JULY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2389

hundred and twelve, and published in the Gazette of the
thirteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and
twelve, in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto ; and
doth hereby declare that the amendments hereby made shall
take effect as from the date of publication of this Order in
Council in the Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

REGULATION 79 as amended by Order in Council dated the
21st day of May, 1918, and published in the Gazette on the
6th day of June, 1918, is hereby further amended by adding
thereto the following words : “ or by notification thereof by
way of advertisement in such newspaper or newspapers cir-
culating in the district affected as the Clerk of Awards in
each case shall deem sufficient.”

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

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Amending Regulations made under Mining Act, 1908, in
reference to Examinations for Mine-manager’s and Battery-
superintendent’s Certificates.

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

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him
by the Mining Act, 1908, and its amendments, 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 made under the
said Act on the third day of August, one thousand nine
hundred and fifteen, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette on the fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred
and fifteen, hereinafter called “the said regulations,” and
doth hereby declare that such regulations shall come into
force on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand
Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

CLAUSE 135 of the said regulations is hereby amended by
inserting a further paragraph after paragraph 6.
“ 6A. A candidate who is successful in passing a written
examination in the above-mentioned subjects shall be required
to present himself for oral examination at the annual meeting
of the Board of Examiners, and the actual transport expenses
of such candidate from his home to Wellington and back
will be refunded by the Mines Department on the certificate
of the Chairman of the Board of Examiners that he has passed
the written examination and has duly presented himself for
oral examination by the Board.”

Paragraphs 7 and 8 of clause 135 of the said regulations are
amended by the insertion, after the word “ satisfactorily ”
in each paragraph, of the words “ both written and oral
examinations.”

Paragraph 10 of clause 135 of the said regulations is
amended by omitting the words “ The subjects of examina-
tion for certificates as battery-superintendents shall be as
follows,” and by substituting the following : “ Candidates for
certificates as battery-superintendents shall undergo both
written and oral examinations in the following subjects.”

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-General.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this fifteenth day
of July, 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,
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.

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SCHEDULE.

Column B.
£
TAKAPUNA Borough Council . . . . . . 5,000
Taranaki County Council . . . . . . 300

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

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Consenting to stopping a Road in Blocks II and VI,
Tokatoka Survey District, Hobson County.

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

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 thereof, of the Governor-
General, by Order in Council gazetted, is obtained :

And whereas the Hobson County Council has applied for
such consent in respect of the 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-
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 Hobson
County Council stopping the road described in the Schedule
hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of road permitted to be
stopped : 2 roods 9 perches.
Adjoining or passing through part Section 5, Arapohue
Parish, Blocks II and VI, Tokatoka Survey District
(Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 19953.)

In the Auckland Land District ; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 46112,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at
Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
coloured green.

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