FEB. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 631

Vesting a Reserve in the Te Awamutu Borough Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart for a site for a fire-brigade station: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Te Awamutu:

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 section four 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 Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Te Awamutu, in trust, for a site for a fire-brigade station.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing 19·6 perches, more or less, being part of Section 51, Town of Te Awamutu. Bounded towards the north-east by other part of the said Section 51, 175 links; towards the south-east and south-west by Sections 54 and 53 (school-site) of the aforesaid town, 70 links and 175 links; and towards the north-west by Roache Street, 70 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/3431, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered pink.

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

Vesting a Cemetery Reserve in the Howick Town Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart for a public cemetery: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Howick Town Board:

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 section four 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 Howick Town Board, in trust, for a public cemetery.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 7 acres 3 roods 12 perches, more or less, being Allotment 8 of Section 7 of small lots near the Village of Howick. Bounded towards the north by a line, 692 links; towards the east by a line and a road, 1131 links; towards the south by a road, 692 links; and towards the west by Allotment 7, 1131 links.

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

Vesting Water-supply System in Whakatane County Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection one of section seventy-four of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1922, that the Governor-General may vest in the Corporation of the County of Whakatane the works already constructed by the Crown in connection with the installation of a water-supply system for the Town of Matata and the district adjoining, together with all pipe-line easements and other rights or appurtenances acquired by His Majesty in connection with such water-supply system:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him in that behalf by the said enactment, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that from and after the date hereof all the works constructed by the Crown in connection with the installation of a water-supply system for the Town of Matata and adjoining district, and all pipe-line easements and other rights or appurtenances acquired by His Majesty in connection with such water-supply system as generally described in the Schedule hereto, are hereby vested in the Corporation of the County of Whakatane.

SCHEDULE.

The works consist of an intake dam in the Waitepu Stream some 39 chains upstream from the south-east corner of the Township of Matata and a 3 in. supply-main, together with the necessary stopcocks, sluice-valves, air-valve, and stand-pipes as more particularly described hereunder.

DAM.

The dam is a mass-concrete structure 8 ft. high and of a mean length of 8 ft. built across a steep-sided gorge drained by the Waitepu Stream.

The dam is pierced by a 9 in. cast-iron scour-pipe and a 3 in. cast-iron supply-pipe fitted upstream respectively with a 9-in.-diameter and a 3-in.-diameter sluice-valve. The intake-mouth of 3 in. supply is protected by a cast-iron rose-piece strainer.

PIPING.

The 3 in. supply for 360 ft. from the dam is of cast-iron pipes, and thereafter of wood. It runs for a length of 39 chains 13·2 links to the south-east corner of the town at the intersection of Pakeha and Pollen Streets, for 2484 links along Pollen Street, for 1073·7 links along St. John Street, and for 2654·4 links along Arawa Street, where it terminates.

The branches on left are-
Along Pakeha Street, 1,051 links of piping.
Along Wilson Street, 1,086 "
Along Mair Street, 844 "

The branches on right are-
1st, short branch, 456 links.
2nd, long branch, 2,963 ",

VALVES, ETC.

In addition to the 3 in. and 9 in. valves at the dam, there are others-one each at Pakeha Street, Wilson Street, Arawa Street, and at the end of the long branch on right at St. John Street-six in all. Five of these are 3 in. and one 9 in. diameter.

Stopcocks are three in Pollen Street and one each in Pakeha and Wilson Streets; one each in the two right-hand branches at their junction opposite St. John and Heale Streets-seven in all.

Standpipes are four, one each in Mair Street and the short right-hand branch, and two in the long right-hand branch.

An air-valve in St. John Street is 140 links off the right-angled corner in pipe-line in Pollen Street.

The position of the said works is as shown approximately on the plan marked L. and S. 15/11/11, and deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Stratford County Council in respect of a Loan of £700, authorized to be raised for the Purpose of deviating and metalling the Kaiapoi Road.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by section eleven of the Finance Act, 1921, and its amendments, it is provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or in any rule of law, where a local authority or public body has been authorized before the passing of the said Act, or is thereafter authorized, to borrow money, whether pursuant to a poll of ratepayers or otherwise howsoever, whether the rate of interest or the term of years of the loan was or was not specified or determined, and such money or any part thereof has not been borrowed, the local authority may, with the pre-