Oct. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2547

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 Waotu Rabbit-proof Fencing Board in respect of the said loan of three hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Waotu Rabbit-proof Fencing Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of three hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Franklin County Council in respect of a Loan of £300 authorized to be raised for completing the Construction of Bridges, Wharf, and Approaches.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of October, 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 Franklin County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of three thousand pounds for the construction of bridges, wharf, and approaches, and is now desirous of raising a supplementary loan of three 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 Franklin County Council is respect of the said loan of three hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Franklin County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of three hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Revocation of Order in Council setting apart Land under the Workers' Dwelling Act, 1910.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of October, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the eleventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and gazetted on the eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, the land described in the Schedule hereto was set apart for the purposes of the Workers' Dwellings Act, 1910:

And whereas it now appears that the said land is no longer required for such purposes:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on him by subsection two of section nine of the Housing Act, 1919, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the said Order in Council.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 0 roods 16 perches, more or less, being Sections 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, Block IV, Sections 1, 3, and 9, Block VI, and Sections 7, 9, 11, and 15, Block VII, Town of Rangataua ; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the Office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington.

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

Temporary Suspension of Duty on Bran and Pollard.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of October, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section twelve of the Customs Amendment Act, 1921, 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, subject to the provisions of this Order, hereby suspend the existing Tariff (being the First Schedule to the Customs Amendment Act, 1921) in so far as it relates to bran and pollard, and doth hereby declare that while this Order remains in force bran and pollard shall be exempt from all Customs duties other than the prime duty of one per centum ad valorem imposed by section fifteen of the said Act. This Order in Council shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and shall remain in force until the thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three. Immediately on the termination of this Order, the provisions of the Tariff relating to bran and pollard shall be deemed to be restored as if this Order in Council had not been made.

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

Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £280 authorized to be raised by the Council of the County of Stratford.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of October, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Stratford 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 two hundred and eighty pounds for the purpose of deviating, forming, and metalling the Ahuroa Road West:

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 or defect, 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 had 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.