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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 four hundred and fifty pounds
(£1,450), and in giving such consent doth hereby determine
as follows :—
(1) The term for which the said loan or any part thereof
may be raised shall be five (5) years.
(2) The rate of interest that may be paid in respect of the
said loan or any part thereof shall be such as shall not produce
to the lender or lenders a rate exceeding four pounds (£4) per
centum per annum.
(3) The said loan together with interest thereon shall be
repaid by equal annual or half-yearly instalments extending
over the term as determined in (1) above.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(T. 49/295.)

Order in Council varying certain Provisions of the Napier
Borough Loans Conversion Order, 1934.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of
July, 1934.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by the Napier Borough Loans Conversion
Order, 1934, made on the twelfth day of February,
one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, and published
in the Gazette on the fifteenth day of February, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-four, and subject to and in accord-
ance with the provisions of such Order, consent was given by
the Governor-General in Council, acting in pursuance of the
authority conferred by the Local Authorities Interest Reduc-
tion and Loans Conversion Act, 1932–33, to the issue of new
securities in conversion of existing securities issued in respect
of the loans referred to in the First Schedule of such Order :
And whereas it is expedient to vary certain of the pro-
visions aforesaid relating to the conversion of such existing
securities :
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 power and authority
conferred on him by subsection two of section thirteen of
the said Local Authorities Interest Reduction and Loans
Conversion Act, 1932–33, and of all other powers and
authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth order as follows :—

1. This order may be cited as the Napier Borough Loans
   Conversion Amendment Order, 1934, and shall be read
   together with and form part of the Napier Borough Loans
   Conversion Order, 1934 (hereinafter referred to as the principal
   Order).
2. The principal order is hereby amended by adding after
   clause twenty-three thereof the following new clause :—
   “23A. For the purposes of the last two preceding clauses
   the sinking fund of every loan set out in the First Schedule
   hereto, of which the Public Trustee is holder of some only
   of the existing securities issued in respect thereof, shall be
   divided into two parts, the first of which shall bear to the
   second the same proportion which the amount of the existing
   securities so held by the Public Trustee bears to the amount
   of the existing securities held by persons other than the
   Public Trustee. The said parts shall be applied as follows :—
   “(a) The first part of such sinking fund shall be applied
   by the Commissioner thereof in accordance with
   the provisions of clause twenty-two hereof as if
   the existing securities issued in respect of the loan
   and held by the Public Trustee were a separate
   loan within the meaning of that clause, and such
   first part of the sinking fund were the sinking
   fund of such separate loan.
   “(b) The second part of such sinking fund shall be applied
   by the Commissioner thereof in accordance with
   the provisions of clause twenty-three hereof as
   if the existing securities issued in respect of the
   loan and held by persons other than the Public
   Trustee were a separate loan within the meaning
   of that clause and such second part of the sinking
   fund were the sinking fund of such separate loan.”

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(T. 49/147/19.)

Regulations as to Appeals under Section 3 of the Agricultural
and Pastoral Societies Amendment Act, 1933.—(Notice No.
Ag. 3199.)
——
BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of
July, 1934.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority con-
ferred upon him by section three of the Agricultural
and Pastoral Societies Amendment Act, 1933, 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 for the purposes of that section.

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations, unless inconsistent with the context,—
   "Licensing authority” means the society, or person, or
   body of persons authorized to issue licenses under
   any by-laws made pursuant to the said Act or by
   which or by whom was forfeited a deposit paid by a
   licensee by way of security for due compliance with
   the terms and conditions of his license :
   "The said Act" means the Agricultural and Pastoral
   Societies Amendment Act, 1933.
2. Every appeal pursuant to subsection (3) of section 3
   of the said Act shall be in the form in the Schedule hereto or
   to the like effect, and shall be lodged at the office of the
   Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court nearest by the most convenient
   route to the address of the licensing authority within fourteen
   days of the receipt by the appellant of notice of the decision
   in respect of which the appeal is made. A copy of the appeal
   shall within such time as aforesaid be served on the licensing
   authority by being left at the address thereof or by registered
   letter so posted as to be delivered in the ordinary course of
   post before the expiration of such time as aforesaid.
3. The time and place fixed for the hearing of the appeal
   shall be notified by the Clerk of the Court to the appellant and
   the licensing authority.
4. At the hearing of the appeal the appellant may appear
   in person or by his agent authorized by him in writing or by
   a barrister or solicitor of the Supreme Court, but not otherwise.
   The licensing authority may appear by any person authorized
   by it in writing in that behalf or by a barrister or solicitor of
   the Supreme Court.
5. The Magistrate or Justices hearing the appeal may—
   (a) In his or their discretion receive any evidence he or
   they may think fit (whether on oath or otherwise),
   and may act upon any statement, document, infor-
   mation, or matter which in his or their opinion
   may assist in the determination of the appeal whether
   or not the same would be legally admissible in a
   Court of law :
   (b) In matters not expressly provided for in these regulations
   conduct the hearing in such manner as he or they
   think fit :
   (c) From time to time adjourn the hearing or consideration
   or determination of the appeal as he or they think
   fit :
6. The determination of the Magistrate or Justices shall be
   notified to the appellant and the licensing authority by the
   Clerk of the Court by writing posted to them at their respective
   addresses as stated in the appeal.

SCHEDULE.
Appeal under Section 3 of the Agricultural and Pastoral
Societies Amendment Act, 1933.
I, , of , hereby appeal against the decision
of [Name and address of licensing authority] in [State nature
of decision] on the grounds [Set out grounds numbered in
paragraphs].
The decision was received by me on the day of
, 19
Dated at , this day of , 19
[Signature of appellant.]

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