July 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2193

consent of the Minister of Agriculture, the importation from any State in the Commonwealth of Australia other than Queensland and Western Australia of oats, barley, maize (including maize ground or crushed, but not otherwise manufactured), hay, straw, and chaff.

SCHEDULE.

ORDERS IN COUNCIL REVOKED.

Date of Order in Council. Date of Publication in Gazette. Page of Gazette.
4th March, 1924 .. 6th March, 1924 .. 628
30th July, 1924 .. 30th July, 1924 .. 1763
8th December, 1924 .. 11th December, 1924 .. 2903
30th August, 1926 .. 9th September, 1926 .. 2674
22nd October, 1926 .. 4th November, 1926 .. 3130

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

Vesting a Reserve in the Southland County Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of July, 1928.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart as a plantation reserve: 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 Southland:

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 the fourth section 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 Southland, in trust, as a plantation reserve.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres 1 rood 9 perches, more or less, being Section 1 of 18, Block XIV, Chatton Survey District: Bounded towards the north by Section 82, 1220 links; towards the east by a road, 625·6 links; towards the south by Section 2 of 18, 612·1 links and 301·8 links; and towards the west by Section 104, 456·7 links. And also all that area, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 2 roods 35 perches, more or less, being Section 3 of 18, Block XIV, Chatton Survey District: Bounded towards the north by Section 2 of 18, 328·5 links and 464·5 links; towards the east by a road, 377 links; towards the south by Section 105, 582·7 links; and towards the west by said Section 105, 156·9 links: Be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 2/115, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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

Wai-te-ata Road, in the City of Wellington, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908, subject to a Condition as to the Building-line.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of July, 1928.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Act, 1908, 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 approve of the following resolution passed by the Wellington City Council on the twenty-first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, the street affected being more particularly described in the Schedule hereto, viz.:

“The Wellington City Council, being the local authority having control of the streets in the City of Wellington, hereby declares that the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, shall not apply to that new street called Wai-te-ata Road, recently constructed off McKenzie Terrace, through part Lot 2, D.P. 8081, and also through part Wesleyan Reserve, Plan A/1516, City of Wellington”;

subject to the condition that no building or part of a building shall at any time be erected on the land fronting the said street (described in the Schedule hereto), within a distance of thirty-three feet from the centre-line of the said street.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that street in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, known as Wai-te-ata Road, adjoining or passing through part Lots 1 and 2, D.P. 8081, and part Wesleyan Reserve (Plan A/1516). As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 72484, 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. 51/1052.)

Appointing a Commission to inquire into and report on certain Matters affecting the Rating of Farm Lands in Boroughs.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to—

ROBERT MACKENZIE WATSON, Esquire, of Feilding, Stipendiary Magistrate, WILLIAM THOMAS STRAND, Esquire, of Lower Hutt, Farmer, and WALTER NASH, Esquire, of Wellington, Secretary. GREETING:

WHEREAS complaints have been made to the Government as to the amount of rates levied by the Councils of certain boroughs on the lands within such boroughs and as to the amount of special rates levied on lands which, after becoming liable for such special rates, have subsequently been excluded from such boroughs:

And whereas representations have been made that the amount of rates levied by the Councils of such boroughs on such lands within the said boroughs as are used solely for farming purposes is excessive, having regard to the benefits received or likely to be received by those lands from the works carried out or proposed to be carried out by the Councils of such boroughs:

And whereas it is desirable that inquiry should be made as to the incidence of rates on lands in the Borough of Feilding, having regard to the purposes for which such lands are used and occupied, and as to the amount of special rates levied on lands which after becoming liable for such special rates have been excluded from the Borough of Feilding:

And whereas it is expedient that inquiry should be made in the Borough of Feilding into the working of the existing laws relating to the incidence of rates on lands in boroughs, having regard to the purposes for which such lands are used and occupied and to the purposes for which such lands are applied, and relating to the continuing liability for special rates of lands severed from boroughs, and the levying of special rates on land so severed:

And whereas legislation has been proposed to make special provision in respect of the several foregoing matters:

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and for the purposes herein set forth, do hereby appoint you, the said

Robert Mackenzie Watson,
William Thomas Strand, and
Walter Nash,

to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the following matters:—

(1) Whether it is practicable or desirable in any way to vary, by means of a system of classification of lands, or differential rating, or both, or by any other means, the incidence of rates and the relative amount of rates (whether general, special, or any other kind) that are or may hereafter be assessable in respect of any lands in the Borough of Feilding or any lands that have been excluded therefrom: