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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 158

deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Member of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Knight of Grace of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this nineteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Amending War Regulations to provide for Certificates of Origin and Interest for Goods imported from Finland.

• LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
  ORDER IN COUNCIL.
  At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of November, 1918.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the thirteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and published in the Gazette of the same date, certain regulations were made under the War Regulations Act, 1914, and its amendments, providing, inter alia, that a certificate of origin and interest as defined in the said Order in Council is required in respect of all goods imported into New Zealand from the countries mentioned in the First Schedule thereto:

And whereas in the opinion of the Governor-General it is necessary in the public interest that certificates of origin and interest as aforesaid should be required in respect of goods imported into New Zealand from Finland:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the War Regulations Act, 1914, and its amendments, doth hereby amend the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council of the thirteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

A CERTIFICATE of origin and interest within the meaning of the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council of the 13th day of October, 1916, shall hereafter be required in respect of all goods imported into New Zealand from Finland, and the said Order in Council is hereby amended accordingly by adding “Finland” to the countries mentioned in the First Schedule thereto.

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

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of November, 1918.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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-General in Council:

And whereas application has been made for the consent of the Governor-General 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-General in Council should issue:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General 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 raising 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 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-General in Council to the raising of the loans hereby authorized.

SCHEDULE.

Column B.
£
New Plymouth Borough Council .. .. 40,000
Hobson County Council .. .. 1,500
Birkenhead Borough Council .. .. 25,000
Waipa County Council .. .. 400

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

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

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of November, 1918.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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-General in Council:

And whereas application has been made for the consent of the Governor-General 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-General in Council should issue:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General 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 Office 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-General in Council to the raising of the loans hereby authorized.

SCHEDULE.

Kawhia County Council, £60: To renew Pakoka Bridge.
Stratford County Council, £1,450: To form and metal Pukengahu Road.
Stratford County Council, £1,200: To form and metal Mangaehu Road.
Kawhia County Council, £600: To metal part of Kinohaku-Waiharakeke Road.
Manawatu County Council, £700: To construct Lower Pukipuki Road.
Waipa County Council, £150: To metal Hawkin’s Road.
Clifton County Council, £4,000: To metal part of Piko Road.
Tumu-Kaituna Drainage Board, £3,500: To widen and deepen drains.
Matamata County Council, £5,000: To metal main and arterial roads (Patetere Loan).

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