Authorizing the Minister of Public Works to erect, construct, provide, and use certain Works, Appliances, and Conveniences in connection with the Utilization of Water-power from the Waitaki River (situated in the Land Districts of Canterbury and Otago), for the Generation, Storage, Transmission, Distribution, and Sale of Electrical Energy, in Terms of Section 311 of the Public Works Act, 1928.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of June, 1929.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by section three hundred and eleven of the Public Works Act, 1928, 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 authorize the Minister of Public Works to erect, construct, provide, and use such works, appliances, and conveniences as may be necessary in connection with the utilization of water-power from the Waitaki River, and in connection therewith to raise or lower the level of the said river, and to impound or divert or control the flow of water from same for the generation and storage of electrical energy, and in connection with the transmission, use, supply, and sale of electrical energy when so generated; also to use electrical energy so generated in the construction, working, or maintenance of any public work, or for the smelting, reduction, manufacture, or development of ores, metals, or other substances; also to construct tunnels under private land or aqueducts over the same, erect poles thereon, and carry wires over or along any such land without being bound to acquire the same, and with right of way to and along all such works and erections; and also to supply and sell electrical energy and recover moneys due for the same.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 26/172.)

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Street in the City of Wellington of a Width of less than 66 ft., but not less than 40 ft., subject to a Condition as to the Building-line.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of June, 1929.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the Public Works Act, 1928, 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 authorize the Wellington City Council to permit the laying-off of the proposed street, described in the Schedule hereto, of a width of less than sixty-six feet but not less than forty feet, 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 within a distance of thirty-three feet from the centre-line of the said street.

SCHEDULE.

THAT proposed street in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, to be known as Wentworth Street, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 9 perches, being part Section 18, Ohiro Registration District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 74759, 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. 51/968.)

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Street in the Borough of Mount Eden of a Width of less than 66 ft., but not less than 50 ft.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of June, 1929.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the Public Works Act, 1928, 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 authorize the Mount Eden Borough Council to permit the laying-off of the proposed street, described in the Schedule hereto, of a width of less than sixty-six feet but not less than fifty feet.

SCHEDULE.

THAT proposed street, being an extension of Mont Le Grand Road, in the North Auckland Land District, Borough of Mount Eden, and being Lot 16A on D.P. 8934, portion Allotment 105 of Section 10, Suburbs of Auckland. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 73854, 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. 51/650.)

Authorizing the Native Trustee to accept a Special Trust in favour of Natives.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of June, 1929.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by section twenty-four of the Native Trustee Act, 1920, it is enacted that the Native Trustee may, with the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council, accept and hold in trust for any person or persons of the Native race any land or other property that may be transferred to him by the owners or other persons lawfully entitled to create such trust:

And whereas Martha Asher, formerly Maata Mahupuku, of Greytown, Married Woman, is desirous of transferring to the Native Trustee her interest in remainder expectant on the death of Raukura Matini in certain lands known as part Wera-a-Whaitiri No. 2A, No. 4B, and No. 5 upon certain trusts:

And whereas the Native Trustee is prepared to accept and hold such lands upon the said trusts for the persons entitled, being persons of the Native race:

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, doth hereby consent to the Native Trustee accepting and holding in trust for the persons of the Native race entitled thereto the aforesaid land.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Cancelling the Reservation over Part of a Reserve in Borough of Ashburton, Canterbury Land District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of June, 1929.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by subsection one (b) of section seven of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, 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 cancel the reservation as a reserve for a paddock