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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 Waitomo County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of seven hundred and fifty pounds for the purpose of metalling portion of the Pukenui 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 Waitomo County Council in respect of the said loan of seven hundred and fifty pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Waitomo County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of seven hundred and fifty pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Waitomo County Council in respect of a Loan of £300, authorized to be raised for the Purpose of forming, metalling, and culverting a Portion of the Pukerimu Road.

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, 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 Waitomo County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of three hundred pounds for the purpose of forming, metalling, and culverting a portion of the Pukerimu 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 Waitomo County Council in respect of the said loan of three hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Waitomo County Council 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 Waitomo County Council in respect of a Loan of £3,000, authorized to be raised for the Purpose of reforming, widening, culverting, and metalling Portion of the Takiri-Mokauiti Road.

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, 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 Waitomo County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of three thousand pounds for the purpose of reforming, widening, culverting, and metalling portion of the Takiri-Mokauiti 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 Waitomo County Council in respect of the said loan of three thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Waitomo County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of three thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Notifying Lands in Nelson Land District for Sale by Public Auction for Cash or on Deferred Payments.

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 Wednesday, the fourth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, as the time at which the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction for cash or on deferred payments; and I hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—VILLAGE LAND.
St. Arnaud Township.—Murchison County.—Motupiko Survey District.

St. Arnaud Township is situated at the northern end of Lake Rotoiti. It is about five miles from Tophouse, and the locality is an ideal one for campers and sportsmen. Access is from Glenhope, about seventeen miles by a fair road; or from Kohatu, via Tophouse, about thirty-five miles. The town is also accessible from Blenheim, via the Wairau Valley, about seventy miles.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of September, 1925.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.