Oct. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2909

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his precedent consent as required by the above-recited section one hundred and fourteen, and it is desired the term for which the money may be borrowed be twenty years, and the rate of interest payable thereon 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 term for which the Orahiri Drainage Board may borrow the said sum of six hundred pounds shall be twenty years, and the rate of interest that may be paid thereon shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Orahiri Drainage Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of six hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Term for which the Lower Hutt Borough Council may borrow the Sum of £6,000 authorized to be raised for Water-supply, Sewerage, and Drainage, and also the Rate of Interest payable thereon.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of October, 1926.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and fourteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, 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 or public body 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 Hutt Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of six thousand pounds for water-supply, sewerage, and drainage:

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his precedent consent as required by the above-recited section one hundred and fourteen, and it is desired that the term for which the money may be borrowed be twenty years, and the rate of interest payable thereon 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 term for which the Lower Hutt Borough Council may borrow the said sum of six thousand pounds shall be twenty years, and the rate of interest that may be paid thereon shall be a rate not exceeding five and three-quarters per centum per annum, and the said Lower Hutt Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of six thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Hauraki Plains County Council in respect of a Loan of £1,100 authorized to be raised for the Purpose of completing the Construction of Roads in the Turua-Netherton Special-rating Area.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of October, 1926.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and fourteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, 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 or public body 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 Hauraki Plains County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of nineteen thousand five hundred pounds for the construction of roads in the Turua-Netherton Special-rating Area, and is now desirous of borrowing an additional sum of one thousand one hundred pounds under the authority of section nineteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, 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 one hundred and fourteen, 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 Hauraki Plains County Council in respect of the said loan of one thousand one hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Hauraki Plains County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of one thousand one hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Lands proclaimed under the Hutt Valley Lands Settlement Act, 1925, notified available for Purchase for Industrial Purposes.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the fourth section of the Hutt Valley Lands Settlement Amendment Act, 1926, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the undermentioned lands is available for purchase as a site or sites for commercial or industrial purposes, and that the price fixed as a basis of negotiations with respect to the aforesaid lands shall be seven hundred and fifty pounds per acre.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Borough of Lower Hutt, situated in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 42 acres 0 roods 37 perches, more or less, being part Sections 15, 76, and 77, Hutt Registration District, Block XIV, Belmont Survey District. Bounded by a line commencing at the northernmost corner of Lot 1 on plan No. 7217 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington, and proceeding in a south-easterly direction along the north-eastern boundary-line of the said Lot 1 to its intersection with the western side of Gracefield Road: thence towards the south generally along the said western side of Gracefield Road to the north-eastern side of Park Road; thence towards the north-west along the said side of Park Road to its intersection with the southern boundary of Lot 1 on plan No. 7387 deposited as aforesaid; thence along the southern, eastern, and northern boundary-lines of the said Lot 1 to its northernmost corner; thence along the eastern boundary-line of Lot 6 on plan No. 3770, deposited as aforesaid, to the north-eastern side of Park Road; thence towards the north-west along the said side of Park Road to the south-western corner of Lot 5 on the aforesaid plan No. 3770; thence towards the north-east along the north-western boundary-line of the said Lot 5 to the western boundary of Lot 1 on plan No. 7217 aforesaid; and thence towards the north generally along the western boundary of the said Lot 1 to its northernmost corner, the place of commencement.

Also all that area in the Borough of Lower Hutt situated in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 63 acres 3 roods 18 perches, more or less, being part Sections 15 and 77, Hutt Registration District, Block XIV, Belmont Survey District. Bounded by a line commencing at the junction of the south-western side of Park Road with the western side of Gracefield Road, and proceeding in a