Land set apart as Provisional State Forest declared to be subject to the Land Act, 1924.

[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section twenty of the Forests Act, 1921-22, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting on the recommendation of the Minister of Lands, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto, being portion of a provisional State forest set apart by Proclamation dated the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and gazetted on the eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, is required for settlement purposes; and, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, such land shall, from and after the day of the gazetting hereof, cease to be provisional State forest, and shall become subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Westland Land District containing by admeasurement 3 acres, more or less, being part of Provisional State Forest Reserve 1677, situated in Block X, Otira Survey District. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked 2441 deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Hokitika, and thereon edged 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 23rd day of June, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

God SAVE THE KING!

Reciprocal Application of Administration of Justice Act, 1922, to Fiji.

[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section three of the Administration of Justice Act, 1922, it is enacted, among other things, that where the Governor-General is satisfied that reciprocal provisions have been made by the Legislature of any part of His Majesty's Dominions outside New Zealand, other than the United Kingdom, for the enforcement within that part of His Majesty's Dominions of judgments obtained in the Supreme Court in New Zealand, the Governor-General may, by Proclamation, declare that Part I of the said Act shall apply with respect to that part of His Majesty's Dominions:

And whereas the Governor-General is satisfied that the Governor of Fiji, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council, has, by the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Ordinance, 1922, made such reciprocal provisions:

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by section three of the Administration of Justice Act, 1922, do hereby declare that Part I of the said Act shall apply with respect to Fiji.

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 22nd day of June, 1925.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Further extending Time of Rangitaiki Drainage Commission.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to ASHLEY JOHN HUNTER, Esquire, A.M.I.C.E., of Auckland, Civil Engineer; WILLIAM DUFFUS HUNT, Esquire, of Wellington, Company Manager; and HEATHCOTE BEETHAM WILLIAMS, Esquire, Gisborne, Farmer: Greeting.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and issued under my hand and the Public Seal of the Dominion, you were appointed a Commission to inquire into and report upon matters connected with the drainage of the district set apart for the purposes of the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, and with the financial difficulties then being experienced by settlers in the said district, and in particular the various matters set out in the said Warrant, and you were directed and required to report to me not later

than the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five:

And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be further extended as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby extend the period within which you are required to report until the seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five:

And, with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said power and authority, I do hereby confirm the said Commission, except as herein varied.

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 29th day of June, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Approved in Council.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Street in the Borough of Takapuna of a Width less than 66 ft., but not less than 40 ft.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 29th day of June, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, 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 authorize the Takapuna Borough Council to permit the laying-off of a street of a width less than sixty-six feet, but not less than forty feet, within the area described in the Schedule hereto, it being inexpedient to lay off a street of a width of sixty-six feet within such area.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land in the North Auckland Land District, Borough of Takapuna, containing by admeasurement 6 acres 1 rood 20 perches, more or less, being part Lots 9 and 12 and Lots 11, 13, and 14 of Allotment 31, Section 1, Parish of Takapuna. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 61977, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged red.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council

Authorizing the Franklin Electric-power Board to construct Electric Works.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 29th day of June, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by section forty-nine of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, as amended by section seventeen of the Electric-power Boards Amendment Act, 1920, 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 authorize the Franklin Electric-power Board to erect electric lines as shown on the plans marked P.W.D. 62297, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and such further lines as may from time to time be required in the Franklin Electric-power District and outer area of such district as hereinafter defined; transformers and substations for the transmission and distribution of