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power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve the said Ashburton Loan and Investment Society and Bank of Deposit as an institution with which, subject to the provisions of the said Act, it shall be lawful for a trustee, unless expressly forbidden by the instrument (if any) creating the trust, to invest any trust funds in his hands on deposit at interest.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Appointing Members of the First and Second Divisions of the Court of Appeal.

L I V E R P O O L, G o v e r n o r.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-second day of February, 1916.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section five of the Judicature Amendment Act, 1913, it is enacted that the Court of Appeal shall consist of two Divisions, to be called respectively the First Division and the Second Division of the Court of Appeal; and that each Division shall consist of five Judges of the Supreme Court, to be appointed to that Division by the Governor in Council:

And whereas the power conferred by the said Act upon the Governor in Council of appointing Judges as members of either Division, or of revoking any such appointment, shall be exercisable on the recommendation of not less than three Judges of the Supreme Court (of whom the Chief Justice shall be one), and not otherwise:

And whereas the Honourable the Chief Justice, the Honourable Mr. Justice Edwards, and the Honourable Mr. Justice Chapman have recommended that the two Divisions of the Court of Appeal shall be constituted as shown hereafter:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint

The Honourable Sir ROBERT STOUT, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice;

The Honourable WORLEY BASSETT EDWARDS, Judge;

The Honourable THEOPHILUS COOPER, Judge;

The Honourable WILLIAM ALEXANDER SIM, Judge;

The Honourable JOHN HENRY HOSKING, Judge;

to be members of the First Division of the Court of Appeal: and

The Honourable Sir ROBERT STOUT, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice;

The Honourable JOHN EDWARD DENNISTON, Judge;

The Honourable WORLEY BASSETT EDWARDS, Judge;

The Honourable FREDERICK REVANS CHAPMAN, Judge;

The Honourable THOMAS WALTER STRINGER, Judge;

to be members of the Second Division of the Court of Appeal.

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

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

L I V E R P O O L, G o v e r n o r.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-second day of February, 1916.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., 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 limits 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 several 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.
£

Lower Hutt Borough Council .. .. .. 7,616
Opotiki Borough Council .. .. .. 1,800
Palmerston North Borough Council .. .. .. 4,000
" .. .. .. 4,000
" .. .. .. 3,000
" .. .. .. 24,000
" .. .. .. 86,000
Wairau Maori Drainage Board.. .. .. 850
Waitomo County Council .. .. .. 3,500

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

Consenting to a Mortgage of Native Land.

L I V E R P O O L, G o v e r n o r.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-second day of February, 1916.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING 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 mortgage 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 block or parcel 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 block or parcel 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.

NGARARA West A Block, Section 78: Approximate area, 541 acres; Wellington Provincial District.

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

Consenting to a Mortgage of Native Land.

L I V E R P O O L, G o v e r n o r.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-second day of February, 1916.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING 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 mortgage 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: