of the said Dominion, doth hereby prescribe that the term
for which the Wellington City Council may borrow the said
twenty-four thousand pounds shall be thirty years, and the
rate of interest that may be paid thereon shall be a rate not
exceeding five and five-eighths per centum per annum, and
the said Wellington City Council is hereby authorized to
borrow the said sum of twenty-four thousand pounds accord-
ingly.

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

Prescribing the Term for which the Wellington City Council may
borrow the Sum of £6,000 authorized to be raised for the Pur-
pose of completing General Improvements, and also the Rate
of Interest payable thereon.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 5th day of
July, 1926.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 autho-
rized, 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 Wellington City Council has been autho-
rized to borrow the sum of sixty-three thousand four hundred
and twenty-five pounds for general improvements, and is
now desirous of borrowing an additional sum of six thousand
pounds under the authority of section eighteen of the Local
Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of completing the
undertaking :
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 money may be bor-
rowed be thirty years, and the rate of interest payable thereon
not exceeding five and five-eighths 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 term for
which the Wellington City Council may borrow the said sum
of six thousand pounds shall be thirty years, and the rate of
interest that may be paid thereon shall be a rate not exceeding
five and five-eighths per centum per annum, and the said
Wellington City Council is hereby authorized to borrow the
said sum of six thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Cancelling the Reservation over certain Lands in Canterbury
Land District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by subsection one of section one
hundred and sixty-two of the Reserves and other Lands
Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1924, I, General
Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, being satisfied that the land referred
to in subsection two of the said section has been duly trans-
ferred to His Majesty, do hereby cancel the reservation for
plantation purposes over the land described in the first
Schedule hereto and the vesting of the said land in the Selwyn
Plantation Board, and do further hereby cancel the reserva-
tion for tramway purposes over the land described in the
Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District containing by
admeasurement 60 acres 3 roods, more or less, being part of
Reserve 1795, Blocks II and III, Leeston Survey District,
bounded towards the north-west by a road, 2118 links; towards

the north by Reserve 302, 295·5 links ; towards the north-
east by a road, 319·4 links ; towards the south-east by Rural
Section 32956, 5064·3 links ; and towards the south-west
by other part of Reserve 1759, 1517·4 links : be all the afore-
said linkages more or less. As the same is more particularly
delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 49135A, deposited
in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wel-
lington, and thereon bordered red.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by
admeasurement 2 acres 3 roods, more or less, being part of
Tramway Reserve 302, Blocks II and III, Leeston Survey
District, bounded towards the north generally by Reserve
309, 2537·5 links ; towards the north-east by a road, 126·3
links ; towards the south generally by Reserve 1759, 2959·5
links ; and towards the north-west by a road, 392 links ;
bo all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is
more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S.
49135B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and
Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 2nd day of July, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Westland Land District for Sale by Public
Auction.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon
me by section one hundred and thirty-two of the Land
Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Go-
vernor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint Wednesday, the twenty-fifth day of August, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, as the time at which
the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold
by public auction; and I hereby fix the prices at which the
said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule
hereto.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.
Westland County.—Town of Otira.
SECTION 1 : Area, 1 rood; upset price, £15.
" 2 " 1 " " £15.
" 3 " 1 " " £15.
Section 4 ,, 1 " „ £15.
Weighted with £350, valuation for improvements, consist-
ing of four-roomed dwelling, storehouse, levelling, and clearing.
Section 5 : Area, 1 rood; upset price, £15.
" 6 ,, 1 " " £15.
" 7 ,, 1 " " £15.
" 8 ,, 1 " " £15.
Section 9 ,, 1 " „ £15.
Weighted with £270, valuation for improvements, consisting
of four-roomed cottage, scullery, and blacksmith's shop.
Section 10 : Area, 1 rood; upset price, £15.
Weighted with £150, valuation for improvements, consisting
of three-roomed dwelling, bathroom, and out-shed.
Section 11 : Area, 2 roods; upset price, £20.
Weighted with £300, valuation for improvements, consisting
of four-roomed dwelling, butcher's shop, grocer's shop, bath-
room, and pantry, all under one roof and fitted with electric
light, acetylene-gas, cooking-range, and hot and cold water
service; also washhouse (detached).
The Town of Otira is situated on the West Coast—Christ-
church Main Road, about half a mile from the Otira Railway-
station, and has been laid out to give local residents an oppor-
tunity of acquiring residential sites on permanent titles. The
locality is also becoming popular with Canterbury people as
a summer and week-end resort, in which respect the present
subdivision offers ideal sites on which to erect suitable cottages.
The sections occupy an easy slope overlooking the Otira River
with a warm easterly aspect and are more or less covered with
second growth.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 3rd day of July, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.