Mar. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 545

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 order and declare that the proceedings taken shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the notification of the deposit of the special roll had been correctly given and as though the description of the special-rating area had been correctly advertised, and that 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.

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £600 proposed to be raised by the Dannevirke County Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of February, 1926.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Dannevirke County Council proceeded by way of special order to raise a loan of six hundred pounds under section sixteen (e) of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of widening and metalling a portion of the Upper Mangahei Road :

And whereas the special-rating area was incorrectly described in the special order as being all that area comprising Sections 9, 1B Number 2c 1, half of 14 and part 1B Number 2c, all of Block II, Mangatoro Survey District, instead of Section 9, 1B Number 2c 1, half of 14 and part 1B Number 2B, all of Block II, Mangatoro Survey District, as specified in the written consent of the ratepayers :

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the district 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 proceedings taken shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the description of the special-rating area had been correctly stated in the special order authorizing the raising of the loan, 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 £1,800 proposed to be raised by the Council of the County of Clifton.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of February, 1926.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Clifton 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 eight hundred pounds, authorized by a special order passed on the third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and confirmed on the seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, for the purpose of metalling portions of the Okoko and Kaka Roads :

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

And whereas the special order authorizing the raising of the loan is irregular in that 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, 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 power and authority 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 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.

Amending the Description of a Reserve in the Westland Land District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section three hundred and sixty-three of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that where there has been any error of description made in any notification of any intended reserve, or where there appears a great discrepancy in the area of any intended reserve after the same shall have been surveyed, the Governor-General may cancel any notification that may have been made in respect of such reserve, and issue fresh notification in respect thereof, with amended particulars and description :

And whereas an error was made in the area and description of Section 1500, Block I, Punakaiki Survey District, Westland Land District, in the Warrants of the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and the sixteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and published in Gazette No. 34 of the second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and Gazette No. 68, of the twenty-third day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, respectively, reserving the land for a resting-place for travelling stock ; and it is expedient to cancel the said notifications in so far as they relate to Section 1500, Block I, Punakaiki Survey District aforesaid.

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the Warrants of the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and the sixteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, in so far as they relate to the said Section 1500, Block I, Punakaiki Survey District, and do declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be the land set apart for a resting-place for travelling stock intended by the said Warrants.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 6 acres 2 roods 6 perches, more or less, being Reserve No. 1500, situated in Block I, Punakaiki Survey District. As the same is delineated on plan marked L. and S. 4701, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 28th day of February, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Declaring Land in the North Auckland Land District to be subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section one hundred and five of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the area of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and shall hereafter form part of the Finlayson Settlement.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION M 98, Parish of Ruarangi, containing 25 acres, more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 24th day of February, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.