Mar. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 655

All as are more particularly shown on the map deposited in the Head Office of the Mines Department at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured yellow.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 12th day of March, 1926.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(Mines N. 6/4/20.)

Additional Regulations as to Motor-drivers’ Licenses, under the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day of March, 1926.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924 (hereinafter referred to as 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 make the following additional regulations with respect to the licensing of drivers of motor-vehicles, and doth declare that these regulations shall form part of and be read together with the regulations made under the said Act on the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and published in the Gazette of the same date, and the additional regulations made thereunder on the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and published in the Gazette of the last-mentioned date.

REGULATIONS.

12. NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in section 21 of the said Act or in the foregoing provisions of these regulations, a motor-driver’s license may be issued during the month of March in any year to a person being then the holder of a motor-driver’s license, but any license so issued shall not come into force until the 1st day of April following, and shall thereupon remain in force until the 31st day of March in the year following the year of issue, and shall then expire.

13. Every motor-driver’s license issued during the month of March in any year to a person not being then the holder of a motor-driver’s license shall be operative immediately upon the issue thereof and shall remain in force until the 31st day of March in the year following the year of issue, and shall then expire.

14. In the case of a license issued pursuant to clause 12 hereof, the form No. 2 of the Schedule to these regulations shall be modified by inserting after the words “this license” the words “shall come into force on 1st April, 19 , and.”

15. Any endorsement authorized by the amending regulations made under the said Act on the 6th day of August, 1925, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, may be made forthwith or at any time during its currency upon any motor-driver’s license issued pursuant to clause 12 or clause 13 of these regulations.

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

Amendments to the Regulations under the Government Railways 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 powers conferred upon him by the Government Railways Act, 1908, 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 amend the regulations made under the said Act on the twelfth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, by adding to Regulation 67 the following words: “Provided further that this regulation shall not apply in any case where a member is not required to live away from his home.”

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

Authorizing the Minister of Public Works to construct and maintain Water-supply Works in the Arrow Irrigation District.

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 it is provided by section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1910 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), that the Governor-General may, if he thinks fit, by Order in Council, authorize the Minister of Public Works to construct, maintain, or control any water-race or water-supply works, either within or outside a mining district, which are proposed to be constructed or which have been constructed out of funds provided by Parliament:

And whereas it is further provided by section five of the said Act that before any Order in Council is issued authorizing the said Minister to construct any water-race or water-supply works the owners or occupiers of all the lands likely to be benefited thereby shall be given an opportunity to enter into contracts with His Majesty to take water from such works when completed; and such contracts shall specify the quantity of water to be so taken and the price or rate to be paid for same:

And whereas it is also provided by section five of the said Act that if at least one-half of the total number of those owners or occupiers enter into contracts to take such quantity of water as the Governor-General thinks reasonable at such a price or rate as the Governor-General may approve, an Order in Council authorizing the construction of the works may be issued:

And whereas the water-supply works mentioned in the First Schedule hereto have been partly constructed, and it is proposed to complete the construction of the said works out of the funds provided by Parliament:

And whereas at least one-half of the total number of the owners or occupiers of the lands which are likely to be benefited thereby have entered into contracts with His Majesty to take water from such works when completed, which contracts specify the quantity of water to be taken and the price to be paid for the same.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the above-in-part-recited Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve and confirm the terms of the several contracts aforesaid, and doth hereby authorize the Minister of Public Works to construct, maintain, and control the water-supply works described in the First Schedule hereto, and doth hereby also define the district to be served by such water-supply works as set out in the Second Schedule hereto, and herein referred to as the Arrow Irrigation District.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Arrow irrigation-works, for the irrigation of the Arrow district (described in the Second Schedule hereto), by means of water drawn from the Arrow River, and any dam or dams which are or may be constructed or acquired on that river or any other river or stream, such water being conveyed into the said district by a race or races, constructed or acquired by the Minister of Public Works, or by any enlargement or extension thereof; the said works including all dams, weirs, reservoirs, tunnels, fluming, siphons, piping, measuring or regulating devices, and races, and all other works incidental to or required for the construction, maintenance, and control of the said works for the irrigation of the said Arrow Irrigation District.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

ALL that area situated in the Otago Land District (Shotover Survey District), bounded by a line commencing at the point where the southern boundary of Block 18, Shotover Survey District, crosses the Arrow River, and thence proceeding in a southerly direction generally along the right bank of the Arrow River to its point of junction with the Kawarau River;