, Block VI, Waimumu Hundred; Section 910, Block LXI, and Section 909, Block LXII, Hokonui Survey District; Sections 56 and 61, Block I, and Sections 57 and 60, Block II, Lindhurst Hundred.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorizing the Minister of Public Works to construct and maintain Water-supply Works in the Manuherikia Irrigation District.

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.

WHEREAS it is provided by section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1910 (hereinafter called "the said Act"), that the Governor-General may, if he thinks fit, by Order in Council authorize the Minister of Public Works to construct, maintain, or control any water-race or water-supply works, either within or outside a mining district, which are proposed to be constructed or which have been constructed out of funds provided by Parliament:

And whereas it is further provided by section five of the said Act that before any Order in Council is issued authorizing the said Minister to construct any water-race or water-supply works the owners or occupiers of all the lands likely to be benefited thereby shall be given an opportunity to enter into contracts with His Majesty to take water from such works when completed; and such contracts shall specify the quantity of water to be so taken, and the price or rent to be paid for the same:

And whereas it is also provided by section five of the said Act that if at least one-half of the total number of those owners or occupiers enter into contracts to take such quantity of water as the Governor-General thinks reasonable, at such a price or rate as the Governor-General may approve, an Order in Council authorizing the construction of the works may be issued:

And whereas the water-supply works mentioned in the First Schedule hereto are proposed to be constructed out of the funds provided by Parliament:

And whereas at least one-half of the total number of the owners or occupiers of the lands which are likely to be benefited thereby have entered into contracts with His Majesty to take water from such works when completed, which contracts