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and nineteen, and gazetted on the twenty-seventh day of
November then instant, which prohibited to the extent
specified therein the exportation from New Zealand of certain
goods, by omitting the word "coal" from the Second
Schedule thereto.

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

Transfer of certain War Funds in the Dominion of New
Zealand to certain Societies or Trustees (Incorporated),
under the War Funds Act, 1915.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day
of December, 1925.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section thirteen of the War Funds Act,
1915 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act"),
it is provided that any person, society, or trustees (whether
such society or trustees are incorporated or not) having
control of any war fund may, with the consent of the
Governor-General in Council, transfer such fund to any
other society or trustees incorporated pursuant to section
twelve of the said Act, to be applied by such last-mentioned
society or trustees for the purposes for which such last-
mentioned society or trustees were incorporated, notwith-
standing that such purposes may not be identical with the
purposes for which the fund to be transferred was established;
provided that consent shall not be given to any application
under this section unless the Governor-General in Council
is satisfied that the fund to be transferred can be administered
by the incorporated society or trustees for substantially
the same purposes as those for which the fund was
established:
And whereas applications have been made by the societies
or trustees having control of the funds named in the first
column of the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as
"the said funds") for the consent of the Governor-General
in Council to the transfer of the said funds to the societies
or trustees incorporated under the said Act, set opposite the
said funds respectively in the second column of the Schedule
hereto:
And whereas the Governor-General in Council is satisfied
that the said funds can be administered by the said incor-
porated societies or trustees respectively for substantially
the same purposes as those for which the said funds were
established: And whereas it is desirable to consent to such
transfer:
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 by the said Act,
and acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby consent
to the transfer of the said funds to the said incorporated
societies or trustees set opposite the said funds respectively
in the second column of said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
Name of Funds transferred. Organization to which transferred.
Wanganui Returned Soldiers Wanganui-Waitotata Patriotic
Club Building Fund Association (Incorporated).
Banks Peninsula Patriotic Canterbury Patriotic Fund
Society Fund (Incorporated).
Timaru Sub-centre, New Zealand Branch, British Red
land Branch, British Red Cross Society and Order of.
borough, and Westland Centre, New Zealand Branch,
Cross Society and Order of. British Red Cross Society
St. John and Order of St. John.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Taranaki
County Council in respect of a Loan of £750, authorized to
be raised for the Purpose of forming and metalling Ackworth
Road.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 30th day of
November, 1925.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING 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 author-
ized, 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 Taranaki County Council has been au-
thorized to borrow the sum of seven hundred and fifty pounds
for the purpose of forming and metalling Ackworth 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 Taranaki 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 Taranaki 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 Taranaki
County Council in respect of a Loan of £500, authorized to
be raised for the Purpose of forming and metalling Weld
Road.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 30th day
of November, 1925.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING 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 author-
ized before the passing of the said Act, or is thereafter author-
ized, 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 Taranaki County Council has been au-
thorized to borrow the sum of five hundred pounds for the
purpose of forming and metalling Weld 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 Taranaki County Council
in respect of the said loan of five hundred pounds shall be a
rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said
Taranaki County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the
said sum of five hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Taranaki
County Council in respect of a Loan of £130, authorized to
be raised for the Purpose of erecting a Concrete Bridge on the
Puniho Road.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 30th day of
November, 1925.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING 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