970
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities from the State Advances Department.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of March, 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 from the State Advances Office:

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 from the State Advances Department of the loans hereinafter 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.
£
Cook County Council .. .. .. 250
Taranaki County Council .. .. .. 65
Thames County Council .. .. .. 3,500
Upper Wangaehu Road Board .. .. .. 400
Waimate West County Council.. .. .. 5,000

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

Prohibiting the Importation of certain Articles.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of March, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section forty-six of the Customs Act, 1913, it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time by Order in Council prohibit the importation into New Zealand of any goods the prohibition of the importation of which is in his opinion necessary for the prevention of fraud or deception:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is necessary for the prevention of fraud and deception that the prohibition of the importation of the articles hereinafter described should be prohibited:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section forty-six of the Customs Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby prohibit the importation into New Zealand of the instruments known as oxydonors, oxygenators, or oxypathors, or of any instruments or appliances of the same or a similar nature, under whatever name or description the same may be imported.

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

Transfer of Rangitikei Advocate’s Wounded Soldiers and Sailors and their Dependants Fund to the Rangitikei Patriotic Society, incorporated under the War Funds Act, 1915.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this thirty-first day of March, 1916.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by section thirteen of the War Funds Act, 1915 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is provided that any person, society, or trustees (whether such society or trustees are incorporated or not) having control of any war fund may, with the consent of the Governor in Council, transfer such fund to any other society or trustees incorporated pursuant to section twelve of the said Act, to be applied by such last-mentioned society or trustees for the purposes for which such last-mentioned society or trustees were incorporated, notwithstanding that such purposes may not be identical with the purposes for which the fund to be transferred was established; provided that consent shall not be given to any application under this section unless the Governor in Council is satisfied that the fund to be transferred can be administered by the incorporated society or trustees for substantially the same purposes as those for which the fund was established: And whereas an application has been made by the proprietors of the newspaper known as the Rangitikei Advocate to transfer the fund held by such proprietors, entitled “The Wounded Soldiers and Sailors and their Dependants Fund,” to the Rangitikei Patriotic Society (Incorporated): And whereas the Governor in Council is satisfied that such fund can be administered by the Rangitikei Patriotic Society for substantially the same purposes as those for which that fund was established: And whereas it is considered desirable to consent to such transfer:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby consent to the transfer of the fund held by the said proprietors of the said Rangitikei Advocate, entitled “The Wounded Soldiers and Sailors and their Dependants Fund,” to the Rangitikei Patriotic Society (Incorporated).

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