SEPT. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2795

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Rotorua Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £6,500, authorized to be raised for various Street-improvements.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 20th day of September, 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, 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 Rotorua Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of six thousand five hundred pounds for various street-improvements:

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 five and three-quarters 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 Rotorua Borough Council in respect of the said loan of six thousand five hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding five and three-quarters per centum per annum, and the said Rotorua Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of six thousand five hundred pounds accordingly.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Springs-Etlesmere Electric-power Board in respect of a Loan of £10,000, being a Portion of a Loan of £50,000 authorized to be raised for Electric Works.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 20th day of September, 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, 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 Springs-Etlesmere Electric-power Board has been authorized to borrow the sum of fifty thousand pounds for electric works, and is now desirous of raising the sum of ten thousand pounds, being a portion of the loan of fifty thousand 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 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 Springs-Etlesmere Electric-power Board in respect of the said loan of ten thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Springs-Etlesmere Electric-power Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of ten thousand pounds accordingly.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Setting aside Native Land as a Native Reservation.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 20th day of September, 1926.

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and thirty-two of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is enacted, inter alia, that when any Native freehold land is owned at law or in equity by more than ten owners in common the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, set apart and reserve any part of that land for the common use of the owners thereof as in the said Act provided:

And whereas the Native Land Court has recommended that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto be so set apart and reserved:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority hereinbefore mentioned, and all other powers thereunto him enabling, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby set apart and reserve as a Native reservation the Native freehold land described in the Schedule hereto for the common use of the owners thereof as a place of historical interest and a meeting-place.

SCHEDULE.

WAITARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

ALL that area of land situate in the Aotea Native Land Court District, called or known as Manukorihi A No. 2 Block, containing 2 acres 3 roods 39·5 perches, and being the whole of the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 5th November, 1919.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing the Date and Place for the Payment of Land-tax and Income-tax under the Land and Income Tax Act, 1923, and the Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1926.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 20th day of September, 1926.

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority vested in him under the Land and Income Tax Act, 1923, and the Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1926, 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 order and determine that the respective duties leviable under the said Acts by way of land-tax and income-tax shall be paid on the days and dates set forth hereunder:

Land-tax Under section two of the Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1926. In one sum on Friday, the fifth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

Income-tax Under section three of the Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1926. In one sum on Tuesday, the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.

And in further pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority aforesaid, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, His Excellency doth also determine that the place where the said duties of land-tax and of income-tax shall be payable shall be the office of the Commissioner of Taxes at the Government Buildings, Wellington, and that notice to the aforegoing effect shall be given by the said Commissioner accordingly.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.