Oct. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2559

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 Whangarei Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds for improving Kensington Park, and is now desirous of borrowing an additional one hundred and fifty pounds under the authority of section eighteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913:

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 not exceeding six and a half per centum per annum:

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 Whangarei Borough Council in respect of the loan of one hundred and fifty pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six and a half per centum per annum, and the said Whangarei Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of one hundred and fifty pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the West Harbour Borough Council in respect of Loans of £4,680 and £9,450 authorized to be raised for Renewal Purposes.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 25th day of October, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 West Harbour Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sums of four thousand six hundred and eighty pounds and nine thousand four hundred and fifty pounds at five and a half per centum for renewal purposes, 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 loans of four thousand six hundred and eighty pounds and nine thousand four hundred and fifty pounds may be borrowed be increased to not exceeding six and a half per centum per annum:

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 West Harbour Borough Council in respect of the said loans of four thousand six hundred and eighty pounds and nine thousand four hundred and fifty pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six and a half per centum per annum, and the said West Harbour Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sums of four thousand six hundred and eighty pounds and nine thousand four hundred and fifty pounds accordingly.

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

Validating the Proceedings in connection with the Raising of a Loan of £6,000 by the Hutt County Council for Water-supply at Paekakariki.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 25th day of October, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Hutt County Council proposes to raise a loan of six thousand pounds, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of constructing waterworks for the supply of water at Paekakariki:

And whereas the voting-paper used at the poll of ratepayers upon the said proposal was in the form numbered six in the Second Schedule to the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, instead of the form numbered one in the First Schedule to the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913:

And whereas the poll of ratepayers was not taken not less than one week after the day of the last publication of the notice of intention to raise the loan, as required by subsection two of section ten of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the said irregularities or defects, 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 Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the voting-paper used at the poll of the ratepayers upon the said proposal had been in the proper form and the poll of ratepayers had been taken at the proper time, and that the proceedings shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularities or defects aforesaid.

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

Amendments in Regulations under the Education Act, 1914, relating to Secondary Schools.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 25th day of October, 1921

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Education Act, 1914, and the amendments of that Act, and of all other powers and authorities 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 amendments set out below in the regulations made by Order in Council dated the eighth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and amended subsequently, relating to secondary schools (hereinafter referred to as “the said regulations”); and doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.