Nov. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2721

the rate of interest that may be paid by the Whangarei Borough Council in respect of the said loan of three hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding five and three-quarters per centum per annum, and the said Whangarei Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of three hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Whangarei Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £390, authorized to be raised for the Erection of Sanitary Conveniences.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of November, 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 Whangarei Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of three hundred and ninety pounds for the erection of sanitary conveniences.

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 five and three-quarters 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 Whangarei Borough Council in respect of the said loan of three hundred and ninety pounds shall be a rate not exceeding five and three-quarters per centum per annum, and the said Whangarei Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of three hundred and ninety pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Piako County Council in respect of a Loan of £250, authorized to be raised for the Purpose of metalling Seales Road.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of November, 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 Piako County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds for the purpose of metalling Seales 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 five and three-quarters 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 Piako County Council in respect of the said loan of two hundred and fifty pounds shall be a rate not exceeding five and three-quarters per centum per annum, and the said Piako County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of two hundred and fifty pounds accordingly.

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

Amending the Description of a Reserve in the Taranaki Land District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-twenty-fifth section of the Land Act, 1908, it is enacted that where there has been any error of description made in any notification of any intended reserve, or where there appears a great discrepancy in the area of any intended reserve after the same shall have been surveyed, the Governor-General may cancel any notification that may have been made in respect of such reserve, and issue fresh notification in respect thereof, with amended particulars and description:

And whereas an error was made in the description of Section 857, Grey District (originally part N.R. 1, Grey District), Taranaki Land District, in the Warrants of the ninth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and the fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and published in Gazette No. 80, of the sixteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and Gazette No. 102, of the twenty-second day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, respectively, reserving the land for a site for a public school, the same having been erroneously described as Section 2364, Borough of New Plymouth; and it is expedient to cancel the said Warrants in so far as they relate to Section 2364, Borough of New Plymouth, Taranaki Land District, aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the Warrants of the ninth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and the fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, in so far as they relate to Section 2364, Borough of New Plymouth, and do declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be the land set apart for a site for a public school intended by the said Warrants.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 857, Grey District (originally part N.R. 1, Grey District): Area, 4 acres.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 8th day of November, 1924.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in the Auckland Land District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is a reserve duly set apart for public purposes, being a purpose within Class II of the Second Schedule of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and such land is not vested in trust in any society, body corporate, or trustee:

And whereas it is expedient that such land should be appropriated as an addition to a public-school site, being a purpose within Class III of the said Second Schedule:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the eleventh section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, do by this notification declare that the said land shall, from and after the twenty-fourth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, be appropriated as an addition to a public-school site under Class III of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908; and I do hereby direct that this notification shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette.