JULY 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1831

tributions to the fund during his period of temporary employment as aforesaid:
And whereas by section ninety-four of the Government Railways Act, 1908, it is provided that the Governor-General may by Order in Council make such regulations as he thinks necessary in order to give full effect to Part III of that Act relating to the fund:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the last-mentioned statutory provision, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby further amend the regulations made under the Government Railways Superannuation Fund Act, 1902, on the twenty-eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and three, by adding thereto the following regulation:—
“14A. (1.) Any person (hereinafter referred to as ‘contingent contributor’) who at the date hereof is, or thereafter shall be, temporarily employed by the Department and who is or shall be eligible for appointment to the permanent staff thereof, may, subject to the approval of the Permanent Head of the Department, pay contributions to the fund during and in respect of his period of temporary employment as aforesaid.
“(2.) The rate of contribution payable to the fund by any contingent contributor shall be determined by reference to his age at the date of his last engagement as a temporary employee in the Department.
“(3.) The contributions of contingent contributors shall form part of the fund and shall be subject to the provisions of section 4 (1) of the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1911, and of section 18 of the Finance Act, 1923.
“(4.) If any contingent contributor become ineligible for, or decline to accept, permanent employment in the Department, or die while temporarily employed therein, or elect to join the fund only as from the date of his appointment to the permanent staff of the Department, or if his services be dispensed with, then, in any of such cases, the whole amount of his contributions to the fund shall be refunded, without interest, to him or his legal personal representatives, as the case may be.
“(5.) Nothing in this regulation shall be deemed to entitle any contingent contributor to the rights and benefits of the fund, unless and until he is appointed to the permanent staff of the Department.”
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 54/472.)

Approving the Term of the License granted to Abraham and Williams (Limited), for a Tramway across Carroll Street, in the Borough of Te Kuiti.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of June, 1925.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
In pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the Tramways Act, 1908, and the Tramways Amendment Act, 1910, 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 approve of the term of the license granted for a period of twenty-one years from the date hereof by the Te Kuiti Borough Council to Abraham and Williams (Limited), authorizing the said company to construct and maintain across Carroll Street, in the Borough of Te Kuiti, a private tramway from land owned by the said company to the New Zealand Government railway-station goods-sheds, the position of such tramway being more particularly shown on the plan marked P.W.D. 66394, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorizing the Purchase by the Tauranga Electric-power Board of certain Electric Works the Property of the Tauranga Borough Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of June, 1926.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
In pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section seventy-six of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, and of all other powers in anyway enabling him in that 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 authorize the purchase by the Tauranga Electric-power Board (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”) duly constituted under the provisions of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, of electric works the property of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Tauranga (hereinafter referred to as “the borough”) referred to in clauses 11 and 12 of a certain agreement bearing date the third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and made between the borough of the one part and the Board of the other part, subject to the condition that such purchase be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the said agreement, so far as the same relates to the purchase of electric works.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 26/1115/1.)

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of June, 1926.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS application has been made under section twenty, subsection one, of the Finance Act, 1919, for the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council to enable the several local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto to borrow the sums set out therein, and it is expedient that such consent should issue:
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 consent to the raising of the loans hereinafter mentioned by the several local authorities set out in the Schedule hereto, and it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the Finance Act, 1919, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor-General in Council to the raising of the said loans.
SCHEDULE.
CHRISTCHURCH City Council (for the acquisition of land for a children's playground) ... £1,500
Egmont County Council (for forming and metalling the Okahu Road) ... £1,000
HAURAKI Plains County Council (for water-supply) £2,000
Hamilton Borough Council (for completion of drainage-works) ... £2,680
Heathcote County Council (for completion of certain roading-works in the Cashmere Rating-area) £1,065
Takapuna Borough Council (for the purpose of providing relief-works for unemployed) ... £10,000
Thames County Council (for repayment of moneys borrowed to repair flood damage) ... £1,650
Vincent County Council (for repairing and erecting bridges) ... £20,000
Mount Albert Borough Council (for drainage-works) £200,000
Mount Albert Borough Council (for roading-works) £537,500
Mount Albert Borough Council (for reserves and conveniences) ... £4,500
Mount Albert Borough Council (for the erection and furnishing of municipal offices) ... £8,000
Wellington City Council (for completion of certain general improvements) ... £6,000
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of June, 1926.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS application has been made under section twenty, subsection one, of the Finance Act, 1919, for the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council to enable the several local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto to borrow the sums set out therein, and it is expedient that such consent should issue:
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,