JUNE 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1889

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Manurewa Town Board in respect of a Loan of £300, authorized to be raised for Recreation-reserve Improvements.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 8th day of June, 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 Manurewa Town Board has been authorized to borrow the sum of three hundred pounds for recreation-reserve 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 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 Manurewa Town Board in respect of the said loan of three hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Manurewa Town Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of three hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Manurewa Town Board in respect of a Loan of £1,500, authorized to be raised for Cemetery, Dump, and Work thereon.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 8th day of June, 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 Manurewa Town Board has been authorized to borrow the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds for cemetery, dump, and work thereon:

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 Manurewa Town Board in respect of the said loan of one thousand five hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Manurewa Town Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of one thousand five hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Northcote Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £11,000, authorized to be raised for the Completion of Drainage-works.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 8th day of June, 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 Northcote Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of eleven thousand pounds for the completion of drainage-works:

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 Northcote Borough Council in respect of the said loan of eleven thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Northcote Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of eleven thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with Poll taken on Proposal to make Application to Governor-General to declare Wairoa Borough to be a Fire District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington this 8th day of June, 1925.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, a poll of ratepayers was taken in the Borough of Wairoa on the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, on a proposal to make an application to the Governor-General for an Order in Council to declare the said Borough of Wairoa to be a fire district under the said Fire Brigades Act, 1908:

And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said poll were irregular in that, although public notice of the said poll was given by the Returning Officer, such notice was given after the time required by section forty-one of the said Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908:

And whereas it is desirable to validate the irregularity aforesaid:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section twenty-four of the Local Elections and Polls Amendment Act, 1913, 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 order and declare that the proceedings in connection with the said poll shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the Returning Officer had given public notice thereof not later than the time prescribed by section forty-one of the said Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said poll shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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