And whereas it has not been found necessary to borrow any
portion of the amount so authorized, and the Minister of
Finance has duly notified the Rangitikei County Council in
writing of his intention to cancel the loan authority not
exercised:

• Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in that behalf
  conferred upon me by section 118 of the Local Bodies' Loans
  Act, 1926, as amended by section 46 of the Finance Act, 1931
  (No. 4), and of all other powers me in this behalf enabling, I,
  Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Finance, do hereby cancel
  the authority of the Rangitikei County Council to borrow
  under the loan authority hereinbefore referred to the sum of
  one thousand pounds (£1,000).
  Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of July, 1933.
  J. G. COATES, Minister of Finance.
  (T. 49/137/5.)
  Post Office Savings-bank.—Amending Rates of Interest payable
  on Deposits.
  The Treasury,
  Wellington, 11th July, 1933.
  IN exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection
  (l) of section 82 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928, I,
  Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Finance, do hereby give
  notice as follows:
  (I) On and after the 1st day of August, 1933, the Post
  Office Savings-bank rate of interest shall, subject to the
  following clauses hereof, be in the case of each depositor—
  (a) On so much of his deposit as does not exceed £1,000, a
  rate of 3 per centum per annum;
  (b) On so much thereof as exceeds £1,000 and does not
  exceed £2,000, a rate of 2¾ per centum per annum.
  (2) In the case of each depositor the amount of whose
  deposit on the 31st day of July, 1933, exceeds £2,000, and
  who on that date is receiving under any lawful authority
  then in force interest on any amount of such deposit in excess
  of £2,000 (but not exceeding £5,000) at the rate of 3 per centum
  per annum, such depositor shall be entitled on and after the
  lst day of August, 1933, to receive interest at the rate of
  2¾ per centum per annum on the amount in excess of £2,000
  on which on the 31st day of July, 1933, he was so entitled
  to receive interest at the rate of 3 per centum, but so that
  no interest shall be allowed on any moneys lodged to the
  account on or after the 1st day of April, 1928, unless and until
  the balance at credit does not exceed £2,000, and thereafter
  interest shall be allowed only on so much thereof as does
  not exceed £2,000.
  (3) In the case of savings-banks established under the
  Savings-bank Act, 1908, registered friendly societies, societies
  incorporated under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act,
  1908, and such other non-mercantile societies as the Governor-
  General in Council or the Minister of Finance has heretofore
  approved in that behalf, or as the said Minister shall from
  time to time hereafter so approve, the aforesaid limit of
  £2,000 shall not apply.
  (4) The rates of interest fixed by the notice published in the
  New Zealand Gazette of the 28th March, 1933, are hereby
  cancelled on and from the 1st day of August, 1933.
  J. G. COATES, Minister of Finance.
  Classification of Road in Southland County.
  IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me
  by the Transport Department Act, 1929, and the Heavy
  Motor-vehicle Regulations, 1932, I, Joseph Gordon Coates,
  Minister of Transport, do hereby approve of the Southland
  County's proposed classification of the road described in the
  Schedule hereto, and situated in Southland County.
  SCHEDULE.
  SOUTH LAND COUNTY.
  ROAD classified in Class Five : Available for the use thereon
  of any heavy motor-vehicle (other than a multi-axled heavy
  motor-vehicle) which with the load it is carrying weighs not
  more than 3 tons, or any multi-axled heavy motor-vehicle
  which with the load it is carrying weighs not more than 4½
  tons:
  All that portion of the Tokanui-Haldane Road from the
  junction of the Kennington-Waikawa Main Highway
  near Tokanui at Section 9, Block IV, Otara Survey
  District, to the junction of the Otara-Haldane Road at
  Section 30, Block X, Waikawa Survey District.
  Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of July, 1933.
  J. G. COATES, Minister of Transport.
  (TT. 10/69.)
  Including Additional Land in the Waiapu-Matakaoa Development Scheme.
  WHEREAS notice was published in the Gazette of the
  18th June, 1931, of the Native Minister's intention
  to apply the provisions of subsection (3) of section 23 of the
  Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1929, to Tapatu-Waitangirua 2B and other blocks
  and known as the Waiapu-Matakaoa Development Scheme:
  Now, therefore, I, the said Native Minister, do decide to apply
  the provisions of subsection (3) of section 522 of the Native
  Land Act, 1931, to the additional land mentioned in the
  Schedule hereto as a part of such scheme, and hereby give
  notice of my intention accordingly.
  No owner, except with the consent of the Native Minister,
  is entitled to exercise any rights of ownership in connection
  with the land affected so as to interfere with or obstruct the
  carrying-out of the development scheme.
  Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of June, 1933.
  A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.
  SCHEDULE.
  THE following lands situate in the Tairawhiti Native Land
  Court District:
  Block. Area. Survey District.
  A. R. P.
  Angaanga lA . . . . . . 10 2 0 . . Waiapu.
  ,, lB . . . . . 29 0 20 . . ”
  ,, lC 1 . . . . . 3 0 0 . . ”
  ,, lC 2 . . . . . 5 2 0 . . ”
  ,, lC 3 . . . . . 57 2 10 . . ”
  ,, 2 . . . . . 28 2 0 . . ”
  ,, 2A . . . . . 6 0 0 . . ”
  Aruhemokopuna No. 1 . . 17 1 0 . . ”
  ,, 2 . . . . . 15 3 0 . . ”
  ,, 5A . . . . . 8 2 35 . . ”
  ,, 5B . . . . . 9 1 22 . . ”
  ,, 5C . . . . . 5 0 22 . . ”
  ,, 5D . . . . . 4 3 26 . . ”
  Aruhemokopuna Nos. 6A and 4 1 39 . . ”
  6C
  Aruhemokopuna No. 6B . . 2 0 0 . . ”
  Hahau No. 1 . . . . . 215 0 0 . . ”
  ,, 2 . . . . . 796 0 0 . . ”
  Herenga A 12 . . . . . 121 2 30 . . ”
  Hinetiraha No. 1 . . . . 127 0 32 . . ”
  ,, 2 . . . . . 26 3 8 . . ”
  ,, 3 . . . . . 50 3 8 . . ”
  ,, 4 . . . . . 53 0 0 . . ”
  ,, 5 . . . . . 37 2 16 . . ”
  ,, 6 . . . . . 14 1 24 . . ”
  ,, 7 . . . . . 8 1 24 . . ”
  ,, 8 . . . . . 91 3 8 . . ”
  Marangairoa 1A 2 . . . 53 1 0 . . East Cape.
  ,, 1A 3A . . . . 35 0 0 . . ”
  ,, 1A 3B . . . . 149 0 0 . . ”
  ,, 1A 4A . . . . 23 2 25 . . ”
  ,, 1A 4B . . . . 233 2 27 . . ”
  Pohooterangi 1 . . . . 114 3 0 . . Waiapu.
  ,, 2 . . . . . 1,316 2 30 . . ”
  Tikitiki A 1 . . . . 282 3 7 . . ”
  ,, A 3 . . . . . 57 1 10 . . ”
  ,, A 5 . . . . . 98 0 21 . . ”
  ,, A 6 . . . . . 10 1 5 . . ”
  ,, A 7 . . . . . 30 1 20 . . ”
  ,, A 9B . . . . . 46 0 27 . . ”
  ,, A 12B . . . . 154 0 0 . . ”
  ,, A 13 . . . . . 119 1 37 . . ”
  ,, A 15 . . . . . 53 0 24 . . ”
  ,, A 16 . . . . . 30 0 5 . . ”
  ,, B 1 . . . . . 18 2 17 . . ”
  ,, B 2 . . . . . 19 2 35 . . ”
  ,, B 3 . . . . . 25 0 33 . . ”
  ,, B 4 . . . . . 102 1 9 . . ”
  ,, B 6 . . . . . 25 0 5 . . ”
  ,, B 12 . . . . . 31 0 30 . . ”
  ,, B 13 . . . . . 185 0 26 . . ”
  ,, B 16A . . . . 198 0 30 . . ”
  ,, B 16C . . . . 148 1 17 . . ”
  ,, B 19 . . . . . 255 2 28 . . ”
  ,, B 22 . . . . . 70 3 14 . . ”
  Tokata lB 1 . . . . . 124 1 8 . . Matakaoa.
  ,, lB 2B . . . . . 256 3 17 . . ”
  Total . . . . . . . . 6,019 2 31