JULY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2105

Conferring extended Powers upon the Napier Borough Council.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of July, 1931.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the powers conferred by the Hawke’s Bay Earthquake Act, 1931, 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 make the following regulations.

REGULATIONS.

1. THESE regulations shall be read in modification and extension of the Town-planning Act, 1926.

2. These regulations shall come into force on the date of publication hereof in the Gazette.

3. In these regulations, “The Council” means the Napier Borough Council.

4. The powers conferred by these regulations shall be exercisable only over lands within the Borough of Napier.

5. The powers conferred by these regulations shall not be exercisable after the expiration of twelve months from the coming into force of these regulations, save that the powers of disposal of land hereby conferred may be exercised at any time hereafter.

6. The Council shall have power at any time to take, purchase, or otherwise acquire, and to hold as for the purposes of a public work within the meaning of the Public Works Act, 1928, and under the powers conferred by that Act, any land, the acquisition of which the Council in its absolute discretion thinks desirable or expedient for or in connection with, or for a purpose consequential upon, the widening or diverting of any street or the laying-out of any new street.

7. The Council shall have power at any time to dispose of any land acquired under the last preceding clause hereof, or of any interest in such land, whether by sale, exchange, lease, or otherwise, and upon such terms and conditions as to payment of purchase-money as the Council thinks fit, and any sale or lease may be by public auction or private tender or treaty, and on deferred payments of purchase-money or premium extending over such period as the Council thinks fit, and any such disposal may be subject to or with the benefit of such restrictive covenants, easements, and other provisions as the Council thinks fit, and on any disposal by way of exchange the Council may pay or receive any sum by way of equality of exchange.

8. The Council may apply any land acquired under these regulations for any purpose of public utility, convenience, or amenity, permanently or temporarily, as it thinks fit.

9. Where a claim for compensation by any person is made in respect of land taken, whether before or after the coming into force of these regulations and whether under the powers hereby conferred or otherwise, under the Public Works Act, 1928, or is made in respect of injurious affection to land arising out of a public work or arising out of any such taking of land as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Council in whole or partial satisfaction of any such claim to assure to such person (with his consent) any land or any estate or interest in land which has been acquired by the Council under the powers hereby conferred or otherwise under the Public Works Act, 1928, and which in the opinion of the Council is not required for the purposes for which it was acquired, and any such assurance may be subject to or with the benefit of such restrictive covenants, easements, and other provisions as the Council thinks fit.

10. A conveyance, lease, grant, or other assurance under the seal of the Corporation of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Napier shall constitute a good and valid title to any land or any estate or interest in land disposed of by the Council under the powers of disposal conferred by these regulations.

11. The Council may lay out or permit the laying-out of of any street, or accept dedication of any new street, notwithstanding that the same may not be in conformity with the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, if a certificate in writing be first given by the Director of Town-planning approving such laying-out or dedication, and certifying that compliance with the requirements of the last-mentioned Act in relation to the same is not in the circumstances necessary or advisable, and that the same is in all respects in conformity with recognized and approved principles of town-planning:

Provided that no street of a less width than 40 ft. shall be laid out or dedicated under the powers conferred by this clause.

12. The Council may, in its discretion, in or prior to laying-out or permitting the laying-out or accepting the dedication of a street under the last preceding clause hereof impose by way of by-law such requirements relating to a building-line as may be imposed under section 189 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920.

13. No person shall be deemed to have committed a breach of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, by reason of anything not in conformity therewith if in relation to such matter compliance has been had with the requirements of clause 11 hereof.

14. The provisions of section 128 of the Public Works Act, 1928, shall not apply to land having a frontage to any public street laid out or dedicated under the powers conferred by clause 11 hereof.

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

(T. 40/562/18.)

Date on which the General Roll shall be closed.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of July, 1931.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the authority vested in him by section sixty-eight of the Electoral Act, 1927, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby direct that the general roll in every electoral district shall be closed on Wednesday, the eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one.

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

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Scorching Bay Domain.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of July, 1931.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section forty-eight 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 appoint

The Wellington City Council

to be the Scorching Bay Domain Board, having control of the land described in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby appoint Thursday, the sixteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, at eight o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the City Council Office, Wellington, as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SCORCHING BAY DOMAIN.

SECTION 20, Block VII, Port Nicholson Survey District: Area, 15 acres 2 roods 15·3 perches, more or less.

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

(L. and S. 1/944.)

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Mataroa Domain.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of July, 1931.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section forty-four of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and