APRIL 4.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 643

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of stopped Government road directed to be sold :—

A. R. P. Being

1 2 14 Section 8, Block III.

12 1 6 Section 6, Block VIII.

2 3 29 Section 7, Block VIII.

All situated in Heao Survey District (Taranaki R.D.) (S.O. 4739.)

In the Taranaki Land District ; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 105931, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

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

(P.W. 37/179.)

Directing the Sale of Land under the Public Works Act, 1928, in the City of Auckland.

GALWAY, Governor-General. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House at Wellington, this 20th day of March, 1940. Present : HIS EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon 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 land described in the Schedule hereto, such land being no longer required for the public work for which it was acquired.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land directed to be sold : 1 rood 9·5 perches. Being Lot 7 and part Lot 8 of Section 8, D.P. 410, being portion of Allotments 25 and 26, Parish of Waitemata. Situated in Block IX, Rangitoto Survey District (City of Auckland) (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 30845.) In the North Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 106363, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

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

(P.W. 25/236/1.)

Increasing Borrowing-powers of Nelson Fire Board.

GALWAY, Governor-General. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of April, 1940. Present : HIS EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS it is provided by section thirty-one of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), that the Governor-General in Council may, on the application of any Fire Board established under the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, extend the powers of that Board to borrow moneys in excess of the limits fixed by the said section : And whereas by Order in Council dated the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, and published in the Gazette on the second day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, at page 1246, the powers of the Nelson Fire Board were extended, but not so as to exceed the sum of ten thousand three hundred and fifty pounds : And whereas application has been made by the said Nelson Fire Board for further extension of borrowing-powers and it is desirable to grant such request : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in 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 that the powers of the said Board to borrow moneys in excess of the limits fixed by the said section thirty-one are hereby extended, but so as not to exceed the sum of eleven thousand one hundred and thirty pounds : Provided that no moneys as aforesaid shall be borrowed except subject to the provisions of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, and its amendments.

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

(I.A 76/3/15.)

Increasing Borrowing-powers of Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board.

GALWAY, Governor-General. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House at Wellington, this 20th day of March, 1940. Present : HIS EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS it is provided by section thirty-one of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), that the Governor-General in Council may, on the application of any Fire Board established under the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, extend the powers of that Board to borrow moneys in excess of the limits fixed by the said section : And whereas by Order in Council dated the fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, and published in the Gazette on the sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, at page 1944, the powers of the Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board were extended, but not so as to exceed the sum of two hundred and sixteen thousand pounds : And whereas application has been made by the said Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board for further extension of borrowing-powers and it is desirable to grant such request : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in 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 that the powers of the said Board to borrow moneys in excess of the limits fixed by the said section thirty-one are hereby extended, but so as not to exceed the sum of two hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds : Provided that no moneys as aforesaid shall be borrowed except subject to the provisions of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, and its amendments.

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

(I.A. 76/10.)

Imposing Levy on the Owners of Coal-mines situated within the Grey Rescue-station Levy Area.

GALWAY, Governor-General. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House at Wellington, this 20th day of March, 1940. Present : HIS EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by section six, subsection four, of the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1936, it is provided that every rescue-station established in accordance with section six of the said Act shall be established in respect of an area to be defined by the Minister of Mines by notice published in the Gazette : And whereas by section six, subsection five, of the said Act it is provided that for the purpose of recouping the cost of the establishment and maintenance of any such rescue-station the Governor-General, by Order in Council, may from time to time impose levies on the owners of coal-mines situated within the area defined in respect of such rescue-station, not exceeding in respect of any mine for any year a levy computed at the rate of one penny for every ton or part of a ton of marketable coal raised from the mine during the preceding year ended on the thirty-first day of December : And whereas the Minister of Mines by notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette of the fourteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, defined an area in respect of which a rescue-station might be established : And whereas the