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with the Nukuhou-Maraetotara Road (Whakatane-Opotiki Main Road); then along the western side of the last-named road to its junction with the Nukuhou (Waimana-Ohiwi) Road; then along the western side of that road to the “confiscation line”; then south-easterly along the north-eastern boundary-line of Waimana 1E Block; then along the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Section 21, Block IV, Waimana Survey District, and the south-eastern side of Waimana 1c and 1d to Paitaua; then along the south-western boundary of Waimana 1d Block to the Waimana or Tauranga River; then up that river to its source; then south-westerly along summit of range to Maungapohatu Trig. Station; then south-easterly along a right line in the direction of Puketapu Trig. Station to its intersection with the Ruakituri River in Block VII, Tuahu Survey District; then down that river to the northern boundary of Small Grazing-run 84; and then along the northern boundary of said Small Grazing-run 84 and along the northern and south-eastern boundaries of Section 1, Block VIII, Tuahu Survey District, to the Gisborne-Waikaremoana Road; then north-easterly along the middle of that road to Bushy Knoll Road; then along the middle of that road to the northernmost corner of Section 2, Block IX, Hangaroa Survey District; then along the eastern boundary of Section 1, Block IX aforesaid; then south-easterly generally along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 3 and 4, Block IX aforesaid; then north-easterly along the north-western boundary of Tauwharetoi 4B Block; then along the north-eastern boundaries of said block and Tauwharetoi 3B Block, and along the south-eastern boundary of Tauwharetoi 3A Block, to the Hangaroa River; then down the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ruakiture River; then along a right line to the sea at Paritu (Block XIII, Paritu Survey District); then southerly along high-water mark of the sea to the southernmost point of Mahia Peninsula; then along high-water mark, Hawke’s Bay, to Moeangiangi (Block XI, Moeangiangi Survey District); then up a leading spur and along the southern watershed of the Waikare River to the summit of Taraponui Mountain; then down a leading spur to the confluence of the Mohaka and Waipunga Rivers; then along a right line to the summit of Tatarackina Mountain; then along the eastern watershed of the Mokomokonui Stream to the summit of Pohokura Mountain; then along a right line running due east to Pukahunui or Hautapu Stream; then up a leading spur and along the western watershed of Te Hoe River to Maungataniwha Trig. Station (Tuatawhata Survey District); then along the north-eastern boundary of Hāruiwi No. 4 Block to its intersection with a right line running from the northernmost point of Lake Waikaremoana through a point 180 chains due north of Maungataniwha Trig. Station; then south-westerly along that line to the Taupo-Napier Road; then along a right line to the north-western corner of Wharetoto No. 8 Subdivision B Block (Block V, Marunui Survey District); then down the Taharua and Mohaka Rivers to a point in line with Trig. Stations 68A and 65A; then along that line to said Trig. Station 65A; then westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 26, Tawaki Tohunga, in Block XII, Mangamaiire Survey District; then south-westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 27; then westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 28, Manukaiapu; then north-westerly along a right line to Ruapehu Trig. Station; then north-easterly along a right line to Paretetaitonga Trig. Station; then towards the north-east along a right line to Ngauruhoe Trig. Station; then northerly along a right line to Tongariro Trig. Station; then north-easterly along a right line in the direction of the mouth of the Waihi Stream, Lake Taupo, to the Wanganui River; then down the middle of that river to the western boundary of the Waione Block, and northerly along that boundary to Maungaku Trig. Station; then northerly along a mountain-range passing through Hauhangaroa, Motere, Tuhingamata, and Wereroa Trig. Stations to the source of the Ongaruhe River; then north-westerly along a right line to Rangitoto Mountain; and then north-easterly along a right line to Puwhenua Trig. Station, the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

AREA WHEREIN OPOSSUMS MAY NOT BE TAKEN.

ALL that area in the Gisborne Land District commencing at Mautakitaki Point, near the old accommodation-house known as Goodall’s, then by the shore of Lake Waikaremoana to the mouth of the Okereru Creek; then by that creek to its source; then by a right line to Ngamoko Trig. Station; and then by a right line from Ngamoko to the point of commencement at Mautakitaki Point.

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

Prescribing the Term for which the Rangitikei County Council may borrow the Sum of £10,000, being the Balance of a Loan of £40,000 authorized to be raised for the Formation and Metalling of Roads in the Erewhon Riding, and the Erection of Bridges, and also the Rate of Interest payable thereon.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 26th day of May, 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, 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 Rangitikei County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of forty thousand pounds for the formation and metalling of roads in the Erewhon Riding and the erection of bridges, for a term of thirty-six and a half years, and now proposes to borrow the sum of ten thousand pounds (being the balance of the forty thousand pounds) for a reduced term and at an increased rate of interest:

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 ten thousand pounds may be borrowed be reduced to twenty years, and the rate of interest payable thereon be increased to 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 Rangitikei County Council may borrow the said sum of ten 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 Rangitikei County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of ten thousand pounds on these terms.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Rangitikei County Council in respect of a Loan of £8,000, authorized to be raised for the Purpose of widening and metalling Portions of the Turakina Valley and Okaka Roads.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 26th day of May, 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, 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 Rangitikei County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of eight thousand pounds for the purpose of widening and metalling portions of the Turakina Valley and Okaka Roads:

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his precedent consent as required by the above-recited section eleven, and