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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 Hamilton Borough Council in respect of the said loan of ten thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding five and three-quarters per centum per annum, and the said Hamilton Borough Council 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 Piako County Council in respect of a Loan of £8,000 authorized to be raised for metalling Roads in the Elstow Special Rating Area.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of April, 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 Piako County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of eight thousand pounds for metalling roads in the Elstow Special Rating Area :
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 five and three-quarters 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 Piako County Council in respect of the said loan of eight thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding five and three-quarters per centum per annum, and the said Piako County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of eight thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Rangitikei County Council in respect of a Loan of £7,200 authorized to be raised for repaying its Antecedent Liability.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of April, 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 Rangitikei County Council is authorized to borrow the sum of seven thousand two hundred 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 Rangitikei County Council in respect of the said loan of seven thousand two hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Rangitikei County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of seven thousand two hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Regulations under the Health Act, 1920, for the Registration of Eating-houses by Local Authorities.—(H. 82.)

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of April, 1923.
Present :
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section one hundred and thirty-two of the Health 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 make the following regulations with respect to the registration of eating-houses by local authorities.

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations—
   “Eating-house” means any premises in which food is prepared and sold to the public to be eaten on the premises, and includes any private hotel, restaurant, or tea-rooms, and the appurtenances thereto :
   “Minister” means the Minister of Health.

2. (1.) Nothing in these regulations shall apply within the district of any local authority save in accordance with the terms of a notice by the Minister published as hereinafter provided.
   (2.) The Minister may by notice in the Gazette apply these regulations to the district or any defined portion of the district of any local authority, and thereupon these regulations shall be in force in that district or defined portion accordingly as from such date as is specified in that behalf in the notice.

3. In any district or defined portion of a district in which these regulations are in force it shall not be lawful for any person to use any premises as an eating-house after a time to be limited in that behalf in the notice published by the Minister as aforesaid, unless those premises are registered as such under these regulations.

4. Application for the registration of any premises as an eating-house shall be made in writing under the hand of the proprietor or manager of the eating-house, and shall give such particulars as the local authority may in any case require.

5. (1.) On receipt of an application for the registration of any premises as an eating-house the local authority, on being satisfied that the premises are in accordance with these regulations, shall register the premises as an eating-house and shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration.
   (2.) With regard to such registration and to the certificate of registration the following provisions shall apply :—
   (a.) The local authority shall keep a record of all registered premises, and such record shall show in each case the name of the applicant, and the name of the proprietor or manager or other person responsible for the management of the premises as an eating-house, together with the date of registration, the date of any renewal or transfer of registration, the position and description of such premises, and a statement as to any conditions under which such registration or renewal of registration was authorized.