Vesting a Reserve in the Wellington City Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of March, 1926.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for recreation purposes: And whereas it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington:
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 the twenty-sixth section 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 Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington in trust for recreation purposes.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 17'6 perches, more or less, situated in Block VII, Port Nicholson Survey District, and lying between the high-water mark of Port Nicholson Harbour and the Marine Parade, Township of Sea-town. Bounded by a line commencing at the north-east angle of the junction of the Marine Parade and Hector Street and proceeding in a north-westerly direction along the north-eastern side of the said Marine Parade and the production thereof to the high-water mark of Port Nicholson Harbour for distances of 262·71 links and 378·11 links; thence in a south-easterly direction by the said high-water mark to a point in line with the eastern side of Hector Street; thence in a south-westerly direction by a right line bearing 198° 36' 30" for a distance of 227·04 links, to the point of commencement; as the same is delineated on plan numbered 258/38, deposited in the Wellington District Office, Department of Lands and Survey, and thereon coloured red.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Reserves in the Waitemata County Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of March, 1926.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been permanently reserved for recreation purposes : And whereas it is expedient to vest the said reserves in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Waitemata County:
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 the twenty-sixth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserves described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Waitemata County, in trust for recreation purposes.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 25·1 perches, and being Lot 52 on D.P. 16953, Auckland Registry.
Also all that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 25·8 perches, and being Lot 53 on D.P. 16953, Auckland Registry.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Control of a Reserve under the Tourist and Health Resorts Control Act, 1908.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of March, 1926.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on him by section five of the Tourist and Health Resorts Control Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), 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 vest the control of the reserve for public utility described in the Schedule hereto in the Minister of the Crown for the time being having the administration of the said Act, and doth hereby declare that the said reserve shall be administered under the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
MARUIA HOT SPRINGS.
ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing 4,673 acres, more or less, being part of Section 2, Square 182, situate in Block IV, Lewis Survey District, and Block I, Travers Survey District. Commencing at the southern corner of Section 2, Block IV, Lewis Survey District, thence proceeding north-easterly, a distance of 8412·2 links, on a bearing of 63° 1’ 30”; thence south-easterly, a distance of 17881·9 links, on a bearing of 135°; thence easterly, a distance of 35910·2 links, on a bearing of 89° 59’; thence southerly, a distance of 8000 links, on a bearing of 179° 57’; thence westerly, a distance of 39226·9 links, on a bearing of 269° 59’; thence north-westerly, a distance of 23801·5 links, on a bearing of 315°, to the point of commencement : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is more particularly delineated on a plan marked L. and S. 22/2360, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Raising of £60,000, being a Further Portion of a Loan of £375,000 authorized to be raised by the Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power Board on the Instalment System, extending over a Period of Thirty-six and a Half Years.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of March, 1926.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS section thirteen of the Finance Act, 1921, provides that where any local authority, as defined by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, has heretofore been or shall hereafter be authorized to raise a loan, whether pursuant to a poll of ratepayers or otherwise, and whether such loan has been raised in part or not, such local authority may, with the consent of the Governor-General in Council, raise any part of such loan upon terms of making the same, together with interest thereon, repayable by instalments extending over such period of years whether in excess of the period mentioned in the poll taken on the proposal for such loan or not, and payable at such time as may be fixed by such local authority; and may permanently appropriate and pledge for the purpose of securing such instalments any special rate already made or hereafter to be made or any part of such special rate:
And whereas the Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power Board has been authorized to borrow the sum of three hundred and seventy-five thousand pounds for electric works, and is now desirous of raising the sum of sixty thousand pounds, being a further portion of the loan of three hundred and seventy-five thousand pounds :
And whereas application has been made by the Power Board for the consent of His Excellency the Governor-General in Council to the raising of sixty thousand pounds on the instalment system extending over a period of thirty-six and a half years :
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and