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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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doeth hereby direct that the Woodville Borough Council and the Woodville County Council shall defray in equal proportions the costs of the Commission appointed under the said Act by a Warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General dated the eighth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, to inquire and report upon the proposal contained in the petition of D. Fraser and others to exclude a certain area from the Borough of Woodville and to include such area in the County of Woodville.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 19/1/206.)

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Street in the City of Auckland of a Width less than 66 ft., but not less than 54 ft.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of April, 1928.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of all other powers in anyway 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 authorize the Auckland City Council to permit the laying-off of the street described in the Schedule hereto of a width less than sixty-six feet, but not less than fifty-four feet, it being inexpedient to lay off such street of a width of sixty-six feet.
SCHEDULE.
THAT street in the North Auckland Land District, City of Auckland, between Walker's Lane and Coombe's Road, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 33·6 perches, more or less, through part Lot 75 and Lots 76 and 77 of Section 16, Suburbs of Auckland. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 71871, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon edged red.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 51/1138.)

Authorizing the Wellington Harbour Board to reclaim Land in Evans Bay, Wellington Harbour.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of April, 1928.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS it is provided by the one hundred and seventy-ninth section of the Harbours Act, 1923 (hereinafter called "the said Act"), that where a Harbour Board is desirous of executing or constructing upon lands vested in such Board or upon lands of the Crown any harbour-works of such a nature that the same could, but for this section, only be carried out and executed under the authority of a special Act, the Board may apply to the Governor-General in Council for a special order, and, if the Governor-General in Council thinks fit, such order may be made and granted: And whereas the Wellington Harbour Board (hereinafter called "the Board") is desirous of reclaiming from the sea certain land at Evans Bay, in Wellington Harbour, and the said harbour-works are of such a nature as aforesaid, and the Board has applied to the Governor-General in Council for a special order authorizing the execution of the said harbour-works:
And whereas the conditions precedent to the granting of a special order prescribed by the said Act have been duly performed and observed, and it appears expedient that such order should be made:
And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor-General in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend to the injury of navigation:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorize and empower the Board to reclaim from the sea in Wellington Harbour all the land shown edged in pink on plan marked M.D. 6474, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, such reclamations to be carried out and constructed in accordance with plan marked M.D. 6474, subject to the provisions of the said Act.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Street in the City of Wellington of a Width less than 66 ft., but not less than 40 ft.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of April, 1928.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of all other powers in anyway 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 authorize the Wellington City Council to permit the laying-off of the street described in the Schedule hereto of a width less than sixty-six feet, but not less than forty feet, it being inexpedient to lay off such street of a width of sixty-six feet.
SCHEDULE.
THAT street in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 13 perches, more or less, being part Lot 6 (D.P. 1440), being part Section 38, Karori R.D. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 70736, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 51/1130.)

Authorizing the Purchase by the North Canterbury Electric-power Board of certain Electric Works, the Property of the Rangiora, Kowai, and Eyre County Councils.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 28th day of April, 1928.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section seventy-six of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, and of all other powers in anyway 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 authorize the purchase by the North Canterbury Electric-power Board, duly constituted under the provisions of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, of the several electric works the property of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of each of the Counties of Rangiora, Kowai, and Eyre, referred to in three agreements each bearing date the fourteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and made between the said Electric-power Board of the one part and the Councils of the said counties of the other part, subject to the conditions that such purchase be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the said agreements so far as the same relate to the purchase of electric works, and that all moneys credited or paid over to the said Electric-power Board in terms of the said agreements be credited to the Depreciation Fund of the said Electric-power Board or otherwise as may be allowed by the Minister of Public Works.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 26/1392.)