Mar. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 659

No. 8339; thence by a right line to the said northern-most corner of Lot 1, Deposited Plan No. 8339, and south-westerly along the south-eastern side of Wainoni Road, the existing city boundary to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Lot 2, Deposited Plan No. 7837; thence to and along that boundary, the said boundary being the existing city boundary; thence northerly and north-easterly generally along the said existing city boundary to the point of commencement.

W. O. HARVEY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 103/5/49.)

Declaring Public Highways to be Main Highways.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of March, 1942.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section three of the Main Highways Act, 1922, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this 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 declare that as from the second day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two, the roads described in the Schedule hereto shall be main highways within the meaning and for the purpose of the Main Highways Act, 1922.

SCHEDULE.

HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. 9.

Ohakea Main Highway.—All that road or portion of road in the Manawatu County commencing at its junction with the Wanganui-Levin Main Highway at Ohakea and proceeding thence generally in a north-westerly direction via Pukenui Road and terminating at the junction of Pukenui Road and McDonnell’s Line, being a distance of 65 chains, more or less; as the same is more particularly delineated on plan P.W.D. 113576, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Woodville-Ashhurst.—All that road or portion of road in the Oroua County commencing in Ashhurst Township at the junction of the Ashhurst-Pohangina Main Highway and Wyndham Street and proceeding thence generally in an easterly direction via Wyndham Street, Salisbury Street, and the Pohangina River Bridge and terminating at the eastern boundary of Oroua County, being a distance of 2 miles 52 chains, more or less; as the same is more particularly delineated on plan P.W.D. 113577, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

W. O. HARVEY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(M.H. 62/19.)

Lower Hutt Fire District constituted.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of March, 1942.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section three of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, on the application of any Borough Council, declare the district within the jurisdiction of such Borough Council to be a fire district under the said Act:

And whereas an application has been made by the Lower Hutt City Council, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, and it appears expedient to grant the said application;

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby declare the City of Lower Hutt to be a fire district under the said Act, and as on and from the eleventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two.

W. O. HARVEY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 76/31/6.)

Consenting to the Raising of a Loan of £7,500 by the Whangarei County Council and prescribing the Conditions thereof.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of March, 1942.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Whangarei County Council (hereinafter called “the said local authority”) proposes, pursuant to the provisions of section three of the Main Highways Amendment Act, 1928, to borrow the sum of seven thousand five hundred pounds (£7,500) by a loan to be known as “Main Highways Loan, 1942” (hereinafter called “the said loan”) for the purpose of paying its portion of the cost of renewing the Titoki Bridge on the Kaikohe-Maungatapere Main Highway:

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 for the said purpose up to the amount of seven thousand five hundred pounds (£7,500), 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 seven (7) 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 fifteen shillings (£3 15s.) per centum per annum.

(3) The said loan, together with interest thereon, shall be repaid by equal aggregate annual instalments extending over the term as determined in (1) above.

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

W. O. HARVEY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(T. 49/140.)

Consenting to the Raising of a Loan of £500 by the Whangaroa Hospital Board and prescribing the Conditions thereof.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of March, 1942.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Whangaroa Hospital Board (hereinafter called “the said local authority”) being desirous of raising the sum of five hundred pounds (£500) by a loan to be known as “New Hospital Loan No. 1, 1941” (hereinafter called “the said loan”) for the purpose of purchasing a site for the proposed new hospital at Kaeo and payment of the expenses incidental thereto, has 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 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 in New Zealand by the said local authority of the said loan for the said purpose up to the amount of five hundred pounds (£500), 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 not exceed thirty (30) 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 or rates exceeding three pounds fifteen shillings (£3 15s.) per centum per annum.

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

(4) The payment of such instalments shall be made in New Zealand, and no instalments 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 loan 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.

W. O. HARVEY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(T. 49/621/2.)