Feb. 22] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 195

Portion of Road Closed in Block XII, Greymouth Survey District, Grey County

[L.S.] C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

A PROCLAMATION

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section twelve of the Land Act, 1924, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim as closed the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of road closed: 1 acre 0 roods 25·3 perches.

Adjoining or passing through Rural Section 149/1903, Lot 2 of Section 2303, Reserve 1101, and part Lot 1 of Section 2303.

Situated in Block XII, Greymouth Survey District (Westland R.D.). (S.O. 4335.)

In the Westland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 117949, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 17th day of February, 1945.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(P.W. 44/706.)

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Appointing Members of the First and Second Divisions of the Court of Appeal

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 14th day of February, 1945

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. P. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS by section five of the Judicature Amendment Act, 1913, it is enacted that the Court of Appeal shall consist of two divisions, to be called respectively the First Division and the Second Division of the Court of Appeal; and that each division shall consist of five Judges of the Supreme Court, to be appointed to that division by the Governor-General in Council: Provided that whenever all the Judges of the Supreme Court are present in New Zealand and are available to act as members of the Court of Appeal one of the divisions may consist of six Judges:

And whereas the power conferred by the said Act upon the Governor-General in Council of appointing Judges as members of either division, or revoking any such appointment, shall be exercisable on the recommendation of not less than three Judges of the Supreme Court (of whom the Chief Justice shall be one), and not otherwise:

And whereas the Right Honourable the Chief Justice, the Honourable Mr. Justice Blair, and the Honourable Mr. Justice Smith have recommended that the two divisions of the Court of Appeal for the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five shall be constituted as shown hereafter:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint—

The Right Honourable Sir Michael Myers, G.C.M.G., Chief Justice,

The Honourable Archibald William Blair, Judge,

The Honourable Robert Kennedy, Judge,

The Honourable John Bartholomew Callan, Judge, and

The Honourable George Panton Finlay, Judge,

to be members of the First Division of the Court of Appeal; and

The Right Honourable Sir Michael Myers, G.C.M.G., Chief Justice,

The Honourable David Stanley Smith, Judge,

The Honourable Harold Featherston Johnston, Judge,

The Honourable Arthur Fair, Judge,

The Honourable Erima Harvey Northcroft, Judge, and

The Honourable Henry Havelock Cornish, Judge,

to be members of the Second Division of the Court of Appeal for the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.

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

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Consenting to the Raising of a Loan of £6,000 by the Nelson Catchment Board and prescribing the Conditions thereof

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 14th day of February, 1945

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. P. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the Nelson Catchment Board (hereinafter called “the said local authority”) proposes, pursuant to the provisions of section thirty of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act, 1941, to raise a loan of six thousand pounds (£6,000), to be known as “Works Loan, 1945” (hereinafter called “the said loan”), for the purpose of the purchase of land, afforestation, and river-protection work:

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 six thousand pounds (£6,000), and in giving such consent doth hereby determine as follows:—

(1) 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 a rate exceeding £3 15s. per centum per annum.

(2) The said loan or any part thereof which may be raised shall be repaid prior to the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.

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

(T. 49/767.)

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Consenting to the Raising of a Loan of £13,000 by the Wellington City Council and prescribing the Conditions thereof

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of February, 1945

Present:

THE HON. W. NASH PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the Wellington City Council (hereinafter called “the said local authority”), being desirous of raising a loan of thirteen thousand pounds (£13,000), to be known as “Wellington City Abattoir Loan, 1944” (hereinafter called “the said loan”), for the purpose of constructing and providing extensions of slaughtering and hanging facilities and carrying out other additions and improvements to the Wellington City Abattoir, and recouping the Wellington City Council for moneys expended on such works since the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two, 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 thirteen thousand pounds (£13,000), 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 fifteen (15) 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 ten shillings (£3 10s.) per centum per annum.

(3) The said local authority shall, before raising the said loan 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 five shillings (£5 5s.), such payments to be made in respect of every part of the said loan for the time being so 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 loan or any part thereof so raised.

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

(5) No amount payable as either interest or sinking fund in respect of the said loan shall be paid out of loan-moneys.

(6) 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.

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

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

(T. 49/168/95.)