Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3723

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh 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 moneys (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.
£

BLENHEIM Borough Council .. .. .. 13,290
" .. .. .. 1,000
" .. .. .. 1,100
Palmerston North Borough Council .. .. 20,000
Sumner Borough Council .. .. .. 2,500
Matamata County Council .. .. .. 2,500
Mangawara Drainage Board .. .. .. 750
" .. .. .. 750
Kawa Drainage Board .. .. .. 5,000
Napier Borough Council .. .. .. 40,000
Opotiki County Council .. .. .. 80

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Cook Islands.—Constitution of Island Council of Mangaia.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of November, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by sections sixty-two and sixty-six of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, and of any other power and authority in that behalf enabling him, 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 the Order in Council constituting Island Councils, dated the twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the thirtieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, by revoking paragraph (c) of clause five thereof, relating to the Island Council of Mangaia, and substituting the following provision in lieu thereof :—

(c.) The Arikis of Mangaia (ex officio).

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

D

Notifying Lands in Otago Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section of the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, as the time at which the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

TOWN LAND.

Waitaki County.—Town of Kurow.

Sec- | Area. | Upset | Sec- | Area. | Upset
tion. | | Price. | tion. | | Price.
------|-------|--------|------|-------|--------

Block I.

A. R. P. £ s. d. | A. R. P. £ s. d.
3 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 6 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0
4 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 7 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0
5 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 8 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0

Block II.

2 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || .. | .. | ..

Block III.

3 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 10 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0
4 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 11 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0
5 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 12 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0
6 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 13 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0
7 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 14 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0
8 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 15 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0
9 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 16 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0

Block IV.

3 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 14 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0
4 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 15 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0
5 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 16 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0
11 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 17 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0
12 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 18 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0
13 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |

Block VII.

1 | 0 1 10 | 6 5 0 || 5 | 0 1 4 | 5 10 0
2 | 0 1 7 | 6 0 0 |

Block X.

1 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 || 7 | 0 1 4 | 5 10 0
6 | 0 1 6 | 5 15 0 |

Block XI.

4 | 0 1 3 | 5 10 0 || 8 | 0 0 39 | 5 0 0
5 | 0 1 1 | 5 5 0 || 10 | 0 1 12 | 6 10 0
6 | 0 1 1 | 5 5 0 || 11 | 0 1 12 | 6 10 0
7 | 0 0 39 | 5 0 0 |

Level sections, within easy distance of Kurow Railway-station, post-office, and school; good building-sites; land somewhat shingly.

RURAL LAND.

Bruce County.—Akatore Survey District.

Section 53, Block I: Area, 8 acres 0 roods 30 perches; upset price, £5.

A steep section, with a good aspect; suitable only for grazing. The soil is of fair quality. There is permanent water on the section. Situated on a good road about four miles from the Town of Milton.

Waihemo County.—Dunback Survey District.

Section 11, Block V: Area, 62 acres 2 roods 9 perches; upset price £65.

Situated about eight miles from Dunback Railway-station. Access not good. Inferior soil, on a schist formation. Suitable only for grazing.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands