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authority ") of the sum of six thousand pounds (£6,000) by a loan to be known as “ Roads Sealing Loan, 1935 ” (hereinafter called “ the said loan ”) :

And whereas the authority conferred by the said Order in Council has not yet been exercised in respect of a portion—two thousand pounds (£2,000)—and it is expedient to vary certain of the determinations aforesaid in respect of this sum (hereinafter called “ the said sum ”) :

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 vary the determinations in respect of the said sum as follows :—

(1) By prescribing that in lieu of repayment by equal aggregate annual or half-yearly instalments extending over a period of fifteen (15) years as prescribed in clause three of the said Order in Council, 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 intervals of not more than one year at a rate or rates per centum which shall be not less than five pounds four shillings (£5 4s.), such payments to be made in respect of every part of the said sum for the time being borrowed 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 the said sum or any part thereof so raised.

(2) By substituting in lieu of clause four of the said Order in Council the following clause :—

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

“ (b) No amount payable as either interest or sinking fund in respect of the said sum shall be paid out of loan-money.”

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

(T. 49/415/5.)

Directing Sale of Land in Block IX, Waimata Survey District, under the Public Works Act, 1928.

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of December, 1936.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Public Works Act, 1928, 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 direct the sale of the land described in the Schedule hereto, such land being no longer required for the public work for which it was acquired.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land directed to be sold :
1 rood.
Being Lot 3, D.P. 2473.

Situated in Block IX, Waimata Survey District.

In the Gisborne Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 94312, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon edged green.

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

(P.W. 20/535.)

Consul of Germany at Wellington appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th January, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that His Majesty’s Exequatur empowering Dr. Walter Hellenthal to act as Consul of Germany at Wellington for New Zealand and its dependencies and the mandated territory of Western Samoa has been issued.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 1936/60/1.)

Appointment and Cancellation of Appointments in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 14th January, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment and cancellation of appointments in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy :—

Appointment.

Lieutenant-Commander (N) Francis Bernard Lloyd, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “ Achilles,” to be Squadron Navigating Officer and Staff Officer (Operations) to the Commodore Commanding New Zealand Station, vice Secker, to date 5th January, 1937.

Cancellation of Appointments.

Lieutenant-Commander Derek Howard Secker, Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “ Achilles ” (N), vice Lloyd, to date 5th January, 1937, and as Squadron Navigating Officer and Staff Officer (Operations) to the Commodore Commanding New Zealand Station, in continuation of present appointment.

Lieutenant-Commander (N) Francis Bernard Lloyd, Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “ Dunedin ” (N), vice Secker, to date 5th January, 1937.

FRANK LANGSTONE,
For Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Retirements of Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th January, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces :—

STAFF AND COMMAND.

Flight Lieutenant A. de T. Nevill, B.Sc., A.M.I.Ae.E., Royal N.Z. Air Force, p.s.a., having returned to New Zealand after undergoing a special course at the Royal Air Force Staff College, Andover, ceases to be seconded, and is appointed Chief Staff Officer to the Director of Air Services, G.H.Q., Wellington. Dated 21st December, 1936.

Major J. R. Turnbull, Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, is appointed to command the 1st Field Battery. Dated 21st September, 1936.

THE AUCKLAND (EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) J. H. Sutherland is confirmed.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—

Hugh Southern Hayes. Dated 28th August, 1936.
Maxwell Robert Faull. Dated 29th August, 1936.
Stanley Walter Askew. Dated 30th August, 1936.

THE MANAWATU MOUNTED RIFLES.

Hugh Roger Cameron to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 27th August, 1936.

THE WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant A. I. Speedy is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 7. Dated 19th December, 1936.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 1st September, 1936 :—

Joseph Evelyn Wright.
Robert Moore Bell.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain J. R. Turnbull, 1st Field Battery, to be Major. Dated 21st September, 1936.

Captain L. J. Mander, M.M., 8th Field Battery, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 19th December, 1936.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, 15th Coast Battery, to be Lieutenants :—

E. F. Bellman. Dated 23rd August, 1936.
R. P. Kennedy. Dated 24th August, 1936.

Geoffrey Herbert Strange to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 13th Coast Battery. Dated 12th November, 1936.

Clarence Spencer Sharp to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 20th Light Battery. Dated 8th December, 1936.