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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

in Council, whenever in his opinion it becomes necessary so to do, make such provision with respect to the representation of any part of any constituent or combined district as he thinks fit :

And whereas by the said Act the Geraldine Borough and the Geraldine Road District were made a combined district for the election of one member, and the Temuka Borough and the Temuka Road District were made a combined district for the election of one member, and the Mount Peel Road District was made a constituent district for the election of one member of the Timaru Harbour Board :

And whereas by Proclamation of the Governor-General the Geraldine Road District, the Temuka Road District, and the Mount Peel Road District have become ridings of the Geraldine County as from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and it is necessary to make provision for the representation of the districts hereinbefore mentioned on the Timaru Harbour Board :

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 the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that one member of the Timaru Harbour Board shall be elected by the electors of the combined district of the Borough of Geraldine and the Borough of Temuka, and one member by the electors of the Mount Peel Riding and the Geraldine Riding of the Geraldine County, and one member by the electors of the Temuka Riding of the Geraldine County, in lieu of one member by the electors of the Borough of Geraldine and the Geraldine Road District, one member by the electors of the Temuka Borough and the Temuka Road District, and one member by the electors of the Mount Peel Road District as constituted prior to the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty ; and doth hereby select and appoint the Temuka Borough Council and the Geraldine County Council to be the principal authorities for the purpose of such elections by the electors of the said combined districts as hereby altered.

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

Abolishing the Pukekohe Drainage District, County of Franklin.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, 1920.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS by an Order in Council made under the Land Drainage Act, 1904, dated the twenty-sixth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the tenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the area described in the Schedule to the said Order in Council was constituted a drainage district under the said Act, to be called the Pukekohe Drainage District :

And whereas a petition signed by a majority of the rate-payers in the said drainage district has been presented to the Governor-General praying that the said district may be abolished :

And whereas it is expedient to give effect to the said petition :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the Land Drainage Act, 1908, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby abolish the said Pukekohe Drainage District as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

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

Amending Regulations under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, 1920.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908, and its amendments, 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 further amend the regulations under the said Act dated the fifth day of June, one thousand nine 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.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATION 73, as amended by Order in Council dated the 9th day of August, 1916, and published in the Gazette on the 17th day of August, 1916, is hereby further amended by deleting therefrom the words “each Commissioner the sum of 15s. for each day, and each Assessor the sum of 10s. for each day,” and substituting therefor the words “each Commissioner the sum of £1 for each day, and each Assessor the sum of 12s. 6d. for each day.”

F. D. THOMSON,
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 twelfth day of April, 1920.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twenty, subsection one, of the Finance Act, 1919, 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 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.

Auckland Harbour Board .. .. .. £100,000
Thames County Council .. .. .. 50,000
Wairoa County Council .. .. .. 8,000
Onehunga Borough Council .. .. .. 5,000
South Invercargill Borough Council .. .. 3,000
Pahiatua County Council .. .. .. 5,000
Franklin County Council .. .. .. 3,000
Featherston County Council .. .. .. 2,500
Whakaki Drainage Board .. .. .. 2,000
Riccarton Borough Council .. .. .. 1,000
Taranaki County Council .. .. .. 800
" .. .. .. 300
Rangitikei County Council .. .. .. 460
Napier Borough Council .. .. .. 5,000
Greytown Borough Council .. .. .. 3,740
Pukekohe County Council .. .. .. 34,000
New Brighton Borough Council .. .. .. 52,000

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