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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 only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with Otorohanga County Council's Loan of £1,500, for forming, culverting, and metalling Portion of Mangawhero Road and erecting a Bridge.

<span class="highlight">CHARLES FERGUSSON</span>, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of September, 1925.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the Otorohanga County Council proceeded by way of special order to raise a loan of one thousand five hundred pounds (£1,500), under the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and the Counties Act, 1920, for the purpose of forming, culverting, and metalling portion of Mangawhero Road and erecting a bridge over the Mangawhero Stream on the same road:
And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said loan were irregular, in that public notice of the resolution to make the special order authorizing the raising of the loan, although given four times, was not given once in each of the four weeks immediately preceding the day on which the meeting was held for the purpose of confirming that resolution, as required by section ninety-nine of the Counties 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 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 only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with Otorohanga County Council's Loan of £650 for culverting and metalling Barber's Road.

<span class="highlight">CHARLES FERGUSSON</span>, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of September, 1925.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the Otorohanga County Council proceeded by way of special order to raise a loan of six hundred and fifty pounds (£650) under the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and the Counties Act, 1920, for the purpose of culverting and metalling Barber's Road:
And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said loan were irregular, in that public notice of the resolution to make the special order authorizing the raising of the loan, although given four times, was not given once in each of the four weeks immediately preceding the day on which the meeting was held for the purpose of confirming that resolution, as required by section ninety-nine of the Counties 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 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 only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Vesting a Cemetery Reserve in the Westland County Council.

<span class="highlight">CHARLES FERGUSSON</span>, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of September, 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 Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Westland.
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 Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Westland, in trust, for a public cemetery.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.
RESERVE 179, Block VI, Karangarua Survey District : Area, 1 acre.

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

Opening Lands in the Otago Land District for Sale or Selection.

<span class="highlight">CHARLES FERGUSSON</span>, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir <span class="highlight">Charles Fergusson</span>, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and seventy-six of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Vincent County.—Tiger Hill Survey District.
SECTION 70, Block II : Area, 1 acre 1 rood 39 perches. Capital value, £10. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, 5s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, 4s.
Situated just outside Ophir Town. Access from Omakau Railway-station distant one mile and a half on good gravelled road. Chiefly flat alluvial land. Soil black loam on shingle. Watered by a drainage channel. Altitude, 900 ft. to 950 ft.
Maniototo County.—Maniototo Survey District.
Sections 19 and 29, Block II: Area, 33 acres 1 rood 27 perches. Capital value, £165. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £4 2s. 6d.. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £3 6s.
Weighted with £17 12s., valuation for fencing.
Land nearly level on Maniototo Plain, open and of very fair quality ; soil black loam on clay formation; watered by spring. Distant two miles from railway-station, post-office, and school by good and level roads. Elevation, 1,700 ft. to 1,750 ft.