2656
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

standing anything to the contrary in any Act or in any rule
of law, where a local authority or public body has been autho-
rized before the passing of the said Act, or is thereafter autho-
rized, 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 Stratford County Council has been autho-
rized to borrow the sum of thirty-five thousand pounds for
the purpose of effecting road-improvements in the East
Riding and purchasing machinery, and is now desirous of
raising the sum of three thousand nine hundred pounds, being
a further portion of the loan of thirty-five 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 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 Stratford County
Council in respect of the said loan of three thousand nine
hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum
per annum, and the said Stratford County Council is hereby
authorized to borrow the said sum of three thousand nine
hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Strat-
ford County Council in respect of a Loan of £2,300, being a
Further Portion of a Loan of £21,000 authorized to be raised
for the Purpose of Road-improvements in the South Riding
and purchasing Machinery.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 21st 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, notwith-
standing anything to the contrary in any Act or in any rule
of law, where a local authority or public body has been autho-
rized before the passing of the said Act, or is thereafter autho-
rized, 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 Stratford County Council has been autho-
rized to borrow the sum of twenty-one thousand pounds for
the purpose of road-improvements in the South Riding and
purchasing machinery, and is now desirous of raising the sum
of two thousand three hundred pounds, being a further portion
of the loan of twenty-one 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 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 of interest that may be paid by the Stratford County
Council in respect of the said loan of two thousand three
hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum
per annum, and the said Stratford County Council is hereby
authorized to borrow the said sum of two thousand three
hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Strat-
ford County Council in respect of a Loan of £2,500, being a
Further Portion of a Loan of £22,000 authorized to be raised
for the Purpose of effecting Road-improvements in the West
Riding and purchasing Machinery.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 21st 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, notwith-
standing anything to the contrary in any Act or in any rule
of law, where a local authority or public body has been autho-
rized before the passing of the said Act, or is thereafter autho-
rized, 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 Stratford County Council has been autho-
rized to borrow the sum of twenty-two thousand pounds for
the purpose of effecting road-improvements in the West
Riding and purchasing machinery, and is now desirous of
raising the sum of two thousand five hundred pounds, being a
further portion of the loan of twenty-two 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 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 Stratford County Council
in respect of the said loan of two thousand five hundred
pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per
annum, and the said Stratford County Council is hereby
authorized to borrow the said sum of two thousand five
hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Strat-
ford County Council in respect of a Loan of £1,300, being a
Further Portion of a Loan of £12,000 authorized to be raised
for the Purpose of effecting Road-improvements in the North
Riding, and purchasing Machinery.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 21st 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, notwith-
standing anything to the contrary in any Act or in any rule
of law, where a local authority or public body has been autho-
rized before the passing of the said Act, or is thereafter autho-
rized, 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 Stratford County Council has been autho-
rized to borrow the sum of twelve thousand pounds for the
purpose of effecting road-improvements in the North Riding
and purchasing machinery, and is now desirous of raising the
sum of one thousand three hundred pounds, being a further
portion of the loan of twelve 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 rate of interest at which the money
may be borrowed be not exceeding six per centum per annum :