2514

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 71

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Paeroa Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £1,000, authorized to be raised for Domain-improvements.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 25th day of September, 1923.

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section eleven of the Finance Act, 1921, and its amendments, it is provided 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, as may be prescribed by the Governor-General by Order in Council:

And whereas the Paeroa Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of one thousand pounds for domain-improvements at a rate of interest not exceeding five and a half per centum per annum:

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

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

Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £700 authorized to be raised by the Council of the County of Masterton.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 25th day of September, 1923.

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Masterton County Council, acting under and in pursuance of paragraph (e) of section sixteen of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, proposes to raise a loan of seven hundred pounds for the purpose of metalling Manawa Road:

And whereas section seventeen of the said Act requires the special roll to be deposited not less than seven days before any steps are taken under section sixteen (e):

And whereas the special roll of the ratepayers was not deposited not less than seven days before the written consent of the ratepayers was obtained:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the said irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings taken to raise the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the provisions of section seventeen has been properly complied with, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

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

Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £650 proposed to be raised by the Council of the County of Patea.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 25th day of September, 1923.

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Patea County Council, acting under and in pursuance of paragraph (e) of section sixteen of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, proposes to raise a loan of six hundred and fifty pounds for the purpose of meeting part of the cost of rebuilding the Ngutuwera Bridge:

And whereas the ratepayers' consent given under paragraph (e) of section sixteen aforesaid is irregular in that subscribing ratepayers have attested the signatures of the other subscribers thereto:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the said irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the ratepayers' consent to the raising of the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the same had been properly witnessed, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £5,000 proposed to be raised by the Council of the Borough of Taihape.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 25th day of September, 1923.

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Taihape Borough Council, acting under and in pursuance of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, proposes to raise a loan of five thousand pounds for the erection of workers' dwellings:

And whereas the special order authorizing the raising of the loan is irregular in so far that the public notification of the time and place fixed for the confirmation of the said special order, although given four times, did not comply with the provisions of section sixty-two of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the said irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings taken to raise the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though public notification of the special order had been correctly given, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Declaring an Area in the Vicinity of the Three-mile Lagoon, Okarito Survey District, to be a Sanctuary under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

PURSUANT to the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be a sanctuary for the purposes of the said Act, and that no imported or native game shall be taken