June 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1963

of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend the regulations made under the said Act on the fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in the Gazette on the sixth day of the same month, in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall come into force on the day of the gazetting thereof.

SCHEDULE.

1. PARAGRAPH 28 of Part II of the said regulations (relating to honey) is hereby amended as follows: By omitting the words “twenty-six parts,” and substituting therefor the words “twenty parts.”

2. Paragraph 36 of Part II of the said regulations (relating to essences) is hereby amended as follows: By omitting clause (2), and substituting the following new clause therefor:—
   “ (2.) Oil of lemon shall be the volatile oil obtained from the fresh peel of the lemon (Citrus limonum, L.).
   “ It shall conform to the characters and tests prescribed in the 1914 edition of the British Pharmacopoeia.
   “ Provided that if the weight of aldehydes calculated as citral exceeds 4 per cent., the minimum rotation of 58° will be reduced by 0·5° for each increment of 0·25 per cent. of aldehydes, but in no case to less than 56°.”

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Making Regulation prescribing Close Season for Carp in the Rotorua Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this fifth day of June, 1916.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power conferred upon him by Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, 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 make the following regulation prescribing a close season for carp in the Rotorua Acclimatization District.

REGULATION.

THE period from the 1st day of June to the 31st day of October in every year shall within the boundaries of the Rotorua Acclimatization District be a close season during which it shall be unlawful for any person to take, buy, sell, or have in possession carp, or in any way to injure the same.

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

Amended Regulations under the Stock Act, 1908, for the Prevention of Blackleg amongst Cattle.—Notice No. 1835.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this fifth day of June, 1916.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, regulations were made under the Stock Act, 1908, for the prevention of blackleg among cattle: And whereas by those regulations certain lands described in the First and Second Schedules thereto were declared to be infected areas within the meaning of the said Act: And whereas it is desired to alter the boundaries of the area described in the Second Schedule to the said regulations as “No. 2 Infected Area B”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Stock Act, 1908, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend the aforesaid regulations by revoking that part of the Second Schedule thereof which describes “No. 2 Infected Area B,” and by substituting therefor the description set out in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

No. 2 Infected Area B.

The Waipa County as at present constituted; that portion of the Counties of Waikato and Piako as at present constituted situated south of the Hamilton–Rotorua Railway line; and all that portion of West Taupo County north of the Puniu River, the Owairaka Stream, its watershed, and the Waiteti Stream to the Waikato River; and that portion of Matamata County on the west side of the Waikato River to Waipa County.

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

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 twelfth day of June, 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 .. .. .. 1,000
Cromwell Borough Council .. .. .. 1,500
Patea Borough Council .. .. .. 5,000
Papakura Road Board .. .. .. 500

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to a Mortgage of Native Land.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twelfth day of June, 1916.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor 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