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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 Auckland City Council has been authorized
to borrow the sum of sixteen thousand pounds for library
buildings:
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 term for which the money may be
borrowed be twenty-one years, and the rate of interest payable thereon 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
term for which the Auckland City Council may borrow the
said sum of sixteen thousand pounds shall be twenty-one
years and the rate of interest that may be paid thereon shall
be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the
said Auckland City Council is hereby authorized to borrow
the said sum of sixteen thousand pounds accordingly.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Term for which the Auckland City Council may
borrow the Sum of £190,000, authorized to be raised for Street
Paving and Improvements, and also the Rate of Interest
payable thereon.
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 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 Auckland City Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of one hundred and ninety thousand
pounds for street paving and improvements:
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 term for which the money may be
borrowed be twenty-one years, and the rate of interest payable thereon 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
term for which the Auckland City Council may borrow the
said sum of one hundred and ninety thousand pounds shall
be twenty-one years and the rate of interest that may be
paid thereon shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per
annum, and the said Auckland City Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of one hundred and ninety
thousand pounds accordingly.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Term for which the Auckland City Council may
borrow the Sum of £20,000, authorized to be raised for Zoological Park Development and also the Rate of Interest payable
thereon.
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 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 Auckland City Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of twenty thousand pounds for
Zoological Park development:
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 term for which the money may be
borrowed be twenty-one years, and the rate of interest payable thereon 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 term for
which the Auckland City Council may borrow the said sum of
twenty thousand pounds shall be twenty-one years, and the
rate of interest that may be paid thereon shall be a rate not
exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Auckland
City Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of
twenty thousand pounds accordingly.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking the Vesting in the Hawera County Council of a Public
Pound Site, being Section 19, Kaponga Village.
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 the Schedule hereto
was vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Hawera County, in trust for a public pound
site, by an Order in Council dated the first day of February,
one thousand nine hundred and four, and published in New
Zealand Gazette No. 9, of the fourth day of February, one
thousand nine hundred and four, in pursuance of section four
of the Public Reserves Act, 1881, but a certificate of title has
not issued in respect of the said reserve:
And whereas it is expedient that the said Order in Council
should be revoked, and the Hawera County Council has duly
consented to such revocation:
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 pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon him by subsection two of section three of the
Public Reserves and Domains Amendment Act, 1914, doth
hereby revoke the Order in Council dated the first day of
February, one thousand nine hundred and four, hereinbefore referred to.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 19, Kaponga Village, Block XI, Kaupokonui Survey
District: Area, 1 acre.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

State Guarantee of a Loan of £750,000 (being the Balance of
a Loan of £1,500,000) applied for by the Southland Electricpower Board for the Construction of Works for the Generation and Distribution of Electric Energy.
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 Southland Electric-power Board has,
pursuant to section seventy-four of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and the amendments thereof, made application to the Minister of Finance for a State guarantee of a loan of seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds, being the