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SCHEDULE.
PUKETAPU, KARANGAHAPE, AND PUKAWA SURVEY DISTRICTS.
Block. Approximate Area.
Hauhungaroa 1A . . . . . . . . 280 0 0
,, 1B . . . . . . . . . . 300 0 0
,, 1C . . . . . . . . . 9,655 0 0
,, 1D 1 . . . . . . . . 3,000 0 0
,, 1D 2 . . . . . . . . 3,800 0 0
,, 1D 3 . . . . . . . . 4,760 0 0
,, 2A . . . . . . . . . 240 0 0
,, 2B . . . . . . . . .
,, 2C . . . . . . . . . 8,081 0 0
,, 2D . . . . . . . . . 8,700 0 0
,, 4 . . . . . . . . . . 1,200 0 0
,, 6 . . . . . . . . . 4,675 0 0
,, 7 . . . . . . . . . . 500 0 0

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

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 Lower Mangapiko Drainage Board in respect of the said loan of one thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Lower Mangapiko Drainage Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of one thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Extending Prohibition of Alienation of certain Native Lands other than Alienation in favour of the Crown.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of December, 1925.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES 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 thereof, doth hereby extend for a further period of six months the Order in Council dated the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and gazetted the fifteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, prohibiting all alienation of the Native land specified in the Schedule hereto, other than alienation in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.
PUKETAPU AND MAUNGAKU SURVEY DISTRICTS.
Block. Approximate Area.
Waiutuhi Kuratau No. 1B . . . . . . . . 762 0 0
,, No. 3 . . . . . . . . . . 100 0 0
,, No. 4B 2 . . . . . . . . 3,492 2 32

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Lower Mangapiko Drainage Board in respect of a Loan of £1,000, authorized to be raised for the Reconstruction of the Mangapiko Stream within the Te Rahu Subdivision.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of December, 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, 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 Lower Mangapiko Drainage Board has been authorized to borrow the sum of one thousand pounds for the reconstruction of the Mangapiko Stream within the Te Rahu Subdivision:

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Manukau County Council in respect of a Loan of £4,200, authorized to be raised for improving a Portion of the Maraetai Main Road.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of December, 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, 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 Manukau County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of four thousand two hundred pounds for improving a portion of the Maraetai Main 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 Manukau County Council in respect of the said loan of four thousand two hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Manukau County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of four thousand two hundred pounds accordingly.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Onehunga Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £2,000, authorized to be raised for the Purpose of installing Drainage and Plumbing Connections.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of December, 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, 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