2902
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

Land proclaimed as a Road, and Road closed, in Block IV, Whakatane Survey District, Whakatane County.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section twelve of the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim as a road the land in Whakatane Survey District described in the First Schedule hereto; and also do hereby proclaim as closed the road described in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

LAND PROCLAIMED AS A ROAD.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land proclaimed as a road:—

A. R. P. Being portion of
0 0 17·9 Lot 1, D.P. 14700; coloured red.
0 0 0·8 ,, 1 ,, red.
0 2 30 ,, 8 ,, blue.
(Allotment 31r No. 1, Rangitaiki Parish.)

SECOND SCHEDULE.

ROAD CLOSED.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of road closed:—

A. R. P. Adjoining or passing through
0 0 12·1 Lot 1, D.P. 14700; coloured green.
0 0 6 ,, 1 ,, green.
0 3 36 Lots 8 and 1, D.P. 14700; coloured green.
(Allotment 31r No. 1, Rangitaiki Parish.)

All situated in Block IV, Whakatane Survey District.
(S.O. 24320.)

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 69751, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 13th day of September, 1927.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(P.W. 35/361.)

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Appointing a Member of the Second Division of the Court of Appeal.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of September, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the eleventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, under the Judicature Amendment Act, 1913, the Honourable Sir Charles Perrin Skerrett, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, was appointed a member of the First and Second Divisions of the Court of Appeal:

And whereas, owing to the absence from the Dominion of the said Chief Justice, it is expedient to revoke his appointment as a member of the Second Division of the Court of Appeal, sitting on the twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and to appoint another Judge in his place:

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 that Dominion, and in exercise of the authority conferred upon him by the Judicature Amendment Act, 1913, and in pursuance of the recommendation of the Honourable the Chief Justice, the Honourable Mr. Justice Reed, and the Honourable Mr. Justice MacGregor, doth hereby revoke the appointment of the said the Honourable Sir Charles Perrin Skerrett, K.C.M.G., as a member of the Second Division of the Court of Appeal sitting on the twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and doth appoint the Honourable Sir William Alexander Sim, Kt., to be a member of the Second Division of the Court of Appeal sitting on the twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven; and in all other respects the aforesaid Order in Council of the eleventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby confirmed.

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

Amending an Order in Council authorizing the Opunake Electric-power Board to use Water from the Waiaua River for the Purpose of generating Electricity and to use Electric Lines within the Opunake Electric-power District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of September, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, the Public Works Amendment Act, 1908, the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, 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 amend the Order in Council dated the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, authorizing the Opunake Electric-power Board to use water from the Waiaua River for the purpose of generating electricity, and to use electric lines within the Opunake Electric-power District, by authorizing the said Board to use from the said river for the purposes set forth in the said Order in Council a stream of water not exceeding fifty-five cubic feet per second at any one time, subject to the conditions and terms set forth in the said Order in Council.

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

(P.W. 26/744/1.)

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Boundaries of Borough of Ohakune altered.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of September, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in pursuance of section one hundred and thirty-two of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, a petition was presented to the Governor-General praying that a certain area should be excluded from the Borough of Ohakune and included in the County of Waimarino:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to make such alteration of boundaries of the said borough, and to declare to what riding of the said county such area shall be added:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, 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 declare that as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be excluded from the Borough of Ohakune and included in the County of Waimarino; and, with the like advice and consent, doth hereby further declare that as on and from the aforesaid date the area included as aforesaid in the County of Waimarino shall be added to and form part of the Ohakune Riding of that county.

SCHEDULE.

AREA EXCLUDED FROM BOROUGH OF OHAKUNE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at the north-western corner of Lot 10, as shown on plan 2984, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington; thence south-easterly along the northern boundary of that lot to its north-eastern corner; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern boundaries of Lots 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, and 5 on plan 2984 aforesaid, to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned lot; thence north-westerly along the south-western boundary of the said Lot 5 to the Ohakune–Raetihi Road; thence southerly along the eastern side of that road to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Lot 4 on the said plan 2984; thence to and along the north-eastern boundary of Lot 4 to its north-eastern corner; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern boundaries of Lots 4, 3, and 2 to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned lot; thence westerly along the southern boundaries of Lots 2 and 1 on the said plan to the Ohakune–Raetihi Road; thence across that road and north-easterly along its western side to a point in line with the northern boundary of Lot 10 aforesaid; thence across that road to the north-western corner of the said Lot 10, the point of commencement.

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

(I.A. 19/1 156.)