Mar. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 505

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and twenty-two of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the said special order had been made after the consent of the Governor-General in Council had been given to the raising of the said loan as aforesaid, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan or the validity of the security for the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(T. 49/535/4.)

Validating Proceedings in connection with the Pohangina County Council’s Loan of £300.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of March, 1936.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Pohangina County Council proceeded by way of a special order under the provisions of section seventeen (b) of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), to raise a loan of three hundred pounds (£300) by a loan to be known as “Mangapiko-piko Redemption Loan, 1935” (hereinafter called “the said loan”), for the purpose of redeeming the outstanding liability in respect of a loan of three hundred and fifty pounds (£350) which matured on the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five:

And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said loan were irregular or defective in that the notice (hereinafter referred to as “the public notice”) published pursuant to section ten of the said Act did not contain a statement whether or not it was proposed to pay out of the loan the cost of raising the loan or the interest and sinking fund for the first year:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the district have not been misled by such irregularity or defect as aforesaid, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and twenty-two of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the public notice had contained a statement that it was proposed to pay out of the loan the cost of raising the loan but not the interest and sinking fund for the first year, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan or the validity of the security for the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(T. 49/443/4.)

Customs (Methylated Spirit) Regulations, 1936.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 18th day of March, 1936.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section two hundred and ninety-five of the Customs Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities 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 revoke clauses one hundred and fifteen to one hundred and twenty-one (both inclusive) of the Customs Regulations made by Order in Council of the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the second day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and doth, with the like advice and consent, make the following regulations; and doth hereby order that such revocation shall take effect and the following regulations shall come into force on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.

REGULATIONS.

1. These regulations may be cited as the Customs (Methylated Spirit) Regulations, 1936, and shall be deemed part of the Customs Regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette on the 2nd day of July, 1914.

2. No person shall methylate any spirits which are of a lower strength than 50 over proof as ascertained by Sikes’s hydrometer.

3. No person shall use for the purpose of methylation any wood naphtha, pyridine, or methyl violet dye which has not been approved by the Comptroller.

4. (i) Samples of wood naphtha, pyridine, or methyl violet dye to be submitted for approval must be drawn and sealed in their containers in the presence of an officer of Customs. Such samples