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or police-gaol, to be a prison hospital for the purposes of that Act:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby declare that the prison situate in Boston Road, Auckland, known as the Auckland Prison, and the exercise yards and other yards used in connection therewith, shall be a prison hospital within the meaning and for the purposes of the Prisoners Detention Act, 1915.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Justice.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Amending Regulations under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this thirteenth day of November, 1916.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), 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 amend, in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto, the regulations under the said Act made by Orders in Council dated respectively the eighth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and the seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and doth hereby make the additional regulations set forth in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS DATED THE 8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1915.

(1.) CLAUSE 14 of the regulations made under the said Act on the 8th day of November, 1915, is hereby amended by omitting the reference to section 87 of the Land Act, 1908, and by adding references to the following sections, viz.: Section 125 of the Land Act, 1908, and section 29 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1914.

(2.) The said regulations are hereby further amended by adding the following new clauses:—

15. The following provisions shall apply to Crown lands disposed of under these regulations, namely:—

The Land Act, 1908, sections 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, and 151.

The Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, sections 19 and 20.

The Land Laws Amendment Act, 1914, section 15.

16. All titles in fee-simple issued under these regulations in respect of any Crown land shall be subject to the provisions of Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.

17. All titles in fee-simple issued under these regulations in respect of any land which is or was at any time settlement land shall be subject to section 60 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

18. On the transfer of any lease issued pursuant to the said Act the transferee, if not a discharged soldier, shall be required to make a declaration in the same form (with the necessary modifications) as if the lease had been granted under the Land Act, 1908, or the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, as the case may be.

19. Two or more applicants may make an application to hold any land set apart under the provisions of the said Act as tenants in common, and in any such case the provisions of section 196 of the Land Act, 1908, shall, so far as applicable, extend and apply.

ADDITION TO REGULATIONS DATED THE 7TH DAY OF MARCH’ 1916.

(3.) The regulations under the said Act made on the 7th day of March, 1916, are hereby amended by adding the following new clauses:—

9. For the purpose of assisting settlers with respect to any of the matters referred to in section 6 of the said Act the Minister of Lands may purchase such materials or articles as may be required, and may dispose of the same to settlers under the said Act on such terms as he thinks proper. Where any such materials or articles are not paid for by the settler, their value as determined by the Minister shall be deemed to be an advance within the meaning of the said Act and these regulations.

10. No registration fee shall be payable in respect of any memorandum of mortgage or any bill of sale given as security for any advance made under the authority of the said Act.

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 thirteenth day of November, 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 several 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 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 borrowing of the loans hereinafter mentioned by the local authorities set out in the Schedule hereto; provided that the rate of interest at which the loans or any of them are to be raised 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 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.
£

1. Waitomo County Council .. .. .. 2,200
2. ,, .. .. 2,000
3. ,, .. .. 3,000
4. ,, .. .. 3,500
5. ,, .. .. 10,000

(The last-mentioned loan, No. 5, is to be raised conjointly with the Awakino County Council.)

6. Spring Creek River Board.. .. .. 1,000
7. Hobson County Council .. .. .. 8,500
8. ,, .. .. 4,000
9. ,, .. .. 1,500
10. Kaitieke County Council .. .. 400
11. Frankton Borough Council .. .. 2,500
12. ,, .. .. 1,000
13. Invercargill Borough Council .. .. 2,000
14. Otamatea County Council.. .. .. 1,800

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