Jan. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 213

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

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of December, 1936.

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 in New Zealand by the respective local authorities mentioned in the First Column of the said Schedule of the respective loans set out in the Second Column of the said Schedule, up to the respective amounts specified in the Third 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 Fourth 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 Fifth Column of the said Schedule.

(3) The said respective loans or any parts thereof, together with interest thereon, shall be repaid by equal aggregate annual or half-yearly instalments extending over the respective terms as determined in (1) above.

(4) The payment of such instalments shall be made in New Zealand, and no such instalment shall be paid out of loan-moneys.

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

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

(7) The following condition shall apply to the Raglan County Council only: “A special covenant shall be embodied in any contract for sale or lease by the Raglan County Council providing for its prior consent to any sale or other disposal of the house in question, and providing further that such consent shall be withheld to any proposed sale where the purchase-price on the re-sale is in excess of the original value of the house and section, less depreciation, plus the value of any improvements.”

SCHEDULE.

(T. 49/221/6.) C. A. JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Order in Council consenting to the Raising of Part (£4,500) of the Napier Borough Council’s Loan of £59,400.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of December, 1936.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, consent was given to the raising by the Napier Borough Council (hereinafter called “the said local authority”) of the sum of fifty-nine thousand four hundred pounds (£59,400) by a loan to be known as “Earthquake Damage Repair Loan (No. 3), 1932” (hereinafter called “the said loan”), of which the amount of nine thousand four hundred pounds (£9,400) has not yet been raised:

And whereas by section nine of the local Authorities Interest Reduction and Loans Conversion Amendment Act, 1934, the authority conferred by the said Order in Council was revoked in so far as it had not been exercised, and it is not now lawful or competent for the said local authority to borrow any moneys to which the said Order in Council relates except in accordance with the provisions of an Order in Council that may be made under section eleven of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926:

And whereas it is expedient to authorize the said local authority to borrow on the conditions hereinafter mentioned the sum of four thousand five hundred pounds (£4,500) (hereinafter called “the said sum”) being part of the moneys to which the said Order in Council relates:

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, and by section nine of the Local Authorities Interest Reduction and Loans Conversion Amendment Act, 1934, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby consent to the borrowing in New Zealand by the said Local authority of the said sum or any part thereof for the purpose for which the said loan was authorized, and in giving such consent doth hereby determine as follows:—

(1) The term for which the said sum or any part thereof may be raised shall be fifteen (15) years.

(2) The rate of interest that may be paid in respect of the said sum or any part thereof shall be such as shall not produce to the lender or lenders a rate exceeding three pounds ten shillings (£3 10s.) per centum per annum.

(3) The said local authority shall, before raising the said sum 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 a rate or rates which shall be not less than five pounds four shillings (£5 4s.) per centum, such payments to be made in respect of every part of the said sum 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 sum shall be paid out of loan-money.

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

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

(7) The payment of interest and the repayment of principal in respect of the said sum shall be made in New Zealand.

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

(T. 49/562/10.)