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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

Minister of Mines by notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette of the fifteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and forty, amended the boundaries of such area: And whereas the Minister of Mines has established a rescue-station (hereinafter called the Grey Rescue-station) in respect of the coal-mining area defined in the said notices:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said section six, subsection five, 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 (for the purpose of recouping the cost of the establishment and maintenance of the Grey Rescue-station) impose on the owners of coal-mines situated within the area defined in the said notices in respect of each mine within the said area a levy computed at the rate of three-farthings for every ton or part of a ton of marketable coal raised from the mine during the year ending on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine.

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

(Mines N. 8/58/4.)

Revoking the Declaration of a Main Highway, and Declaring Public Highways to be Main Highways.

GALWAY, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of April, 1940.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section three of the Main Highways Act, 1922, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this 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 on and after the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty, the main highway described in the First Schedule hereto shall cease to be a main highway, and doth further declare that the roads described in the Second Schedule hereto shall be main highways within the meaning and for the purposes of the Main Highways Act, 1922.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 9.

Paremata—Plimmerton.—All that main highway in Hutt County, declared as the Paremata—Plimmerton Main Highway, described in Order in Council dated 20th August, 1935, and published in the Gazette on 22nd August, 1935.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 1.

Blackbridge—Paihia.—All that road or portion of road in in the Bay of Islands County, commencing at its junction with the Pakaraka—Awanui via Mangonui Main Highway at Blackbridge, and proceeding thence generally in an easterly direction to Paihia Village and terminating at its junction with the Humai Road near the northern corner of the land shown on Land Transfer Plan 11041, being a distance of 8 miles 57 chains, more or less; as the same is more particularly delineated on plan P.W.D. 106577, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 9.

Masterton—Wellington.—All that road or portion of road in the Makara County, known as the Hutt Road, commencing at the northern boundary of the City of Wellington near Ngahauranga, and proceeding thence generally in a north-easterly direction and terminating at the southern boundary of the Borough of Petone, being a distance of 3 miles 7 chains, more or less; as the same is more particularly delineated on plan P.W.D. 106802, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, and thereon coloured green, and marked A-B.

Levin—Wellington.—All that road or portion of road in the Hutt County, commencing at its junction with the Wellington—Auckland via Taranaki Main Highway at Paremata at the southern end of the Paremata Bridge over the Porirua Harbour, and proceeding thence generally in a north-easterly direction via Pukerua, and terminating at its junction with the Wellington—Auckland via Taranaki Main Highway at Paekakariki, being a distance of 10 miles, more or less; as the same is more particularly delineated on plan P.W.D. 106836, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Haywards—Pahautanui.—All that road or portion of road in the Hutt County, commencing at its junction with the Western Hutt Main Highway at Haywards, and proceeding thence generally in a north-westerly direction and terminating at its junction with the Wellington—Auckland via Taranaki Main Highway at Pahautanui, being a distance of 6 miles 40 chains, more or less; as the same is more particularly delineated on plan P.W.D. 106836, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

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

(M.H. 62/19.)

Setting apart Native Land as a Native Reservation.

GALWAY, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 20th day of March, 1940.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section five of the Native Purposes Act, 1937, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby set apart and reserve the Native freehold land described in the Schedule hereto as a Native Reservation for the common use of the Ngati-Takou hapu as a kainga and meeting-place.

SCHEDULE.

Block. A. R. P. Survey District.
Tamahere No. 1 .. 20 1 13 .. Block XV, Hawera.

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

Consenting to the Raising of a Loan of £430 by the Bay of Islands County Council and prescribing the Conditions thereof.

GALWAY, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of April, 1940.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Bay of Islands County Council (hereinafter called “the said local authority”) proposes, pursuant to the provisions of section three of the Main Highways Amendment Act, 1928, to borrow the sum of four hundred and thirty pounds (£430) by a loan to be known as “Main Highways Loan, 1940” (hereinafter called “the said loan”), for the purpose of paying its portion of the cost of sealing the Waimamaku—Ohaewai Main Highway from the Kaikohe Town District Boundary to Te Pua Junction:

Now, therefore, 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, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section eleven of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926, as set out in section twenty-nine of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2), and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby consent to the raising by the said local authority of the said loan for the said purpose up to the amount of four hundred and thirty pounds (£430), and in giving such consent doth hereby determine as follows:—

(1) The term for which the said loan or any part thereof may be raised shall be four (4) years.

(2) The rate of interest that may be paid in respect of the said loan or any part thereof shall be such as shall not produce to the lender or lenders a rate exceeding four pounds five shillings (£4 5s.) per centum per annum.

(3) The said loan, together with interest thereon, shall be repaid by equal aggregate annual instalments extending over the term as determined in (1) above.

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

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

(T. 49/184.)