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and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the following resolutions passed by the Dunedin City Council on the fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, viz. :—

“ That, the Council of the City of Dunedin hereby resolves that the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, shall not apply to all that portion of the south-eastern side of Arawa Street, in the City of Dunedin, where the same abuts on part of Section 2, Block III, Anderson’s Bay District, as such portion of the said Arawa Street is more particularly shown by brown colour on the plan hereunto annexed ; and that the Council of the City of Dunedin hereby resolves that the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, shall not apply to all that portion of the north-eastern side of Aotea Street, in the City of Dunedin, where the same abuts on parts of Sections 2 and 3, Block III, Anderson’s Bay District, as such portion of the said Aotea Street is more particularly shown by brown colour on the plan hereunto annexed ” ;

subject to the condition that no building or part of a building shall at any time be erected on the land fronting the south-eastern side of the portion of Arawa Street or the north-eastern side of the portion of Aotea Street (described in the Schedule hereto), within a distance of thirty-three feet from the centre-line of the said portions of streets.

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SCHEDULE.

THE south-eastern side of that portion of Arawa Street and the north-eastern side of that portion of Aotea Street, situated in the Otago Land District, City of Dunedin, which abut on parts Sections 2 and 3, Block III, Anderson’s Bay District. As the said portions of streets are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 66685, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured brown.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 51/974.)

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Increasing the Number of Members of the Wellington Fire Board.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 25th day of January, 1927.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of section thirteen of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, application has been made by the Wellington Fire Board to have the total number of members of the said Board increased by two :

And whereas it is expedient to grant such request :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby increase by two the total number of members of the Wellington Fire Board, one of such additional members to be elected by the contributory local authority and one by the insurance companies carrying on business within the Wellington Fire District, such increase to take effect from the biennial election of members of the said Board to be held in February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Land required for Public Purposes in the Cook Islands.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 25th day of January, 1927.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART PRESIDING 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken for certain public purposes within the meaning of section three hundred and sixty-four of the said Act—to wit, for the purposes of education :

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, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section three hundred and fifty-seven of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, and of every other power and authority enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purposes aforesaid.

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SCHEDULE.

1. ALL that parcel of land situate in the District of Ngatangiia, in the Island of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, containing two roods (2 roods), be the same a little more or less, being part of the land named by the Native Land Court “ Raemaru, Section fourteen A (14A).”

2. All that parcel of land situate in the District of Ngatangiia, in the Island of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, containing two roods thirty-five perches (2 roods 35 perches), be the same a little more or less, being part of the land named by the Native Land Court “ Te Ioi, Section fourteen B (14B).”

3. All that parcel of land situate in the District of Ngatangiia, in the Island of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, containing two roods five perches (2 roods 5 perches), be the same a little more or less, being part of the land named by the Native Land Court “ Utumaru, Section fourteen C (14C).”

4. All that parcel of land situate in the District of Ngatangiia, in the Island of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, containing one acre (1 acre), be the same a little more or less, being part of the land named by the Native Land Court “ Kake Rā, Section fourteen D (14D).”

The above-described parcels of land are delineated and edged blue, red, green, and yellow, respectively, in the plan numbered 22, signed by the Resident Commissioner of Rarotonga, and deposited in the office of the Registrar of the High Court of the Cook Islands at Rarotonga.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Waste Land Development.—Regulations under Section 3 of the Land Act, 1924.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 31st day of January, 1927.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE G. JAS. ANDERSON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section three of the Land Act, 1924 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), 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 regulations governing the disposal and administration of land set apart under section two hundred and twenty-three of the Land Act, 1924.

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R E G U L A T I O N S.

INTERPRETATION.

1. IN these regulations—

“ Minister ” means the Minister of Lands ;

“ Land Board ” and “ Commissioner of Crown Lands ” mean the Land Board and Commissioner of Crown Lands respectively for the land district in which the land affected is situated.

APPLICATIONS.

2. Every application for a license to occupy land under these regulations shall be made on the special form provided, and shall be accompanied by a license fee of £1 1s. and such declaration as may be required. Such form and declaration shall be prescribed by the Minister.

3. If two or more applications are received in respect of one allotment of land, the Land Board may determine which of the applicants, in its opinion, is most suitable to occupy the land. If the Board is unable to determine between the claims of any two or more applicants, it shall cause a ballot to be taken, in accordance with the regulations for the time being in force relating to ballots under the said Act.