APRIL 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1019

23. CONTRACT BETWEEN LICENSEE AND CROWN.
    This license shall be deemed to constitute a contract as between the licensee and His Majesty the King, and may be enforced as a contract by and against His said Majesty or the licensee accordingly.

24. TIME FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF WORKS.
    The licensee shall substantially complete the works hereby authorized within a period of two years from the date of this license, or within such further time as the Minister may allow in the event of the work being delayed by strikes, lockouts, breakdowns, or other unavoidable causes not due to any neglect by the licensee.

25. DEFAULT.
    If the licensee fails or neglects to observe any of the conditions or obligations imposed by this license, then and in any such case the provisions of clauses 50 and 51 of the regulations shall apply to the breach of any such condition or obligation.

26. REQUIREMENTS OF WHAKATANE COUNTY COUNCIL.
    Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the licensee shall not be entitled to erect, maintain, or use any electric lines within the Whakatane County, except subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this license and the regulations relating thereto, or any variation of this license or the regulations, or new regulations which may take the place of these regulations, as may from time to time be agreed upon between the licensee and the Whakatane County Council.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prohibiting all Alienation of certain Native Land other than Alienation in favour of the Crown.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of March, 1921.

Present :
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING 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 of the said Dominion, doth hereby prohibit, for the period of one year from the date of this Order in Council, all alienation of the Native land specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienation in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

WHABEKAHIKA 18M (pt.) Block, Matakaoa Survey District: Approximate area, 33 acres 0 roods 14 perches.

F. D THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prohibiting the Importation of certain Egg Pulp, and White or Yolk of Eggs.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of April, 1921.

Present :
THE HONOURABLE SIR F. H. D. BELL, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section forty-six of the Customs Act, 1913, and section two of the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Amendment Act, 1915, 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 prohibit the importation into New Zealand of egg pulp and white or yolk of eggs, whether desiccated, liquid, frozen, or other, also any similar preparation of eggs, save with the consent of the Minister of Customs given on the recommendation of the Board of Trade.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prohibiting the Importation of Gas-cookers.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 27th day of April, 1921.

Present :
THE HONOURABLE SIR F. H. D. BELL, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section forty-six of the Customs Act, 1913, and section two of the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Amendment Act, 1915, 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 prohibit the importation into New Zealand of gas-cookers, save with the consent of the Minister of Customs given on the recommendation of the Board of Trade.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest to be paid by the Taihape Borough Council in respect of the Loans of £9,200 and £4,300 proposed to be raised for various Municipal Works.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of April, 1921.

Present :
THE HONOURABLE SIR F. H. D. BELL, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS section eleven of the Finance 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, at a specified rate of interest, or for a specified term exceeding ten years, 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 Taihape Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of nine thousand two hundred pounds and four thousand three hundred pounds at five and a quarter per centum, 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 money may be borrowed be increased to five and a half per centum :
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 Taihape Borough Council in respect of the loans of nine thousand two hundred pounds and four thousand three hundred pounds shall be five and a half per centum, and the said Taihape Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of nine thousand two hundred pounds and four thousand three hundred pounds at the rate of interest prescribed.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest to be paid by the Christchurch Tramway Board in respect of a Loan of £15,850 for the Purpose of renewing and relaying Tram Tracks.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of April, 1921.

Present :
THE HONOURABLE SIR F. H. D. BELL, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS section eleven of the Finance 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