630

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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon him by section two of the Public Reserves
and Domains Amendment Act, 1914, doth hereby vest the
control of the said reserve in the Thames County Council.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing
by admeasurement 9 acres 3 roods 33 perches, more or less,
being part Section 1, Block XII, Hastings Survey District.
Bounded towards the north-west and north-east by other
part Section 1, Block XII, Hastings Survey District, 1497’1
and 561’9 links respectively, and towards the south-east and
south-west generally by Tapu-Coroglen Road, 304’6, 335’3,
463’0, 339’7, 636’8, and 254’9 links: Be all the aforesaid
linkages a little more or less. As the same is more particularly
delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/1/433A, deposited
in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at
Wellington, and thereon edged red. (Auckland Plan, No.
24430.)

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Hutt
Valley Electric-power Board in respect of a Loan of £60,000,
being a further Portion of a Loan of £150,000, authorized
to be raised for Electric Works.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th 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 Hutt Valley Electric-power Board has
been authorized to borrow the sum of one hundred and fifty
thousand pounds for electric works, and is now desirous of
raising the sum of sixty thousand pounds, being a further
portion of the loan of one hundred and fifty 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 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 Hutt Valley Electric-
power Board in respect of the said sum of sixty thousand
pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum,
and the said Hutt Valley Electric-power Board is hereby
authorized to borrow the said sum of sixty thousand pounds
accordingly.

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

[Issued in substitution for Order in Council dated the
6th day of June, 1927, and gazetted on the 9th day of the
same month, prescribing the rate of interest that may be
paid by the Hutt Valley Electric-power Board in respect
of a loan of £60,000, being a further portion of a loan of
£150,000, authorized to be raised for electric works.]

[No. 19

Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, 1927,
amended.—Amendments No. 6.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
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 Regulations for the Military Forces of
the Dominion of New Zealand, published in the New Zealand
Gazette dated the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-seven; and I do hereby declare
that the amendments hereby made shall take effect as from
date of publication thereof in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS FOR THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE DOMINION
OF NEW ZEALAND.

1. PARAGRAPH 26 (b), (i) and (ii): Delete the words “and
   dental.”

2. Paragraph 26 (b), (vi): Delete the words “surgical and
   dental,” and substitute “and surgical.”

3. Subparagraph (c) of paragraph 26 is hereby revoked, and
   the following substituted :-

“(c) The Director of Dental Services is responsible to the
Adjutant-General for the organization, main-
tenance, and efficient working of the N.Z. Dental
Corps, and to the Quartermaster-General for the
provision and inspection of dental equipment and
stores.”

4. Paragraph 32 (3): After “Director of Financial Ser-
   vices” add “Chief Instructor, Small-arms School.”

5. Paragraph III : After the word “school” in the second
   line, insert the words “and ex non-commissioned officers of
   the N.Z. Expeditionary Force if specially recommended.”

6. Paragraph 197 : Delete and substitute—

“Except as hereinafter provided, first appointments as
Chaplains will normally be made in the 4th Class, from
clergy of any denomination who are below the age of forty
years.

“ All such appointments shall be subject to the favourable
recommendation of the Chaplains Advisory Committee in the
Command concerned.”

7. Add new paragraph 197 (a)—

“Candidates who have held commissions as Chaplains in
the Military Forces of any part of the Empire and whose
record of service is satisfactory may be recommended by a
Chaplains’ Advisory Committee for appointment in any class
not above that which they held in such force, and may be
appointed in such class and with such seniority as the General
Officer Commanding considers equitable.”

8. Paragraph 203 (b): Add at the end “Or eight years’
   service in the 3rd Class.”

9. Paragraph 237, as published in the New Zealand Gazette
   dated 30th June, 1927, and amended by the New Zealand
   Gazette dated 6th October, 1927, line 5 : Delete the words
   “(unless otherwise authorized by the General Officer Com-
   manding)” as inserted by the latter quoted Gazette, and
   substitute “be unmarried.”

10. Paragraph 454 : Insert new subparagraph as follows:-

“454. (i) Officer commanding cadres of the Royal N.Z.
Artillery are vested with the power of awarding summary
punishments to the extent of a Company, &c., Commander
as defined in King’s Regulations.”

11. Paragraph 455, line 3 : Delete “and 454,” and substitute “454 and 454 (i).”

12. Paragraph 558, line 3 : For “26 (d)” substitute
    “27 (d).”

13. Paragraph 743 : Delete from “These,” in line 4, to
    “Forces,” in line 8, inclusive, and substitute :-

“These trip tickets will be utilized where it is necessary to
make frequent journeys between two places, providing annual
season rail tickets are not more economical. They will be
used only by members of the Permanent Forces, and by
members of the Territorial Force only when they are accompanied by a member of the Permanent Forces, who must be
held responsible for the safe custody and proper use of these
tickets. The issue of trip tickets to individual trainees
travelling to attend parades, &c., is not authorized, and
individual warrants must be utilized in such instances.”

14. Appendix VIII, paragraph 17 (2), page 217: For
    “1½ inches” substitute “1¼ inches.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 29th day of February, 1928.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.