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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 86

the Governor-General in Council to declare it to be a leasing
authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies' Leases
Act, 1908:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in compliance with such
request, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred
by the above-mentioned Act, and acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the Stratford
County Council is a leasing authority within the meaning of
the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.
C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the
Tauranga Harbour Board in respect of £50,000, authorized
to be raised for the Improvement and Development of Tauranga
Harbour.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3rd day of
December, 1923.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR F. H. D. BELL, G.C.M.G., K.C.,
PRESIDING 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 Tauranga Harbour Board is authorized
to borrow the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand
pounds for the improvement and development of Tauranga
Harbour, and is now desirous of borrowing fifty thousand
pounds, being part of the one hundred and twenty-five
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 rate of interest at which the said fifty
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 Tauranga Harbour
Board in respect of the said sum of fifty thousand pounds
shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and
the said Tauranga Harbour Board is hereby authorized to
borrow the said sum of fifty thousand pounds accordingly.
C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the
Onehunga Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £9,000,
authorized to be raised for laying Water-mains.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3rd day of
December, 1923.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR F. H. D. BELL, G.C.M.G., K.C.,
PRESIDING 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 Onehunga Borough Council has been
authorized to borrow the sum of nine thousand pounds for
laying four-inch water-mains:
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 Onehunga Borough
Council in respect of the said loan of nine thousand pounds
shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and
the said Onehunga Borough Council is hereby authorized
to borrow the said sum of nine thousand pounds accordingly.
C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the
Onehunga Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £75,000,
authorized to be raised for Road and Footpath Formation.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3rd day of
December, 1923.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR F. H. D. BELL, G.C.M.G., K.C.,
PRESIDING 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 Onehunga Borough Council has been
authorized to borrow the sum of seventy-five thousand
pounds for road and footpath formation:
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 Onehunga Borough
Council in respect of the said loan of seventy-five thousand
pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum,
and the said Onehunga Borough Council is hereby authorized
to borrow the said sum of seventy-five thousand pounds
accordingly.
C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting the Management of Wharf, Komiti Bay, Kaipara
Harbour, in Trustees.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3rd day of
December, 1923.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR F. H. D. BELL, G.C.M.G., K.C.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section eleven of the Harbours Act, 1908
(hereinafter called “the said Act”), it is enacted
that the Governor-General in Council may vest the management
of any wharf the property of His Majesty the King in