Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2683

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 Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby confer on the said Waimea County Council all the powers with respect to the supply of water for domestic or industrial purposes exercisable by a duly constituted Borough Council under sections eighty-two to eighty-seven, Part XXIV (with the exception of sections two hundred and forty-five and two hundred and forty-seven), and section three hundred and thirty-nine of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and section eleven of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1921–22.

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

Consenting to the raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of September, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made under section twenty, subsection one, of the Finance Act, 1919, for the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council to enable the several local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto to borrow the sums set out therein, and it is expedient that such consent should issue:

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, doth hereby consent to the raising of the loans hereinafter mentioned by the several local authorities set out in the Schedule hereto, and it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the Finance Act, 1919, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor-General in Council to the raising of the said loans.

SCHEDULE.

EketaHuna County Council (for the erection of bridges in the East Riding) .. .. .. £3,000
EketaHuna County Council (for the erection of a bridge in the West Riding) .. .. .. 1,000
EketaHuna County Council (for the erection of a bridge in the Alfredton Riding).. .. .. 1,500
Glen Eden Town Board (for the completion of improvements to recreation-ground) .. .. .. 150
Glen Eden Town Board (for completing the metalling of roads) .. .. .. .. .. 500
Otahuhu Borough Council (for completion of drainage works) .. .. .. .. .. 2,150
Paeroa Borough Council (for street-improvements) .. .. 6,250
Waiotahi Drainage Board (for drainage) .. .. 1,050

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

Consenting to the raising of a Loan by the Wellington City Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of September, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made under section five of the Wellington City Empowering and Special Rates Consolidation Act, 1923, for the consent of the Governor-General in Council to the raising of a loan of twenty-six thousand five hundred pounds for the purpose of providing water and drainage for Miramar and Seatoun Heights, and it is expedient that such consent should issue:

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, doth hereby consent to the raising of the said loan of twenty-six thousand five hundred pounds by the Wellington City Council, and it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the Wellington City Empowering and Special Rates Consolidation Act, 1923, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor-General in Council to the raising of the said loan.

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

Declaring a Public Highway in the No. 6 Highway District to be a Main Highway.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this 28th day of September, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section three of the Main Highways Act, 1922, 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 declare that on and after the date of gazetting of this Order in Council the public highway mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be a main highway within the meaning and for the purpose of the Main Highways Act, 1922.

SCHEDULE.

STRATFORD–Taumarunui: All that portion of road known as the Stratford–Taumarunui Road, commencing at the southwestern boundary of the Ohura County and proceeding thence generally in a northerly direction via the Ohura Road to Harvey Road, and continuing thence generally in an easterly direction via Harvey, Tokirima, Aorangi, Roto, Kururau, Opeta, Aorangi, Wanganui River, and Kururau Roads, and terminating at the western boundary of the Borough of Taumarunui, passing through the Counties of Ohura and Taumarunui; being a distance of thirty-seven miles, more or less. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked M.H. 55, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured blue.

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

Declaring Portions of Road in Blocks XI and XV, Nuhaka North Survey District, to be Government Roads.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of September, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Act, 1908, 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 order and declare that the portions of road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, become Government roads.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of road declared to be Government roads:—

A. R. P. Adjoining or passing through
3 2 6 Road adjoining Section 3 E.R., Block XI; coloured vermillion.
2 2 33 Road adjoining Section 3 E.R., Block XI; coloured green.
0 2 8 Section 16, Block XV; coloured green.
0 1 18 Road adjoining Section 12, Block XV; edged blue.
0 3 35 Section 12 Block XV; coloured green.
0 0 34 Road adjoining Lot 2 of Section 16, Block XV; edged purple.

Situated in Nuhaka North Survey District (Hawke’s Bay R.D.). (S.O. 739, green.)

In the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 56467, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

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