1334
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

Order in Council varying the Rate of Interest in respect of the Judea Drainage Board's Loan of £1,500.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 20th day of May, 1932.

Present:
THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and published in the Gazette on the third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, at page 2532, consent was given to the raising by the Judea Drainage Board of the Drainage Extension Loan, 1931, up to an amount of one thousand five hundred pounds, for a term of thirty-six years and a half, at rates of interest not exceeding the rate therein specified, and subject to the condition relating to the establishment of a sinking fund therein set out:

And whereas the said sum of one thousand five hundred pounds has not yet been borrowed, and it is expedient to vary, as regards the borrowing of the said sum, the condition of the said Order in Council relating to the rate of interest at which the said loan may be borrowed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand, acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section sixty-three of the Finance Act, 1932, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby vary the condition contained in the said Order in Council of the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, relating to the rate of interest at which the said loan may be borrowed by imposing, in lieu of a reference to a rate of five and one-quarter per centum, a condition that the said sum of one thousand five hundred pounds, or any part thereof, may be raised at a rate of interest being such as shall not produce to the lenders a rate exceeding five and a half per centum.

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

(T. 49/530.)

Order in Council consenting to the Raising of a Loan by the Westport Fire Board.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 20th day of May, 1932.

Present:
THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Westport Fire Board (hereinafter called “the said local authority”) is desirous of raising by way of bank overdraft the sum of three hundred pounds for the purpose of purchasing a “Dennis” fire pump:

And whereas the said local authority has complied with the provisions of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), and it is expedient that the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council under the said Act should be given to the raising of the said loan on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth:

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 enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby consent to the raising by the said local authority of the said loan by way of bank overdraft up to the amount of three hundred pounds, for a term of two years, at such rate or rates of interest as shall not produce to the lenders a rate exceeding current bank-overdraft rates, subject to the condition that the moneys so borrowed shall be repaid out of revenue by instalments of not less than one hundred and fifty pounds during the financial year ending the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, and the balance during the financial year ending the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four.

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

(T. 49/424/1.)

Part I of the National Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1932, to apply to the Cook Islands Public Service.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 23rd day of May, 1932.

Present:
THE RIGHT HON. J. G. COATES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section fourteen of the National Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1932, and of all other powers and authorities him hereunto enabling, 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—

(1) Doth hereby apply Part I of the said Act to all persons employed in the Cook Islands Public Service, whether permanently so employed or not:

(2) Doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.

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

Postal Regulations and Charges.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 23rd day of May, 1932.

Present:
THE RIGHT HON. J. G. COATES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928, and of all other powers and authorities in that behalf enabling him, 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 make the regulations and fix the charges set forth in the Schedule hereto for the receiving, despatching, conveying, and delivering of postal packets, and doth order and declare that any regulations and charges of similar purport heretofore made are hereby revoked in so far as they are not in agreement with the regulations and charges hereby made and fixed, but that otherwise any such other regulations and charges shall remain in full force and virtue, and shall be read and applied together with the regulations and charges hereby made and fixed; and doth further order and declare that such revocation and the regulations and charges hereby made and fixed shall have effect on and after the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.

SCHEDULE.

LETTERS AND LETTER-CARDS.

Inland .. .. .. 1d. for the first ounce or fraction thereof, and ½d. for each additional ounce or fraction thereof.

All other places to which 1d. for each ounce or fraction thereof.
Postal Union rates do not apply

Late fee .. .. .. 1d.

POSTCARDS.

Inland .. .. .. ½d. for a single card; 1d. for a reply card.

Late fee .. .. .. 1d.

PACKETS (COMPRISING COMMERCIAL PAPERS, BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS, PATTERN AND SAMPLE PACKETS, AND UNREGISTERED MAGAZINES).

Inland .. .. .. ½d. for each 2 oz. or fraction thereof up to 2 lb., and 2d. for each additional pound or fraction thereof up to 5 lb.

BOOK-POST.

The rate for Government packages within New Zealand only shall be ½d. for each 2 oz. up to 2 lb., 2d. for each additional 1 lb. up to 10 lb., and 1d. for each additional 1 lb. up to 14 lb.