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duly empowered to raise such a loan, and has taken all the
necessary 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 of seven hundred and fifty
thousand pounds (being a portion of the said loan of one
million five hundred thousand pounds), subject to the pro-
visions of Part IV of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913,
and the amendments thereof.

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

State Guarantee of a Loan of £3,000 applied for by the
Palmerston North Hospital Board for the Purpose of
completing the Hospital Buildings.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of
April, 1922.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Palmerston North Hospital Board has
made application to the Minister of Finance pursuant
to section seventy-five of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913,
for a State guarantee of a loan of three thousand pounds,
authorized to be raised under section ten of the Hospitals
and Charitable Institutions Amendment Act, 1920 (No. 2),
for the purpose of completing the hospital buildings :

And whereas the Minister of Finance is satisfied that suffi-
cient provisions have been made to meet the interest, sinking
fund, and other charges payable in respect of the said loan,
and the said Palmerston North Hospital Board is duly em-
powered to raise such a loan, and has taken all the necessary
steps to obtain the same as required by section seventy-nine
of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and section ten of the
Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Amendment Act, 1920
(No. 2) :

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
amendments and modifications thereof.

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

Validating the Proceedings in Connection with a Loan of £1,000
proposed to be raised by the Manurewa Town Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of
April, 1922.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Manurewa Town Board, acting under
and in pursuance of paragraph (e) of section sixteen
of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, proposes to raise a loan
of one thousand pounds for constructing a road :

And whereas the ratepayers’ consent given under para-
graph (e) of section sixteen aforesaid is irregular, in that a
subscribing ratepayer has attested the signatures of the other
subscribers thereto :

And whereas public notice of the special order was given
once only instead of once in each week intervening between
the two meetings as required by section thirty-one of the
Town Boards Act, 1908 :

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not
been misled by the said irregularities or defects, and it is ex-
pedient 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 Execu-
tive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and de-
clare that the ratepayers’ consent to the raising of the said
loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the
same had been properly witnessed, and as though public
notification of the special order had been correctly given,
and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with
the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only
of the irregularities or defects aforesaid.

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

Vesting the Management of Wharf at Whananaki, Whangarei
County, in the Whangarei Harbour Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of
April, 1922.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section eleven of the Harbours Act, 1908
(hereinafter called “ the said Act ”), it is enacted that
the Governor-General in Council may vest the management of
any wharf the property of His Majesty the King in any local
authority upon such terms and conditions as the Governor-
General in Council thinks fit :

And whereas it is thought desirable to vest in the Whangarei
Harbour Board (hereinafter called “ the Board ”), the man-
agement of the wharf at Whananaki, Whananaki Inlet,
Whangarei County, on the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth :

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 power and authority
vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers and
authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby vest
the management of the wharf at Whananaki, Whananaki
Inlet, Whangarei County, as shown on plan marked M.D.
5396, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department
at Wellington, in the Board, subject to the conditions set
forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

CONDITIONS OF MANAGEMENT.

1. ALL His Majesty’s subjects shall at all reasonable times,
   and on payment of the proper dues, have free and full liberty
   to use the above-mentioned wharf, and rights of ingress and
   ingress thereto and therefrom.

2. His Majesty or the Governor-General, and all officers in
   the Government service acting in the execution of their duty,
   shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress into,
   over, and out of the said wharf without payment.

3. The Board shall maintain and keep the above-mentioned
   wharf, and all erections on or in connection therewith, in
   good order and repair ; and shall at all times exhibit therefrom
   and maintain at its own cost suitable and necessary lights
   for the guidance of vessels ; provided that no lights shall be
   exhibited until after it has been approved by the Minister for
   the time being having charge of the Marine Department
   (hereinafter called “ the Minister ”).

4. Any person authorized by the Minister may at all reason-
   able times enter upon the said wharf and erections on or in
   connection therewith, and view the state of repair thereof ;
   and upon such Minister leaving at or posting to the last known
   address of the Board a notice in writing of any defect or want
   of repair in such wharf or erections, requiring it within a
   reasonable time, to be therein prescribed, to repair the same,
   it shall with all convenient speed cause such defect to be
   removed or such repairs to be made.

5. The Board shall not erect, or suffer to be erected, on the
   said wharf any buildings or structures whatsoever, except
   with the consent of the said Minister.

6. The Board shall appoint all officers necessary for the
   working and management of the wharf.

7. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the Board to
   do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or inconsistent
   with any law relating to the Customs, or any regulation of
   the Minister of Customs, or any provisions of the Harbours
   Act, 1908, or its amendments, or any regulations made there-
   under, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.

8. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under
   this Order in Council may be at any time resumed by the
   Governor-General without payment of any compensation
   whatever, on giving to the Board six calendar months’ notice
   in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the
   Governor-General or the said Minister, or by any person