May 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1439

The Southern Side of Portion of Argyle Street, in the City of Auckland, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of May, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works 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 approve of the following resolution passed by the Auckland City Council on the fourteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, viz. :

“That the Auckland City Council, having control of Argyle street, Auckland, by resolution declares that the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, shall not apply to the said street fronting part Allotment 5, Section 8, Suburbs of Auckland ”;

such portion of street being described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

THE southern side of all that portion of street in the North Auckland Land District, City of Auckland, known as Argyle Street, fronting Lots 1, 6, 2, 3, and 4, part of Allotment 5, of Section 8, Suburbs of Auckland; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 68844, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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

(P.W. 51/1036.)

Regulations under the Naval Defence Act, 1913, amended.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of May, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by section twenty-five of the Naval Defence Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby amend and supplement the regulations referred to in the Schedule hereto as shown therein.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND PAYMENT OF THE NEW ZEALAND DIVISION OF THE ROYAL NAVY.

Regulation No. 50.—Passages to Royal Naval Officers and their Families.

PARAGRAPH 2: After “years” insert the words “or in the case of Captains, R.N., whom the Admiralty are unable to loan for the full period, two years.”

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

Consenting to the Raising of a Loan of £25,000 by the Wanganui City Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of May, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Wanganui City Council has obtained, in terms of section fourteen of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926, exemption from the requirements of that Act in respect of a loan of twenty-five thousand pounds for extension of certain sewers and the construction of additional sewers :

And whereas application has been made under section twenty, subsection one, of the Finance Act, 1919, for the precedent consent of His Excellency the Governor-General in Council to enable the said local authority to borrow the sum aforesaid, 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 loan of twenty-five thousand pounds, by the Wanganui City Council, 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 loan.

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

Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £200 proposed to be raised by the Council of the County of Kawhia.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 26th day of April, 1927.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Kawhia County Council, acting under and in pursuance of the Local Bodies’ Loans Acts 1926, proposes to raise a loan of two hundred pounds for the purpose of acquiring a worker’s dwelling :

And whereas the special order authorizing the raising of the loan is irregular, in that the public notification of the meeting for the confirmation of the said special order did not comply with the provisions of section ninety-nine of the Counties Act, 1920 :

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the said irregularity or defect, 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 meeting held for the confirmation 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.

Vesting a Reserve in the Patangata County Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of May, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart for water-conservation purposes :

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Patangata :

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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section four of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Patangata, in trust, for water-conservation purposes.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 3, Block XI, Porangahau Survey District: Area, 15 acres 0 roods 15 perches.

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