May 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1749

to time make regulations, which shall have general force
and effect throughout the Dominion, or particular force and
effect only in any waters or places specified therein, for,
amongst other things, prescribing conditions and restrictions
for the regulating of fishing and the taking of fish, and for
prohibiting the use of any particular engines, tackles, or
apparatus for taking any fish :

And whereas it is desirable to prohibit the taking of fish
by Danish seine nets or by purse seine nets and the use of
such mentioned nets in Mercury Bay :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the herein-
before-recited power and authority, 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 make the following regu-
lations for the purposes of the said Act.

REGULATIONS.

1. No person shall haul or use a Danish seine net or a purse
   seine net for the purpose of taking fish in that portion of
   Mercury Bay within a straight line drawn from the southern
   end of Koranga Island to the north-easternmost point of Te
   Tui (Mahurangi) Island; thence by straight line to Heri-
   heri-tauru : As the said area is delineated on the plan marked
   M.D. 6492, deposited in the office of the Marine Department
   at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and
   thereon coloured blue.

2. Any person committing a breach of clause 1 of these
   regulations is liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

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

Prescribing the Term for which the Manawatu-Oroua Electric-
power Board may borrow the Sum of £30,000, being a
further Portion of a Loan of £500,000, 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 Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of
May, 1928.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING 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 Manawatu-Oroua Electric-power Board
has been authorized to borrow the sum of five hundred
thousand pounds for electric works, and is now desirous of
raising the sum of thirty thousand pounds, being a further
portion of the loan of five hundred thousand pounds :

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his pre-
cedent consent as required by the above-recited section one
hundred and fourteen, and it is desired that the money may
be borrowed for a term or terms expiring on the first day of
April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, and at a
rate of interest 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
Manawatu-Oroua Electric-power Board may borrow the said
sum of thirty thousand pounds in one sum or by instalments
for a term or terms expiring on the first day of April, one
thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, and the rate of
interest that may be paid thereon shall be a rate not ex-
ceeding five and three-quarters per centum per annum, and
the said Manawatu-Oroua Electric-power Board is hereby
authorized to borrow the said sum of thirty thousand pounds
accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the
Hauraki Plains County Council in respect of a Loan of £900,
authorized to be raised for the Purpose of metalling the
Ngataipua Road from the Junction with the Pokeno-Thames
Highway.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of
May, 1928.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING 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 Hauraki Plains County Council has been
authorized to borrow the sum of nine hundred pounds for
the purpose of metalling the Ngataipua Road from the junction
with the Pokeno-Thames Highway.

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his pre-
cedent 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 exceed-
ing 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 Hauraki Plains
County Council in respect of the said sum of nine hundred
pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum,
and the said Hauraki Plains County Council is hereby autho-
rized to borrow the said sum of nine hundred pounds
accordingly.

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

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the
Devonport Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £11,110,
authorized to be raised for the Purpose of providing Relief
Works for Unemployed.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of
May, 1928.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING 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 Devonport Borough Council has been
authorized to borrow the sum of eleven thousand one hundred
and ten pounds for the purpose of providing relief works
for unemployed :

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his pre-
cedent 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 exceed-
ing 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