Mar. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 611

Revoking the Naturalization of Marko Buljan.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of February, 1921.

Present:

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

WHEREAS letters of naturalization were issued to Marko Buljan on the twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen: And whereas the Governor-General in Council is satisfied that it is expedient for the welfare of the Realm to revoke the naturalization of the said Marko Buljan:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Revocation of Naturalization Act, 1917, 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 declare that the naturalization of the said Marko Buljan shall be revoked, and that the said Marko Buljan shall cease to be a British subject naturalized in New Zealand as from the twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.

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

Validating Irregularity in Poll on Proposal to constitute Borough of Morrinsville.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of February, 1921.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the eighth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and gazetted on the ninth day of the same month, a poll was directed to be taken on Wednesday, the fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, within the area described in the Schedule to the said Order in Council, under the provisions of section thirteen of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, upon the proposal that the said area be constituted a borough, to be known as the Borough of Morrinsville:

And whereas the poll was not taken on the said fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, but was taken on the twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and it is expedient to validate the proceedings in connection therewith:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him in that behalf by section three hundred and sixty-eight of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the proceedings in connection with the poll taken on the said twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as if such poll had been taken on the fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, as provided by the said Order in Council; and doth further declare that the said proceedings shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with New Lynn Town Board’s Storm-water Drainage, Water-supply, &c., Loan of £29,775.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of February, 1921.

Present:

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

WHEREAS the New Lynn Town Board lately proposed to raise a loan of twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and seventy-five pounds, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), for storm-water drainage, water-supply, and other purposes set out in the notice published pursuant to section nine of the said Act:

And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said loan were irregular, in that the poll taken on the proposal was taken less than one week after the day of the last publication of the notice hereinbefore referred to:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the district have not been misled by such irregularity as aforesaid, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and eleven of the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the said poll had been taken within the period required by the said Act; and that the said proceedings shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Investment of the Balances of the Public Account in War Loan Certificates and Post Office Investment Certificates.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of March, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section thirty-eight of the Public Revenues Act, 1910, it is enacted that it shall be lawful to invest any of the balances of the Public Account or any part thereof in any securities which shall be declared by the Governor-General by Order in Council to be securities in which such money may be invested:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the authority conferred by the said section thirty-eight, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that War Loan Certificates issued under the provisions of the Finance Act, 1916, or any other Act, or Post Office Investment Certificates issued under the provisions of section seventeen of the Finance Act, 1920, shall be securities in which any of the said balances or any part thereof may be invested. Such securities may be purchased from the holders thereof at the following rates:—

(1.) War Loan Certificates issued under the provisions of the Finance Act, 1916, and subsequent Acts at four and a half per cent. compound interest may be purchased from the holders after the anniversary dates from the date of issue at the following rates for each one pound face value:—

Five-year Certificates—
After 1st anniversary date .. .. 16 3
,, 2nd ,, .. .. 16 9
,, 3rd ,, .. .. 17 3
,, 4th ,, .. .. 17 9

Ten-year Certificates—
After 1st anniversary date .. .. 13 2
,, 2nd ,, .. .. 13 6
,, 3rd ,, .. .. 13 10
,, 4th ,, .. .. 14 2
,, 5th ,, .. .. 14 6
,, 6th ,, .. .. 14 10
,, 7th ,, .. .. 15 3
,, 8th ,, .. .. 15 8
,, 9th ,, .. .. 16 1

(2.) Post Office Investment Certificates issued under the provisions of section seventeen of the Finance Act, 1920, at five and a half per cent. compound interest may be purchased from the holders after the anniversary dates from the date of issue at the following rates for each one pound face value:—

Five-year Certificates—
After 1st anniversary date .. .. 15 9
,, 2nd ,, .. .. 16 3
,, 3rd ,, .. .. 16 9
,, 4th ,, .. .. 17 3

Ten-year Certificates—
After 1st anniversary date .. .. 12 0
,, 2nd ,, .. .. 12 3
,, 3rd ,, .. .. 12 6
,, 4th ,, .. .. 13 0
,, 5th ,, .. .. 13 6
,, 6th ,, .. .. 14 0
,, 7th ,, .. .. 14 6
,, 8th ,, .. .. 15 0
,, 9th ,, .. .. 15 6

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