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union, division, or other alteration of any constituent or
combined district shall not in itself have any operation so as
to affect the then existing membership of the Board, and that
the Governor-General may from time to time by Order in
Council, whenever in his opinion it becomes necessary to do
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 Order in Council dated the second day of
April, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and pub-
lished in the New Zealand Gazette No. 65, of the twelfth day
of the same month, provision was made, inter alia, with
respect to the representation of the City of Auckland, and the
boroughs of Mount Eden and Mount Albert, and the road
districts of Mount Roskill, Avondal·, and Point Chevalier on
the Auckland Harbour Board :

And whereas the Point Chevalier Road District and the
City of Auckland have become one united borough by the
name of the City of Auckland, and it is necessary to make
provision for the representation of the districts hereinbefore
mentioned on the Auckland 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 three members of the Auckland Harbour
Board shall be elected by the electors of the City of Auckland
as now constituted, and one member by the electors of the
combined district of the boroughs of Mount Eden and Mount
Albert and of the road districts of Mount Roskill and Avon-
dale, in lieu of three members by the electors of the City of
Auckland as previously constituted and one member by the
electors of the combined district of the boroughs of Mount
Eden and Mount Albert and of the road districts of Mount
Roskill, Avondale, and Point Chevalier ; and His Excellency
doth hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority conferred upon him by section seven of the said
Act, select and appoint the Mount Eden Borough Council to
be the principal authority for the purposes of the election of
one member as aforesaid by the electors of the said combined
districts.

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

Approving the Dunedin City Council to receive Trust Moneys
under Section 46 of the Finance Act, 1920.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to approve the Dunedin
City Council as an institution for the purpose of
section forty-six of the Finance Act, 1920 :

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
section forty-six, and acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth
hereby approve the said Dunedin City Council as an in-
stitution with which it shall be lawful for a trustee, unless
expressly forbidden by the instrument (if any) creating the
trust, to invest any trust funds in his hands on deposit at
interest for any period not exceeding twelve months.

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

Declaring a Native to be a European.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section seventeen of the Native Land
Amendment Act, 1912, it is enacted that the Governor-
General may by Order in Council, on the recommendation
of the Native Land Court, declare any Native to be a
European :

And whereas Hone Karaka, al.as John Clarke, of Pukekawa,
being a Native within the meaning of the Native Land Act,
1909, applied in the prescribed form for a recommendation of
the Court that he might be declared a European : And whereas
the said Court, having duly inquired into the said application,
has recommended that an Order in Council be issued declaring
the said Hone Karaka, al.as John Clarke, to be a European :
And whereas it is expedient that such declaration should be
made :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise
of the powers and authority conferred on him by section
seventeen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1912, and
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare the said
Hone Karaka, al.as John Clarke, to be a European.

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

Extending Prohibition of Alienation of certain Native Land
other than Alienation in favour of the Crown.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase
Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-
three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the
power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, His
Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New
Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council thereof, doth hereby extend for a further
period of six months the Order in Council dated the twelfth
day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and
gazetted the fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hun-
dred and twenty, but only in so far as it affects the Native
land specified in the Schedule hereto, prohibiting all aliena-
tion other than alienation in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

PUKETI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Block. Approximate Area.
A. R. P.
WAIHI-KAHAKAHAROA 4 .. .. .. 719 0 0
" 5 .. .. .. 719 0 0
" 6A.. .. .. 264 0 0
" 6B.. .. .. 455 0 0
" 7 .. .. .. 719 0 0
" 8A.. .. .. 299 0 0
" 8B.. .. .. 420 0 0

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

Government Life Insurance Regulation.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
conferred by the Government Life Insurance 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
revoke Rule No. 31 of the regulations made on the nineteenth
day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight,
prescribing the rates of interest to be charged for loans on
policies, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following
regulation.

REGULATION.

RATES OF INTEREST.

31. THE interest chargeable in respect of any such loan shall
    be in accordance with the following scale, and shall be payable
    half-yearly at any office where the business of the Department
    is conducted :—

Amount of loan and interest thereon unpaid,—
Where the loan and interest (if any) unpaid, or the balance
thereof, is under £100 : 7 per cent. interest.
Where the loan and interest (if any) unpaid, or the balance
thereof, is £100 or over : 6 per cent. interest.

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