Waimairi County Council (for the electrical reticulation of the Northcote Settlement)
£
500
Waikohu County Council (for forming the Taumata Road
400
Riccarton Borough Council (for providing work for unemployed returned soldiers)
200
Ohura County Council (for completing metalling Mangakara Road)
125
Inglewood County Council (for completing, forming, and metalling Motukawa Road)
100
Inglewood County Council (for completing metalling Richmond Road)
100
Inglewood County Council (for completing metalling and grading Ratapiko Road)
90
Waimarino County Council (for rebuilding County Offices)
300
Whakatane County Council (for erecting seven cattle-tick dips and purchasing necessary land in Rangitaiki Plains)
3,000
Whakatane County Council (for erecting two cattle-tick dips and purchasing land in Matata)
900
C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 19th day of December, 1922.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS application has been made, under section twenty, subsection one, of the Finance Act, 1919, for the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council to enable the several local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto to borrow the sums set out therein, and it is expedient that such consent should issue:
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 consent to the raising of the loans hereinafter mentioned by the several local authorities set out in the Schedule hereto, and it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the Finance Act, 1919, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor-General in Council to the raising of the said loans.
SCHEDULE.
Gisborne Harbour Board (for harbour-works)
1,000,000
Auckland City Council (as a consolidated loan)
500,000
Piako County Council (for metalling certain roads in the North Walton Road Special Rating Area)
6,000
Stratford Hospital Board (for capital expenditure)
5,500
Egmont County Council (for widening and metalling Ihaia Road)
5,000
Mount Roskill Road Board (for water-reticulation)
4,000
Manurewa Town Board (for the formation and metalling of roads and the formation and surfacing of footpaths)
2,560
Te Aroha Borough Council (for waterworks extension)
1,100
C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Assignment by the Waiuku Town Board of its Rights, Powers, and Privileges under the Orders in Council dated the 30th January, 1918, and the 17th November, 1922, to the Franklin Electric Supply and Trading Company (Limited).
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 19th day of December, 1922.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and clause fifty of the regulations relating to electric lines published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and of all other powers in anyway 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 consent to the delegation and assignment to the Franklin Electric Supply and Trading Company (Limited), a company duly incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1908, by the Waiuku Town Board of its rights, powers, and privileges under the Orders in Council dated the thirtieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and the seventeenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, as set forth in the deed of delegation dated the twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, between the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Franklin, the Waiuku Town Board, McEwen, Hutton, and Company (Limited), and the Franklin Electric Supply and Trading Company (Limited).
C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Assignment by the Franklin County Council of its Rights, Powers, and Privileges under the Orders in Council dated the 24th January, 1922, and the 17th November, 1922, to the Franklin Electric Supply and Trading Company (Limited).
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 19th day of December, 1922.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and clause fourteen of the regulations relating to electric lines published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 73, of the twelfth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and of all other powers in anyway 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 consent to the delegation and assignment to the Franklin Electric Supply and Trading Company (Limited), a company duly incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1908, by the Franklin County Council of its rights, powers, and privileges under the Orders in Council dated the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and the seventeenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, as set forth in the deed of delegation dated the twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, between the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Franklin, the Waiuku Town Board, McEwen, Hutton, and Company (Limited), and the Franklin Electric Supply and Trading Company (Limited).
C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Assignment and Surrender to the Waiuku Town Board by McEwen, Hutton, and Company (Limited) of its Rights, Powers, and Privileges under the Order in Council dated the 30th January, 1918.
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 19th day of December, 1922.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and clause fifty of the regulations relating to electric lines published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and of all other powers in anyway 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 consent to the assignment and surrender to the Waiuku Town Board by McEwen, Hutton, and Company (Limited) of its rights, powers, and privileges under the Order in Council dated the thirtieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, as set forth in the deed of delegation dated the twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, between the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Franklin, the Waiuku Town Board, McEwen, Hutton, and Company (Limited), and the Franklin Electric Supply and Trading Company (Limited).
C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.