FEB. 26.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

635

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Mackenzie County Council in respect of a Loan of £410, authorized to be raised for the Purchase of Plant for the Fairlie Fire Brigade.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.

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 Mackenzie County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of four hundred and ten pounds for the purchase of plant for the Fairlie Fire Brigade:

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

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Hokianga County Council in respect of a Loan of £7,500, authorized to be raised for Road Construction, Metalling, and Culverting.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.

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 Hokianga County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of seven thousand five hundred pounds for road construction, metalling, and culverting:

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

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Removing Suspension of Duty on Bran and Pollard. (C. No. 18.)

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.

Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section twelve of the Customs Amendment Act, 1921, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, 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, subject to the provisions of this Order, hereby revoke the Order in Council made on the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and gazetted on the twenty-seventh day of March then instant, which suspended the existing Tariff (being the First Schedule to the Customs Amendment Act, 1921) in so far as it related to bran and pollard; and doth hereby order that on the coming into operation of this Order in Council the duties of Customs imposed by the Customs Amendment Act, 1921, shall be levied on bran and pollard as if the Order in Council hereby revoked had not been made.

This Order in Council shall come into operation on the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking the Prohibition of the Exportation of Bran and Pollard. (C. No. 19).

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.

Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section forty-seven of the Customs Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, 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, subject to the provisions of this Order, hereby revoke the Order in Council made on the twenty-third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and gazetted on the twenty-sixth day of April then instant, which prohibited to the extent specified therein the exportation of bran and pollard from New Zealand.

This Order in Council shall come into operation on the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking Fees for surveying and defining the Load-lines of Ships, and prescribing Others in lieu thereof.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.

Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the tenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighteenth day of the same month, a regulation was made prescribing the fees to be paid for the surveying and defining of the load-lines of ships:

And whereas it is desirable to revoke the said regulation and to make another in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section two hundred and twelve of the Shipping and Seamen 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 the hereinbefore-recited regulation of the tenth day