May 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1097

purpose of re-forming, culverting, and metalling a portion of the Ohura Main Road :

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

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Kaiapoi Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £4,500, authorized to be raised for the Purpose of extending and reconstructing the Electrical Reticulation.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 5th day of May, 1924.

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 Kaiapoi Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of four thousand five hundred pounds for the purpose of extending and reconstructing the electrical reticulation :

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 Kaiapoi Borough Council in respect of the said loan of four thousand five hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Kaiapoi Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of four thousand five hundred pounds accordingly.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Auckland Electric-power Board in respect of a Loan of £107,000, being the Balance of a Loan of £250,000, authorized to be raised to complete the Purchase of the Undertaking from the Auckland City Council.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 5th day of May, 1924.

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 Auckland Electric-power Board has been authorized to borrow the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds to complete the purchase of the undertaking from the Auckland City Council, and is now desirous of raising a loan of one hundred and seven thousand pounds, being the balance of a loan of two 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 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 Auckland Electric-power Board in respect of the said loan of one hundred and seven thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Auckland Electric-power Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of one hundred and seven thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Making Additional Rule under the Judicature Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 5th day of May, 1924.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by section fifty-one of the Judicature 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 thereof, and with the concurrence of five of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the additional rule set out in the Schedule hereto, touching the practice and procedure of the Court; and doth declare that the said rule shall take effect on and after the eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

SCHEDULE.

568A. COMMISSIONERS of the Supreme Court of New Zealand appointed under section 47 of the Judicature Act, 1908, shall be entitled to charge the fees mentioned in Table F in the Third Schedule hereto.

TABLE F.
£ s. d.
(1.) Every oath administered by a Commissioner 0 7 6
at his own office or residence
(2.) Marking each exhibit .. .. .. 0 2 6
(3.) Every oath before a Commissioner, not at his
own office or residence .. .. 0 10 6
(4.) If above one mile from the Commissioner’s
office or residence (over and above his
travelling-expenses), for every oath .. 1 1 0
(5.) For attesting documents required to be attested by a Commissioner for affidavits, or
for taking statutory declarations when
authorized by statute to take such declarations—the same fees as on administering
oaths.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Recreation Reserve in North Auckland Land District brought under Part II of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 5th day of May, 1924.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-sixth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe,