May 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1247

above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

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 twenty-third day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Amending Regulations under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of April, 1919.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), 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 amend, in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto, the regulations under the said Act made on the twentieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and published in the Gazette of the twenty-second day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

SCHEDULE.

1. SUBCLAUSE (a) of clause 20 of the said regulations is hereby amended by adding thereto the following proviso:—
   “Provided further that in the case of bush lands the Minister may authorize an advance under this regulation not exceeding £1,000 in ordinary cases, or £1,250 in cases where in the opinion of the Minister special circumstances warrant such amount being advanced.”

2. Clause 25 of the said regulations is hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—
   “25. Upon the transfer, otherwise than pursuant to the will or on the intestacy of the mortgagor, of any property upon the security of which an advance has been made pursuant to these regulations, the balance of the principal unpaid in respect of such advance shall be immediately due and payable: Provided that this regulation shall not apply in the case of a transfer to a discharged soldier as defined by the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, or the amendments thereof, where such transfer has been duly consented to by the Land Board and approved by the Minister.”

3. The form No. 6 in the First Schedule to the said regulations is hereby amended by omitting the proviso to clause 1, and substituting the following:—
   “Provided that upon the transfer, otherwise than pursuant to the will or on the intestacy of the mortgagor of the lands hereby mortgaged, or of the whole or any part of the mortgagor’s interest therein, all principal moneys hereby secured shall become immediately due and payable to the mortgagee: Provided further that this condition shall not apply in the case of a transfer to a discharged soldier as defined by the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, or the amendments thereof, where such transfer has been duly consented to by the Land Board and approved by the Minister.”

4. The form No. 7 in the First Schedule to the said regulations is hereby amended by omitting the proviso to clause 1, and substituting the following:—
   “Provided that upon the transfer, otherwise than pursuant to the will or on the intestacy of the grantor of the lands described in the First Schedule hereto, or of the whole or any part of the grantor’s interest therein, all principal moneys hereby secured shall become immediately due and payable to the grantee: Provided further that this condition shall not apply in the case of a transfer to a discharged soldier as defined by the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, or the amendments thereof, where such transfer has been duly consented to by the Land Board and approved by the Minister.”

5. The form No. 10 in the First Schedule to the said regulations is hereby amended by omitting clause 14, and substituting the following:—
   “14. That upon the transfer, otherwise than pursuant to the will or on the intestacy of the mortgagor of the lands hereby mortgaged, or of the whole or any part of the mortgagor’s interest therein, all principal moneys due hereunder shall become immediately due and payable to the mortgagee: Provided that this condition shall not apply in the case of a transfer to a discharged soldier as defined by the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, or the amendments thereof, where such transfer has been duly consented to by the Land Board and approved by the Minister.”

6. The First Schedule to the said regulations is hereby amended by substituting the form hereinafter prescribed for the form numbered 9, “Option to Purchase,” set forth in the said First Schedule:—

Form No. 9.

OPTION TO PURCHASE.

To [Name and address].

I, [Name and address of vendor], in consideration of the sum of* paid to me by you (the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge), hereby give you the option to purchase my property, being Section , Block , Survey District of , containing , together with all buildings (inclusive of ranges, stoves, tanks, and all other fixtures), yards, gates, drains, wells, windmills, water-troughs, plantations, and all other improvements, rights, easements, and appurtenances existing thereon or belonging thereto at the date of this option, at the price of per acre.

This option for purchase shall remain open to you for a period of weeks from the date hereof.†

Dated this day of , 19 .

[Signature.]

• A nominal consideration—say, 5s.

† In the case of town or suburban properties or rural land readily accessible, it is desirable that the period of option be not less than four weeks, and in the case of land situated in isolated localities a period of two months, in order that sufficient time may be provided for special inspection and valuations, &c.

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

Conferring on Halswell County Council Powers of Borough Councils with respect to Lighting and the Supply of Electricity.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-second day of April, 1919.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by the Lake Coleridge Water-power Act, 1915 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), that the Governor-General may by Order in Council confer on any local authority proposing to contract with His Majesty the King for the supply of electricity from the works established at Lake Coleridge by the Minister of Public Works such of the powers of Borough Councils with respect to lighting and the supply of electricity as he thinks fit, and with such restrictions, modifications, and conditions as he thinks fit, and thereupon that local authority shall have and may exercise the said powers accordingly pursuant to the tenor of the said Order in Council:

And whereas the Halswell County Council proposes to contract as aforesaid with His Majesty the King, and it is expedient to confer upon the said County Council certain of the said powers of Borough Councils, subject to certain restrictions and conditions:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him in that behalf by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby confer on the said Halswell County Council all the powers exercisable