corner; thence in a southerly direction generally along the
western boundary of Section 2 aforesaid, the western and
southern boundaries of Section 3, and the western boundary of
Section 4, all of Block XV aforesaid, the western boundary
of Rangitoto A No. 54 Block, the western boundary of
Section 1, Block III, Mangaorongo Survey District, and
the western and southern boundaries of Rangitoto A No. 52B
Block, the crossing of a public road, the western boundary
of Rangitoto A 52B Block, and the northern and south-
western boundaries of Rangitoto A No. 21A 2B Block
to the Maihiihi Road; thence along that road in a north-
westerly direction to its junction with another road at the
easternmost corner of Lot 13 on D.P. 14050; thence
along the last-mentioned road to the Mangaorongo Stream;
thence down that stream and the Waipa River to the
point of commencement, save and except the following:
All that area, bounded by a line commencing at a point
near Te Kawa where the production of the northern boundary
of Ouruwhero part 3x 2c intersects the generally western
side of the North Island Main Trunk Railway; thence
towards the north by a right line to the north-eastern corner
of Ouruwhero 3o l Block; towards the north-west generally
by Ouruwhero 3o 1, part 3o 2B Blocks, and the crossing of a
public road; towards the south-west by Ouruwhero
part 3o 2c 2; and towards the south-east generally by the
North Island Main Trunk Railway.

T. R. AICKIN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Constituting the Otatara-Wallacetown Rabbit District.—(Notice
No. Ag. 3450.)

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 9th day of
July, 1941.
Present:

THE HON. W. NASH PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section thirty of the Rabbit Nuisance
Act, 1928, it is enacted that the Governor-General
may, by Order in Council, on petition in that behalf signed
by a majority of the persons qualified to be enrolled on the
ratepayers' list for any proposed district, constitute and
declare any area of land of not less than one thousand acres
a rabbit district under and for the purposes of Part II of
the said Act:
And whereas, in pursuance of the provisions of the said
section thirty of the said Act, a petition has been received
praying that the area of land described in the Schedule hereto
be constituted and declared a rabbit district under and for
the purposes of Part II of the said Act, and it is deemed
expedient to give effect to the prayer of the petitioners
accordingly:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, His
Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby
constitute by the specific name of the “Otatara-Wallace-
town Rabbit District” and declare that area of land defined
in the Schedule hereto to be a rabbit district under and for
the purpose of Part II of the said Act, and doth hereby
further declare that the basis on which the Board to be
established for the said district shall first levy its general
rate shall be on the basis of the acreage of the rateable
property in the said district.

SCHEDULE.
BOUNDARIES OF THE OTATARA-WALLACETOWN RABBIT
DISTRICT.

All that area in the Southland Land District, Southland
County, containing approximately 21,600 acres and bounded
as follows: Commencing at a point on the left bank of the
New River, the said point being on the south side of the
Invercargill-Tuatapere Railway Reserve; thence in an
easterly, south-easterly, and southerly direction along the
said Invercargill-Tuatapere Railway Reserve to West Plains
Road; thence in a westerly direction along the said West
Plains Road to the Waikiwi Stream; thence in a south-
westerly direction along the said Waikiwi Stream to Thomson
Road; thence in a southerly direction along the said Thomson
Road to Bay Road; thence in a south-westerly direction
along the said Bay Road to Otatara Road; thence in a south-
westerly direction along the said Otatara Road to Boundary
Road; thence in a south-easterly direction along the said
Boundary Road to Stead Street; thence in a north-easterly
direction along the said Stead Street to the New River
estuary; thence in a southerly, westerly, and northerly
direction generally along the said New River estuary and the
New River to the point of commencement.

T. R. AICKIN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Raising of a Rural Housing Loan of £20,000
by the Manukau County Council and prescribing the Conditions
thereof.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 25th day of
June, 1941.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the Manukau County Council is desirous
of raising from the State Advances Corporation of
New Zealand (hereinafter referred to as “the Corporation”)
a loan of twenty thousand pounds (£20,000) to be known
as 'Rural Housing Loan, 1941' (hereinafter called 'the
said loan') for the purpose of enabling the said Council
out of the loan so raised to make advances to farmers under
the Rural Housing Act, 1939:
And whereas the said Council has complied with the pro-
visions 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 loan:
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 said Council from
the Corporation for the aforesaid purpose of a loan up to the
amount of twenty thousand pounds (£20,000), and in giving
such consent doth hereby determine a follows:-
(1) The Council shall pay to the Corporation each half-
year in reduction of the principal moneys advanced by the
Corporation to the Council an amount equal to the sum of
all the amounts which are expressed to be payable to the
Council during such half-year by the agreements entered
into with the said Council by the various farmers to whom
the said Council has advanced any of the loan-moneys.
(2) The rate of interest that may be paid in respect of the
said loan or so much thereof as is for the time being raised
and not repaid shall be three pounds (£3) per centum per
annum payable half-yearly, the first such payment to be made
not later than six months after the date of the payment of
the first instalment of the loan by the Corporation to the said
Council, such interest to be computed on the daily-debtor
balances in the accounts of the Corporation.
(3) No amount payable as either interest or principal in
respect of the said loan shall be paid out of loan-moneys.
(4) No amount shall be payable for brokerage, under-
writing, or procurement fees in respect of the raising of the
said loan or any part thereof.

T. R. AICKIN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(T. 49/111/21.)

Varying the Determinations in respect of the Waimate Borough
Council's Loan of £16,000.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 25th day of
June, 1941.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the second
day of August, one thousand nine hundred and
thirty-nine (hereinafter referred to as 'the said Order in
Council'), and subject to the determinations as to borrowing
and repayment therein set out, consent was given to the
raising by the Waimate Borough Council (hereinafter referred
to as 'the said local authority') of a loan of sixteen
thousand pounds (£16,000) to be known as 'Water-supply
Improvement Loan, 1939':
And whereas the authority conferred by the said Order
in Council has not yet been exercised and it is expedient to
vary the determinations aforesaid in respect of the said loan:
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