Num. 31.

1313

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1926.

His Majesty's Assent to the Application to Samoa of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
By His Deputy,
CHARLES PERRIN SKERRETT.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the Constitution Act it is, amongst other things, provided that no Bill reserved for the signification of his Majesty's pleasure thereon shall have any force or authority within the Dominion of New Zealand until the Governor-General of the said Dominion signifies by speech or message to the Legislative Council and the House of Representatives of the said Dominion, or by Proclamation, that such Bill has been laid before His Majesty in Council, and that His Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same:

And whereas a certain Bill passed by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the said Dominion intituled “An Act to provide for the application of the Shipping and Seamen Act 1908, to Samoa,” the short title of which is “The Samoa (Shipping) Act, 1925,” was presented to the Governor-General for His Majesty's assent, and the said Bill was reserved for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure thereon:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the provisions of the said in-part-recited Act, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do by this Proclamation signify and proclaim to all whom it may concern that the said Bill has been laid before His Majesty in Council, and that His Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same; and I do further declare that it shall come into operation on the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

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 May, 1926.

J. G. COATES,
For Minister of External Affairs.

A

Altering the Boundaries of the Taranaki Electric-power District.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
By his Deputy,
CHARLES PERRIN SKERRETT.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section three of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, and of every other power in anywise enabling me in that behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby alter the boundaries of the Taranaki Electric-power District so as to include the area described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land in the Taranaki Land District, being that portion of the Stratford County bounded by a line commencing at the junction of the Toko and the Mangaehu Roads, and following this last-named road in a southerly direction to the south boundary of part Toko B Block, Block V, Omona Survey District, shown on the plan hereinafter described, and containing an area of 262 acres 0 roods 15 perches; thence along this boundary in an easterly direction to the west boundary of Lot 2, part Toko B Block, Block I, Omona Survey District; thence by a line running in an easterly direction and which shall include 200 acres of the said Lot 2 and 300 acres of Lot 3, part Toko B Block, Block I, Omona Survey District, until it meets the eastern boundary of the said Lot 3; thence in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary of the said Lot 3, across the Toko Road, to the Makuri Stream; thence downwards along this stream to the eastern boundary of that portion of Toko B Block in Block IV, Ngaire Survey District, shown on the said plan, containing an area of 802 acres; thence northerly along this boundary to the south-east corner of Subdivision 4, Block IV, Ngaire Survey District; thence along the south-eastern boundaries of Subdivisions 6, 9, 11, 13, and 15 of part Toko B Block, Block IV, Ngaire Survey District, and part Subdivision 17 and Subdivision 7 of part Toko B Block, Block I, Omona Survey District, to the Oruru Trig.; from thence along the east boundary of Subdivision 6, Huiakama Block,