June 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2165

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Mangawhero Drainage Board in respect of a Loan of £2,500, authorized to be raised for clearing, deepening, and straightening the Mangawhero Stream.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of June, 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 Mangawhero Drainage Board has been authorized to borrow the sum of two thousand five hundred pounds for clearing, deepening, and straightening the Mangawhero Stream:

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 Mangawhero Drainage Board in respect of the said sum of two thousand five hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Mangawhero Drainage Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of two thousand five hundred pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Term for which the Te Awamutu Electric-power Board may borrow the Sum of £6,000, being a further Portion of a Loan of £25,000, authorized to be raised for Electric Works, and also the Rate of Interest payable thereon.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of June, 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 Te Awamutu Electric-power Board has been authorized to borrow the sum of twenty-five thousand pounds for electric works, and is now desirous of raising the sum of six thousand pounds, being a further portion of the loan of twenty-five 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 term for which the said six thousand pounds may be borrowed be thirty-six and a half years, and the rate of interest payable thereon 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 term for which the Te Awamutu Electric-power Board may borrow the said sum of six thousand pounds shall be thirty-six and a half years, and the rate of interest that may be paid thereon shall be a rate not exceeding five and three-quarters per centum per annum, and the said Te Awamutu Electric-power Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of six thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces amended.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend, in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto, the Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces published in the New Zealand Gazette dated the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five; and I do hereby declare that the amendments hereby made shall take effect as from date of publication thereof in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

FINANCIAL INSTRUCTIONS AND ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MILITARY FORCES.

SECTION III.—Removal of Furniture.

1. PARAGRAPH 90 is hereby amended by adding the following at the end of the paragraph:—

“Cost of removal shall not be allowed on the effects set out hereunder:—

Motor-cars and accessories.

Motor-cycles and side-chairs.

Dog-kennels.

Plants in boxes or pots.

Wood and coal.

Horses, horse-drawn vehicles, harness, except when such are portion of equipment in connection with official work.

Live-stock: Poultry, cows, &c.

Clothes-props, garden seats, timber, or material connected with outside structures.

Aviaries and beehives.

Boats.”