Nov. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3207

Recreation Reserve in Auckland Land District brought under Part II of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of November, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-sixth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby order and declare that the reserve for recreation in the Auckland Land District described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Act; and such reserve shall hereafter form part of the Hamilton Domain, and be managed, administered, and dealt with as a public domain by the Hamilton Domain Board.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 13 acres 3 roods 25·62 perches, more or less, being Lots 74 and 86 of Part Allotment 24, Te Rapa Parish. Bounded towards the east generally by the Waikato River; towards the south generally by other part of Allotment 24 and Allotment 25 of the aforesaid parish, 814·45, 263, and 930·52 links; towards the west, north, west, and south generally by an abutment of a road, and Lots 57, 73, and 75 of part Allotment 24 of the aforesaid parish, 263·2, 626·93, 300, and 111·39 links; towards the west and north-west by a public road, 13·59, 772·44, 210·9, and 262·71 links; again towards the west by the abutment of a road and Lot 85 of part Allotment 24 of the aforesaid parish, 451·91 links; towards the north by Allotment 19 of the Hamilton West Town Belt, 246·62 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1/178, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged pink.

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

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Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £1,200 proposed to be raised by the Council of the County of Whangarei.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of November, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Whangarei County Council, acting under and in pursuance of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, proposes to raise a loan of one thousand two hundred pounds for the purpose of forming, constructing, and metalling the Tangihua Access 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.

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Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £450 proposed to be raised by the Council of the County of Whangarei.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of November, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Whangarei 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 four hundred and fifty pounds for the purpose of forming and metalling Austin’s Road:

And whereas the ratepayers’ consent given under paragraph (e) of section sixteen aforesaid is irregular, in that a subscribing ratepayer has attested the signatures of other subscribers thereto:

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 irregularities or defects, 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, both hereby order and declare that the proceedings taken to raise the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the ratepayers’ consent had been properly witnessed and 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 irregularities or defects aforesaid.

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

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Vesting a Cemetery Reserve in the Taupo Road Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of November, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

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

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Lot 18, Suburbs of Taupo: Area, 5 acres 1 rood 24 perches.

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

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Land taken for the Purposes of a Quarry in Block X, Totoro Survey District, Waitomo County.

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

A. PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of a quarry,