Mount Albert Fire District constituted.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 24th day of August, 1932.

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 Mount Albert 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 Zealaud, 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 Mount Albert to be a fire district under the said Act, as on and from the twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 11/34/43.)

Amending the Regulations as to the Use of Heavy Motor-vehicles.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 24th day of August, 1932.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the Public Works Act, 1928, and the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924, and every other power and authority in anyway enabling him in that behalf, 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 following regulations by way of amendment to the Heavy Motor-vehicle Regulations, 1932 (hereinafter referred to as “the said regulations”), published in the New Zealand Gazette of the sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, at page 302, and doth hereby declare that the regulations hereby made shall come into force on the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. THESE regulations may be cited as the Heavy Motor-vehicle Regulations, Amendment No. 1.

2. Clauses (4), (5), and (6) of Regulation 12 of the said regulations are hereby revoked and the following clauses substituted therefor:

“(4) The license fees paid to licensing authorities hereunder, less any deduction in accordance with this regulation, or any refund made in accordance with Regulation No. 11, shall be apportioned among the local authorities having control of roads within each heavy-traffic district, either as may be mutually agreed upon by such local authorities, or, in default of agreement, as may be determined by order of the Minister on the application of any of those local authorities.

“(5) In the making of any such order the Minister shall apportion the license fees among the local authorities in sums proportional to the aggregate amount of money expended on and liabilities incurred in respect of roads in each such local authority’s district, as ascertained in accordance with clause (6) hereof,

“(6) For the purposes of the last preceding clause the Minister shall take into account the following road expenditure and liabilities, and no other, for the period of two years ending on the 31st day of March last preceding the date of the application made under clause (4) hereof, as certified by the Commissioner of Transport :

“(a) The amounts expended to preserve such roads or keep them in a state or condition conforming as nearly as possible to the general features of their original condition without adding thereto or making replacements other than those necessary to a limited extent to preserve such condition;

“(b) The interest and sinking-fund charges on all loans or portions of loans raised by the local authorities solely for the improvement of the surface of such roads ;

“(c) Such amounts expended out of revenue for the improvement of the surface of such roads as are apportioned to the above period by the Commissioner of Transport for the purposes of this clause.

“Expenditure or commitments in respect of the following items shall not be taken into account for the purposes of this clause, viz.: Footpaths, kerbing and channelling, retaining-walls, improvements to grades and alignment, bridge and culvert renewals, fencing, erection of signposts, traffic regulation, any new construction other than the improvement of road surfaces, and the repair of any but minor damage due to floods, earthquakes, or other natural phenomena.

“(6A) Any agreement or Minister’s order made under this regulation may relate to all or any of—

“(a) The license year current when the agreement or order is made;

“(b) The next succeeding license year ;

“(c) Any previous license year in respect of which no agreement or order may have been made.”

3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Regulation 7 of the said regulations, or in the Table of Speeds set out in the Schedule thereto, the maximum speed for any heavy motor-vehicle of Classes A to E, inclusive, while used in a passenger-service in terms of a passenger-service license issued under the Transport Licensing Act, 1931, shall be thirty-five miles per hour.

4. Table B in clause (2) of Regulation 10 of the said regulations is hereby amended by inserting before the present figures in the three columns of the table the following words and figures in the respective columns indicated :—

Up to 4.. .. .. £ s. d. 1 10 0 £ s. d. 1 5 6 5.. .. .. 1 17 6 1 11 11 6.. .. .. 2 5 0 2 0 3

F. D. THOMSON, Clerk of the Executive Council. (TT. 10.)

Order in Council consenting to the Raising of a Loan of &1,150. by the Green Island Borough Council.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 24th day of August, 1932.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the Green Island Borough Council (hereinafter called “the said local authority”) is desirous of raising the sum of one thousand one hundred and fifty pounds by a loan to be known as “Antecedent Liability Redemption Loan, 1932,” for the purpose of redeeming the outstanding liability in respect of a loan of one thousand three hundred pounds maturing on the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two:

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 conferred on him by the said Act, and by section thirty-two of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby consent to the raising by the said local authority of the said loan up to the amount of one thousand one hundred and fifty pounds, for a term of thirteen years, at such rate or rates of interest as shall not produce to the lenders a rate exceeding the rate of five pounds five shillings per centum per annum, subject to the condition that the said loan shall be repaid by annual instalments of principal of not less than fifty pounds during the first three years and of not less than one hundred pounds during the last ten years of the currency of the loan, or until the loan is fully paid off.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council. (T. 49/287/8.)