SEPT. 21. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3053

Council and the Woolston Borough Council of moneys by
way of temporary loan within the limits prescribed by section
ninety-six of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908: And it
is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under
the provisions in that behalf of the Appropriation Act, 1915,
and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor
in Council to the borrowing hereby authorized.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of September, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twenty-six, subsection one, of
the Appropriation Act, 1915, it is provided that,
notwithstanding any Act to the contrary, it shall not be
lawful or competent for any local authority or for any Harbour
Board, during the present war with Germany, to borrow or
contract to borrow any money (otherwise than by way of
bank overdraft within the limit of its powers, if any, in that
behalf) whether from the State Advances Office or from any
other source whatever, and whether in pursuance of a special
Act or under any other authority whatever, without the
precedent consent of the Governor in Council:

And whereas application has been made for the consent
of the Governor in Council to enable the local authorities
mentioned in the Schedule hereto to borrow the loans set out
in column B therein:

And whereas it is expedient that the precedent consent
of the Governor in Council should issue:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
doth hereby consent to the borrowing of the loans herein-
after mentioned by the local authorities set out in the
Schedule hereto; provided that the rate of interest shall in
no case produce to the lender a return exceeding five and
one-quarter pounds per centum per annum; and it is hereby
declared that this Order in Council is made under the pro-
visions in that behalf of the Appropriation Act, 1915, and
shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor in
Council to the raising of the loans hereby authorized.

SCHEDULE. Column B.
£
Malvern County Council .. .. .. 2,000
Pukekohe Borough Council .. .. .. 12,000
Takapuna Borough Council .. .. .. 3,000
Tauranga Borough Council .. .. .. 2,000
" 5,000

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities
from the State Advances Department.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of September, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twenty-six, subsection one, of
the Appropriation Act, 1915, it is provided that,
notwithstanding any Act to the contrary, it shall not be
lawful or competent for any local authority or for any Harbour
Board, during the present war with Germany, to borrow or
contract to borrow any money (otherwise than by way of
bank overdraft within the limit of its powers, if any, in that
behalf) whether from the State Advances Office or from any
other source whatever, and whether in pursuance of a special
Act or under any other authority whatever, without the
precedent consent of the Governor in Council:

And whereas application has been made for the consent
of the Governor in Council to enable the local authorities
mentioned in the Schedule hereto to borrow the loans set out
in column B therein from the State Advances Office:

And whereas it is expedient that the precedent consent
of the Governor in Council should issue:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
doth hereby consent to the borrowing from the State
Advances Department of the loans hereinafter mentioned
by the local authorities set out in the Schedule hereto;
and it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made
under the provisions in that behalf of the Appropriation Act,
1915, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the
Governor in Council to the raising of the loans hereby
authorized.

SCHEDULE. Column B.
£
Horowhenua County Council .. .. .. 750
Thames County Council .. .. .. 1,500
Wanganui County Council .. .. .. 2,200

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Consenting to a Mortgage of Native Land.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of September, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and thirty of the
Native Land Act, 1909, it is provided that no
instrument of alienation of Native land by way of mort-
gage or charge, other than a mortgage or charge in favour
of a State Loan Department, shall be confirmed by a
Board or the Court without the precedent consent of the
Governor in Council:

And whereas application has been made for the consent
of the Governor in Council to a mortgage of the blocks
or parcels of land mentioned in the Schedule hereto: And
whereas it is expedient that the precedent consent of the
Governor in Council should issue:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
doth hereby consent to the confirmation of an alienation
by way of mortgage of the blocks or parcels of land set
out in the Schedule hereto. And it is hereby declared that
this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that
behalf of the Native Land Act, 1909, and shall operate
accordingly as a consent of the Governor in Council to the
proceedings hereby authorized.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON PROVINCIAL DISTRICT.

A. R. P.
RAETIHI 2B 2C 3 (part) Block: Approximate area, 644 2 33
Waimarino 3K 2B 2 Block " 147 3 8

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Declaring a Native to be a European.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eleventh day
of September, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section seventeen of the Native Land
Amendment Act, 1912, it is enacted that the Go-
vernor may by Order in Council, on the recommendation of
the Native Land Court, declare any Native to be a European:

And whereas James Holden, of Waitomo, being a Native
within the meaning of the Native Land Act, 1909, applied in
the prescribed form for a recommendation of the Court that
he might be declared a European: And whereas the said
Court, having duly inquired into the said application, has
recommended that an Order in Council be issued declaring
the said James Holden to be a European: And whereas it
is expedient that such declaration should be made: