SEPT. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2551

doth hereby revoke the aforesaid Order in Council as from the thirtieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and in lieu of the duties and exemptions from duty therein prescribed in respect of the goods specified in the Schedule thereto (being goods the produce or manufacture of the Union of South Africa), and in lieu of the duties and exemptions provided for in the British Preferential Tariff in so far as they would, in the absence of special provision, apply to such goods, doth hereby, as from the aforesaid date, impose and create the duties and exemptions from duty specified in the Schedule hereto, in respect of the goods referred to therein:

Provided that nothing herein shall be construed to impose with respect to any such goods a higher duty than would be chargeable if such goods were subject to the British Preferential Tariff.

SCHEDULE.

Goods (being the produce or manufacture of the Union of South Africa)

Tariff.

Feathers ... 15 per cent. ad valorem.
Fish ... 1½d. the pound.
Fruits, dried, other than dried apples Free.
Fruits, green ... Free.
Sugar ... Free.
Tea ... 1d. per pound.
Wine, other than sparkling ... 3s. 6d. the gallon.
Wine, sparkling ... 9s. 6d. the gallon.
All other goods except spirits and tobacco 3 per cent. less than the duty which would otherwise be payable.

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

Prescribing the Term for which the Te Awamutu Borough Council may borrow the Sum of £3,000, being a Further Portion of a Loan of £40,000 authorized to be raised for the Provision of a Sewerage System, and also the Rate of Interest payable thereon.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of September, 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 rate-payers 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 Te Awamutu Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of forty thousand pounds for the provision of a sewerage system, and is now desirous of raising the sum of three thousand pounds, being a further portion of the loan of forty thousand pounds:

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 thirty-six and a half 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 Te Awamutu Borough Council may borrow the said three thousand pounds shall be thirty-six and a half 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 Te Awamutu Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of three thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Term for which the Thames Borough Council may borrow the Sum of £6,000, being a Further Portion of a Loan of £98,000 authorized to be raised for Sanitary Works, and also the Rate of Interest payable thereon.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of September, 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 rate-payers 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 Thames Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of ninety-eight thousand pounds for sanitary works, and is now desirous of raising the sum of six thousand pounds, being a further portion of the loan of ninety-eight thousand pounds:

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 ten 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 Thames Borough Council may borrow the said sum of six thousand pounds shall be ten 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 Thames Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of six thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Recreation Reserve in Canterbury Land District brought under Part II of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of September, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-sixth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby order and declare that the reserve for recreation in the Canterbury Land District described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Act; and such reserve shall hereafter form part of Spotswood Domain, and be managed, administered, and dealt with as a public domain by the Spotswood Domain Board.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 21.9 perches, more or less, being part of Section 70, Village of Spotswood, and being all the land comprised in the certificate of title, Volume 275, folio 150, Christchurch Registry.

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