And whereas each of the local authorities mentioned in the Second Column of the Schedule hereto has been authorized to borrow, in respect of the loans referred to in the Third Column of the said Schedule, the respective sums stated in the Fourth Column of the said Schedule, and the respective amounts shown in the Fifth Column of the said Schedule have not been borrowed:

And whereas the Minister of Finance has in each case given his precedent consent as required by the said section, and it is desired that the rates of interest at which the money may be borrowed be rates which shall not produce to the lenders rates exceeding the respective rates specified in the Sixth Column of the said Schedule:

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 pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby prescribe that each of the amounts set out in the Fifth Column of the said Schedule may be raised by the respective local authority whose name is set out in the Second Column of the said Schedule, at a rate of interest being such as shall not produce to the lender a rate exceeding the respective rate specified in the Sixth Column of the said Schedule, and the respective local authorities are hereby authorized to borrow the respective sums accordingly.

SCHEDULE.

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

Opotiki Fire District constituted.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of October, 1928.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by section three of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926 (hereinafter termed the said Act), it is provided that the Governor-General may by Order in Council, on the application of any Borough Council, declare the district within the jurisdiction of such Borough Council to be a fire district under the said Act:

And whereas an application has been made by the Opotiki Borough Council in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, and it appears expedient to grant the said application:

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 the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare the Borough of Opotiki to be a fire district under the said Act as on and from the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

(I.A. 11/32/33.)

Validating Proceedings in connection with the Dannevirke County Council's Loan of £25,000 for the Erection of Bridges of 20 ft. Span or over, in the County of Dannevirke, and under the Jurisdiction of Dannevirke County Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of October, 1928.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the Dannevirke County Council lately proceeded to raise a special loan of twenty-five thousand pounds for the purpose of providing money for the erection of bridges of twenty feet span and over, within the County of Dannevirke, and under the jurisdiction of Dannevirke County Council, pursuant to the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913: And whereas the proposal to raise the said special loan was advertised, but such advertisement was irregular or defective in that it did not specify the amount of the sinking fund as part of the provision for repayment of the said special loan, and also in that such advertisement specified that the purpose of the said special loan was to provide funds for the erection of bridges in the Dannevirke County without any restriction as to the span: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the County of Dannevirke have not been misled by any such irregularities or defects as aforesaid, and it is expedient to validate such irregularities or defects as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities 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 proposal to raise the said special loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the proposal had included the creation of a sinking fund at the rate of one per centum per annum on the amount of the said special loan as part of the provision for repayment, and as though the proposal had included the words of “twenty feet span or over” and “under the jurisdiction of Dannevirke County Council” as part of the purpose of the said special loan, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said special loan or the validity of the security for the said special loan shall not be called in question by reason only of such irregularities or defects as aforesaid.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

(T. 49/172.)

Vesting a Reserve in the Wairau River Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of October; 1928.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart for river-protection purposes: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Wairau River Board:

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 the fourth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Wairau River Board, in trust, for river-protection purposes.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 18, Block VII, Cloudy Bay Survey District: Area, 12 acres 2 roods.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.