1516 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 45

Appointing Members of the National Roads Board

KEITH HOLYOAKE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 8th day of May 1978

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General presiding in Council

Pursuant to the National Roads Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby appoints:

John Newton Searle, Esq., an officer of the Ministry of Works and Development,

Frederick Alexander Langbein, Esq., an officer of the Ministry of Works and Development,

Mervyn William Croy, Esq., an officer of the Ministry of Transport,

George MacLean, Esq., of Wanganui, farmer, nominated by the New Zealand Counties Association Incorporated,

Alan David Talbot, Esq., of Pleasant Point, farmer, nominated by the New Zealand Counties Association Incorporated,

Arthur Frederick Thomas, Esq., of Takapuna, barrister and solicitor, nominated by the Municipal Association of New Zealand Incorporated, as representing those boroughs having a population of 20,000 or more,

John Samuel Thorn, Esq., of Port Chalmers, company director, nominated by the Municipal Association of New Zealand Incorporated, as representing those boroughs having a population of less than 20,000 and town districts,

William Wallace Knox, Esq., of Balclutha, company secretary, to represent the interests of persons being the owners of commercial motor vehicles, and

Francis Graham Milne Parkinson, Esq., of Palmerston North, company secretary, to represent the interests of persons being owners of private motor vehicles,

to be members of the National Roads Board as from 17 April 1978.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 62/25)

Altering Irrigation Water Charges, Hawea Flat Irrigation Scheme

KEITH HOLYOAKE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 1st day of May 1978

Present:

The Right Hon. B. E. Talboys Presiding in Council

Pursuant to section 18 of the Public Works Amendment Act 1960, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby alters the Hawea Flat Irrigation Scheme irrigation water charge as follows:

(a) The repayment of the losses over the 10-year development period from the date of completion of the water supply works shall be spread over the remaining 30 years of assessed scheme life:

(b) The interest rate shall be 8½ percent per annum on a quarter of the capital cost of the scheme:

(c) The half water quotas are hereby retained at a depth of 250 millimetres for the gravity and main pump race supply and a depth of 215 millimetres for the east side race supply. Annual water use in excess of that figure will be sold at the extra water charge applicable at the time:

(d) (i) There shall be an annual increase of 20 percent per annum for the charges for both half the water quota and the extra water, applicable from the start of the 1977/78 irrigation season and continuing every year until the financial recovery reached the then current level of costs of operation and maintenance and interest on one quarter of the capital cost of the scheme:

(ii) Thereafter any increase will be at yearly intervals if required at a rate of up to 20 percent per annum to cover any further increases in the costs of operation and maintenance of the scheme, and renewal of the water supply works.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 74/7/1)

Land, Air Space, and Subsoil Declared to be a Motorway in the City of Wellington (Part of the Ngauranga-Basin Reserve Motorway, i.e., May Street-Vivian Street Section)

KEITH HOLYOAKE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 22nd day of May 1978

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General presiding in Council

Pursuant to section 3 of the Public Works Amendment Act 1947, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby orders and declares that the land, air space, and subsoil described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be a motorway.

SCHEDULE

Wellington Land District

All that land, air space, and subsoil situated in the City of Wellington, and presently constructed as a public highway, commencing at May Street and proceeding in a generally southerly direction, passing beneath the Hawkestone and Hill Streets overbridges, and then by bridge over Bowen Street and then under the Bolton Street, Aurora, and Everton Terraces and Boulcott Street Extension overbridges, and then by means of a tunnel beneath Salamanca Road, Mount Street, The Terrace, Dixon Street, and McDonald Crescent, which tunnel ends at Windsor Place where the road-way branches, one branch being the "off ramp" proceeding as for as the junction of Willis and Ghuznee Streets where it ends, the other branch being the "on ramp" passing beneath the Ghuznee Street overbridge and ending at the junction of Willis and Vivian Streets; as more particularly described and shown on the plans numbered 5/79/48/3504, sheets 1 to 5, and the associated Schedules deposited in the office of the Minister of Works and Development at Wellington.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 71/9/2/0/0; Wn. D.O. 34/0)

Adding Land to Abel Tasman National Park

KEITH HOLYOAKE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 15th day of May 1978

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General presiding in Council

Pursuant to section 10 of the National Parks Act 1952, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby declares that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall, as from the date hereof, be added to, and form part of, Abel Tasman National Park, and shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with by the Abel Tasman National Park Board in accordance with the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE

Nelson Land District—Golden Bay County

Lot 1, D.P. 9756, situated in Block VIII, Takaka Survey District, being all of the land in certificate of title, 5B/384. Area, 118.1329 hectares, more or less.

Section 20, Square 10, situated in Block VII, Totaranui Survey District, being all of the land in C.T. 72/204, Nelson Registry, now cancelled. Area, 112.8263 hectares, more or less. S.O. Plan 4383.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. & S. H.O. NP 9A/1/1; D.O. AT 13/17)

Consenting to the Exchange of Reserve Land for Other Land

KEITH HOLYOAKE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 15th day of May 1978

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General presiding in Council

Pursuant to section 4 of the Waimakariri River Improvement Amendment Act 1930, His Excellency the Governor-