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Licensing Joseph Augustus Perano to use and occupy a Part
of the Foreshore and Land below Low-water Mark in Tory
Channel and to reclaim such Land.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 18th day
of February, 1924.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered
to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under the
Harbours Act, 1923 (hereinafter called "the said Act"),
Joseph Augustus Perano of Picton (hereinafter called "the
licensee"), has applied to the Governor-General in Council
for a license under the said Act to use and occupy a part of
the foreshore and land below low-water mark in Tory Channel
in order to reclaim such land; and, in accordance with the
one-hundred-and-seventy-first section of the said Act, has
deposited a plan in the office of the Marine Department at
Wellington (marked M.D. 5773), showing the area of foreshore
and land below low-water mark intended to be reclaimed
and occupied and the manner in which it is proposed to re-
claim such land:

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor-
General in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend
to the injury of navigation; and the said plan has, prior to
the making of this Order in Council, been approved by the
Governor-General in Council:

And whereas it is expedient that a license should be granted
and issued to the licensee under the said Act, for the purposes
aforesaid, on the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed:

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 by the said Act, and
of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that
behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve
of the purpose or object for which the said license is required
by the licensee as aforesaid; and, in further pursuance and
exercise of the said power and authority, and with the like
advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and
permit the licensee to occupy and reclaim that part of the
foreshore and land below low-water mark, as shown on the
plan M.D. 5773 so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose
of reclaiming the land aforesaid; such license to be held
and enjoyed by the licensee upon and subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. In these conditions the term "Minister" means the Minis-
   ter of Marine as defined by the Shipping and Seamen Act,
   1908, and includes any officer, person, or authority acting
   by or under the direction of such Minister.

2. The concessions and privileges conferred by this Order
   in Council shall extend and apply only to the part of the
   foreshore and land below low-water mark necessary for the
   said reclamation, as shown on the plan marked M.D. 5773,
   and deposited in the office of the Marine Department as
   aforesaid.

3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges granted
   by this Order in Council the licensee shall pay to the Minister
   the sum of £2 10s., and thereafter an annual sum of £3 in
   advance, payable on the 1st day of April in each year, the
   proportional part of such rental in respect of the period from
   the date hereof until the 31st day of March following to be
   paid on the licensee being supplied with a copy of this
   Order in Council.

4. His Majesty or the Governor-General, and all persons
   in the Government service acting in the execution of their
   duty, shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress
   into, through, over, and out of the said reclamation without
   payment.

5. The licensee shall keep any retaining-wall which the
   licensee may construct for the purpose of reclaiming the
   land included in this license in good order and condition,
   and shall provide and maintain all necessary outlets for
   storm-water.

6. The licensee shall keep the land included in this license
   free from noxious weeds.

7. The licensee shall not assign, charge, or part with any
   right, power, or privilege granted by this license without
   the previous written consent of the Minister of Marine.

8. The rights, powers, and privileges, conferred by this
   Order in Council shall continue in force for fourteen years
   from the date hereof, unless in the meantime such rights,
   powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked
   by competent authority.

9. If the licensee commits or suffers a breach of any of
   the conditions of this license, the license may be revoked
   and determined by the Governor-General in Council; and
   publication of a notice of such revocation in the New Zealand
   Gazette shall be sufficient notice thereof to the licensee,
   and all persons concerned or interested in this license, that
   it has been revoked and determined.

10. The occupation of the said area to be reclaimed shall
    be sufficient evidence of the acceptance by the licensee of
    the terms and conditions of this Order in Council.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Otaki
River Board in respect of Two Loans of £750 each, authorized
to be raised for River Protective Works.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 20th day
of February, 1924.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING
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 autho-
rized, to borrow money, whether pursuant to a poll of rate-
payers 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 Otaki River Board has been authorized
to borrow two sums of seven hundred and fifty pounds for
river protective works:

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his pre-
cedent 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 Otaki River
Board in respect of the said two loans of seven hundred and
fifty pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum
per annum, and the said Otaki River Board is hereby autho-
rized to borrow the said two sums of seven hundred and
fifty pounds accordingly.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Term for which the Wairarapa Electric-power
Board may borrow the Sum of £50,000, authorized to be raised
for financing Intending Consumers and purchasing Stock.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 18th day
of February, 1924.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING 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
authorized before the passing of the said Act, or is there-
after 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: