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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Piako County Council in respect of a Loan of £2,300, authorized to be raised for metalling the Kereone Soldiers Settlement Roads.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of March, 1927.

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 Piako County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of two thousand three hundred pounds for metalling the Kereone Soldiers Settlement Roads:

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

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

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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 the Purpose of erecting Workers’ Dwellings.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of March, 1927.

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 Heathcote County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of two thousand pounds for the purpose of erecting workers’ dwellings:

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.

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Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in Parish of Takapuna, North Auckland Land District.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart as a reserve for public purposes, being a purpose within Class II of the Second Schedule of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908:

And whereas it is expedient that such land should be appropriated for recreation purposes, being a purpose within Class III of the said Second Schedule:

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the eleventh section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, do by this notification declare that the said land shall, from and after the eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, be appropriated for recreation purposes under Class III of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908; and I do hereby direct that this notification shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 1 perch, more or less, being Lot 253 on D.P. 17345, and being part of Lot 2 of Allotment 189, Parish of Takapuna; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1/850, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 23rd day of March, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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Notifying Lands in Taranaki Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

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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 Tuesday, the third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, as the time at which the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—WAITOMO COUNTY.

SECTION 17, Block VIII, Mapara Survey District: Area, 12 acres 1 rood 32·4 perches. Upset price, £12 10s.

Section 18, Block VIII, Mapara Survey District. Area, 2 acres 1 rood 30·9 perches. Upset price, £10.

Situated about four miles from the Kopaki Railway-station by good metalled road, at the junction of the Mapara and Kopaki Roads, in close proximity to the Aratoro School. There is a fair amount of scrub, fern, and manuka on the sections. The land varies from light soil to heavy river flats.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 28th day of February, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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Notifying Land in Taranaki Land District for Sale by Public Auction for Cash or on Deferred Payments.

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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 Tuesday, the third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, as the time at which the land