JUNE 7.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 Matamata County
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 Matamata County 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 Avondale
Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £5,000 authorized
to be raised for rebuilding and furnishing the Town Hall.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 31st 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 Avondale Borough Council has been
authorized to borrow the sum of five thousand pounds for
rebuilding and furnishing the town hall:

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 Avondale 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
Avondale 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 Rate of Interest that may be paid by the
Morrinsville Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £16,000
authorized to be raised for installing a Sewerage Scheme.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 31st 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 Morrinsville Borough Council has been
authorized to borrow the sum of sixteen thousand pounds
for installing a sewerage scheme:

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 Morrinsville Borough
Council in respect of the said loan of sixteen thousand pounds
shall be a rate not exceeding five and three-quarters per
centum per annum, and the said Morrinsville Borough Council
is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of sixteen
thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Validating Holding of General Election of Councillors in
certain Counties.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 31st day
of May, 1923.

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

WHEREAS by section sixty-five of the Counties Act,
1920 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act"),
it is provided that the general election of members of the
various County Councils throughout the Dominion shall be
held triennially on the second Wednesday in May:

And whereas on account of floods occurring in the Amuri,
Ashley, Ellesmere, Eyre, Kowai, Oxford, Rangiora, and
Waipara Counties the general election in each of those counties
was not held at the prescribed time in respect of the present
year, but was held instead on the sixteenth day of May,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, in the Ashley
Ellesmere, Eyre, Kowai, Oxford, Rangiora, and Waipara
Counties, and on the nineteenth day of the same month in
the Amuri County:

And whereas it is expedient to validate the holding of such
general election after the time required by the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers
conferred on him by section two hundred and sixteen of the
said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in
this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby
validate the aforesaid general elections of members of the
Amuri, Ashley, Ellesmere, Eyre, Kowai, Oxford, Rangiora,
and Waipara County Councils in so far as such elections were
not held on the day fixed by the said Act, and doth hereby
declare that the proceedings in connection with the holding
of such elections shall not be called in question by reason
only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

The Northern Side of Portion of Basque Road and the Western
Side of Portion of Exmouth Street, in the City of Auckland,
exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public
Works Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 31st day
of May, 1923.

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the
Public Works Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and