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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board has been authorized to borrow the sum of six hundred thousand pounds for drainage-works, and is now desirous of raising the sum of twenty-five thousand pounds, being a further portion of the loan of six hundred 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 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 rate of interest that may be paid by the Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board in respect of the said sum of twenty-five thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding five and five-eighths per centum per annum, and the said Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of twenty-five thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Vesting a Public Library Reserve in the Selwyn County Council.

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 the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart as a site for a public library: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Selwyn:

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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section four of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Selwyn, in trust, as a site for a public library.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 28 perches, more or less, being Reserve No. 4103, Block VIII, Selwyn Survey District, and being all the land contained in Conveyance No. 39961, formerly Lot 11 of deeds index plan No. 4/24, and bounded as follows: Towards the north-east and south-east by Lots 10, 9, 8, and 12 of the aforesaid plan, 220 links and 161·5 links respectively; and towards the south-west by a public road, 373·25 links: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less. As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/3370, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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

Kamo Town District not to be Part of County of Whangarei.

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 the Governor-General is satisfied that the population of the Kamo Town District, in the County of Whangarei, exceeds five hundred, and the Town Board of the said Kamo Town District has made application that the town district shall not form part of the County of Whangarei, being the county within the boundaries of which it is situated:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Town Boards Amendment Act, 1908 (No. 2), and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that, on and after the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, the Kamo Town District shall not form part of the County of Whangarei.

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

Appointing Official Members of the Legislative Council of Western Samoa.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the Samoa Act, 1921, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint and declare that the persons who for the time being hold office in the Samoan Public Service as the Chief Medical Officer and as the Director of Agriculture shall be official members of the Legislative Council of Western Samoa in lieu of the persons holding office as Public Trustee and Treasurer respectively.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 24th day of December, 1926.

W. NOSWORTHY,
For Minister of External Affairs.

Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Birkenhead Borough Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the scenic reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved under the said Act) in the Birkenhead Borough Council, subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say:—

1. The period for which the control of the reserve is hereby vested shall be five years from the date hereof, unless the reservation is previously altered or revoked under the said Act.

2. The said Council shall prepare a report each year ending on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement of receipts and expenditure in connection with the said reserve. Such report and statement shall be sent to the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act as soon as possible after the close of the year.

3. The said Council shall control the said reserve in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

BIRKENHEAD SCENIC RESERVE.—NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area, containing by admeasurement 14 acres 0 roods 19·5 perches, more or less, being portion of Allotment 149, Parish of Takapuna, and being all the land on deposited plan No. 14492, Auckland Registry.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 27th day of December, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Notice of Change of the Purpose of Portion of a Reserve in the Borough of Rangiora, Canterbury Land District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section six of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), the Governor-General is empowered, in the case of any public reserve vested in His Majesty or the Governor-General for any of the purposes comprised in Class II of the Second Schedule to the said Act, to change the purpose for which such reserve was set apart to any other purpose:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is portion of an area duly set apart as a reserve for a lock-up