and by section one hundred and eleven of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913 (as amended by section eight of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1916), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby extend for a further period of two years the Order in Council dated the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and gazetted the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, prohibiting all alienation of the Native land specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienation in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

HAPUAkOHE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Block.

Hoeotainui North 5B 2 ...

6A 2A...

6B 2J Section 2

Approximate Area.

A. R. P.

271 0 0

283 3 0

478 1 17

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council

Licensing Authorities appointed under the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Amendment Act, 1920.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of May, 1922.

Present:

HiS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section nine of the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Amendment Act, 1920, and of all other powers enabling him in that 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 appoint the several local authorities specified in the Schedule hereto to be licensing authorities for the purposes of the said Act within their respective districts.

SCHEDULE.

LOCAL AUTHORITIES APPOINTED TO BE LICENSING AUTHORITIES UNDER THE EXPLOSIVE AND DANGEROUS GOODS AMENDMENT ACT, 1920.

GERALDINE Borough Council.

Huntly Town Board.

Hampden Borough Council.

Te Puke Town Board.

Te Awamutu Borough Council.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Making Regulations as to the Taking of Salmon.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of May, 1922.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

In pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by sections eighty-three and ninety-four of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Dominion of New Zealand, His Excellency the Governor-General doth hereby make the following additional regulations for the purposes of the said Act.

REGULATIONS.

1. It shall be lawful for any officer of the Marine Department, or any person acting by or under the direction of such officer, to take for experimental purposes, or for sale to the public, salmon from the sea or from the waters of any rivers or streams, including the mouths or entrances of such rivers or streams.

2. The proceeds of all such sales shall be paid into the Public Account and form part of the Consolidated Fund.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the South Canterbury Acclimatization District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of May, 1922.

Present:

HiS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, 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 order and declare that opossums of the species Trichosurus vulpecula or of the subspecies Trichosurus fuliginosus may be taken or killed within the South Canterbury Acclimatization District described in the Schedule hereto, except in any sanctuary or public domain, from the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, both days inclusive, subject to the general regulations made by Order in Council dated the eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.

And I do further notify that licenses to take or kill opossums within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of two pounds ten shillings each; and the Postmasters at Geraldine, Timaru, and Temuka are hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTH CANTERBURY ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

All that area comprising the counties of Geraldine and Levels, and that portion of the County of Mackenzie lying to the east of a line commencing at Mount Cook and proceeding by a right line over the Ball Hut to the Tasman Glacier, thence along the western boundary of the Tasman Glacier to the Tasman River, thence by a line along the middle of that river, and the middle of Lake Pukaki, and the middle of Pukaki River to the Waitaki River, together with the boroughs of Geraldine, Timaru, and Temuka.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board in respect of a Loan of £80,000 authorized to be raised for Drainage and Sewerage Works.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of May, 1922.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING 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 Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board is authorized, under the Dunedin District Drainage and Sewerage Act, 1921–22, to borrow the sum of eighty thousand pounds for drainage and sewerage works at five and a half per centum, 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 eighty thousand pounds may be borrowed be increased to not exceeding six 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