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 Maru Rabbit-proof Fencing
Board in respect of the said loan of five hundred pounds
shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and
the Maru Rabbit-proof Fencing Board is hereby authorized
to borrow the said sum of five hundred 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 £1,900 authorized to
be raised for completing the Concreting and Metalling of
Stanley Road.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 30th day of
July, 1923.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor-General 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 nineteen thousand pounds for concreting
and metalling a portion of Stanley Road, and is now desirous
of raising a supplementary loan of one thousand nine hundred
pounds under the authority of section eighteen of the Local
Bodies' Loans Act, 1913:
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 Piako County Council in
respect of the said loan of one thousand nine hundred pounds
shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and
the said Piako County Council is hereby authorized to borrow
the said sum of one thousand nine hundred pounds accordingly.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations relating to the Importation of Grass-seed from the
Commonwealth of Australia.—Notice No. Ag. 2281.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 30th day of
July, 1923.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor-General In Council.
WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the nineteenth day
of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and gazetted on the twenty-second day of September,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, regulations were
made relating to the importation of grass-seed from Queensland and New South Wales with a view to the prevention of
the introduction into New Zealand of ticks of the family
Ixodidae:
And whereas it is now deemed expedient to revoke such
regulations and make other provision in lieu thereof:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Stock
Act, 1908, and acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby
revoke the regulations made by the above-recited Order in
Council, and make the following regulations in lieu thereof.

REGULATIONS.
(1.) THE introduction of grass-seed grown in the State of
Queensland, or in the tick-infestation quarantine area of New
South Wales, is prohibited.
(2.) Grass-seed grown in the State of New South Wales
other than in the tick infestation quarantine area, or in any
other State of the Commonwealth of Australia, may be
imported into New Zealand subject to the condition that
prior to shipment to the Dominion it has been subjected to
cyanide fumigation for a period of not less than six hours, or
to other fumigation, in a manner approved of by the Minister,
and, further, in the case of paspalum seed, prairie-grass seed,
and millet seed, that it is again similarly treated upon arrival
in the Dominion.
(3.) No grass-seed shall be imported into New Zealand
from the Commonwealth of Australia unless it is accompanied
by a certificate, signed by the consignor, in the form
of the First Schedule hereto, and also by a certificate, signed
by an officer of the Department of Agriculture of the State
in which it was grown, in the form of the Second Schedule
hereto.
And it is hereby declared that these regulations shall come
into force on the date of publication of this Order in the New
Zealand Gazette.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
The Stock Act, 1908 (New Zealand).
CONSIGNOR'S CERTIFICATE TO ACCOMPANY GRASS-SEED
IMPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA INTO NEW ZEALAND.
I HEREBY certify that the whole of the grass-seed contained
in the consignment comprising [State number and kind of
packages] of [State kind of grass-seed], to be shipped by [Name
and address of consignor] to [Name and address of consignee]
per [Name of vessel] and marked , was grown at
[State exact locality], which is not in the State of Queensland
nor in the tick-infestation quarantine area of New South
Wales.
Signature of consignor :
Date:

SECOND SCHEDULE.
The Stock Act, 1908 (New Zealand).
INSPECTOR'S CERTIFICATE TO ACCOMPANY GRASS-SEED
IMPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA TO NEW ZEALAND.
I HEREBY certify that the above-written certificate is to the
best of my knowledge correct, and that the grass-seed referred to therein has been subjected to cyanide fumigation
for a period of not less than six hours, or to other fumigation,
in a manner approved of by the New Zealand Minister of
Agriculture.
Signature of Officer of
Department of Agriculture:
Official designation:
State:
Date:
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Revocation of Order in 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 House at Wellington, this 30th day of
July, 1923.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor-General In Council.
WHEREAS by section three hundred and sixty-three of
the Native Land Act, 1909, it is enacted that any
Order in Council made under that section may at any time
be varied or revoked:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the power and authority hereinbefore mentioned, and acting
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the Order in Council
referred to in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
Order in Council under section 363 of the Native Land Act,
1909, dated the 7th day of June, 1923, and published in the
New Zealand Gazette of 14th June, 1923, affecting Rangitoto-
Tuhua 37B Block.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.