2352

Authorizing the Otago Harbour Board to reclaim Land in

Mussel Bay, Otago Harbour.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of
July, 1926.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS it is provided by the one-hundred-and-seventy-ninth section of the Harbours Act, 1923 (hereinafter called "the said Act"), that where a Harbour Board is desirous of executing or constructing upon lands vested in such Board or upon lands of the Crown any harbour-works of such a nature that the same could but for this section only be carried out and executed under the authority of a special Act, the Board may apply to the Governor-General in Council for a special Order, and, if the Governor-General in Council thinks fit, such Order may be made and granted:

And whereas the Otago Harbour Board (hereinafter called "the Board") is desirous of reclaiming from the sea certain land in Mussel Bay, in Otago Harbour, for the purpose of constructing the reclamation hereinafter described, and the said work is of such a nature as aforesaid, and the Board has applied to the Governor-General in Council for the issue of a special Order:

And whereas the conditions precedent to the granting of a special Order prescribed by the said Act have been duly performed and observed, and it appears expedient that such Order should be made:

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor-General in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend to the injury of navigation:

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 Marine Department does not accept any responsibility for any effect which the said reclamation may have upon the harbour.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Street in the Borough of Sumner

of a Width of less than 66 ft., but not less than 49 ft. 6 in.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of July 1926.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of all other powers in anywise 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 authorize the Sumner Borough Council to permit the laying-off of the street described in the Schedule hereto of a width less than sixty-six feet, but not less than forty-nine feet six inches, it being difficult and inexpedient to lay off such street of a width of sixty-six feet.

SCHEDULE.

THAT street in the Canterbury Land District, Borough of Sumner, known as Morten Settlement Road, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 22·2 perches, more or less, through Section 18430, Block II, Sumner Survey District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 65961, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured pink.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 45/371.)

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Street in the City of Auckland

of a Width less than 66 ft. but not less than 54 ft.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of July, 1926.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of all other powers in anywise 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 authorize the Auckland City Council to permit the laying-off of the street coloured pink on the plan referred to in the Schedule hereto of a width less than sixty-six feet, but not less than fifty-four feet within the area described in the said Schedule, it being difficult and inexpedient to lay off a street of a width of sixty-six feet within such area.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land in the North Auckland Land District, City of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 5 acres 3 roods 13 perches, more or less, being part Allotment 11, Section 9, Suburbs of Auckland. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 66342, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged green.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 51/966.)

Authorizing the Marlborough Electric-power Board to construct Electric Works.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of July, 1926.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by section seventy-six of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, and of all other powers in anywise 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, subject to the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, hereby authorize the Marlborough Electric-power Board to construct electric lines, transformers, and substations within the Marlborough Electric-power District.

SCHEDULE.

1. No electric lines shall be used for the distribution of electrical energy until the Marlborough Electric-power Board has obtained a license for such purpose in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911.

2. Any conditions inserted in such license shall be strictly complied with by such Board.

3. Such Board shall forward, for the approval of the Minister of Public Works, such plans and particulars as the Minister of Public Works may from time to time require.

4. The Board shall not, without the consent in writing of the Minister of Public Works, erect any electric lines along the routes of the Government main-trunk transmission-lines.

5. The works hereby authorized shall be constructed so as to comply with the regulations made under section 2 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, dated the 9th day of October, 1922, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th day of the same month, or any regulations made in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor, which regulations shall be deemed to be incorporated herein.

6. The Board shall substantially complete the works hereby authorized within a period of three years from the date of this license, or within such further time as the Minister may allow in the event of the work being delayed by strikes, lock-outs, breakdowns, or other unavoidable causes not due to neglect by the Board.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.