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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby prescribe that the rate of interest that may be paid by the Hutt County Council in respect of the said loan of one thousand two hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Hutt County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of one thousand two hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Otamatea County Council in respect of a Loan of £1,200 authorized to be raised for the Reconstruction of Bridges.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of February, 1926.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING 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 ratepayers 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 Otamatea County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of one thousand two hundred pounds for the reconstruction of bridges:

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 Otamatea County Council in respect of the said loan of one thousand two hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Otamatea County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of one thousand two hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Term for which the Paeroa Borough Council may borrow the Sum of £6,250, being the Balance of a Loan of £11,250 authorized to be raised for Street-improvements.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of February, 1926.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING 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 ratepayers 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 Paeroa Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of eleven thousand two hundred and fifty pounds for street improvements, and is now desirous of raising the sum of six thousand two hundred and fifty 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 said six thousand two hundred and fifty 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 Paeroa Borough Council may borrow the said six thousand two hundred and fifty pounds shall be twenty years, and the said Paeroa Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of six thousand two hundred and fifty pounds accordingly.

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

Opening Settlement Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Thursday, the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Whakatane County.—Rangitaiki Upper Survey District.—Orini Settlement.

*Buildings. †Half-yearly instalment of interest and sinking fund on buildings.

DESCRIPTION OF SECTIONS.

The areas and distances are approximate.

Section 1s: Approximately 38 acres in last season’s turnip-crop, requiring ploughing and grassing; 11 acres improved, 140 chains boundary-fences, 58 chains subdivisional fences, two concrete troughs, 2½ acres fenced plantation in blue-gums, 140 chains of boundary and 67 chains subdivisional drains have been dug; these are mostly fenced, and some planted in well-grown blue-gums. The unimproved portion of this section is in manuka and rushes, with patches of flax and raupo.

Section 2s: Approximately 50 acres is improved, about half of which has been ploughed; 54 chains boundary-fences, and 55 chains subdivisional fences; concrete water-trough, 34 chains of boundary and 93 chains of subdivisional drains have been dug, mostly fenced, and some planted. The unimproved portion of this section is in manuka, rushes, flax, and raupo.

Section 4s: About 30 acres ploughed, requiring regrassing; 66 chains boundary-fences and 10 chains subdivisional fences, 58 chains of which are also planted with blue-gums; 81 chains of boundary and 65 chains subdivisional drains have been dug; there is also the dredge-cut on south and east boundaries. The balance of this section is in manuka, rushes, with patches of flax and raupo.

Section 5s: About 26 acres improved; 84 chains boundary and 74 chains subdivisional fences; boundary-drains completed, including dredge-cuts, and 41 chains subdivisional drains; dwellinghouse and milking-shed. The balance of this section is in manuka, rushes, and a little flax.

Sections 6s, 8s, and 9s: Some of the boundary-drains, including dredge-cuts, have been dug, and with the exception