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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 79

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

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Waitemata County Council in respect of a Loan of £20,000, authorized to be raised for Roads and Bridges in the Takapuna Riding.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 24th 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 Waitemata County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of twenty thousand pounds for roads and bridges in the Takapuna Riding:

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 Waitemata County Council in respect of the said loan of twenty thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding five and three-quarters per centum per annum, and the said Waitemata County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of twenty thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Thames Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £25,000, being a Further Portion of a Loan of £98,000, authorized to be raised for Sanitary Works.

JELLICOE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 24th 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 Thames Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of ninety-eight thousand pounds for sanitary works, and is now desirous of raising the sum of twenty-five thousand pounds, being a further portion of the loan of ninety-eight 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 Thames Borough Council in respect of the said loan of twenty-five thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Thames Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of twenty-five thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Amending Regulations under War Regulations Act.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 24th day of November, 1924.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by clause two of the War Regulations of the twenty-second day of February, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, made under the authority of the War Regulations Act, 1914, it is provided that, save with the consent of the Attorney-General, no person shall make application to the Supreme Court for probate of the will or for letters of administration of the estate of any person who was at his death an alien enemy; and by clause three of such regulations it is provided that, save with the like consent of the Attorney-General, no alien enemy shall make application to the Supreme Court for probate of the will or for administration of the estate of any person deceased:

And whereas by section four of the War Regulations Continuance Act, 1920, it is enacted that the War Regulations set out in the Second Schedule of such Act (included wherein are the said clauses two and three of the War Regulations of the twenty-second day of February, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen) should continue in force until revoked by the Governor-General in Council:

And whereas by section six of such last-mentioned Act it is enacted that the Governor-General in Council may from time to time amend or extend any of the regulations set out in the said Second Schedule thereto for the purposes of giving full effect to the intent and purport of those regulations, but not further or otherwise, and that the War Regulations Act, 1914, should apply to any amendment or extension in the same manner as it applied to the said regulations:

And whereas it is now deemed expedient to amend the foregoing clause two in manner hereinafter appearing, and to revoke the said clause three:

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 sections four and six of the War Regulations Continuance Act, 1920, 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 clause three of the aforesaid War Regulations of the twenty-second day of February, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, as continued in force by the War Regulations Continuance Act, 1920, and doth hereby amend clause two of the aforesaid regulations by adding thereto the following words, namely: “The provisions of this clause shall not apply to the will or to the estate of any alien enemy who died subsequently to the coming into force of the Treaty of Peace with the State of which such alien enemy was at the date of his death or at any time theretofore had been a subject.”

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