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in any case it becomes necessary to exceed such limit, the authority of the Minister of Finance must be first obtained on the form provided for the purpose, before any additional expenditure is incurred.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Consenting to the Raising of a Loan of £200,000 for Electric Works by the Otago Electric-power Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this 1st day of September, 1924.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made under section twenty, subsection one, of the Finance Act, 1919, for the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council to enable the Otago Electric-power Board to borrow the sum of two hundred thousand pounds authorized to be raised for electric works, 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 loan of two hundred thousand pounds for electric works by the Otago Electric-power Board, 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 loan.

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

Regulation for Netting and taking Trout in Lake Hawea, Otago Acclimatization District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of September, 1924.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the second day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 72 of the 5th day of the same month, regulations were made for netting and taking trout in Lake Hawea in the Otago Acclimatization District:

And whereas it is desirable to amend the said regulations in the manner hereinafter described:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the Fisheries Act, 1908, 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 revoke regulation one of the hereinbefore-recited regulations, and doth make the following regulation in lieu thereof.

REGULATION.

1. THE season for netting and fishing with rod and line for trout shall extend from the 1st day of November in any one year to the 31st day of May in the following year.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with the Raising of a Loan of £200,000 by the Otago Electric-power Board for Reticulation of District, &c.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this 1st day of September, 1924.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Otago Electric-power Board lately proceeded to raise a loan of two hundred thousand pounds under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”) for the reticulation of the district and for the other purposes set out in the notice published pursuant to section nine of the said Act:

And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said loan were irregular, in that the notice published as aforesaid provided that the loan should be repayable at the end of thirty-six and a half years, with a sinking fund of one per centum, while in the voting-paper used for the purposes of the poll of ratepayers taken on the proposal to raise the said loan it was stated that the loan would be repayable by equal half-yearly instalments over a term of thirty-six and a half years.

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the district have not been misled by such irregularity as aforesaid in the voting-paper, 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 in connection with the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the said voting-paper had stated that the loan would be repayable at the end of thirty-six and a half years, with a sinking fund of one per centum, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Opening Lands in the North Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Tuesday, the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.—Paremoremo Parish.

Section 178: Area, 17 acres 3 roods 24 perches. Capital value, £221 5s. Occupation with right of purchase: half-yearly rent, £5 10s. 7d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 8s. 6d.

Weighted with £102 10s., valuation of improvements, consisting of 2 chains fencing and building 34 ft. by 12 ft., built of heart kauri.

Elevation ranges from 200 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, all ploughable. Soil is poor clay on clay and sandstone formation. Section has no permanent water, but water could be obtained by boring. The access is by formed road from Albany, two miles away, or from Takapuna Tramway, four miles and a half.

Bay of Islands County.—Ruapekapeka Parish.

Section 113: Area, 171 acres. Capital value, £171. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £4 5s. 6d. Renewable lease: half-yearly rent, £3 8s. 5d.

Weighted with £61 10s., valuation of improvements, consisting of house, 33 chains fencing, and 20 acres grassing.

The section ranges from 100 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level, and is fairly steep country, mainly in manuka and fern, with bush in gullies. The soil is of fair clay resting on sandstone formation. The whole section is well watered by permanent streams. The access is from Kawakawa, nine miles distant, seven miles being formed clay road and two miles bridle-track.

Otamatea County.—Wairau Parish.

Section 136: Area, 78 acres. Capital value, £78. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £1 19s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 11s. 2d.