MAR. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 793

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 Woodville Borough Council in respect of the said loan of three thousand six hundred and sixty-four pounds two shillings and elevenpence shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Woodville Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of three thousand six hundred and sixty-four pounds two shillings and elevenpence accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Whangarei Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £1,000 authorized to be raised for Drainage Connections.

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 Whangarei Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of one thousand pounds for drainage connections:
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 Borough Council in respect of the said loan of one thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Whangarei Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of one thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Waitara Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £5,000 authorized to be raised for reorganizing and extending the Electric Light Plant and Reticulation.

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

And whereas the Waitara Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of five thousand pounds for reorganizing and extending the electric light plant and reticulation:
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 Waitara Borough Council in respect of the said loan of five thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Waitara Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of five thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Prohibiting all Alienation of certain Native Land other than Alienation in favour of the Crown.

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.
ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, 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 prohibit, for the period of one year from the date of this Order in Council, all alienation of the Native land specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienation in favour of the Crown.
SCHEDULE.
Name of Block. Approximate Area. Survey District.
Ngapuna.. 1,510 0 0 Pihanga.
Oraukura.. 4,720 0 0 Waimanu.
Waione .. 4,144 0 0 Maungaku, Waimanu, and Tongariro.
Ruamata.. 5,000 0 0 Maungaku and Waimanu.
Rangipo North lc 956 0 0 Ruapehu and Kaimanawa.
2c 4,012 0 0 Ditto.
2D 1,000 0 0 "
3c 1,763 0 0 "
4c 2,060 0 0 "
5c 3,981 0 0 "
6c 8,731 0 0 "
Tauranga-Taupo 1B 5,279 0 0 Tokaanu.
2B 10,669 0 0 Tokaanu and Wai-tahanui.
Tauhara South B 1 14,300 0 0 Tauhara and Wai-tahanui.
Pahikohuru.. 6,500 0 0 Waitahanui.
Opawa-Rangitoto.. 19,350 0 0 Tokaanu and Wai-tahanui.
Okahukura No. 1.. 416 0 0 Tongariro and Pihanga.
2 .. 2,150 0 0 "
3 .. 473 0 0 "
4 .. 2,048 0 0 "
5 .. 1,852 0 0 "
6 .. 2,002 0 0 "
8M 2 12,922 0 0 "
Kaimanawa 1E 2A 1,555 2 0 Waitahanui, Waitaka, and Taharua.
1E 2B 1,438 0 20 Ditto.
1E 2C 2,153 1 20 "
1E 2D 616 2 10 "
1E 2F 1,475 0 0 "

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