DEC. 17.]

And whereas in the case of the Te Rapa Drainage Board the Magistrate failed to give such people notice of a day for hearing appeals against the classification list signed by the Chairman of that Board on the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and publicly notified on the second day of the same month (hereinafter referred to as "the said list"), and it expedient to extend the time for giving public notice accordingly:

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 the said Acts, 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 extend the time for giving public notice of a day for hearing appeals against the said list until the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.

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

Extending Time for giving Public Notice of a Day for hearing Appeals against Classification List of Eureka Drainage Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1925.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided, inter alia, by subsection five of section thirty-four of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, as amended by the Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1922 (hereinafter together referred to as "the said Acts"), that within three days after the expiration of the time allowed for giving notice of appeal against the classification list of a Drainage Board the Magistrate shall give public notice of a day for the hearing of such appeals, and such appeals may be heard at the Magistrate's Court named in such notice:

And whereas in the case of the Eureka Drainage Board the Magistrate failed to give such public notice of a day for hearing appeals against the classification list signed by the Chairman of that Board on the twenty-second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and publicly notified on the twenty-third day of the same month (hereinafter referred to as "the said list"), and it is expedient to extend the time for giving public notice accordingly:

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 the said Acts, 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 extend the time for giving public notice of a day for hearing appeals against the said list until the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.

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

Library Exchanges : Postage Rates.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 30th day of November, 1925.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that 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 make the regulation and fix the charges set forth in the Schedule hereto for the receiving, despatching, conveying, and delivering of books by post, and doth further order and declare that the regulation and charges hereby made and fixed shall have effect on and after the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

SCHEDULE.
LIBRARY EXCHANGES : POSTAGE RATE.

The postage to any place within New Zealand on books exchanged between libraries, between libraries and their sub-

scribers, between recognized book clubs, or between recognized book clubs and their subscribers, shall be 2d. for the first pound and 1d. for each additional pound or fraction of a pound up to five pounds:

Provided always that the Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department may decide whether any institution, concern, or undertaking is a library or recognized book club for the purposes of this regulation, and his decision shall be final.

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

Revoking an Order in Council declaring Portions of Roads in Highway District No. 7, Eltham and Hawera Counties, to be Government Roads.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1925.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING 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 or the said Dominion, doth, from the date of gazetting of this Order in Council, hereby revoke the Order in Council dated the twenty-third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 20, of the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, declaring portions of the Lepperton Junction–Hawera (via Opunake), Eltham–Opunake, and Normanby to Manaia–Mount Egmont (via Okaiawa) Roads to be Government roads.

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

Revoking an Order in Council declaring Portion of Road in Highway District No. 7, Taranaki County, to be a Government Road.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1925.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING 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, from the date of gazetting of this Order in Council, hereby revoke the Order in Council dated the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 24, of the ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, declaring a portion of the Lepperton Junction – Hawera (via Opunake) Road to be a Government road.

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

Revoking the Prohibition of the Exportation of Coal.
(C. No. 35.)

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 30th day of November, 1925.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section forty-seven of the Customs Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities 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 further amend the Order in Council made on the twenty-fourth day of November, one thousand nine hundred