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And whereas application has been made for the consent
of the Governor-General in Council to enable the Hawera
Borough Council to borrow the sum of twelve thousand eight
hundred and fifty pounds:

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 a loan of twelve thou-
sand eight hundred and fifty pounds by the Hawera Borough
Council, provided that the rate of interest at which the loan is
to be raised shall in no case produce to the lender a return
exceeding five and one-half 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 Finance Act, 1919,
and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor-
General in Council to the raising of the loans hereby autho-
rized.

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

Conferring Jurisdiction on the Native Appellate Court to in-
quire and report as to the Names of the Natives to whom
Section 146 and Part of Section 148, Parish of Komakorau,
Auckland Land District, should be granted.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-sixth
day of January, 1920.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by section eighteen of the Reserves
and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering
Act, 1919, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liver-
pool, 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 confer on the
Native Appellate Court jurisdiction to inquire and report as
to the names of the persons to whom Section 146 and the
residue of Section 148, Parish of Komakorau, Auckland Land
District, should in equity be granted, and also to determine
what sum (if any) should be paid by the Crown as com-
pensation in respect of the sale by the Crown of Lots 7 and 8
of the said Section 148, and the persons to whom and the
proportions in which such compensation should be paid.

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

Consenting to Land being taken for the Purposes of a Public
Recreation and Pleasure Ground at the Waihi Beach, Ohine-
muri and Tauranga Counties.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-sixth
day of January, 1920.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the Public Works Act, 1908, it is, in
section fifteen thereof, inter alia, enacted that, except for the purpose of a railway or for defence purposes,
or for the 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 build-
ing, yard, garden, orchard, or vineyard, or in bona fide occu-
pation as an ornamental 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 portion of the land described in the Schedule
hereto is occupied by buildings, gardens, and orchards, and
application has been made by the Waihi Borough Council
for the issue of an Order in Council under the said Act con-
senting to the taking of the said land for the purposes of a
public recreation and pleasure ground:

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 mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land permitted to be
taken:—

A. R. P. Being Portion of
49 0 0 Block 5; edged yellow on plan.
19 0 30 ,, 3; edged pink on plan.
8 0 0 ,, 2; edged brown on plan.

Situated in Block III, Waihi North Survey District.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 47830,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at
Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
coloured as above mentioned.

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 Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-sixth
day of January, 1920.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twenty, subsection one, of the
Finance Act, 1919, it is provided that, notwith-
standing any Act to the contrary, it shall not be lawful
or competent for any local authority or for any Harbour
Board 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 out 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 Finance Act, 1919, and shall operate
accordingly as a consent of the Governor-General in Council
to the raising of the loans hereby authorized.

SCHEDULE.

£
PALMERSTON North Borough Council .. .. 100,000
Papakura Town Board .. .. 4,500
Wairarapa South County Council .. .. 3,500
Horowhenua County Council .. .. 4,000
" .. .. 600
" .. .. 500
Tamaki West Road Board .. .. 2,000
Tauranga Fire Board .. .. 500
Matamata County Council .. .. 100
Hawera Borough Council .. .. 10,000
Masterton County Council .. .. 500

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

Declaring Land to be no longer subject to Part XIV of the
Native Land Act, 1909.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-sixth
day of January, 1920.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section ninety-six of the Native Land
Amendment Act, 1913, it is enacted that the Go-
vernor-General in Council may from time to time by Order