Aug. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2449

Order in Council consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities and prescribing the Conditions thereof.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of August, 1934.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the several local authorities enumerated in the Schedule hereto, being desirous of raising the respective loans stated opposite their names therein, have respectively 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, as required by the said Act, should be given to the raising of the said loans:

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 section eleven of the said Act (as set out in section twenty-nine of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2)), and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby consent to the raising by the respective local authorities mentioned in the Second Column of the said Schedule of the respective loans set out in the Third Column of the said Schedule, up to the respective amounts specified in the Fourth Column of the said Schedule, and in giving such consent doth hereby determine as follows:—

1. The terms for which the said loans or any parts thereof may be raised shall be the respective terms (in years) stated in the Fifth Column of the said Schedule.

2. The rates of interest that may be paid in respect of the said loans or any parts thereof shall be such as shall not produce to the lender or lenders a rate or rates exceeding the respective rates per centum per annum stated in the Sixth Column of the said Schedule.

3. The said local authorities shall, before raising the said respective loans or any parts thereof, make provision for the repayment thereof by establishing sinking funds under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, or under such statutory enactment as may be applicable in any respective case, and shall thereafter make payments to such sinking funds at intervals of not more than one year, at a rate or rates per centum which shall be not less than the respective rates stated in the Seventh Column of the said Schedule, such payments to be made in respect of every part of the said respective loans for the time being so raised and not repaid, the first such payment in each respective case to be made not later than one year after the first day from which interest to the lender or lenders is computed on any loan or part thereof so raised.

4. No amount payable as either interest or sinking fund in respect of any moneys raised pursuant to this consent shall be paid out of such moneys.

5. The rate payable for brokerage, underwriting, and procurement fees in respect of the raising of the said respective loans or any parts thereof shall not in the aggregate exceed one-half per centum of any amount raised.

6. The payment of interest and repayment of principal in respect of the said loans shall be made in New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

(T. 40/416/6.)

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

Order in Council consenting to the Raising of a Loan of £8,000 by the Waikato County Council and prescribing the Conditions thereof.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of August, 1934.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Waikato County Council (hereinafter called “the said local authority”) proposes, pursuant to the terms of a Warrant issued under section one hundred and thirty-five of the Public Works Act, 1928, to borrow the sum of eight thousand pounds (£8,000) by a loan to be known as “Fairfield Bridge Loan, 1934,” for the purpose of paying its proportion of the cost of constructing a reinforced-concrete bridge (together with approaches thereto) over the Waikato River near Hamilton:

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 section eleven of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926, as set out in section twenty-nine of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2), 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 eight thousand pounds (£8,000), 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 thirty-five (35) 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 three pounds seventeen shillings and sixpence (£3 17s. 6d.) per centum per annum.

3. The said local authority shall, before raising the said loan or any part thereof, make provision for the repayment thereof by establishing a sinking fund under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, or under such other statutory enactment as may be applicable, and shall thereafter make payments to such sinking fund at intervals of not more than one year, at a rate or rates per centum which shall be not less than one pound seven shillings and sixpence (£1 7s. 6d.), such payments to be made in respect of every part of the said loan for the time being so raised and not repaid, the first such payment to be made not later than one year after the first day from which interest to the lender or lenders is computed on any amount so raised.

4. No amount payable as either interest or sinking fund in respect of the said loan shall be paid out of loan-money.

5. The rate payable for brokerage, underwriting, and procurement fees in respect of the raising of the said loan or any part thereof shall not in the aggregate exceed one-half per centum of any amount raised.

6. The payment of interest and repayment of principal in respect of the said loan shall be made in New Zealand.

7. No moneys shall be borrowed under this consent after the expiration of two years from the date hereof.

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

(T. 49/152/7.)