JAN. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 39

French Pass Road District, Sounds County, constituted.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of January, 1935.

Present:
THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section thirty-five of the Local Legislation Act, 1929, the Road Boards Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby constitute the area of land described in the Schedule hereto, situated in the Sounds County, a Road District for the purposes of the Road Boards Act, 1908, to be called by the name of the French Pass Road District; doth hereby declare that the Board of the said district shall consist of seven members; and doth hereby order that the first election of members of the said Board shall be conducted in the manner provided by section forty-eight of the Road Boards Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

FRENCH PASS ROAD DISTRICT, SOUNDS COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, comprising the French Pass Survey District and the D’Urville Island Survey District.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

(I.A. 1934/134/1.)

Amending Regulations relating to Registration Plates under the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 20th day of December, 1934.

Present:
THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section thirty-six of the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), and of all other powers 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 make the following regulations in amendment of the Motor-vehicles (Registration-plate) Regulations, 1934 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”), made on the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, and published in the Gazette on the third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, at page 1225.

REGULATIONS.

1. These regulations may be cited as the Motor-vehicles (Registration-plate) Regulations Amendment No. 1.

2. Regulation 5 of the principal regulations is hereby amended as follows:—
   (1) Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) is amended by revoking the word “onwards,” and substituting therefor the words and numerals “to 99899 inclusive.”
   (2) Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) is revoked, and the following subparagraph substituted therefor:—
   “(iii) For private-hire or rental cars, a series of numerals from 1 to 300 inclusive without initial letter, and also a series of numerals from 99900 to 99999 inclusive, preceded by the letter X.”
   (3) Paragraph (d) is amended by adding thereto the following proviso:—
   “Provided that the registration plates affixed to private motor-cars being the property of or regularly used by His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand may be distinguished by the symbol of a Crown alone.”

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

(TT. 9/3.)

Akaroa County Council declared a Leasing Authority under the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of January, 1935.

Present:
THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Akaroa County Council is a body of persons having power to lease lands held in trust, reserved, or set apart for public purposes, and has requested the Governor-General in Council to declare it to be a leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908:

Now, therefore, in compliance with such request, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred by the above-mentioned Act, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby order and declare that the Akaroa County Council is a leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

(I.A. 1934/220/3.)

Directing the Sale of Stopped Government Roads in Blocks X and XI, Maramarua Survey District, under the Public Works Act, 1928.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of January, 1935.

Present:
THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the Public Works 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 direct the sale of the stopped Government roads described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Situated in Maramarua Survey District.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 56948, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 62/2/1/12.)

Delegating Powers under the Cemeteries Act, 1908.—(H. C. 126).

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of January, 1935.

Present:
THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Cemeteries Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council