Dec. 15.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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term of years of the loan was or was not specified or determined, and such money or any part thereof has not been borrowed, the local authority may, with the precedent consent of the Minister of Finance, borrow such money, or such amount thereof as has not been borrowed, at such rate of interest, or for such term not less than ten years, as may be prescribed by the Governor-General by Order in Council:

And whereas the Blenheim Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sums of two thousand pounds for hospital purposes and fourteen thousand eight hundred pounds for consolidating and repaying loans, and now proposes to borrow the money beyond New Zealand:

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his precedent consent as required by the above-recited section eleven, and it is desired that the term for which the said loans of two thousand pounds and fourteen thousand eight hundred pounds may be borrowed be amended to ten years, and the rate of interest be increased to not exceeding seven per centum per annum:

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 prescribe that the term for which the said loans may be borrowed shall be ten years, and the rate of interest shall be a rate not exceeding seven per centum, and the said Blenheim Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sums of two thousand pounds and fourteen thousand eight hundred pounds beyond New Zealand accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Gore Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £6,000 authorized to be raised for the Completion of the Electric-light Scheme.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of December, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS section eleven of the Finance Act, 1921, as amended by section six of the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1921, provides that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or in any rule of law, where a local authority or public body has been authorized before the passing of the said Act, or is thereafter authorized, to borrow money, whether pursuant to a poll of ratepayers or otherwise howsoever, whether the rate of interest or the term of years of the loan was or was not specified or determined, and such money or any part thereof has not been borrowed, the local authority may, with the precedent consent of the Minister of Finance, borrow such money, or such amount thereof as has not been borrowed, at such rate of interest, or for such term not less than ten years, as may be prescribed by the Governor-General by Order in Council:

And whereas the Gore Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of six thousand pounds for the completion of the electric-light scheme, and is now desirous of borrowing the money at an increased rate of interest:

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his precedent consent as required by the above-recited section eleven, and it is desired that the rate of interest at which the said six thousand pounds may be borrowed be increased to not exceeding six and a half per centum per annum:

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 prescribe that the rate of interest that may be paid by the Gore Borough Council in respect of the said loan of six thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six and a half per centum, and the said Gore Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of six thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Taumarunui Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £5,000 authorized to be raised for the Purchase of Plant and Machinery for Road-making Purposes.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of December, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS section eleven of the Finance Act, 1921, as amended by section six of the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1921, provides that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or in any rule of law, where a local authority or public body has been authorized before the passing of the said Act, or is thereafter authorized, to borrow money, whether pursuant to a poll of ratepayers or otherwise howsoever, whether the rate of interest or the term of years of the loan was or was not specified or determined, and such money or any part thereof has not been borrowed, the local authority may, with the precedent consent of the Minister of Finance, borrow such money, or such amount thereof as has not been borrowed, at such rate of interest, or for such term not less than ten years, as may be prescribed by the Governor-General by Order in Council:

And whereas the Taumarunui Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of five thousand pounds for the purchase of plant and machinery for road-making purposes, and is unable to obtain the money:

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his precedent consent as required by the above-recited section eleven, and it is desired that the rate of interest at which the said five thousand pounds may be borrowed be increased to not exceeding six and a half per centum per annum:

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 prescribe that the rate of interest that may be paid by the Taumarunui Borough Council in respect of the said five thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six and a half per centum per annum, and the said Taumarunui Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of five thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Revocation of an Order in Council prohibiting all Alienation of certain Native Lands other than Alienation in favour of the Crown.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of December, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is enacted that any Order in Council made under that section may at any time be varied or revoked:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority hereinbefore mentioned, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the Order in Council under section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, dated the thirteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, affecting the Native lands set out in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

RANGITAIKI LOWER SURVEY DISTRICT.

MATAHINA A No. 1D .. .. Area, 30,000 0 0
" A No. 2 .. .. .. " 2,000 0 0
" A No. 3B .. .. .. " 9,578 1 22

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

The Southern Side of Portion of Gill Street, in the Borough of New Plymouth, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908, subject to a Condition as to the Building-line.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of December, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works 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 approve of the following resolution passed by the New Plymouth Borough Council on