SEPT. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2829

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 69849, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

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

(P.W. 20/241/3.)

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Maheno Domain.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 5th day of September, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section forty of the Public Reserves and Domains 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 appoint

Alexander Clark,
William Bell Currie,
John Newlands,
Samuel Shackleton, and
James Wylie

to be the Maheno Domain Board, having control of the land described in the Schedule hereto, and doth hereby appoint Saturday, the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, at eight o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the Public Hall, Maheno, as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

MAHENO DOMAIN.—OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

PART of Section 2 of 22 and a shingle-bank, Block VII, Oamaru Survey District: Area, 43 acres 2 roods.

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

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Upper Riccarton Domain.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 5th day of September, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section forty of the Public Reserves and Domains 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 appoint

Percy Owen Anderson,
Arthur Biggs,
Charles Edward Cross,
John Edward Fleming,
Albert Freeman,
Thomas William Hardy,
James Frederick Holmes,
Thomas Olivant Newnham, and
Leslie Edward Raxworthy

to be the Upper Riccarton Domain Board, having control of the land described in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby appoint Wednesday, the twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the Oddfellows’ Hall, Upper Riccarton, as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—UPPER RICCARON DOMAIN.

RESERVE No. 3926, formerly part Rural Section 68, Block X, Christchurch Survey District: Area, 6 acres 3 roods.

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

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Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Hurunui Domain.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 5th day of September, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section forty of the Public Reserves and Domains 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 appoint

William Bamford,
Burnett Gonnerman Dalgety,
Herbert Edward Fincham,
Henry Telfer Little,
John O’Carroll,
Frederick Maurice Power, and
James Arkie Rollo

to be the Hurunui Domain Board, having control of the land described in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby appoint Saturday, the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, at half-past two o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the Hawarden Hall as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—HURUNUI DOMAIN.

RESERVE 2598, Block IV, Waipara Survey District, and Block IV, Waikari Survey District: Area, 84 acres 3 roods 36 perches.

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

Exempting certain Native Lands from Rates.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 5th day of September, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS under the provisions of section one hundred and four of the Rating Act, 1925, the Governor-General may from time to time, for the reasons therein specified, exempt any Native land liable to rates from all or any part of such rates:

And whereas it is desirable that such power should be exercised in respect of the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said Act and of every other power thereunto him enabling, 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 exempt the Native land named in the Schedule hereto from all rates made or levied by any local authority under the Rating Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

WAIRAU Block: Area, 298 acres. Block VII, Clyde Survey District, Wairoa County.

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

Land taken for Public Buildings in Island of Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 22nd day of August, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section three hundred and fifty-seven of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, it is provided that the Governor-General may by Order in Council take any land in the Cook Islands for any public purpose specified in the Order:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a certain public purpose within the