JULY 23.]

for the purpose of metalling a portion of the Rangitatau West Road :
And whereas the special order authorizing the raising of the loan is irregular in that the public notification of the time and place fixed for the confirmation of the said special order, although given four times, did not comply with the provisions of section ninety-nine of the Counties Act, 1920 : And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the said irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the same : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New 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 correctly given, 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.

Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £1,000, proposed to be raised by the Council of the County of Waimate West.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 20th day of July, 1925.
Present : HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the Waimate West County Council, acting under and in pursuance of paragraph (e) of section sixteen of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, proposes to raise a loan of one thousand pounds for drainage-works in the Rama Road Drainage District ;
And whereas the ratepayers' consent given under paragraph (e) of section sixteen aforesaid is irregular in that subscribing ratepayers have attested the signatures of the other subscribers thereto : 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 New 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 ratepayers' consent to the raising of the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the same had been properly witnessed, 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.

Validating Proceedings in connection with the Otahuhu Borough Council's Loan of £2,500 for Workers' Dwellings.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 20th day of July, 1925.
Present : HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the Otahuhu Borough Council proceeded by way of special order to raise a loan of two thousand five hundred pounds, under the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, for the purpose of purchasing land and erecting workers' dwellings thereon ;
And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said loan were irregular, in that public notice of the place and date fixed for the meeting to confirm the resolution to make the special order authorizing the raising of the loan and of that resolution, although given the required number of times, was not given once in each full week intervening between that meeting and the meeting held for the purpose of passing

the resolution to make the special order, as required by section sixty-three of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920 ; And whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the district have not been misled by such irregularity as aforesaid, and it is expedient to validate the same : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New 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 of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, 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 in connection with the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the said public notice had been correctly given, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan or of the security for the said loan shall not be called in question by reason of the irregularity aforesaid.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Lands of the Westport-Cape Foulwind Railway to be subject to the Government Railways Act, 1908.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto were taken, set apart, or otherwise acquired for the purposes of the Westport-Cape Foulwind Railway : And whereas by subsection one of section three of the Westport Harbour Act, 1920 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act'), the said lands were vested in the Crown for the estate or interest for which they were so acquired : And whereas it is advisable that the said lands should be subject to the Government Railways Act, 1908, as being property held or used in connection with or for the purposes of the Westport-Cape Foulwind Railway : Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, and of every other power and authority enabling me in this behalf, do hereby declare the lands described in the Schedule hereto held or used in connection with or for the purposes of the Westport-Cape Foulwind Railway to be subject to the Government Railways Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land :-
A. R. P.
0 1 20 Part Section 984, Town of Westport; coloured red.
1 1 12·2 Part Section 197, Block VII, Kawatiri Survey District ; coloured red.
0 0 5 Part Section 195, Block VII, Kawatiri Survey District ; coloured red.
0 0 11·3 Part Section 195, Block VII, Kawatiri Survey District ; coloured yellow.
0 0 5 Part Section 195, Block VII, Kawatiri Survey District ; coloured red.
1 2 19·6 Part Section 195, Block VII, Kawatiri Survey District ; coloured red.
0 3 38·7 Part Section 195, Blocks VII and III, Kawatiri Survey District ; coloured red.
1 2 0 Part Section 194, Blocks VII and III, Kawatiri Survey District ; coloured red.
0 0 10·5 Part Section 194, Block III, Kawatiri Survey District ; coloured red.
3 0 0 Part Section 193, Block III, Kawatiri Survey District ; coloured yellow.
2 0 38 Part Section 59, Block III, Kawatiri Survey District ; coloured blue.
12 2 12·5 Part Section 46, Block III, Kawatiri Survey District ; coloured red.
3 3 6 Part Section 221, Block II, Kawatiri Survey District, and Block II, Steeples Survey District ; coloured yellow.
3 3 19 Part Section 222, Block II, Steeples Survey District ; coloured blue.
5 1 18 Part Section 238, Block II, Steeples Survey District ; coloured yellow.
7 1 26 Part Section 226, Block II, Steeples Survey District ; coloured red.
2 0 20·8 Part Crown land, Block II, Steeples Survey District ; coloured red.
0 2 11 Part Road, Block II, Steeples Survey District ; bordered red.
17 2 26 Part Crown land, Block II, Steeples Survey District ; coloured red.