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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the provisions con-
tained in the policy of industrial insurance issued by the
Australasian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assur-
ance Society bearing date this thirtieth day of May, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and signed by the
Clerk to the Executive Council.

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

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 30th day
of May, 1921.

Present :

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

WHEREAS application has been made under section
twenty, subsection one, of the Finance Act, 1919,
for the precedent 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 it
is expedient that such consent 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-half
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 accord-
ingly as a consent of the Governor-General in Council to the
raising of the loans hereby authorized.

SCHEDULE.

Invercargill Borough Council (for renewal of loans) £ 16,100
Waimate Borough Council (for completing sanitary
works) .. .. .. .. .. 2,700
Otane Town Board (for erecting worker's dwellings) 5,000
Rodney County Council (for metalling part of
Warkworth–Leigh Road) .. .. .. 4,500
Rodney County Council (for metalling Te Hana–
Tomarata Road) .. .. .. .. 1,100
Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board (for re-
pairing extraordinary damage to headworks by
flood) .. .. .. .. .. 500
Inglewood County Council (for completing, forming,
and metalling of Everett's Road, and building an
arch over Kurapete Stream) .. .. .. 230

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

State Guarantee of a Loan of £500,000 applied for by the
Auckland City Council for the Purpose of Electric-power
Extension.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 6th day of
June, 1921.

Present :

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

WHEREAS the Auckland City Council has made appli-
cation to the Minister of Finance for a State guarantee
of a loan of five hundred thousand pounds for the purpose of
the extension and equipment of the existing electric-power
station and plant, and the provision of substations, ma-
chinery, plant, and apparatus for improving and extending
the supply of electricity in the City of Auckland, pursuant to
section seventy-five of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913 :

And whereas the Minister of Finance is satisfied that a
special rate has been made sufficient to pay the interest,
sinking fund, and other charges payable in respect of the
said loan, and that the said Auckland City Council is duly
empowered to raise such a loan and has taken all the neces-
sary steps to obtain the same as required by section seventy-
nine of the said Act :

And whereas it appears expedient to grant the said applica-
tion :

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 pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in him by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, doth
hereby guarantee the said loan subject to the provisions of
Part IV of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and the amend-
ments thereof.

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

Regulations Prescribing the Procedure of the War Pensions
Medical Appeal Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 6th day
of June, 1921.

Present :

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority con-
ferred on him by section two of the Finance Act, 1920,
and of every other power and authority 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
make the following regulations prescribing the procedure of
the War Pensions Medical Appeal Board (hereinafter referred
to as the Appeal Board).

REGULATIONS.

1. ANY applicant for war pension (hereinafter called “the
   appellant”) who is dissatisfied with the decision of the War
   Pensions Board in regard to—
   (a.) The assessment by way of pension of any war disability ;
   or
   (b.) The attributability to or aggravation by his war ser-
   vice of any disability; or
   (c.) The attributability to war service, either directly or
   indirectly, of any death,
   as set out in subsection (2) of section 2 of the Finance Act,
   1920, is entitled to lodge an appeal setting forth the grounds
   of his dissatisfaction.

2. The appeal shall be lodged within two months after the
   date on which the decision of the War Pensions Board has
   been notified to the appellant, provided that the limit of
   time fixed by this regulation shall not apply in any case
   where the Appeal Board is satisfied that for any sufficient
   reason the appeal has not been lodged within the prescribed
   time.

3. The appeal, which must be in writing on the authorized
   form, shall be lodged with the local Registrar of Pensions or
   may be sent direct to the Commissioner of Pensions at Wel-
   ington, and may be accompanied by any medical or other
   evidence which the appellant may desire to furnish. Proper
   forms are to be obtained from local Registrars of Pensions or
   the Commissioner of Pensions, Wellington.

4. All appeals lodged shall on receipt thereof be recorded
   by the Commissioner of Pensions, who will in due course
   arrange for their submission to the Appeal Board, together
   with all previous medical reports and other relevant docu-
   ments, including the medical history of the member of the
   Forces during his period of military service.

5. The Appeal Board shall fix a time and place for the
   hearing of the appeal, at which the appellant shall attend in
   person if so requested by the Board: Provided that nothing
   in this regulation shall preclude an appellant appearing before
   the Board in person should he desire to do so.

6. If an appellant fails to appear before the Appeal Board
   when notified and does not give a satisfactory explanation of
   his non-appearance within one month of the date set down
   for the hearing of the appeal, the appeal shall lapse, and no
   further appeal shall be allowed within the currency of his
   pension then in force.

7. If an appellant dies between the lodging of his appeal
   and the submission of the case to the Appeal Board, the
   appeal shall nevertheless be determined to enable the neces-
   sary adjustment to be made by the War Pensions Board in
   regard to the pension payable to any dependent. In such
   an event the legal representative of the deceased appellant
   may appear in person before the Board in support of his
   claim.

8. At least fourteen days' notice shall be given to an appel-
   lant of the date fixed for the hearing of his appeal.

9. The decision of the Appeal Board, together with all
   papers in connection with the appeal, shall be forwarded to
   the Commissioner of Pensions.

10. The decision of the Appeal Board shall be binding
    during the currency of the pension in force at the date of the
    appeal, or for such other period as the Appeal Board shall
    determine.