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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 Wairarapa Electric-power Board has been authorized to borrow the sum of two thousand five hundred pounds for electric works in the Lake Ferry Special-rating Area :

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 ten 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 Wairarapa Electric-power Board may borrow the said sum of two thousand five hundred pounds shall be ten 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 Wairarapa Electric-power Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of two thousand five hundred pounds accordingly.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Raising of £60,000, being a Portion of a Loan of £150,000, authorized to be raised by the Hutt Valley Electric-power Board on the Instalment System, extending over a Period of thirty-six and a half Years.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of March, 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 Hutt Valley Electric-power Board has been authorized to borrow the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand pounds for electric works, and is now desirous of raising the sum of sixty thousand pounds, being a portion of the said loan of one hundred and fifty thousand pounds :

And whereas application has been made by the aforesaid Power Board for the consent of His Excellency the Governor-General in Council to the raising of the said sixty thousand pounds on the instalment system, extending over a period of thirty-six and a half years :

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, doth hereby consent to the Hutt Valley Electric-power Board raising the sum of sixty thousand pounds upon terms of making the same, together with interest thereon, repayable by instalments extending over a period of thirty-six and a half years, and the said Hutt Valley Electric-power Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of sixty thousand pounds on these terms.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Opening Land in the Wellington Land District for Sale or Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the amendments thereof, I General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and seventy-six of the said Act, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Friday, the twenty-second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the amendments thereof.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Eketahuna County.—Tararua Survey District.

SECTIONS 1 and 45, Block VI: Area, 705 acres. Capital value, £705. Deferred payments: Deposit, £35; half-yearly instalment, £21 15s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £14 2s.

Weighted with £991 valuation for improvements, consisting of felling and grassing £458 10s., fencing £117 10s., stumping £10, plantation £10, and a five-roomed dwelling and out-buildings £395.

Arrangements may be made with the State Advances Department for an advance on security of the improvements.

These sections are situated in the Stirling Farm Homestead Block at the end of the Mangaroa Road, about nine miles from Eketahuna. Comprise hilly bush country mostly. An area of 360 acres has been felled and grassed, but owing to neglect this area has gone back a good deal to second growth and rubbish. Soil is of a light nature, resting on papa and shingle formation. Sections are watered by small streams.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of March, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Amending the Constitution of the Transport Appeal Board for No. 1 Motor-omnibus District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by section sixteen of the Motor-omnibus Traffic Act, 1926, and of all other powers in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the appointment of the Honourable Sir Frederick Revans Chapman as Chairman of the Transport Appeal Board for No. 1 Motor-omnibus District, and do hereby appoint the Honourable Justice Francis Vernon Frazer as Chairman of the said Board.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 9th day of March, 1927.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 62/5/2/17.)

Varying Notification respecting Deer-shooting, Westland Acclimatization District (Haast, Wills, and Landsborough Valleys, South Westland).

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I, Richard Francis Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby vary the notification dated the 16th day of February, 1927, and do hereby declare that the number of licenses which may be issued by the Chief Postmaster, Hokitika, shall not exceed twenty-six.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 14th day of March, 1927.

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