May 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1373

REGULATIONS.

1. NOTWITHSTANDING any other means adopted by him,
   every owner of land on whom a notice to destroy rabbits
   is served in terms of section 6 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act,
   1908, shall adopt one or more of the following means of
   destroying rabbits—namely, the laying of poison, the fumiga-
   tion of burrows, the filling-in of burrows:

Provided that if an owner is of opinion that none of the
principal means prescribed is the most suitable in his case,
he may apply to the Board for permission to use some other
means, and the decision of the Board shall be final as to the
means to be adopted.

2. Not later than seven days after the service of such notice
   on an owner of land all trapping on his land shall cease, and
   thereafter for a period of six months from the date of service
   of the notice the owner shall not, except with the written
   permission of the Board and subject to the conditions specified
   therein, trap rabbits or allow rabbits to be trapped on his
   land.

3. Every person committing a breach of these regulations
   shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £10.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Prescribing the Rate of Interest at which the Whakatane Harbour
Board may borrow the Sum of £5,200 authorized to be raised
for liquidating its Antecedent Liability.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day
of May, 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 Whakatane Harbour Board is authorized
to borrow the sum of five thousand two hundred pounds
for liquidating its antecedent liability:

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his prece-
dent 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 at which the Whakatane Harbour Board
may borrow the said sum of five thousand two hundred pounds
shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and
the said Whakatane Harbour Board is hereby authorized to
borrow the said sum of five thousand two hundred pounds
accordingly.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Coro-
mandel County Council in respect of a Loan of £4,550
authorized to be raised for repaying its Antecedent Liability.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day
of May, 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, at such 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 Coromandel County Council has been
authorized to borrow the sum of four thousand five hundred
and fifty pounds for repaying its antecedent liability:

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his prece-
dent 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 Coromandel County
Council in respect of the said loan of four thousand five hundred
and fifty pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum
per annum, and the said Coromandel County Council is hereby
authorized to borrow the said sum of four thousand five
hundred and fifty pounds accordingly.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the
Whakatane Harbour Board in respect of Loans of £3,500
and £3,000 authorized to be raised for Harbour Improve-
ments and Engineering and Surveys respectively.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day
of May, 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 Whakatane Harbour Board has been
authorized to borrow the sums of three thousand five hundred
pounds and three thousand pounds for harbour improvements
and engineering and surveys respectively:

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his prece-
dent 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 Whakatane
Harbour Board in respect of the said loans of three thousand
five hundred pounds and three thousand pounds shall be a
rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said
Whakatane Harbour Board is hereby authorized to borrow
the said sums of three thousand five hundred pounds and
three thousand pounds accordingly.

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