Feb. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 521

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Heathcote County Council in respect of a Loan of £2,000, authorized to be raised for Electric Light Extensions at Mount Pleasant.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Auckland, this 21st day of February, 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 Heathcote County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of two thousand pounds for electric light extensions at Mount Pleasant:

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 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 Heathcote County Council in respect of the said sum of two thousand pounds shall be a rate not exceeding five and three-quarters per centum per annum, and the said Heathcote County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of two thousand pounds accordingly.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Sharp-tailed Grouse (Pedioecetus phasianellus) declared to be Imported Game.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred on me by section eight of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that on and from the date hereof the bird known as sharp-tailed grouse (Pedioecetus phasianellus) shall be deemed to be included in the Second Schedule of the said Act.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 18th day of February, 1927.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Revoking Sanctuary for Imported and Native Game near Kerepeehi.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section six of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the Warrant made under the said Act, and gazetted on the second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, declaring certain areas to be sanctuaries for native and imported game, in so far as that Warrant relates to the area described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

CERTAIN areas near Kerepeehi: All those areas in the land district of Auckland situated near Kerepeehi, and containing approximately 469 acres, being parts of Kopuraruwai Blocks, the properties of Mrs. W. E. Price and Messrs. W. E. Price and A. G. Price.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 20th day of February, 1927.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice of Change of the Purpose of a Reserve in Mamari Village, North Auckland 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 a reserve duly set apart for a site for a post-office, being a purpose within Class II of the Second Schedule to the said Act, and it is expedient to change, as hereinafter provided, the purpose of such reserve so set apart:

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by section six of the said Act, as aforesaid, declare that the purpose of the reservation over the reserve described in the Schedule hereto is hereby changed to a reserve for public buildings of the General Government. And I do hereby further declare that this notice is issued subject to the provisions of section seven of the said Act, and shall take effect according to the provisions of that section.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 15, Mamari Village, Block II, Whangape Survey District. Area, 2 roods.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of January, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Setting apart Crown Land under Section 161 of the Land Act, 1924.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and sixty-one of the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the land described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 26, Block V, Hohoura East Survey District: Area, 51 acres 1 rood 34 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 18th day of February, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land in Canterbury 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, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the thirtieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, as the time at which the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

TOWN LAND.

Kowai County.—Teviotdale Survey District.

SECTION part R.S. 587, Block IX: Area, 1 rood. Upset price, £20.

The above area, facing the Main North Road, is situated two miles and a half from Amberley Railway-station, and half a mile from Leithfield School. The land is low-lying, flat, all in grass, and suitable for a building-site; would afford enough grazing for one cow.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 18th day of February, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.