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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and
the said Taranaki County Council is hereby authorized to
borrow the said sum of four hundred and eighty pounds
accordingly.

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

Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £1,000
proposed to be raised by the Council of the County of
Masterton.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of
April, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Masterton County Council, acting under
and in pursuance of paragraph (e) of section seventeen
of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, proposes to raise a
loan of one thousand pounds for metalling the Ngaumu Road :
And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said
loan are irregular in that the public notification of the
meeting to confirm the special order authorizing the raising of
the loan did not comply with the provisions of paragraph (c)
of section ninety-nine of the Counties Act, 1920 :
And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been
misled by the said irregularity, and it is expedient to validate
the same :
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 section
one hundred and twenty-two of the Local Bodies’ Loans
Act, 1926, and acting by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order
and declare that the proceedings taken to raise the said loan
shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though public
notification of the special order had been correctly given,
and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with
the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only
of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

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

Withdrawing Land from the Operation of the Kauri-gum
Industry Act, 1908.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of
March, 1927.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART PRESIDING IN
COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and sixty-two of the
Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-
General may, by Order in Council gazetted, on the recom-
mendation of the Land Board, declare that any land com-
prised in a kauri-gum reserve shall, from a date to be specified
in the Order, cease to be subject to the Kauri-gum Industry
Act, 1908, and on and after the date so specified the land
to which the Order relates shall become subject to the pro-
visions of the Land Act, 1924 :
And whereas the Land Board of the North Auckland Land
District has duly passed a resolution recommending that part
of the Purua Kauri-gum Reserve Extension as described in
the Schedule hereto be excepted from the operations of the
Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1908, and it is expedient to give
effect to such recommendation :
Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and exercise of the power and authority conferred
upon me by section one hundred and sixty-two of the Land
Act, 1924, and acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby
order and declare that part of the Purua Kauri-gum Reserve
Extension, as described in the Schedule hereto, shall from the
twenty-third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-seven, cease to be subject to the Kauri-gum Industry
Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 21, Block II, Purua Survey District: Area, 61 acres
1 rood.

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

Amending Taupo Harbour Regulations, 1926.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 28th day
of March, 1927.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART PRESIDING IN
COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
conferred upon him by section nine of the Harbours Act,
1923, and section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment
and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1926, and of all
other powers and authorities enabling him in that 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 make
the following additional regulations for the purposes of the
said Acts :—

REGULATIONS.

1. THESE regulations may be cited as the Taupo Harbour
   Regulations Amendment No. 1.

2. The Taupo Harbour Regulations, 1926 (hereinafter
   referred to as “the said regulations”), are hereby amended
   by deleting the dates “thirty-first day of December,” “first
   day of January,” and “first day of July,” wherever they
   occur in the said regulations (including the Schedule thereto),
   and substituting in lieu thereof the dates “thirty-first day
   of March,” “first day of April,” and “first day of October,”
   respectively.

3. Every license issued and annual wharfage due received
   under the said regulations between the first day of January
   and the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred
   and twenty-seven, shall, subject to the provisions of the said
   regulations as to cancellation of licenses and of these regula-
   tions as to the payment of fees, continue in force and have
   effect until the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine
   hundred and twenty-eight.

4. (1) In respect of every such license and annual wharfage
   due there shall be payable on or before the thirty-first day of
   December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, an
   additional fee equal to one-fourth of the amount of the fee
   payable in respect of a license issued or wharfage due received
   (as the case may be) for the whole year.

(2) The Department shall forthwith cause a receipt to be
given to the licensee or payee for the payment of the
additional fee and the production of such receipt shall be
sufficient evidence, unless the contrary is proved, that the
conditions prescribed by these regulations as to the continuance
of the license or availability of the wharfage due until the
thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-eight, have been complied with.

(3) If the holder of a license to which this clause relates
fails to pay the fee herein required on or before the said
thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-seven, his license shall expire on that date. Payment
of the said fee after the thirty-first day of December aforesaid
will not operate to revive a license that has expired as herein
provided.

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

Opening Lands in the Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale or
Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, I, General
Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the
Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one
hundred and seventy-six of the said Act, do hereby declare
that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open
for sale or selection on Wednesday, the eleventh day
of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven ;
and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule
may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash
or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease ;
and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands
shall be sold, occupied, or leased as that mentioned in the
said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall
be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the pro-
visions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Wairoa County.—Opoiti Survey District.

Part Hereheretau Block.

SECTION 2, Block XV : Area, 807 acres. Capital value,
£3,430. Deferred payments : Deposit, £171 10s. ; half-