FEB. 8.]

said Dominion, do hereby order and declare that the reserve
for recreation in the Auckland Land District described in the
Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought
under the operation of and declared to be subject to the
provisions of Part II of the said Act; and such reserve
shall hereafter form part of the Matamata Domain, and be
managed, administered, and dealt with as a public domain
by the Matamata Domain Board.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Block XXII, Matamata Township: Area, 1 acre 2 roods
36 perches, more or less.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the
Whangarei Hospital Board in respect of a Loan of £10,000
authorized to be raised for erecting a Nurses Home.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of
February, 1923.
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 Whangarei Hospital Board has been authorized to borrow the sum of ten thousand pounds for erecting a nurses home:

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 not exceeding six per centum per annum:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him as aforesaid, and 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 Hospital Board in respect of the said loan of ten thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Whangarei Hospital Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of ten thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Taranaki County Council in respect of a Loan of £7,630 authorized to be raised for repaying its Antecedent Liability.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of February, 1923.
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 Taranaki County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of seven thousand six hundred and thirty pounds for repaying its antecedent liability:

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 not exceeding six per centum per annum:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him as aforesaid, and 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 Taranaki County Council in respect of the said loan of seven thousand six hundred and thirty pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Taranaki County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of seven thousand six hundred and thirty pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Mangonui County Council in respect of a Loan of £4,500 authorized to be raised for the Erection of County Offices, Sheds, and Accommodation at Kaitaia for the Roadmaking Plant.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of February, 1923.
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 Mangonui County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of four thousand five hundred pounds for the erection of county offices, sheds, and accommodation at Kaitaia for the roadmaking plant:

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 not exceeding six per centum per annum:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him as aforesaid, and 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 Mangonui County Council in respect of the said loan of four thousand five hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Mangonui County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of four thousand five hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Waitemata County Council in respect of £8,500, being the Balance of a Loan of £18,500 authorized to be raised for Road Construction in Takapuna Riding.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of February, 1923.
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