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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 Bay of Islands County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of sixty-eight thousand pounds for the purpose of forming and metalling certain roads and reconstructing certain bridges, and is now desirous of borrowing an additional sum of six thousand eight hundred pounds under the authority of section nineteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, for the purpose of completing the undertaking:

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

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

Validating the Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £250 proposed to be raised by the Council of the County of Clifton.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 20th day of June, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Clifton County Council, acting under and in pursuance of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, proposes to raise a loan of two hundred and fifty pounds for the purpose of metalling Beach Road, Urenui:

And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said loan are irregular in that the public notice of the meeting to confirm the resolution making the special order authorizing the raising of the loan did not state the exact time fixed for such meeting:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the said irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and twenty-two of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings taken to raise the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though public notification of the meeting had been correctly given, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

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

Deer to cease to be Imported Game in Marlborough Acclimatization District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the eighth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 80, of the fifteenth day of the same month (hereinafter referred to as “the said Warrant”), made under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), deer were declared to cease to be included in the Second Schedule of the said Act with respect to portions of certain acclimatization districts:

And whereas it is considered desirable to amend the said Warrant in manner hereinafter appearing:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Act, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the said Warrant in so far as it relates to the Marlborough Acclimatization District, and do hereby declare that on and from the date hereof deer shall cease to be included in the Second Schedule of the said Act with respect to the Marlborough Acclimatization District as described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Marlborough, Nelson, and Canterbury Land Districts bounded on the west generally by the Nelson Acclimatization District, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of the 12th day of March, 1925, from Mount Humboldt to the shore of Croixelles Harbour; thence northerly, easterly, and southerly generally along the sea-coast to the mouth of the Conway River, up that river to its source at Palmer Saddle; thence by a right line to Barefell Pass; thence by a right line to Mount Humboldt, the point of commencement.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 17th day of June, 1927.

RICH. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in Town of Rotorua, Auckland Land District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart as a reserve for a paddock for use of Department of Lands and Survey, 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 a site for a secondary school, 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 ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, be appropriated for a site for a secondary school 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.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 1, Block LX, Town of Rotorua: Area, 11 acres 2 roods 35 perches.

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

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved in the Marlborough Land District for River-protection Purposes.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-fifty-ninth section of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-General may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Marlborough Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for river-protection purposes.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District containing by admeasurement 127 acres 0 roods 9 perches, more or less, being portions of Section 63, Omaka, and the original bed of the