Nov. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2863

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 Patangata County Council has been
authorized to borrow the sum of two hundred and nine
thousand pounds for renewing all the bridges in the county,
bridge plant, &c., at a rate of interest not exceeding five and
a half per centum per annum, and is now desirous of borrowing
the sum of ten thousand pounds, being a further part of the
two hundred and nine thousand pounds at an increased rate
of interest:

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 said
ten thousand pounds 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 Patangata County
Council in respect of the said loan of ten thousand pounds
shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and
the said Patangata County Council is hereby authorized to
borrow the said sum of ten thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Term for which the Taranaki Electric-power Board may borrow the Sum of £40,000, being a Further Portion of the Loan of £350,000, authorized to be raised for the Construction of Electric Works and Reticulation, and also the Rate of Interest payable thereon.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of
November, 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, notwith-
standing anything to the contrary in any Act or in any rule
of law, where a local authority or public body has been autho-
rized 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 Taranaki Electric-power Board has been
authorized to borrow the sum of three hundred and fifty
thousand pounds for the construction of electric works and
reticulation, and is now desirous of borrowing forty thousand
pounds, being a further portion of the said three hundred
and fifty thousand pounds:

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 term for which the said forty thousand
pounds may be borrowed be twenty years, and the rate of
interest payable thereon 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
term for which the Taranaki Electric-power Board may
borrow the said sum of forty thousand pounds shall be twenty
years, and the rate of interest payable thereon shall be a rate
not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said
Taranaki Electric-power Board is hereby authorized to
borrow the said sum of forty thousand pounds on these
terms.

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

Additional Regulation re Travelling-expenses of Members of Hospital Boards. [H. 104.]

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of
November, 1923.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-
seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred
and twenty-one, regulations were made with respect to the
travelling-expenses of members of Hospital Boards: And
whereas it is expedient to make an additional regulation
in respect thereof:

Now, therefore, 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,
and in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
conferred on him by section two of the Hospitals and
Charitable Institutions Amendment Act, 1915, as amended
by section twenty-four of the Hospitals and Charitable
Institutions Amendment Act, 1920, and by section nineteen
of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Amendment Act,
1923, and of every other power and authority enabling him
in this behalf, doth hereby make the additional regulation
hereinafter set forth.

REGULATION.

REGULATION 1 of the above-recited regulations is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following paragraph:—

“(e.) In special cases the Board may, in lieu of the above
payments, with the sanction of the Minister, pay
to any member a sum not exceeding the necessary
expenses actually incurred and paid by that
member.”

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

The North-eastern Side of Smith 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 House at Wellington, this 19th day of
November, 1923.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General 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 with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
Dominion, doth hereby approve of the following resolution
passed by the Auckland City Council on the fourth day of
October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three,
viz:—

“That the Auckland City Council, having control of
Smith Street, Auckland, by resolution declares that the
provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the
Public Works Act, 1908, shall not apply to that portion
fronting Lots 36, 37, and 38, of Allotments 6 and 5, Section
52, and of Allotment 10, Section 51, City of Auckland ”;
such portion of street being described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

THE north-eastern side of all that street in the North Auck-
land Land District, City of Auckland, known as Smith Street,
situated between Hepburn Street and the Western Park
and fronting Lots 36, 37, and 38, of Allotments 6 and 5,
Section 52, and of Allotment 10, Section 51, City of Auckland.
As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan
marked P.W.D. 58188, deposited in the office of the Minister
of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land
District, and thereon coloured blue.

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