JUNE 24.] THE NEW ZÉALAND GAZETTE. 1805

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorize and empower the Board to reclaim certain lands from the sea in Mussel Bay, Otago Harbour, as shown on plan marked M.D. 6155, such reclamation to be carried out and constructed in accordance with plan and specifications marked M.D. 6155, subject to the provisions of the said Act; and provided that the Board shall make provision for the extension of the drains and sewers proposed to the open sea, and shall accept full responsibility for any effect which the said reclamation may have upon the harbour.

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

Authorizing the Wellington Harbour Board to erect a Tablet in the Offices of the Board as a Permanent War Memorial.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 21st day of June, 1926.
Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section fifteen of the Finance Act, 1919 (hereinafter referred to as the "said section"), 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 approve the provision by the Wellington Harbour Board of a tablet as a permanent war memorial, as provided by the said section; and, with the like advice and consent, doth hereby approve of the erection of such tablet in the offices of the Harbour Board, Wellington.

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

Adding certain Chattels to the Seventh Schedule to the Chattels Transfer Act, 1924.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 21st day of June, 1926.
Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by subsection six of section fifty-seven of the Chattels Transfer Act, 1924 (hereinafter called "the said Act"), it is provided that the Governor-General, if satisfied that a practice has been established of dealing with any specific chattels or class of chattels by the method of hire-purchase, or that it is desirable in the public interest that such practice should become established in respect of any specific chattels or class or chattels, may from time to time, by Order in Council, add to the class of chattels defined in the Seventh Schedule to the said Act any other chattels or class of chattels, and that thereafter such chattels or class of chattels may be the subject of customary hire-purchase agreements:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor-General is satisfied that a practice has been established of dealing with the chattels defined in the Schedule hereto, by the method of hire-purchase:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Dominion, doth hereby add to the class of chattels defined in the Seventh Schedule to the said Act the chattels defined in the Schedule hereto, and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall take effect as from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

EQUIPMENT, apparatus, and appliances for use in connection with the consumption of coal-gas.

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

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 21st day of June, 1926.
Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS application has been made under section twenty, subsection one, of the Finance Act, 1919, for the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council to enable the several local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto to borrow the sums set out therein, and it is expedient that such consent should issue:

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 consent to the raising of the loans hereinafter mentioned by the several local authorities set out in the Schedule hereto, and it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the Finance Act, 1919, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor-General in Council to the raising of the said loans.

SCHEDULE.

Christchurch City Council (for workers' dwellings).. 15,000 Johnsonville Town Board (for improvement of streets) 5,300 Johnsonville Town Board (for augmentation of present water-supply) . . . . . . . 1,500 Otahuhu Borough Council (for construction of a portion of the Mangere Road) . . . . . . . 11,000 Otahuhu Borough Council (for the erection of Council chambers, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,600 Waipara County Council (for the erection of a public hall) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500 Waitomo County Council (for completion of workers' dwellings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

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

Validating Election of Trustees of Judea Drainage District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 21st day of June, 1926.
Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS pursuant to section ten of the Land Drainage Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act"), and pursuant to an Order in Council made on the twenty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and gazetted on the twenty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nine, an election of five Trustees of the Judea Drainage District (hereinafter referred to as "the said district") should have been held on the second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and such election was not held on that day, but public notice was given that an election (hereinafter referred to as "the said election") would be held on the eleventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five:

And whereas four candidates only were nominated for election as Trustees of the said district, and the four candidates so nominated were declared to be duly elected as Trustees of the said district accordingly:

And whereas, pursuant to section ten of the said Act, the Governor-General did appoint one qualified person to be a Trustee of the said district:

And whereas it is expedient to validate the holding of the said election after the day provided by the said Act:

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 the said Act, as amended by the Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1922, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby validate the said election of Trustees of the said district insofar as that election was not held on the day provided by the said Act, and doth hereby declare that the proceedings in connection with the holding of the said election shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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