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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

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 Central Electric-power Board in respect of the said loan of five thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Central Electric-power Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of five thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Hawera County Council in respect of a Loan of £10,500 authorized to be raised for the Purpose of paying off the Outstanding Balance of its Antecedent Liability.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of March, 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 Hawera County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of ten thousand five hundred pounds for the purpose of paying off the outstanding balance of its antecedent liability:

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

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

Revoking Order in Council licensing the Kauri Timber Company (Limited) to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore and Land below Low-water Mark of Whangaparapara Harbour, Great Barrier Island, as a Site for Booms, Breastwork, and Reclamation.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day of March, 1926.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 82, of the twenty-second day of the same month, the Kauri Timber Company (Limited), of Auckland (who with its successors and assigns is hereinafter referred to as “the company”), was licensed to use and occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark of Whangaparapara Harbour, Great Barrier Island, for the purpose of maintaining thereon booms, breastwork, and reclamation, in accordance with plans marked M.D. 3386 (two sheets), and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, and upon and subject to the terms and conditions therein set forth:

And whereas the company has applied to have the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council revoked, and it is desirable to revoke the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the Harbours Act, 1923, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke and determine the said recited Order in Council of the seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, as from the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

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

Revoking Regulations under the Stamp Duties Act, 1923.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day of March, 1926.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, under the provisions of the Stamp Act, 1882, it was provided (inter alia) that the commissions payable under the Fourth and Fifth Schedules of the Bankruptcy Act, 1892, should be collected and paid by means of stamps, and that such stamps should be impressed or affixed as therein provided:

And whereas the said Order in Council enures for the purposes of the Stamp Duties Act, 1923, by virtue of the provisions of section one hundred and ninety-nine of the last-mentioned Act, and now has relation by virtue of the provisions of section one of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, to the commissions payable under Part II and Part III of the Third Schedule of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908:

And whereas it is expedient that the said commissions shall in future be paid into the Public Account:

Now, therefore, 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 revoke the said Order in Council of date the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, in part only—that is to say, so far as the same relates to the commissions aforesaid; and doth hereby declare that such revocation shall take effect on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

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

Prohibiting all Alienation of certain Native Land other than Alienation in favour of the Crown.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day of March, 1926.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, 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, for the period of one year from the date of this Order in Council, all alienation of the Native land specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienation in favour of the Crown.