Feb. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 503

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the said irregularity or defect, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of Hew Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings taken to raise the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though public notification of the special order had been given in the proper manner, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

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

Vesting a Reserve in the Pohangina County Council.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of February, 1924.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for gravel purposes: And whereas it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Pohangina County:

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 exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the fourth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Pohangina County, in trust, for gravel purposes.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 1 rood 36 perches, more or less, being part of Section 32, Block X, Pohangina Survey District, and being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 306, folio 76, Wellington Registry.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Vesting a Reserve in the Waimarino County Council

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of February, 1924.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for sites for roadmen’s huts: And whereas it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Waimarino County:

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 exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the fourth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Waimarino County, in trust, for sites for roadmen’s huts.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 10A, Block XII, Whirinaki Survey District: Area, 3 acres 3 roods 30 perches

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

Setting apart Crown Land under Section 20 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section twenty of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the land described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 39, Block VI, Hohoura East Survey District: Area, 47 acres 2 roods 27 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General. this 11th day of February, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Setting apart Crown Lands under Section 20 of the Land Laws Amendment Act 1912

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section twenty of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the lands described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Ruakaka Survey District.

A. R. P.
SECTION 22, Block XI .. .. .. Area, 0 1 12
" 23 " .. .. .. ,, 0 1 8
" 24 " .. .. .. ,, 0 1 8

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 11th day of February, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Selection.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waipawa County.—Wakarara Survey District.—Gwavas Settlement.

SECTION 4, Block XII: Area, 616 acres 2 roods 31 perches; capital value, £5,200; half-yearly rent, £130.

Situated on the Waipawa-Kereru Road, about seventeen miles from Waipawa. Access by good metalled road. Easy ridges and low terraces. About one-half of section ploughable. Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 1,400 ft. Soil light loam on clay and shingle. Subdivided into eleven paddocks. Property is not too well watered, but an improvement could be effected in this direction by means of dams or a pipe-line. All in pasture in fair condition. Country is capable of growing good swedes and excellent red-clover.

Improvements.—The improvements included in the capital value include small whare, £20; stable, chaff-house, implement-shed, &c., £300; woolshed and yards, £250—all well built and in very good order; fencing, in good order, £300.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 5th day of February, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.