3564
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 128

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 herein-after 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.
£

New Plymouth Borough Council .. .. 3,000
Kawhia County Council .. .. 200
Papatoetoe Road Board .. .. 2,500
Nelson City Council .. .. 3,000
Pahiatua County Council .. .. 1,000
Featherston Town Board .. .. 8,500

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 herein-after 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
£

Palmerston North Borough Council .. .. 18,000
Waitomo County Council .. .. 4,560
Christchurch City Council .. .. 5,250
.. .. 60,000
Rangitikei County Council .. .. 1,900
Sumner Borough Council .. .. 3,000
Clutha County Council .. .. 1,000
Onehunga Borough Council .. .. 500
Horowhenua County Council .. .. 500
Eltham County Council .. .. 650
Waikohu County Council .. .. 200

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

Consenting to Land being taken for the Purposes of a Post and Telegraph District Store in the City of Auckland.

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 the Public Works Act, 1908, it is, in section fifteen thereof, inter alia, enacted that, except for the purpose of a railway or defence purposes, or for the purposes of any other work to be made under the authority of a special Act, nothing in this Act contained shall authorize the taking of any land occupied by any building, yard, garden, orchard, or vineyard, or in bona fide occupation as an ornamental park or pleasure-ground, without the previous consent of the Governor in Council:

And whereas part of the land described in the Schedule hereto is occupied by buildings, and the Minister of Public Works has recommended the Governor to issue an Order in Council under the said Act consenting to the taking of the said land for the purposes of a post and telegraph district store:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the above-in-part-recited Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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 land described in the Schedule hereto being taken for the purpose above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

Approximate area of the piece of land being taken: 3 acres 2 roods 14·5 perches.

Portion of Lot 7 of Section 11, Suburbs of Auckland (City of Auckland), Block I, Otahuhu Survey District (S.O. 19079).

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 41198, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured edged red.

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

Declaring Portions of Roads in Blocks I and II, Otama Survey District, to be Government Roads.

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 vested in him by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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 order and declare that the portions of roads described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, become Government roads.