Feb. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 395

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section two hundred and thirty-four of the Harbours Act, 1923, 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 amend Regulation twenty of the said regulations of the thirtieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, by adding the following further proviso thereto:—

Provided, further, that these regulations, in so far as they relate to fibre ropes, but not further or otherwise, shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consent to exercise by Chief Judge of Power of Amendment.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 31st day of January, 1927.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE G. J. ANDERSON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection eight of section seven of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1922, it is enacted that in all cases where an order is dated more than five years previously to the receipt of the application, the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court shall first obtain the consent of the Governor-General in Council before making any order thereunder:

And whereas applications have been made under the said section to amend two orders of the Native Land Court, one dated the seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, appointing successors to the interest of Takirau Whatitua (sometimes known as Takirau and Takirau te Ika), (deceased), in the Whakaihuwaka C13 I Block, and the other dated the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, appointing successors to the interest of the same deceased in the Morikau No. 2 Block:

Now, therefore, 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 consent to the Chief Judge exercising with regard to the said recited orders of the seventh and twenty-fourth days of March, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, all and every the jurisdiction granted to him by the said section seven and to the making of any such orders thereunder as may seem necessary or expedient.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consent to exercise by Chief Judge of Power of Amendment.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 31st day of January, 1927.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE G. J. ANDERSON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection eight of section seven of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1922, it is enacted that in all cases where an order is dated more than five years previously to the receipt of the application, the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court shall first obtain the consent of the Governor-General in Council before making any order thereunder:

And whereas application has been made under the said section to amend orders of the Native Land Court dated the fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and ten, appointing successors to the interests of Clara Maud Faulkner and George Frederick Christopher Faulkner, in Katikati, Lots 85, 86, and 87.

Now, therefore, 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 consent to the Chief Judge exercising with regard to the said recited orders of the fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and ten, all and every the jurisdiction granted to him by the said section seven, and to the making of any such orders thereunder as may seem necessary or expedient.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 31st day of January, 1927.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE G. J. ANDERSON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made under section twenty, subsection one, of the Finance Act, 1919, for the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council to enable the several local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto to borrow the sums set out therein, and it is expedient that such consent should issue:

Now, therefore, 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 consent to the raising of the loans hereinafter mentioned by the several local authorities set out in the Schedule hereto, and it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the Finance Act, 1919, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor-General in Council to the raising of the said loans.

SCHEDULE.

Heathcote County Council, for electric light extensions at Mount Pleasant … … … £ 2,000
Mauriceville County Council, for completing the metalling of Cleland’s Road … … … 300
Napier Borough Council, for the extension and widening of certain streets … … … 7,540
Napier Borough Council, for the purchase of land and reclamation thereof … … … 8,400
Napier Borough Council, for the reconstruction of portion of Hastings Street … … … 5,240
Napier Borough Council, for erection of a grandstand … … … 5,000
Otorohanga County Council, for forming and metalling the Otorohanga–Pirongia Road … … … 1,000
Paeroa Borough Council, for drainage works … … … 1,000
Rangitikei County Council, for providing portion of the cost of constructing a bridge over the Tutaenui Stream … … … 1,000
Te Kuiti Borough Council, for completing the establishment of abattoirs … … … 600
Waimarino County Council, for metalling the Mangae-turoa Road … … … 500

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to a Body Corporate borrowing Money and authorizing Payment to Committee of Management.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 31st day of January, 1927.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE G. J. ANDERSON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section three hundred and thirty-five of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is provided that, with the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council, a body corporate constituted under Part XVII of the said Act may, on the security of a mortgage or charge of the land vested in it, borrow money for any of the purposes therein mentioned:

And whereas the body corporate constituted as aforesaid described in the Schedule hereto has applied for the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council accordingly, and also that consent be given to any money so borrowed being paid to the committee of management of such body corporate:

And whereas the Tairawhiti District Native Land Court has recommended that such consent be granted, and it seems expedient so to do:

Now, therefore, 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, pursuant to section three hundred and thirty-five of the Native Land Act, 1909, and all other powers him enabling, grant precedent consent to the said body corporate, on the security of a mortgage or charge of the land vested in it, borrowing from a State Loan Department or from any person or body corporate, whether by cash credit in current account