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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

Order in Council authorizing the Picton Borough Council to occupy Part of the Foreshore and Tidal Land at Picton as a Site for a Footbridge, Boat-shed, and Boat-slip.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of March, 1923.

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

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the fourteenth day of the same month, the Picton Borough Council (hereinafter called “the Council”) was, under the provisions of the Harbours Act, 1878 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), authorized to construct a footbridge over the head of Picton Harbour from Perano’s site to the Domain, and to construct a boat-shed and slip in front of Section 199, Picton, for the use and benefit of the public, in accordance with plans marked M.D. 2927 and M.D. 3023 deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, and to use and occupy such part of the foreshore, tidal land, and tidal water necessary therefor, for a period of fourteen years computed from the date of the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council:

And whereas, such period having expired, the Council has made application to have the authority extended for a further period of fourteen years, and it is desirable so to do:

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 by the Harbours Act, 1908, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorize the Council to use and occupy such part of the foreshore, tidal land, and tidal water necessary for the maintenance of the hereinbefore-mentioned structures, subject to the following terms and conditions, that is to say,—

1. The footbridge shall be for the use and benefit of the public.

2. The Council may make such charge for the use of the bridge as may be approved by the Minister of Marine.

3. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall continue in force for fourteen years, computed from the sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty.

4. The Council shall be liable for any injury which any person may sustain through the construction of the footbridge.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Te Awamutu Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £3,500 authorized to be raised for partly extinguishing its Antecedent Liability.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of March, 1923.

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 Te Awamutu Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of three thousand five hundred pounds for partly extinguishing 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 Te Awamutu Borough Council in respect of the said loan of three thousand five hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Te Awamutu Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of three thousand five hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Term for which the Blenheim Borough Council may borrow £5,000 for Gasworks.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of March, 1923.

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 Blenheim Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of five thousand pounds for gasworks for a term of thirty-six and a half years:

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 term for which the money may be borrowed be reduced to twenty years:

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 term for which the Blenheim Borough Council may borrow the said loan of five thousand pounds shall be twenty years, and the said Blenheim Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of five thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Term for which the Blenheim Borough Council may borrow the sum of £1,000 for erecting a Footbridge over the Omaka River.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of March, 1923.

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 Blenheim Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of one thousand pounds for