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

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

Regulations under the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act, 1920, relating to the Destruction of Rabbits in the Kiwitea Rabbit District.—Notice No. Ag. 2389.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of June, 1924.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act, 1920, 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 following regulations relating to the destruction of rabbits in the district under the jurisdiction of the Kiwitea Rabbit Board, and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall take effect as from the date of gazetting thereof.

REGULATIONS.

1. EVERY owner of land on whom a notice to destroy rabbits is served in terms of section 6 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, shall adopt one or more of the following means of destroying rabbits—namely, the laying of poison of a kind approved of in writing by the Board, the fumigation of burrows, the filling-in of burrows: Provided that if an owner is of opinion that none of the means prescribed is the most suitable in his case the Board may grant to such owner, upon written application being made to it in that behalf, and subject to such conditions as it may deem desirable to impose, permission to hunt with dogs and shoot or to use other means, and the decision of the Board shall be final as to the means to be adopted.

2. Not later than seven days after the service of such notice on an owner of land all trapping on his land shall cease, and thereafter for a period of six months from the date of service of the notice the owner shall not, except with the written permission of the Board and subject to the conditions specified therein, trap rabbits or allow rabbits to be trapped on his land.

3. Every person committing a breach of these regulations shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £10.

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

Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £1,000 authorized to be raised by the Council of the County of Masterton.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of June, 1924.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Masterton County Council, acting under and in pursuance of paragraph (e) of section sixteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, proposes to raise a loan of one thousand pounds for the purpose of metalling the Stronvar Road:

And whereas section seventeen of the said Act requires the special roll to be deposited not less than seven days before any steps are taken under section sixteen (e):

And whereas the special roll of the ratepayers was not deposited not less than seven days before the written consent of the ratepayers was obtained:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the said irregularity or defect, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings taken to raise the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the provisions of section seventeen had been properly complied with, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

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

Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £7,000, authorized to be raised by the Council of the County of Castlepoint.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of June, 1924.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Castlepoint County Council, acting under and in pursuance of paragraph (e) of section sixteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, proposes to raise a loan of seven thousand pounds for the purpose of erecting a bridge over the Whareama River:

And whereas section seventeen of the said Act requires the special roll to be deposited not less than seven days before any steps are taken under section sixteen (e):

And whereas the special roll of the ratepayers was not deposited not less than seven days before the written consent of the ratepayers was obtained:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the said irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings taken to raise the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the provisions of section seventeen had been properly complied with, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

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

Vesting a Reserve in the Coldstream Road Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of June, 1924.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart for a site for a public pound.

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Coldstream Road Board:

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 section four of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Coldstream Road Board, in trust, for a site for a public pound.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being Reserve 3967, formerly Part Reserve 2406, Block VI, Hinds Survey District, and bounded as follows—Towards the south-east by Reserve 1262, 315·2 links; towards the south-west by Reserve 2406, 317·2 links; towards the north-west by the