FEB. 27.]

Revoking the Vesting in the Naseby Borough Council of Section 15,
Block II, Town of Naseby, Otago Land District.

MICHAEL MYERS,
Administrator of the Government.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of
February, 1930.
Present:
His Excellency The Administrator of the Government
in Council.
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
was vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses
of the Borough of Naseby, in trust, for recreation purposes,
by memorandum of transfer No. 59666, entered on the
twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred
and fourteen:
And whereas it is expedient that such vesting should be
revoked, and the Naseby Borough Council has duly consented
to such revocation:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the
Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred upon him by subsection one of
section ten of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National
Parks Act, 1928, doth hereby revoke the vesting in the
Naseby Borough Council of the land described in the Schedule
hereto and hereinbefore referred to.

SCHEDULE.
Otago Land District.
SECTION 15, Block II, Town of Naseby: Area, 3 acres 0 roods
17 perches.

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

Validating election of Trustees of Eltham Drainage District.

MICHAEL MYERS,
Administrator of the Government.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of
February, 1930.
Present:
His Excellency The Administrator of the Government
in Council.
WHEREAS, pursuant to section ten of the Land Drainage
Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”),
an election of five trustees of the Eltham Drainage District
(hereinafter referred to as “the said district”) was required
to be held on the fourth day of November, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-nine:
And whereas no nominations were received by the Returning
Officer on the day appointed for the receipt of nominations:
And whereas, pursuant to section forty-two of the Local
Elections and Polls Act, 1925, as amended by section fifteen
of the Local Elections and Polls Amendment Act, 1926, the
Returning Officer should forthwith by public notice have
appointed a day not less than twenty-five nor more than
twenty-eight clear days from the occurrence of the extra-
ordinary vacancies thereby created for an election to fill the
same, and should in such notice have appointed a day not
less than ten nor more than twelve days (exclusive of the day
of the election) before the election for receiving the nomination
of candidates:
And whereas the day so appointed by the Returning Officer
for the election to fill the said extraordinary vacancies was a
day more than twenty-eight clear days from the occurrence
of such vacancies—namely, the twentieth day of January,
one thousand nine hundred and thirty:
And whereas the day so appointed for receiving the
nomination of candidates was the eighth day of January, one
thousand nine hundred and thirty, and before noon of the day
so appointed certain persons were nominated as candidates,
and the number of candidates did not exceed the number of
vacancies to be filled, and the Returning Officer accordingly
declared the candidates so nominated to be duly elected:
And whereas it is expedient to validate the holding of such
election after the date provided by law:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the
Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance
and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him
by the said Act, as amended by the Land Drainage Amend-
ment Act, 1922, and of all other powers and authorities
enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
doth hereby validate the said election of trustees of the said
district in so far as the days appointed for the election of the
trustees and for receiving the nomination of candidates were
not days within the period provided by law; and doth hereby
declare that the proceedings in connection with the holding
of the said election shall not be called in question by reason
only of the irregularity aforesaid.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 19/78/2.)

Variation of an Order in Council prohibiting Alienation of
certain Native Land.

MICHAEL MYERS,
Administrator of the Government.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of
February, 1930.
Present:
His Excellency The Administrator of the Government
in Council.
WHEREAS it is enacted by section one hundred and
thirty-two of the Native Land Act, 1909, that any
Order in Council made thereunder may at any time be varied
and revoked:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the
Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance
and exercise of the power and authority vested in him, and
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby vary an Order in
Council made under the said section one hundred and thirty-
two of the Native Land Act, 1909, dated the twenty-ninth
day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
four (and extended from time to time), regarding the
Ahomatariki 2B and other blocks set out in the Schedule to
such Order in Council by excluding and excepting from pro-
hibition of alienation the land set out in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
Tuparoa Consolidation Scheme.
Manutahi 1B No. 2 Block.

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

Vesting the Control of a Reserve in the Eketahuna County
Council.

MICHAEL MYERS,
Administrator of the Government.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of
February, 1930.
Present:
His Excellency The Administrator of the Government
in Council.
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
has been duly set apart as a reserve for a roadman’s
cottage-site: And whereas it is expedient that the control
of the said reserve should be vested in the Eketahuna County
Council:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the
Government 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 section seventeen of the Public
Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, doth
hereby vest the control of the said reserve in the Eketa-
huna County Council.

SCHEDULE.
Wellington Land District.
SECTION 36, Block III, Puketoi Survey District: Area,
5 acres 1 rood 12·4 perches.

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