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sixty-eight of the said Act, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land set out in the Schedule hereto is vested in His Majesty the King.

SCHEDULE.

OAMARU No. 1c Block, Waioeka Survey District: Approximate area, 4,814 acres.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 11th day of February, 1924.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

Amended Regulation regarding the Disposal of Lands acquired by the Crown under the Native Townships Act, 1910, and its Amendments.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 1st day of February, 1924.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section twenty-two of the Native Townships Act, 1910 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), 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 amend, in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto, the regulations under the said Act made on the twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and gazetted on the thirteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.

SCHEDULE.

1. THE said regulations are hereby amended by omitting paragraph (c) from clause 6 thereof, and by substituting the following paragraph in lieu thereof:—

“(c.) The amount, if any, by which interest on the sum fixed under (a) hereof at the rate of 5 per centum per annum from the respective date or dates of payment thereof by the Crown until date of notice of price given to the lessee by the Commissioner exceeds the amount of rent paid or payable by the lessee to the Crown under his existing lease during this period.”

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

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 1st day of February, 1924.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING 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 several local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto to borrow the sums set out therein, 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 loans hereinafter mentioned by the several local authorities set out in the Schedule hereto, 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 loans.

SCHEDULE.

Elstow Drainage Board (for drainage construction- work) .. .. .. .. .. £ 30,000
Invercargill Borough Council (for providing public swimming-baths) .. .. .. .. 12,500
Piako County Council (for forming and metalling roads in the Tahuna S.R.A.) .. .. .. 12,000
Banks Peninsula Electric-power Board (for electric works) .. .. .. .. .. 9,000
Picton Borough Council (for electrical purposes) .. 6,600
Rotorua County Council (for a water-supply at Ngongotaha) .. .. .. .. 6,000
Inglewood County Council (for acquiring land and erecting workers’ dwellings thereon) .. .. 5,000
Henderson Town Board (for acquiring land and erecting workers’ dwellings thereon) .. .. 5,000
Wellington City Council (for the repayment of Onslow Works Loan) .. .. .. .. 4,470
Whakatane County Council (for a water-supply) .. 3,000
Rangitikei County Council (for widening and metalling Murimotu and West Roads) .. .. 3,000
Wairarapa South County Council (for fencing and paying compensation for land taken for roading purposes) .. .. .. .. .. 1,700
Eltham County Council (for road-construction in South Riding) .. .. .. .. 2,000
Eltham County Council (for road-construction in Omona Riding) .. .. .. .. 1,500
Eltham County Council (for road-construction in Tirimoana Riding) .. .. .. .. 1,500
Te Awamutu Borough Council (for fire purposes) .. 1,500
Cambridge Borough Council (for housing purposes).. 1,500
Matakaoa County Council (for purchasing a worker’s dwelling) .. .. .. .. .. 1,100
Castlepoint County Council (for paying cost of forming and metalling road from Castlepoint to jetty and constructing a permanent ford at crossing) .. .. .. .. .. 1,000
Waimate West County Council (for drainage-works).. 1,000
Opotiki County Council (for meeting supplementary capital levy made by Bay of Plenty Hospital Board) .. .. .. .. .. 1,000
Otaki River Board (for river protective works, Loan No. 1) .. .. .. .. .. 750
Otaki River Board (for river protective works, Loan No. 2) .. .. .. .. .. 750
Franklin County Council (for metalling Charles Road, Karaka) .. .. .. .. .. 300
Rotorua County Council (for forming and culverting the roads and crossings giving access to Kawaha Point) .. .. .. .. .. 300

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

Dairy-produce Export Control Act, 1923.—Fixing Date after which Levy shall be paid on Dairy-produce exported.—Notice No. Ag. 2348.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 12th day of February, 1924.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by subsection one of section fifteen of the Dairy-produce Export Control Act, 1923, 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 fix the sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, as the date after which there shall be paid by way of levy on all dairy-produce exported from New Zealand, such charges as may from time to time be fixed by the New Zealand Dairy-produce Control Board.

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

Exchanging a Reserve in Block I, Poerua Survey District, Westland Land District, for other Land.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of February, 1924.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in Part I of the Schedule hereto is a reserve heretofore duly set apart for gravel purposes, being a reserve within Class I of the Second Schedule to the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908