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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

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 Rangiora Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of two thousand pounds for the purchase of meters and carrying out extensions to the gasworks, and the purchase of meters and carrying out extensions to the electric works, 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 two thousand pounds may be borrowed be increased to not exceeding six 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 Rangiora Borough Council in respect of the said two thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum, and the said Rangiora Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of two thousand pounds accordingly.

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 28th day of July, 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 accordingly as a consent of the Governor-General in Council to the raising of the loans hereby authorized.

SCHEDULE.

Lower Hutt Borough Council (for gasworks) .. 64,000
West Harbour Borough Council (for renewal of loans) 14,130
Cambridge Electric-power Board (for the construction of electric works) .. .. .. 10,000
Whangarei Borough Council (for erecting workers’ dwellings) .. .. .. 5,000
Woodville County Council (for building a bridge over Manga-atua Stream) .. .. 600
Martinborough Town Board (for extending electrical system) .. .. .. 300

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

Special Regulations for Deer-shooting, Wellington.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations prescribing the conditions under which certain red-deer may be destroyed in the Wellington Acclimatization District.

REGULATIONS.

1. NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the regulations made under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, the secretary of the Wellington Acclimatization Society at Wellington, or any person or persons duly authorized in writing by such secretary, may, during the period hereinafter mentioned, kill red-deer of either sex and of any age which in the opinion of the said secretary or of the said authorized persons should be destroyed either by reason of age, deformity, or any other reason.

2. Such deer may be destroyed as aforesaid during a period of three months from the date hereof.

3. A return shall be furnished to the Minister of Internal Affairs by the said secretary within one calendar month after the expiry of the aforesaid period, and such return shall state the number and sexes of all red-deer so destroyed as aforesaid, the dates, and name of the person by whom and the locality in which the deer were destroyed.

4. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing any person to sell any deer or any portion thereof.

5. Any person who commits a breach of any of the provisions of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 5th day of August, 1921.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notifying Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction for Cash or on Deferred Payments.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and twenty-six of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Thursday, the twenty-second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, as the time at which the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction for cash or on deferred payments; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waikato County.—Whangamarino Parish.

Section 320: Area, 27 acres 1 rood 17 perches; capital value, £110.

Section 321: Area, 27 acres 1 rood 10 perches; capital value, £70.

Situated about four miles and a half from Takauwhata Township and railway-station by formed road, except portion fronting Section 320. Easy undulating land in fern and tea-tree. Soil a good quality loam, on clay subsoil. Section 320 is well watered by Waikiekie Stream. Section 321 has no permanent water-supply.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Rotorua County.—Rotoiti Survey District.

Section 1, Block X: Area, 15 acres 3 roods 28 perches; capital value, £50.

Section 2, Block X: Area, 11 acres 1 rood 25 perches; capital value, £35.

Situated on the eastern shore of Lake Rotorua, about eight miles from Rotorua, fronting on Rotorua-Paengaroa Road, along which motor service passes daily. Distant also about half a mile from Te Ngae School. Flat to undulating country, all ploughable, covered with fern and tutu. Soil of fair quality, on pumice formation. Altitude, 915 ft. to 940 ft. above sea-level.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waitomo County.—Town of Otorohanga.

Lot 1 of Section 8, Block XII: Area, 17·96 perches; capital value, £35.

Lot 2 of Section 8, Block XII: Area, 1 rood 18·58 perches; capital value, £115.

Level land in grass, fronting Turongo Street, and situated about a quarter of a mile from Otorohanga Post-office.

Waitomo County.—Otanake Survey District.

Section 10, Block X: Area 14 acres 0 roods 17 perches; capital value, £140.

Situated at the junction of the Te Kuiti–Piopio and Te Mapara Roads, about thirteen miles from Te Kuiti by formed road. Level open land. Soil of medium quality, well watered.

Waitomo County.—Town of Kiokio.

Sections 7 and 18: Area, 2 roods each; capital value, £30 each.