APRIL 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1031

Additional Land between Manurewa and Takanini taken for
the Purposes of the Kaipara-Waikato Railway.
[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Kaipara-Waikato Railway to take further land between Manurewa and Takanini in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:
Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor - General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections twenty-nine and one hundred and eighty-eight of the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anyway enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes above mentioned.
SCHEDULE.
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land : 35.1 perches and 1 acre O roods 31 perches.
Portion of Allotment 11, Papakura Parish.
Situated in Block XIV, Otahuhu Survey District, Manukau County. (S.O. 23673, blue.)
In the North Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked W.R. 37486, deposited in the office of the Minister of Railways at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow and blue.
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 10th day of April, 1926.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Railways.
GOD SAVE THE KING!
Section 4 of the Public Service Act not to apply to Officers and Employees, Samoan Crown Estates.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 30th day of March, 1926.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section four of the Public Service Act, 1912, it is enacted that nothing in that Act shall apply to any officer or class of officers to whom or to which on the recommendation of and for special reasons assigned by the Commissioner, the Governor-General in Council declares that the said Act shall not apply:
And whereas the Commissioner has recommended that the said Act should not apply to the class of officers described in the Schedule hereto for the special reasons assigned by him:
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 declare that nothing in the Public Service Act, 1912, shall apply to the class of officers described in the Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULE.
CLASS of Officers.-Western Samoa : Officers and employees, Samoan Crown Estates.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Directing that the District Valuation Rolls for certain Districts shall be revised as at the 31st Day of March, 1926, under the Valuation of Land Act, 1908.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd 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 vested in him by the Valuation of Land Act, 1908, 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 direct that the district valuation rolls for the districts enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be revised by the Valuer-General as at the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.
SCHEDULE.
Hikurangi Town District.
Devonport Borough.
Onehunga Borough.
Waitakerei Riding of Waitemata County.
New Lynn Town District.
Glen Eden Town District.
Mount Albert Borough.
Tamaki Road District.
Otahuhu Borough.
Papatoetoe Town District.
Morrisville Borough.
Leamington Town District.
Te Puke Town District.
Waipa County.
Hauraki Plains County.
Putaruru Town District.
Matata Riding of Whakatane County.
Taumarunui Borough.
Wairoa Borough.
Waitara Borough.
Waimate West County.
Eltham County.
Hawera County.
Bull's Town District.
Feilding Borough.
Shannon Borough.
Hokio Township portion of Wirokino Riding, Horowhenua County.
Martinborough Town District.
Epuni Riding of Hutt County.
Upper Hutt Borough.
Waimairi County.
Timaru Borough.
Roxburgh Borough.
Avonside, Bromley, Hillsborough, Valley, and Mount Pleasant Ridings of Heathcote County.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Declaring Road-lines intersecting Land in Wilford Settlement, Wellington Land District, to be closed.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
WHEREAS a report has been received from the Surveyor-General, from which it appears that the roads described in the Schedule hereto are unformed and unused and that the said roads intersect land acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and are not suitable to the subdivision of such land:
Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet Governor - General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section 106 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and of all other powers and authorities in anyway enabling me in this behalf, do by this notice hereby close the roads hereinafter described; and I do hereby declare that the said roads shall thereupon become subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.
SCHEDULE.
WILFORD SETTLEMENT.
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of roads to be closed :- A. R. P.
1 0 0
0 2 11-4
1 0 0
0 3 33-5
3 0 1-6 Intersecting Wilford Settlement, part of Section 8, Hutt Registration District.
Situated in Block XIII, Belmont Survey District.
In the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 19325, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, under No. 2167, and thereon coloured green.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 8th day of April, 1926.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.
Appointing Magistrates to exercise Jurisdiction in Children's Courts.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of