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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 139

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 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.

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SCHEDULE.

Column B.
£
Cook County Council .. .. .. 300
Rangitikei County Council .. .. .. 1,200
Franklin County Council .. .. .. 1,500
Patea County Council .. .. .. 370
Raetihi Town Board .. .. .. 900
Tuakau Town Board .. .. .. 12,000

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

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Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eleventh day of December, 1916.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE A. L. HERDMAN PRESIDING 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 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.

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SCHEDULE.

Column B.
£
Clifton County Council .. .. .. 2,000
Mount Albert Borough Council .. .. .. 300
Waitara Borough Council .. .. .. 8,000
Piako County Council .. .. .. 500
,, .. .. .. 650
,, .. .. .. 600

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

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Consenting to the Borrowing of Moneys by Way of Temporary Loan within the Limits prescribed by Section 96 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, by the Council of the Borough of Westport.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eleventh day of December, 1916.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE A. L. HERDMAN PRESIDING 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 Westport Borough Council to borrow moneys from any corporation or persons by way of temporary loan within the limits set out in section ninety-six of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908:

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 by the Westport 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.

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Prohibiting all Private Alienation of certain Native Land.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eleventh day of December, 1916.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE A. L. HERDMAN PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, 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 prohibit, for the period of one year from the date of this Order in Council, all alienations of the Native lands specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienations in favour of the Crown.

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SCHEDULE.

TOTORO SURVEY DISTRICT.

Block. Approximate Area.
A. R. P.
Aorangi B No. 1a .. .. .. 795 1 8
,, B No. 1b .. .. .. 417 2 8
,, B No. 1d .. .. .. 238 2 16

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

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Prohibiting all Private Alienation of certain Native Land.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eleventh day of December, 1916.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE A. L. HERDMAN PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the