MAR. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 677

Partial Revocation of an Order in Council affecting Lands subject
to Part XVI of the Native Land Act, 1909.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 2nd day of
March, 1925.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section two hundred and ninety-six of
the Native Land Act, 1909, it is enacted that any
Order in Council made under Part XVI of that Act, or under
Part II of the Native Land Settlement Act, 1907, may be at
any time revoked, either wholly or as to any part or parts
of the land included therein, by the Governor-General by
Order in Council:
And whereas the land set out in the Schedule hereto became
subject to the provisions of Part XVI of the Native Land
Act, 1909:
And whereas the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board
has recommended that such land shall cease to be so subject:
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 revoke the Order in Council dated the thirtieth day
of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine, in so far as
such Order in Council affects the land set out in the Schedule
hereto.
SCHEDULE.
TUTUTOHORA 2A 2 Block, Matakaoa Survey District; Approximate area, 187 acres.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Manukau County Council in respect of a Loan of £1,000 authorized to be raised for opening, widening, forming, and metalling the Road to connect the Puhunui Road with the Wiri Station Road.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 2nd day of
March, 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 Manukau County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of one thousand pounds for opening, widening, forming, and metalling the road to connect the Puhunui Road with the Wiri Station 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 Manukau County Council in respect of the said loan of one thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding five and three-quarters per centum per annum, and the said Manukau County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of one thousand pounds accordingly.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council,

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Hobson County Council in respect of a Loan of £500, authorized to be raised for acquiring and forming a Deviation of the Whatoroa-Opouteke Road.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 2nd day of March, 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 Hobson County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of five hundred pounds for acquiring and forming a deviation of the Whatoro Opouteke 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 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 Hobson County Council in respect of the said loan of five hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Hobson County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of five hundred pounds accordingly.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Hawke's Bay Rivers Board in respect of a Loan of £3,000, authorized to be raised for repairing Flood-damage.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 2nd day of March, 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 Hawke's Bay Rivers Board has been authorized to borrow the sum of three thousand pounds for repairing flood-damage:
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 Hawke's Bay Rivers Board in respect of the said loan of three thousand pounds