May 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1675

Land Registrar at Wellington; thence westerly along that boundary to its north-western corner; thence south-westerly along the north-western boundary of Sections 39, 36, and 33, Block XIV, Belmont Survey District, to the south-western corner of Section 78, Epuni Hamlet, part Section 33, Block XIV aforesaid; thence westerly along the southern boundary of Epuni Hamlet (Section 33) to its intersection with Back Waiwetu Road; thence across that road and north-easterly along its eastern side to the point of commencement.

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

(I.A. 19/236/26.)

Amendments to the Regulations under the Government Railways Act, 1926.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 13th day of May, 1930.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE G. W. FORBES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Government Railways Act, 1926, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, 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 amend the regulations made under the Government Railways Act, 1926, on the twenty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, and published in the Gazette, No. 5 of that year, page 189, in the manner hereinafter appearing; and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine.

SCHEDULE.

By adding to the Second Schedule the following paragraphs:—

(10) Engineering cadets (civil, mechanical, and draughting) appointed as such prior to the first day of April, 1929, shall be entitled to receive £10 per annum in addition to the rates specified for Grade 8, from the commencement of their engineering cadetship until the completion thereof.

(11) Engineering cadets (civil, mechanical, and draughting) shall, upon being promoted to Grade 7, be paid at the rate specified for Subgrade 2 of that grade: Provided, however, that the foregoing part of this paragraph shall not apply to any such cadet who is promoted to Grade 7 after the thirty-first day of March, 1930.

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

Birkenhead Fire District constituted.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 13th day of May, 1930.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE G. W. FORBES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section three of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926 (hereinafter termed the said Act), it is provided that the Governor-General may by Order in Council, on the application of any Borough Council, declare the district within the jurisdiction of such Borough Council to be a fire district under the said Act:

And whereas an application has been made by the Birkenhead Borough Council in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, and it appears expedient to grant the said application:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare the Borough of Birkenhead to be a fire district under the said Act as on and from the thirteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty.

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

(I.A. 11/32/36.)

Boundaries of Borough of Masterton and County of Masterton altered.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 13th day of May, 1930.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE G. W. FORBES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS in pursuance of section one hundred and thirty-two of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, a petition was presented to the Governor-General praying that a certain area be excluded from the Borough of Masterton and included in the County of Masterton:

And whereas a Commission appointed under the said section held inquiries and recommended that the said area, with an alteration of boundaries thereof, be excluded from the Borough of Masterton and included in the County of Masterton:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to make the alteration of boundaries recommended by the said Commission and to declare to what riding of the said county the said area shall be added:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that 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 declare that the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be excluded from the Borough of Masterton and included in the County of Masterton; and, with the like advice and consent, doth hereby further declare that the area included as aforesaid in the County of Masterton shall be added to and form part of the Te Whiti Riding of that county.

SCHEDULE.

AREA EXCLUDED FROM BOROUGH OF MASTERTON AND INCLUDED IN COUNTY OF MASTERTON.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at the north-eastern corner of Section 14, Masterton Small Farms Settlement, Block I, Otahoua Survey District; thence by the right bank of the Ruamahunga River to the middle of Nursery Road; thence south-westerly along the middle of that road to Kuripuni Stream; thence up the Kuripuni Stream to the north-western corner of Section 10, Masterton Small Farms Settlement; thence along the north-western boundary of Section 10 to Johnstone Street; across Johnstone Street, and along the north-western boundary of Section 14, Masterton Small Farms Settlement, to its north-eastern corner, the point of commencement.

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

(I.A. 19/1/226.)

Cancelling the Reservation over a Reserve in Block XII, Mount Cerberus Survey District, Wellington Land District.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 13th day of May, 1930.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE G. W. FORBES, PRESIDING 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 for metal purposes over the land described in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby declare that the said land, being vested in the Crown, is Crown land available for disposal under the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 55, Block XII, Mount Cerberus Survey District: Area, 11 acres 3 roods, more or less.

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