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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 Mangonui County Council in respect of the said sum of eight hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Mangonui County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of eight hundred pounds accordingly.

J. W. BLACK,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Waipukurau Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £19,000, authorized to be raised for providing a High-pressure Water-supply and Extension of Water-mains.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 20th day of December, 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 in Council:

And whereas the Waipukurau Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of nineteen thousand pounds for providing a high-pressure water-supply and extension of water-mains:

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 Waipukurau Borough Council in respect of the said sum of nineteen thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Waipukurau Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of nineteen thousand pounds accordingly.

J. W. BLACK,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Ohura County Council in respect of a Loan of £500, being a Further Portion of a Loan of £6,000, authorized to be raised for forming, culverting, and metalling a Portion of the Upper Ohura and Tapuwahine Roads.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of January, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 Ohura County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of six thousand pounds for forming, culverting, and metalling a portion of the Upper Ohura and Tapuwahine Roads, and is now desirous of raising the sum of five hundred pounds, being a further portion of the loan of six thousand pounds:

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 Ohura County Council in respect of the said sum of five hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Ohura County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of five hundred pounds accordingly.

J. W. BLACK,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Whangarei Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £1,350, authorized to be raised for deviating the Water-main at Otaika and increasing the Supply of Water.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of January, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 Whangarei Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of one thousand three hundred and fifty pounds for deviating the water-main at Otaika and increasing the supply of water:

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 Whangarei Borough Council in respect of the said sum of one thousand three hundred and fifty pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Whangarei Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of one thousand three hundred and fifty pounds accordingly.

J. W. BLACK,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Rangitikei County Council in respect of a Loan of £1,850, authorized to be raised for metalling the Mangahoe Road.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of January, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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