SEPT. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2969

(2) The rate of interest that may be paid in respect of the said sum or any part thereof shall be such as shall not produce to the lender or lenders a rate exceeding three pounds ten shillings (£3 10s.) per centum per annum.

(3) In lieu of making provision for the repayment of the said sum by establishing a sinking fund in respect thereof, the said local authority shall repay the said sum by annual instalments of principal of two thousand pounds (£2,000) extending over a period not exceeding the term as determined in (1) above.

(4) The payment of interest and repayment of principal in respect of the said sum shall be made in New Zealand.

(5) No moneys shall be borrowed under this consent after the expiration of two years from the date hereof.

F. D. THOMSON,

(T. 49/18/1.)

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Land in Gisborne Land District to be subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS the parcels of land described in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as the “said lands”) are Crown lands not acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and are adjacent to certain land acquired under the said Act and known as the Ngatapa Settlement and can conveniently be disposed of therewith :

Now, therefore, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and five of the said Act, and on the recommendation of the Dominion Land Purchase Board, and after considering the report of the Gisborne District Land Board, do hereby declare the said lands to be subject to the said Act to the intent that such lands shall hereupon be deemed to be portion of the said Ngatapa Settlement and may be disposed of accordingly.

SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—WAIKOHU SURVEY DISTRICT. Section 7, Block XI : Area, 3 roods 26·8 perches. Section 8, Block XI : Area, 36 acres 2·5 perches. Section 9, Block XI : Area, 3 acres 2 roods 38·8 perches. Section 10, Block XI : Area, 5 acres 1 rood 25·4 perches. Section 29, Block XV : Area, 5 acres 1 rood 30 perches. Section 30, Block XV : Area, 3 acres 3 roods 19 perches. Section 31, Block XV : Area, 2 roods 22 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 12th day of September, 1934.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 1913/231.)

Setting apart Crown Land under Section 161 of the Land Act, 1924.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and sixty-one of the Land Act, 1924, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the land described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT. SECTION 21, Block IV, Opoe Survey District : Area, 25 acres 0 roods 17 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 12th day of September, 1934.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 6/4/4.)

Notice of Intention to issue an Order in Council revoking the Reservation over Portion of the Ohura Domain, Taranaki Land District.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section forty-one of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor-General may from time to time by Order in Council, but subject to compliance with the requirements of subsection two of section seven of the said Act, declare that the land comprised in a public domain or part thereof shall cease to be subject to Part II of the said Act ; and, further, may declare either that such land shall be a public reserve for the purposes of Part I of the said Act, or Crown land available for disposal by way of sale for cash under the Land Act, 1924:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto forms portion of the Ohura Domain but is not required for domain purposes, and it is expedient to revoke the reservation over the said land:

Now, therefore, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby give notice, pursuant to subsection two of section seven of the said Act, that it is my intention to issue an Order in Council under the provisions of section forty-one of the said Act declaring that the portion of the Ohura Domain described in the Schedule hereto shall cease to be subject to Part II of the said Act, and shall be deemed to be Crown land available for disposal by way of sale for cash under the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.-OHURA DOMAIN. SECTIONS 4 and 5, Block XV, Town of Ohura : Area, 3 roods 32·1 perches, more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 13th day of September, 1934.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 1/575.)

Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Lake Kaniere Scenic Board.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved under the said Act), for the period of five years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act), in the undermentioned persons, namely,— The Mayor of Hokitika, ex officio, The Chairman of the Westland County Council, ex officio, The Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Westland Land District, ex officio, The Conservator of Forests for the Westland Forest-conservation Region, ex officio, Ebenezer Teichelmann, David John Evans, and John Noble Robinson,

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Lake Kaniere Scenic Board (herein referred to as “the Board”), in trust, for the preservation of scenery, and with the powers and subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say,— 1. The first meeting of the Board shall be held on Monday, the eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., in the County Chambers, Hokitika.

2. The members of the Board shall at their first meeting, and thereafter at the annual meeting hereinafter mentioned, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

3. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting is given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

4. Any four members of the Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

5. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at the meeting.

6. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose one of their number to be chairman for such meeting.

7. If by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise, the seat of any member shall be or become vacant, or if any member absents himself, without reasonable cause, from three consecutive meetings of the Board, the Governor - General shall have power to appoint any other person to be a member of the Board in his stead.