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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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to enable the several local authorities mentioned in the
Schedule hereto to borrow the sums set out therein, and it
is expedient that such consent should issue:
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,
doth hereby consent to the raising of the loans hereinafter
mentioned by the several local authorities set out in the
Schedule hereto, and it is hereby declared that this Order
in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the
Finance Act, 1919, and shall operate accordingly as a consent
of the Governor-General in Council to the raising of the said
loans.
SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 19, Kaponga Village, Block XI, Kaupokonui Survey
District: Area, 1 acre.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council
TARAPUA Electric-power Board (for electrical reticu-
lation)
Devonport Borough Council (for electrical purposes)
Devonport Borough Council (for waterworks)
Devonport Borough Council (for drainage)
Devonport Borough Council (for road-formation, &c.,
Old Cemetery Reserve)
Devonport Borough Council (for the erection of a
fire-brigade station)
Devonport Borough Council (for the erection of a
refuse-destructor)
Palmerston North Borough Council (for electrical
purposes)
Palmerston North Borough Council (for alterations
and additions to municipal buildings)
Mount Eden Borough Council (for drainage-works)
Piako County Council (for forming and metalling
roads in the Kiwitahi S.R.A.)
Tauranga County Council (for constructing a stone-
faced embankment and ferro-concrete bridge across
Waikareao Estuary)
Tamaki West Road Board (for extension of water-
mains
Dannevirke Borough Council (for street-construction)
Tauranga County Council (for forming, metalling,
and regrading roads in the Te Puna S.R.A.)
Raglan County Council (for completing various works
in the Pukekawa-Whangape Ridings)
Murchison County Council (for providing workers'
dwellings)
Murchison County Council (for the construction of
the Owen Valley Road)
Manukau County Council (for the erection and fur-
nishing of the Mangere Hall)
Eketahuna County Council (for rebuilding Happy
Valley Bridge)
Eketahuna County Council (for rebuilding Flat Bush
Road Bridge)
Matamata County Council (for metalling road in the
Hinuera S.R.A.)
Cook County Council (for metalling portion of
Hangaroa Road)
Franklin County Council (for metalling Goodwin
Road)
Kawhia Harbour Board (for repaying Board's ante-
cedent liability)
Newmarket Borough Council (for paying amount of
compensation payable in respect of land dedicated
in Morrow Street)
Waitotara County Council (for metalling Kai Iwi
Valley Road)
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in Kaponga Village,
Taranaki Land District.
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of
March, 1924.
Present:
His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
was reserved for a public-pound site, being a
purpose within Class I of the Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908:
And whereas it is expedient that such land shall be appro-
priated for municipal purposes, being a purpose within the
said Class I:
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 exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him
by the fourth section of the Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that the said land shall, from
and after the date hereof, be appropriated for municipal pur-
poses under Class I of the Public Reserves and Domains Act,
1908.
SCHEDULE.
Prohibiting the Importation of Oats, Barley, Maize, Hay,
Straw, and Chaff from the United States of America and
from Queensland and Western Australia, and restricting the
Importation of the Same from the other Australian States.-
C. No. 5.
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of
March, 1924.
Present:
His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon him by section forty-six of the Customs
Act, 1913, as amended by the Customs Amendment Act,
1921, and of every other power and authority enabling him
in this behalf, 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 prohibit absolutely the importation of oats,
barley, maize, hay, straw, and chaff from the United States
of America and from the States of Queensland and Western
Australia in the Commonwealth of Australia; and doth
further prohibit, save with the precedent consent of the
Minister of Agriculture, the importation of oats, barley,
maize, hay, straw, and chaff from any State in the Common-
wealth of Australia other than Queensland and Western
Australia.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Regulations under the Stamp Duties Act, 1923.
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of
March, 1924.
Present:
His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the
Stamp Duties Act, 1923 (hereinafter referred to as
the said Act), and of all other powers and authorities enabling
him in this behalf, 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 make the regulations hereinafter set
forth, and doth hereby declare that the said regulations
shall come into force on the day of the publication thereof
in the Gazette.
REGULATIONS.
PART I. GENERAL.

1. THE Head Office of the Stamp Duties Office, being the
   office of the Commissioner, is and shall be at Wellington.
   Offices of the Stamp Duties Office being offices of Assistant
   Commissioners are and shall be situated at Auckland, Gis-
   bome, Napier, New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson, Blenheim,
   Hokitika, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill.
2. The Stamp Duties Office shall be open to the public
   for transaction of business on days other than holidays, as
   follows : 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., 1.30 p.m. to 3 p.m., except on
   Saturdays, when the hours shall be 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
3. Adhesive stamps shall be created for the Commissioner
   by the Government Printer, under the direction of the Com-
   missioner.
4. Impressed stamps shall be created by the Commissioner
   at the Head Office, or by the Government Printer at the
   direction and on behalf of the Commissioner.
   £
   25,000
   21,000
   16,000
   6,000
   5,500
   2,500
   1,500
   20,000
   12,000
   13,500
   13,150
   12,700
   12,000
   15,000
   4,000
   2,100
   1,500
   1,000
   1,250
   1,100
   450
   1,000
   1,000
   1,000
   650
   650
   500