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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 Springs-Ellesmere Electric-power Board
has been authorized to borrow the sum of four thousand
pounds for electric works, and is now desirous of raising the
sum of one thousand pounds, being the balance of the loan
of four 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
money may be borrowed be ten 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 Springs-Ellesmere Electric-power
Board may borrow the said sum of one thousand pounds
shall be ten 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 Springs-Ellesmere Electric-
power Board is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of
one thousand pounds accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Lower
Hutt Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £6,000,
authorized to be raised for the Purpose of providing the
Council's Proportion of the Cost of erecting a Bridge.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of
October, 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 Lower Hutt Borough Council has been
authorized to borrow the sum of six thousand pounds for the
purpose of providing the Council's proportion of the cost
of erecting a bridge:

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

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

No. 69

Prohibiting all Alienation of certain Native Land other than
Alienation in favour of the Crown.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of
October, 1927.
Present:
His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase
Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-
three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the
power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section,
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
prohibit, for the period of one year from the date of this
Order in Council, all alienation of the Native lands specified
in the Schedule hereto other than alienation in favour of the
Crown.

SCHEDULE.
TOTOBO SURVEY DISTRICT.
Block. Approximate Area.
KAHUWERA B No. 2B, Section I ... 280 ... 0 0
" G ... 64 0 10
" 70 ... 191 1 12

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

Prohibiting all Alienation of certain Native Land other than
Alienation in favour of the Crown.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of
October, 1927.
Present:
His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase
Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-
three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the
power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, 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 prohibit, for the period of one year from the date of this Order
in Council, all alienation of the Native land specified in the
Schedule hereto other than alienation in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.
TAURANGA - TAupo 3B No. 1 Block, Waitahanui Survey
District: Approximate area, 474 acres.

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

Prohibiting all Alienation of certain Native Land other than
Alienation in favour of the Crown.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of
October, 1927.
Present:
His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase
Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-
three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the
power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section,
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
prohibit, for the period of one year from the date of this
Order in Council, all alienation of the Native land specified
in the Schedule hereto other than alienation in favour of
the Crown.