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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 New Plymouth Borough Council is
authorized to borrow the sum of nine thousand pounds for
additions to the electric light and power works, and is now
desirous of borrowing the money at an increased rate of
interest:

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 loan of
nine thousand 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 New Plymouth Borough Council in respect of
the said loan of nine thousand pounds shall be a rate not
exceeding six and a half per centum, and the said New
Plymouth Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow
the said sum of nine thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the St.
Kilda Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £14,000
authorized to be raised for Renewal Purposes.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of
February, 1922.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS section eleven of the Finance Act, 1921, as
amended by section six of the Local Bodies' Loans
Amendment 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, whether the rate of interest or the term
of years of the loan was or was not specified or determined,
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 St. Kilda Borough Council has been
authorized to borrow the sum of fourteen thousand pounds
for renewal purposes, and is now desirous of borrowing the
money at an increased rate of interest:

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 fourteen
thousand 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 St. Kilda Borough Council in respect of the said
loan of fourteen thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding
six and a half per centum, and the said St. Kilda Borough
Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of
fourteen thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the New
Plymouth Borough Council in respect of £50,300, being the
Balance of a Loan of £72,000 authorized to be raised for
providing Additions and Extensions to the Electric Lighting
and Power Works.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of
February, 1922.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS section eleven of the Finance Act, 1921, as
amended by section six of the Local Bodies' Loans
Amendment 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, whether the rate of interest or the term
of years of the loan was or was not specified or determined,
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 New Plymouth Borough Council has been
authorized to borrow the sum of seventy-two thousand pounds
for providing additions and extensions to the electric lighting
and power works at a rate not exceeding six per centum per
annum, and is now desirous of borrowing fifty thousand three
hundred pounds, being the balance of the seventy-two thousand
pounds, at an increased rate of interest:

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 fifty
thousand three hundred 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 New Plymouth Borough Council
in respect of the said fifty thousand three hundred pounds
shall be a rate not exceeding six and a half per centum, and
the said New Plymouth Borough Council is hereby authorized
to borrow the said sum of fifty thousand three hundred
pounds accordingly.

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

Regulations under the Stock Act, 1908, for the Prevention of
the Spread of Ticks (Ixodidae) among Cattle. — Notice
No. 2142.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of
February, 1922.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred on him by the Stock Act, 1908 (hereinafter
termed “the said Act”), 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 the Order in Council made
under the Stock Act, 1908, on the twenty-ninth day of
September, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and
published in the Gazette of the second day of October, one
thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and the regulations
thereby made, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the
following regulations for the purpose of the eradication and
prevention of the spread of the disease known as the infesta-
tion of stock by ticks of the family Ixodidae; and doth hereby
declare that the said regulations shall come into force on the
date of the publication thereof in the Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations, unless inconsistent with the context,—
   “Cattle-tick” means any parasite of the family Ixodidae;
   and does not include the parasite known as the
   sheep-tick (Melophagus ovinus):
   “Stock” means and includes horses, cattle, and dogs:
   “Clean country” means all that part of the Dominion
   of New Zealand outside the areas described in
   Schedules hereto.

2. The areas described in the Sixth and Seventh Schedules
   hereto are hereby declared to be infested areas. The area
   in the Sixth Schedule is hereinafter referred to as “Area A,”
   and the area in the Seventh Schedule as “Area B.”

3. If the boundary-line between Areas A and B passes
   through any property owned by one person, the whole of
   such property shall, for the purpose of these regulations, be
   deemed to be in Area A; and, similarly, if the boundary-line
   between Area B and clean country passes through any pro-
   perty owned by one person, the whole of such property shall,
   for the purpose of these regulations, be deemed to be in Area B.

4. The removal of stock from land on which cattle-tick is
   known to exist is hereby prohibited, unless such removal takes
   place in accordance with the conditions hereinafter prescribed.

5. Every person who, by himself, his agent or servant,
   drives, without permission of the Inspector, any stock affected
   with cattle-tick across or upon any other land, or drives,
   depastures, or suffers any such stock to stray upon or along