SEPT. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2491

Apportionment of Representation on the Waimea Electric-power Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of September, 1929.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, 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 determine with respect to the Waimea Electric-power District, being an electric-power district duly constituted by Proclamation dated the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 31, of the second day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, that the number of representatives of each constituent district on the Board of the said district shall be the number specified in the Schedule hereto opposite the name of that constituent district.

SCHEDULE.

Constituent Districts. Number of Representatives.
County of Waimea .. .. .. .. .. 4
Borough of Motueka .. .. .. .. .. 1
Borough of Richmond .. .. .. .. .. 1
Town District of Tahunanui .. .. .. 1

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

(P.W. 26/1102.)

Closing Brighton Public Cemetery.—(H. 3/4.)

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of September, 1929.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it appears to the Governor-General that burials in the Brighton Public Cemetery, which said cemetery is described in the Schedule hereto, should be wholly discontinued:

And where a sufficient cemetery not within the limits of any borough or town district has been provided and has been prepared for interment of the dead, as required by the Cemeteries Act, 1908.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Dominion of New Zealand, and in pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Cemeteries Act, doth hereby order and direct that from and after the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, the Brighton Public Cemetery, described in the Schedule hereto, shall be closed and burials therein discontinued: And, further, that the said cemetery shall, from and after the said first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, be vested in the Buller County Council under the provisions and for the purposes of section seventy-eight of the said Cemeteries Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

BRIGHTON PUBLIC CEMETERY.

SECTION 20, Block I, Brighton Survey District, Nelson Land District: Area, 2 acres, more or less.

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

Closing Maruia Public Cemetery.—(H. 3/5.)

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of September, 1929.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it appears to the Governor-General that burials in the Maruia Public Cemetery, which said cemetery is described in the Schedule hereto, should be wholly discontinued:

And whereas a sufficient cemetery not within the limits of any borough or town district has been provided and has been prepared for the interment of the dead, as required by the Cemeteries Act, 1908:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Dominion of New Zealand, and in pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Cemeteries Act, doth hereby order and direct that from and after the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, the Maruia Public Cemetery, described in the Schedule hereto, shall be closed and burials therein discontinued: And, further, that the said cemetery shall from and after the said first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, be vested in the Buller County Council, under the provisions and for the purposes of section seventy-eight of the said Cemeteries Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

MARUIA PUBLIC CEMETERY.

SECTION 26, Block I, Maruia Survey District, Nelson Land District: Area, 2 acres, more or less.

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

Conferring on Matamata County Council certain Powers of Borough Councils with respect to Waterworks.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of September, 1929.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by the Counties Act, 1920, that the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, confer on any County Council such of the powers of Borough Councils with respect to the supply of water for domestic or industrial purposes as he thinks fit, and with such restrictions, modifications, and conditions as he thinks fit, and thereupon that County Council shall have and may exercise the said powers accordingly, pursuant to the tenor of the said Order in Council:

And whereas it is expedient to confer upon the Matamata County Council certain of the said powers of Borough Councils:

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 in that behalf by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby confer on the said Matamata County Council all the powers with respect to the supply of water for domestic or industrial purposes exercisable by a duly constituted Borough Council under sections eighty-two to eighty-seven, Part XXIV (with the exception of sections two hundred and forty-five and two hundred and forty-seven), and section three hundred and thirty-nine of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and section eleven of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1921–22.

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

(I.A. 19/236/29.)

Declaring a Native to be a European.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this 16th day of September, 1929.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section seventeen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1912, it is enacted that the Governor-General may by Order in Council, on the recommendation of the Native Land Court, declare any Native to be a European:

And whereas Christina Bendall, of Opoutama, Widow, being a Native within the meaning of the Native Land Act, 1909, applied in the prescribed form for a recommendation of the Court that she might be declared a European: And whereas the said Court, having duly inquired into the said application, has recommended that an Order in Council be issued declaring the said Christina Bendall to be a European: And whereas it is expedient that such declaration should be made:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred on him by section seventeen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1912, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare the said Christina Bendall to be a European.

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