1082
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

Stopping a Government Road in Block VI. Waihou Survey District.

[l.s.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim as stopped the Government road described in the Schedule hereto, such road being no longer required.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of road hereby stopped: 37·7 perches.

Adjoining or passing through Makumaku 5A 2D 4A, Kaikahu 1B Section 2, and Section 62, situated in Block VI, Waihou Survey District (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 23094.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 59117, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 5th day of May, 1924.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Stopping Government Roads in East Taieri District.

[l.s.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim as stopped the Government roads described in the Schedule hereto, such roads being no longer required.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of road hereby stopped:—

A. R. P. Adjoining or passing through
2 1 13 Sections 49 and 50.
0 0 39 Section 49 and Crown land.
0 0 17 Section 49.
0 2 32 "
0 3 26 "

Situated in East Taieri District (Otago R.D.).

In the Otago Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 58571, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 5th day of May, 1924.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Authorizing the Purchase by the Tararua Electric-power Board of the Electric Works of the Pahiatua and Eketahuna Boroughs.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this 5th day of May, 1924.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Electric-power Boards Amendment Act, 1920, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in that 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 purchase by the Tararua Electric-power Board (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”) duly constituted under the provisions of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, of the electric works, the property of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Eketahuna (hereinafter referred to as “the borough”), in accordance with the provisions of the agreement for sale and purchase dated the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, between the Board and the borough; and doth also hereby authorize the purchase by the Board of the electric works the property of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Pahiatua in accordance with the provisions of the agreement for sale and purchase dated the twelfth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, between the Board and the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Pahiatua.

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

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

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 5th day of May, 1924.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General 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 rate 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 price or rate of payment 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 have been partly constructed, and it is proposed to complete the construction of the said works out of the funds provided by Parliament :

And whereas at least one-half of the total number of the owners or occupiers of the land which are likely to be benefited thereby have entered into contracts with His Majesty to take water from such works when completed, which contracts specify the quantity of water to be taken and the price to be paid for the same :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1910, and section one hundred and seven of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies’ Empowering Act, 1923, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve and confirm the terms of the several contracts aforesaid, and doth hereby authorize the Minister of Public Works to construct, maintain, and control the water-supply works described in the First Schedule hereto, and doth hereby also define the district to be served by such water-supply works as set out in the Second Schedule hereto, and herein referred to as the Galloway Irrigation District.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

THE Galloway Irrigation Works, for the irrigation of the Galloway Irrigation District by means of water drawn from the Manorburn Stream, and any dam or dams which are or may be constructed or acquired on that river or its tributaries, such water being conveyed into the said district by the races known as the Lower Bonanza and Galloway Races, or by any enlargement or extension thereof, or any other race or races constructed or acquired by the Minister of Public Works in addition to or in lieu of the said Lower Bonanza and Galloway Races, the said works including all dams