May 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1431

Council may, upon such certificate, add any office to the Administrative Division or abolish any office therein:

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 add the office of Under-Secretary, Immigration Department, to the said Administrative Division.

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

Appointing Members of Assessment Court under the Valuation of Land Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this fifth day of May, 1920.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the Valuation of Land Act, 1908, 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 appoint the persons mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be members of the Assessment Court for the districts set opposite their names.

SCHEDULE.

Name. District.
James Henry Roche .. .. Ohura County.
Ohura Town District.
James Ferrier Walker .. .. Waipukurau Borough.
Walter M. Wilson .. .. Waikouaiti County.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Street in the City of Auckland of a Width less than 66 ft. but not less than 40 ft.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this fifth day of May, 1920.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and seventy-eight of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, it is, inter alia, provided that where the configuration of any borough is such as that within any particular area or areas thereof it is difficult or inexpedient to construct streets of a width of sixty-six feet, as required by the said Act, the Governor-General may, by Order in Council defining the limits of such particular area or areas, authorize the Council to permit within such area or areas the construction of streets and private streets of a width less than sixty-six feet but not less than forty feet:

And whereas the configuration of part of the City of Auckland is such that within the area described in the Schedule hereto it is inexpedient to construct a street of sixty-six feet in width:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, 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 authorize the Auckland City Council to permit the laying-off of a street of a width less than sixty-six feet, but not less than forty feet, within the area described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the City of Auckland, being part 13, Section 7, Suburbs of Auckland, containing 8 acres 2 roods 29 perches. As the said area is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 48533, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered green.

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 fifth day of May, 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.

£
New Plymouth Borough Council .. .. 57,000
New Plymouth Harbour Board .. .. 50,000
Matamata Town Board .. .. 30,000
" .. .. 30,000
Christchurch City Council .. .. 16,000
Te Puke Town Board .. .. 9,000
Tauranga County Council .. .. 5,000
Wairoa County Council .. .. 3,000
" .. .. 1,000
Uawa County Council .. .. 7,000
Awakino County Council .. .. 4,500
Thames Valley Electric Power Board .. .. 200,000
Blenheim Borough Council .. .. 10,000

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

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in the Village of Taneatua, Auckland Land District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this fifth day of May, 1920.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was reserved for pound purposes, being a purpose within Class I of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908:

And whereas it is expedient that such land shall be appropriated for a site for buildings of the Whakatane County Council, being a purpose within the said Class I:

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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the fourth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that the said land shall, from and after the date hereof, be appropriated for a site for buildings of the Whakatane County Council under Class I of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, being Sections 28 and 29 of the Village of Taneatua, and containing by