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(g.) To mortgage the said church, the said buildings, and
land or any lands hereafter to be acquired under the pro-
visions hereinbefore on that behalf provided, for the purpose
of any of the trusts of these presents.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing Fees in respect of surveying and defining the
Load-line of Ships.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 23rd day
of April, 1923.
Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority con-
ferred upon him by section two hundred and twelve of
the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, and of all other powers
and authorities 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 order and declare
that the fees prescribed in the Schedule hereto shall, on and
from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-three, be paid by the owner, agent, or master of any
ship in respect of the survey and definition of the load-line
of such ship.

SCHEDULE.
For ships not exceeding 150 tons gross
For ships exceeding 150 tons gross, but not ex-
ceeding 300 tons gross
For ships exceeding 300 tons gross, but not ex-
ceeding 1,000 tons gross
For ships exceeding 1,000 tons gross, but not ex-
ceeding 2,000 tons gross
For ships exceeding 2,000 tons gross, but not ex-
ceeding 3,000 tons gross
For ships exceeding 3,000 tons gross, but not ex-
ceeding 4,000 tons gross
And so on for ships of larger tonnage, adding for
every 1,000 tons above 4,000 tons

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Stratford
Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £6,700 authorized
to be raised for the Redemption of a Streets-reconstruction
Loan.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 23rd day
of April, 1923.
Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL 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 any-
thing 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 Stratford Borough Council has been
authorized to borrow the sum of six thousand seven hundred
pounds for the redemption of a streets-reconstruction loan:

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 Stratford Borough
Council in respect of the said loan of six thousand seven
hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum
per annum, and the said Stratford Borough Council is hereby
authorized to borrow the said sum of six thousand seven
hundred pounds accordingly.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Term for which the Springs-Ellesmere Electric-
power Board may borrow the Sum of £5,000, being the Balance
of a Loan of £60,000 authorized to be raised for the Trans-
mission and Distribution of Electric Current and other
Purposes relative thereto.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 23rd day
of April, 1923.
Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL 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 any-
thing 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 Springs-Ellesmere Electric-power Board
has been authorized to borrow the sum of sixty thousand
pounds for the transmission and distribution of electric cur-
rent and other purposes relative thereto 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 sum of five thousand
pounds, being the balance of the loan of sixty thousand
pounds, may be borrowed be ten 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 Springs-Ellesmere Electric-power
Board may borrow the said sum of five thousand pounds
shall be ten years, and the said Springs-Ellesmere Electric-
power Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum
of five thousand pounds for this term.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Making Provision with respect to the Election of Members of the
Wairoa Harbour Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 23rd day
of April, 1923.
Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by the Second Schedule to the Harbours
Amendment Act, 1910, and section five of the Wairoa
Harbour Board Loan and Empowering Act, 1919, provision
is made with respect to the representation of portions of the
Wairoa Harbour District on the Wairoa Harbour Board:

And whereas certain ridings of the Mohaka County within
the said harbour district have been abolished and certain
other districts have been added to the said harbour district,
and it is desirable to make provision with respect to the
representation of such districts on the said Board:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the power and authority conferred upon him by section
twelve of the Harbours Amendment Act, 1910, and acting
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that
three members of the Wairoa Harbour Board shall be elected