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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 17

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 Waipawa Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of three hundred and fifty pounds for installing electric light in the municipal 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 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 Waipawa Borough Council in respect of the said loan of three hundred and fifty pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Waipawa Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of three hundred and fifty pounds accordingly.

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

Mahina Road, in the County of Hutt, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908, subject to a Condition as to the Building-line.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of March, 1925.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in any-wise 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 hereby approve of the following resolution passed by the Hutt County Council on the eleventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, viz.:—

“The Hutt County Council, having control of that portion of Mahina Road, Mahina Bay, adjoining the Council’s property, being part of Sections 28 and 31, Block 16, Belmont Survey District, and as shown on Survey Office plans 255/5, 255/8, and 255/9, Wellington Land District, by this resolution declares that the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, shall not apply to the said road”; subject to the condition that no building or part of a building shall at any time be erected on either side of Mahina Road, (described in the Schedule hereto), within a distance of thirty-three feet from the centre-line of the said road.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that road situated in the Wellington Land District, County of Hutt, known as Mahina Road, adjoining or passing through part Section 28, Block XVI, Belmont Survey District. As the said road is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 61530, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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

Notifying the Proposed Exchange of Crown Land in the Auckland Land District for other Land.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and sixty of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor-General, whenever he deems it expedient in the public interest, to grant in fee-simple any area of Crown land which is subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, in exchange for the fee-simple of any other land, and on any such exchange to pay or receive any sum by way of equality of exchange:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to exchange the Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto for the land described in the Second Schedule hereto, and the owner of the land described in the Second Schedule has agreed to such exchange:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the aforesaid powers and authorities, doth hereby declare it is his intention to grant in fee-simple the area of Crown land described in the First Schedule hereto in exchange for the fee-simple of the land described in the Second Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 76 acres 1 rood 22 perches, more or less, being Section 36, situated in Block XI, Waihou Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Crown land, 2860·3 links; towards the north-east by a public road, 2680·2 links; towards the south-east by part Awaiti ld No. 2, 2863 links; towards the south-west by a public road, 2679·2 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

Also all that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 91 acres 3 roods 17 perches, more or less, being Section 37, situated in Block XI, Waihou Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by part Awaiti ld No. 2, 2875·7 links; towards the north-east, south-east, and south-west by a public road, 3203·3 links, 2883·4 links, and 3202 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 15/13/21, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered pink. Auckland plan No. 23536 (blue).

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 196 acres 2 roods 14 perches, more or less, being part of Awaiti ld No. 2, situated in Block XI, Waihou Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east, by a public road, 5961·3 links; towards the south-east, south-west, and north-west by Crown land, 3570, 5939, and 3050·4 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 15/13/21A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered pink. Auckland plan No. 23536 (blue).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 7th day of March, 1925.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and thirty-two of the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Thursday, the twenty-third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, as the time at which the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—RURAL LAND.

Woodville County.—Woodville Survey District.

SECTION 1, Block XIII : Area, 44 acres 0 roods 26 perches; upset price, £1,100.

The land is situated on the right bank of the Manawatu River, about two miles and a half from Woodville. Flat land; a great portion covered with tall fescue grass. Altitude, about 250 ft. above sea-level. Subject to flood.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 9th day of March, 1925.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Lands.