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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

rizied 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 Waiapu County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of eight thousand pounds for the purchase of roadmaking machinery:

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 said eight thousand pounds may be borrowed be twenty years:

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 Waiapu County Council may borrow the said sum of eight thousand pounds shall be twenty years, and the said Waiapu County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of eight thousand pounds for this term.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Waipawa County Council in respect of a Loan of £5,000, being a Further Portion of a Loan of £25,000 authorized to be raised for the Erection of Bridges, Purchase of Machinery, and the Acquisition of Land and Erection of Roadmen’s Cottages.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th 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 Waipawa County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of twenty-five thousand pounds for the erection of bridges, purchase of machinery, and the acquisition of land and erection of roadmen’s cottages, and is now desirous of raising the sum of five thousand pounds, being a further portion of the loan of twenty-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 Waipawa County Council in respect of the said loan of five thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Waipawa County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of five thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Prohibiting the Importation of Electronic Radio Biola Apparatus, also Advertising-matter relating thereto. (C. No. 32.)

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of September, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section forty-six of the Customs Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities 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 prohibit the importation into New Zealand, save with the consent of the Minister of Customs, of Electronic Radio Biola Apparatus manufactured or vended by or on account of The Biola Manufacturing Company (Incorporated), of Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America, and advertising-matter relating solely or principally to such apparatus.

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

Suspension of Duty on certain Wheat. (C. No. 33.)

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of September, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section twelve of the Customs Amendment Act, 1921, 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, subject to the provisions of this Order, hereby suspend the existing Tariff (being the First Schedule to the Customs Amendment Act, 1921) in so far as it relates to the goods mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and doth hereby declare that while this Order remains in force the said goods shall be exempt from all Customs duties other than the primage duty of one per centum ad valorem imposed by section fifteen of the said Act.

This Order in Council shall come into force on the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.

SCHEDULE.

GRAIN—viz., wheat which is imported in pursuance of and subject to the conditions stated in a permit issued by the Minister of Industries and Commerce or any person authorized by him in that behalf.

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

Validating Proceedings in Connection with a Loan of £1,500 proposed to be raised by the Waikato County Council.

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 the Waikato County Council, acting under and in pursuance of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, proposes to raise a loan of one thousand five hundred pounds (£1,500), authorized by a poll of ratepayers taken on the thirtieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, for the purpose of constructing and metalling roads in the Kainui Special-rating District No. 2:

And whereas by section nine of the said Act it is provided that there shall be published in any newspaper circulating in the district once in each week for four successive weeks a notice setting forth, inter alia, a statement whether or not it is proposed to pay out of the loan the cost of raising the loan or the interest and sinking fund for the first year :