2098
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 57

Crown Land set apart for Disposal by way of Sale or Lease
to Discharged Soldiers, under Ordinary Tenures, in the North
Auckland Land District.

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

A PROCLAMATION.

I N pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by section three of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement
Act, 1915, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim
and declare that the area of Crown land described in the
Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby set apart
and declared open for disposal by way of sale or lease to
discharged soldiers, under ordinary tenures, in the manner pro-
vided in the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 11, Block XIV, Takahue Survey District: Area,
171 acres 2 roods 23 perches.

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 10th day of
August, 1929.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

Hares to cease to be Imported Game in Portion of Wellington
Acclimatization District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

I N pursuance of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I, General Sir
Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby declare that on and from the
date hereof hares shall cease to be included in the Second
Schedule of the said Act with respect to that portion of the
Wellington Acclimatization District comprising the County of
Pahiatua.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 9th day of August, 1929.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/116.)

Adjustment of Property and Liabilities between Te Kuiti Borough
Council and Waitomo County Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

W HEREAS by Order in Council dated the eighth day of
March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six,
and published in the Gazette on the eleventh day of the same
month at page 589, the boundaries of the Borough of Te
Kuiti (hereinafter called “the borough,” which expression
shall include the Corporation of the Mayor, Councillors, and
Burgesses of the Borough of Te Kuiti where the context so
requires) were altered (such alteration being hereinafter
referred to as “the first alteration of boundaries”) by the
exclusion therefrom and the inclusion in the County of Wai-
tomo (hereinafter called “the county,” which expression
shall include the Corporation of the Chairman, Councillors,
and Inhabitants of the County of Waitomo where the con-
text so requires) on and from the first day of April, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, of the area described
in the Schedule to that Order in Council:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the twenty-third
day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven,
and published in the Gazette on the twenty-sixth day of the
same month at page 1605, the boundaries of the borough
were altered (such alteration being hereinafter referred to as
“the second alteration of boundaries”) by the exclusion
therefrom and the inclusion in the county on and from the
first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
eight, of the area described in the Schedule to that Order
in Council:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the twenty-third
day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
eight, and published in the Gazette on the first day of March
of the same year at page 509, the boundaries of the borough
were altered (such alteration being hereinafter referred to as
“the third alteration of boundaries”) by the exclusion there-
from and the inclusion in the county on and from the first
day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight,
of the area described in the Schedule to that Order in Council :

And whereas no agreement was made in the prescribed
time and manner between the Te Kuiti Borough Council
(hereinafter referred to as “the Borough Council”) and the
Waitomo County Council (hereinafter referred to as “the
County Council”) with respect to the adjustment of property,
liabilities, contracts, and engagements upon the three alter-
ations of boundaries aforesaid, as provided in section one
hundred and forty-five of the Municipal Corporations Act,
1920, and a Commission was appointed by me to inquire
and report upon the matters necessary to enable me to make
an adjustment between the borough and the county :

Now, therefore, after considering the report of the said
Commission, and in pursuance of the powers vested in me
by the said section one hundred and forty-five of the Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1920, and the regulations made
thereunder, and of all other powers and authorities enabling
me in this behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby,
in default of such agreement as aforesaid, make the following
adjustment in respect of property, liabilities, contracts, and
engagements between the borough and the county consequent
upon the alterations of boundaries of the borough and the
county, that is to say,—

1. In respect of the cash balances, real and personal
   property, and assets and liabilities of the borough as existing
   on the 1st day of April, 1926, the Borough Council shall
   forthwith pay to the County Council on account of the first
   alteration of boundaries the sum of one hundred and twenty-
   five pounds seven shillings and eleven pence (£125 7s. 11d.),
   less the sum of sixty-three pounds (£63) previously paid, as
   per Schedule A hereto.

2. In respect to the cash balances, real and personal pro-
   perty, and assets and liabilities of the borough as existing on
   the 1st day of April, 1928, the Borough Council shall forth-
   with pay to the County Council the sum of one hundred and
   four pounds and four pence (£104 0s. 4d.) on account of the
   second alteration of boundaries and the sum of seventy
   pounds twelve shillings and four pence (£70 12s. 4d.) on
   account of the third alteration of boundaries—in all the sum
   of one hundred and seventy-four pounds twelve shillings and
   eight pence (£174 12s. 8d.)—as per Schedule B hereto.

3. (1) The County Council shall, as from and including the
   1st day of April, 1926, in every year during the currency of
   the loans enumerated in Schedule C hereto, and until the
   said loans and all interest charges are fully discharged, pay to
   the Borough Council on account of the first alteration of
   boundaries the sum of thirty-one pounds six shillings and
   four pence (£31 6s. 4d.) as its share of the interest, principal,
   repayment, and sinking fund charges on the said loans, being
   loans raised over areas now partly within the county.

(2) Such annual amount of thirty-one pounds six shillings
and four pence (£31 6s. 4d.) shall be payable by equal half-
yearly instalments on the 1st day of March and 1st day of
September, commencing on the 1st day of September, 1926,
the instalment due on the 1st day of September, 1926, being
a proportionate one.

(3) The instalment due on the 1st day of September, 1926,
and the half-yearly instalments due on the 1st days of March
and September, 1927, 1st days of March and September,
1928, and the 1st day of March, 1929, amounting to ninety-
one pounds six shillings and ten pence (£91 6s. 10d.) less the
amount of thirty-five pounds four shillings and three pence
(£35 4s. 3d.) already paid and acknowledged by the Borough
Council shall be paid forthwith by the County Council to the
Borough Council.

(4) If and so soon as the Borough Council establishes
sinking funds for the partial or whole redemption of the
following loans, being certain of the loans enumerated in the
said Schedule C hereto :—

(a) Te Kuiti Borough Municipal Buildings, Fire-station, and
and Contingencies Loan of £1,850 ;

(b) Te Kuiti Borough River-protection, Land, and Streets
Loan of £3,150, being part of the loan of £6,680 ;

then the annual amount of thirty-one pounds six shillings
and four pence (£31 6s. 4d.) mentioned in subclause (1) of
this clause shall be increased by a one-hundred-and-forty-
second (1/142nd) part of the amounts paid yearly by the
Borough Council towards the establishment of sinking funds
for the above-mentioned loans, such increase, in respect of
amounts paid by the Borough Council to such sinking fund
during any financial year, to be payable together with the
half-yearly instalment payable pursuant to subclause (2) of
this clause on the 1st day of September next following the
close of such financial year.

(5) Upon repayment by the Borough Council of any of the
loans enumerated in the said Schedule C the said annual
payment shall be reduced by the amount set out in the said
Schedule as being payable in respect of the loan so repaid.

(6) Upon partial repayment by the Borough Council of
any of the loans enumerated in the said Schedule C the said
annual payment shall be reduced by a sum bearing the same