Mar. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1117

Boundaries of Borough of Green Island altered.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of March, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS a petition has been presented to the Governor, under section fourteen of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, praying the Governor to alter the boundaries of the Borough of Green Island by including therein the area described in the Schedule hereto: And whereas a notice showing the proposed alteration in boundaries of the said borough has been gazetted and publicly notified, and no objections in writing against such alteration have been lodged:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, 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 declare that, as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be included in the Borough of Green Island.

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SCHEDULE.

AREA INCLUDED IN THE BOROUGH OF GREEN ISLAND.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District bounded by a line along the present boundary of the Borough of Green Island from the westernmost corner of Allotment 63 of Section 1, Block XV, Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of Allotment 13, Township of Concord, along the eastern boundaries of Allotments 13 and 14, across Mulford Street, along the eastern boundary of Allotment 46, and the south-western boundaries of Allotments 46, 45, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40, and 39, Township of Concord, to Emerson Street, along the eastern side of that street to a point in line with the south-western side of Thoreau Street; thence to and along the south-western side of that street to Allotment 63 aforesaid, and along the southern boundary of that allotment to its westernmost corner, the place of commencement.

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

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Consenting to stopping Portion of a Road in Block X, Tokatoka Survey District, Hobson County.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of March, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and thirty-three (a) of the Public Works Act, 1908, it is enacted that a local authority shall not declare any county road or district road to be stopped until the consent thereto of the Governor, by Order in Council gazetted, is obtained:

And whereas the Hobson County Council has applied for such consent in respect of the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the above-in-part-recited Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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 Hobson County Council stopping the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of road permitted to be stopped: 2 roods 1·6 perches.

Adjoining or passing through Road Reserve 72, Tatarariki Parish, Block X, Tokatoka Survey District (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 18985.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 41849, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured green.

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

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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-sixth day of March, 1917.

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 sums set opposite the names of the said local authorities respectively, for the several purposes specified in the said Schedule, 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, for the purposes specified in the said Schedule; 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.

WHANGAMARINO Road Board, £700: For forming and metalling the Waipuna Valley Road.

Lower Hutt Borough Council, £4,000: For constructing waterworks.

Katieke County Council, £1,700: For providing the Council’s share of the cost of constructing a bridge across the Wanganui River at Taumarunui.

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

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Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of March, 1917.

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: 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 hereinafter mentioned by the several 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