Jan. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 51

Imposing Levy on the Owners of Coal-mines situated within the Waikato Rescue-station Levy Area.

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

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of January, 1942.

Present:

THE HON. W. NASH PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section six, subsection four, of the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1936, it is provided that every rescue-station established in accordance with section six of the said Act shall be established in respect of an area to be defined by the Minister of Mines by notice published in the Gazette :

And whereas by section six, subsection five, of the said Act, it is provided that for the purpose of recouping the cost of the establishment and maintenance of any such rescue-station the Governor-General, by Order in Council, may from time to time impose levies on the owners of coal-mines situated within the area defined in respect of such rescue-station, not exceeding in respect of any mine for any year a levy computed at the rate of one penny for every ton or part of a ton of marketable coal raised from the mine during the preceding year ended on the thirty-first day of December :

And whereas the Minister of Mines, by notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-second day of February, one thousand nine hundred and forty, defined an area in respect of which a rescue-station might be established :

And whereas the Minister of Mines is establishing a rescue-station (hereinafter called “the Waikato Rescue-station”) in respect of the coal-mining area defined in the said notice :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said section six, subsection five, 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, for the purpose of recouping the cost of the establishment and maintenance of the Waikato Rescue-station, impose on the owners of coal-mines situated within the area defined in the said notice in respect of each mine within the said area a levy computed at the rate of three-eighths of a penny for every ton or part of a ton of marketable coal raised from the mine during the year ended on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one.

T. R. AICKIN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(Mines N. 8/58/13.)

Imposing Levy on the Owners of Coal-mines situated within the Ohai Rescue-station Levy Area.

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

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of January, 1942.

Present:

THE HON. W. NASH PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section six, subsection four, of the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1936, it is provided that every rescue-station established in accordance with section six of the said Act shall be established in respect of an area to be defined by the Minister of Mines by notice published in the Gazette :

And whereas by section six, subsection five, of the said Act, it is provided that for the purpose of recouping the cost of the establishment and maintenance of any such rescue-station the Governor-General, by Order in Council, may from time to time impose levies on the owners of coal-mines situated within the area defined in respect of such rescue-station, not exceeding in respect of any mine for any year a levy computed at the rate of one penny for every ton or part of a ton of marketable coal raised from the mine during the preceding year ended on the thirty-first day of December :

And whereas the Minister of Mines, by notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-ninth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and forty, defined an area in respect of which a rescue-station might be established :

And whereas the Minister of Mines is establishing a rescue-station (hereinafter called “the Ohai Rescue-station”) in respect of the coal-mining area defined in the said notice :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said section six, subsection five, 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, for the purpose of recouping the cost of the establishment and maintenance of the Ohai Rescue-station, impose on the owners of coal-mines situated within the area defined in the said notice in respect of each mine within the said area a levy computed at the rate of one penny for every ton or part of a ton of marketable coal raised from the mine during the year ended on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one.

T. R. AICKIN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(Mines N. 8/58/12.)

Imposing Levy on the Owners of Coal-mines situated within the Grey Rescue-station Levy Area.

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

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of January, 1942.

Present:

THE HON. W. NASH PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section six, subsection four, of the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1936, it is provided that every rescue-station established in accordance with section six of the said Act shall be established in respect of an area to be defined by the Minister of Mines by notice published in the Gazette :

And whereas by section six, subsection five, of the said Act, it is provided that for the purpose of recouping the cost of the establishment and maintenance of any such rescue-station the Governor-General, by Order in Council, may from time to time impose levies on the owners of coal-mines situated within the area defined in respect of such rescue-station, not exceeding in respect of any mine for any year a levy computed at the rate of one penny for every ton or part of a ton of marketable coal raised from the mine during the preceding year ended on the thirty-first day of December :

And whereas the Minister of Mines, by notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette of the fourteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, defined an area in respect of which a rescue-station might be established :

And whereas the Minister of Mines has established a rescue-station (hereinafter called “the Grey Rescue-station”) in respect of the coal-mining area defined in the said notices :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said section six, subsection five, 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 for the purpose of recouping the cost of the establishment and maintenance of the Grey Rescue-station impose on the owners of coal-mines situated within the area defined in the said notices in respect of each mine within the said area a levy computed at the rate of one halfpenny for every ton or part of a ton of marketable coal raised from the mine during the year ending on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one.

T. R. AICKIN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(Mines N. 8/58/4.)

Consenting to the Raising of a Loan of £80,000 by the Ashburton Hospital Board and prescribing the Conditions thereof.

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

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of January, 1942.

Present:

THE HON. W. NASH PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Ashburton Hospital Board (hereinafter called “the said local authority”) being desirous of raising the sum of eighty thousand pounds (£80,000) by a loan to be known as “Ashburton Hospital Building Loan, 1942” (hereinafter called “the said loan”), for the purpose of erecting, equipping, and furnishing hospital and maternity wards and additions to the Nurses’ Home at the Ashburton Hospital, 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 eighty thousand pounds (£80,000), 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 twenty-five (25) 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 ten shillings (£3 10s.) per centum per annum.
(3) The said loan or any part thereof shall be repaid by annual installments of principal of not less than three thousand two hundred pounds (£3,200) each.