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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

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

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

Additional Regulations for the Taking or Killing of Opossums, Taranaki Acclimatization District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 25th day of July, 1927.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, 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 amend the Order in Council dated the ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, declaring an open season for the taking or killing of opossums in the Taranaki Acclimatization District, by adding to the list of persons authorized to sign and issue licenses to take or kill opossums set forth therein, the Chief Postmaster at New Plymouth.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with Wairarapa South County Council’s Flood Damage Loan (Belvedere Riding), 1925, of £500.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of August, 1927.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Wairarapa South County Council lately proceeded by way of special order to raise a loan of five hundred pounds (£500) under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), the Counties Act, 1920, and the Local Bodies’ Finance Act, 1921–22, for the benefit of the Belvedere Riding of the Wairarapa South County, for the purpose of repairing damage and for general losses caused by an extraordinary flood in December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, to certain roads, bridges, and culverts in that Riding :

And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said loan were irregular in that the public notice of the resolution to make the special order authorizing the raising of the loan (hereinafter referred to as “the said public notice”), although stating the date fixed for the meeting to confirm that resolution (hereinafter referred to as “the confirming meeting”), omitted to state the time fixed for the confirming meeting as required by section ninety-nine, subsection one (c), of the Counties Act, 1920 :

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the riding have not been misled by such irregularity as aforesaid, and it is expedient to validate the same :

And whereas by section one hundred and twenty-six of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, the said Act is repealed, and it is enacted that all matters and proceedings commenced under the said Act and pending or in progress on the commencement of the reciting Act, may be continued and enforced under the reciting Act :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section one hundred and twenty-two of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf 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 in connection with the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the said public notice had stated the time fixed for the confirming meeting, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan or of the security for the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with Wairarapa South County Council’s Flood Damage Loan (General), 1925, of £4,200.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of August, 1927.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Wairarapa South County Council lately proceeded by way of special order to raise a loan of four thousand two hundred pounds (£4,200) under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), the Counties Act, 1920, and the Local Bodies’ Finance Act, 1921–22, for the purpose of repairing damage and for general losses caused by an extraordinary flood in December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, to certain bridges in the Wairarapa South County :

And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said loan were irregular in that the public notice of the resolution to make the special order authorizing the raising of the loan (hereinafter referred to as “the said public notice”), although stating the date fixed for the meeting to confirm that resolution (hereinafter referred to as “the confirming meeting”), omitted to state the time fixed for the confirming meeting as required by section ninety-nine, subsection one (c), of the Counties Act, 1920 :

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the county have not been misled by such irregularity as aforesaid, and it is expedient to validate the same :

And whereas by section one hundred and twenty-six of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, the said Act is repealed, and it is enacted that all matters and proceedings commenced under the said Act and pending or is progress on the commencement of the reciting Act, may be continued and enforced under the reciting Act :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section one hundred and twenty-two of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, 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 in connection with the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the said public notice had stated the time fixed for the confirming meeting, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan or of the security for the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with Wairarapa South County Council Flood Damage Loan (Dalefield Riding), 1925, of £300.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of August, 1927.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Wairarapa South County Council lately proceeded by way of special order to raise a loan of three hundred pounds (£300) under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), the Counties Act, 1920, and the Local Bodies’ Finance Act, 1921–22, for the benefit of the Dalefield Riding of the Wairarapa South County, for the purpose of repairing damage