June 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1839

purposes of any other work to be made under the authority of
a special Act, nothing in this Act contained shall authorize the
taking of any land occupied by any building, yard, garden,
orchard, or vineyard, or in bona fide occupation as an orna-
mental park or pleasure-ground, without the previous consent
of the Governor-General in Council or the consent in writing
of the owner first obtained:

And whereas part of the land described in the Schedule
hereto is occupied by an orchard, and the Waitemata County
Council has applied for the consent of the Governor-General
in Council to the taking of the said land for the purposes of a
road, and it is expedient that such consent should be given:

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-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 land described in the Schedule
hereto being taken for the purposes above named.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that strip of land being one chain in width passing in a
northerly and southerly direction generally through and
approximately two chains from the eastern boundary of
Ongarahu A No. 3, Block VI, Kumeu Survey District, the
said strip of land being approximately 16½ chains in length.

In the North Auckland Land District; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 45731,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wel-
ington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured
red.

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

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this seventeenth
day of June, 1919.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twenty-six, subsection one, of the
Appropriation Act, 1915, it is provided that, not-
withstanding 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.
£
Oroua County Council .. .. .. 1,000
Waikohu County Council .. .. .. 800
,, .. .. .. 390
Ohura County Council .. .. .. 750
Matamata County Council .. .. .. 250
Marton Borough Council .. .. .. 200
Cook County Council .. .. .. 1,000
Bull’s Town Board .. .. .. 5,000

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

Declaring that the Provisions of Section 109 of the Native Land
Amendment Act, 1913, shall apply to a certain Block of
Native Land.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this seventeenth
day of June, 1919.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twenty-three of the West Coast
Settlement Reserves Amendment Act, 1913, it is
enacted that the Governor-General may by Order in Council
at any time declare that the provisions of section one hundred
and nine of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, shall
apply to any block, section, or subdivision of land comprised
in leases granted or confirmed under the West Coast Settle-
ment Reserves Act, 1881, and the amendments thereof:

And whereas it is expedient that the provisions of section
one hundred and nine aforesaid shall apply to the land
mentioned in the Schedule hereto, for the purchase of which
the Crown desires to negotiate:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred upon him by section twenty-
three of the West Coast Settlement Reserves Amendment
Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby
declare that the provisions of section one hundred and nine
of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, shall apply to
the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 13, Block II, Ngaire Survey District; Patea Grant
3727; West Coast Settlement Reserves: Area, 705 acres.

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

Declaring that the Provisions of Section 109 of the Native Land
Amendment Act, 1913, shall apply to a certain Block of
Native Land.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this seventeenth
day of June, 1919.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twenty-three of the West Coast
Settlement Reserves Amendment Act, 1913, it is
enacted that the Governor-General may by Order in Council
at any time declare that the provisions of section one hundred
and nine of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, shall
apply to any block, section, or subdivision of land comprised
in leases granted or confirmed under the West Coast Settle-
ment Reserves Act, 1881, and the amendments thereof:

And whereas it is expedient that the provisions of section
one hundred and nine aforesaid shall apply to the land
mentioned in the Schedule hereto, for the purchase of which
the Crown desires to negotiate:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred upon him by section twenty-
three of the West Coast Settlement Reserves Amendment
Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby
declare that the provisions of section one hundred and nine
of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, shall apply to
the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

PART Section 8, Block XII, Opunake Survey District;
Pukekohatu 1b; Grant 3923; West Coast Settlement
Reserves: Area, 235 acres.

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