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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 10

Boundaries of City of Christchurch and County of Waimairi altered

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 25th day of February, 1947

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS in pursuance of section one hundred and thirty-six of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, a petition was presented to the Governor-General praying that a certain area be excluded from the County of Waimairi and included in the City of Christchurch:

And whereas a Commission appointed under the said section held inquiries and recommended that portions of the said area be excluded from the County of Waimairi and included in the City of Christchurch:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to make the alterations of boundaries recommended by the said Commission :

'Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby declare that as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, the areas described in the Schedule hereto shall be excluded from the County of Waimairi and included in the City of Christchurch.

SCHEDULE

AREAS EXCLUDED FROM THE COUNTY OF WAIMAIRI AND INCLUDED IN THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH

ALL that area in the County of Waimairi, Canterbury Land District, situated in Block X, Christchurch Survey District, and bounded by a line commencing at a point on the boundary of the City of Christchurch, such point being the southernmost corner of Lot 12 on the plan numbered 2150, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Christchurch ; thence north-westerly along the north-eastern side of Wairarapa Road to the westernmost corner of Lot 18 on the plan numbered 2444 deposited as aforesaid; thence north-easterly along the north-western boundaries of the said Lot 18 and the north-western boundaries of Lots 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, and 8 on the said plan numbered 2444, and along the north-western boundary of Lot 1 on the plan numbered 12214 deposited as aforesaid, to the boundary of the City of Christchurch ; thence generally in a southerly direction by that boundary to the point of commencement.

Also all that area situated in the County of Waimairi, Canterbury Land District, situated in Block X, Christchurch Survey District, and bounded by a line commencing at a point on the boundary of the City of Christchurch, such point being the southernmost corner of Lot 7 on the plan numbered 2150, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Christchurch ; thence north-westerly along the north-eastern side of Wairarapa Road to the boundary of the City of Christchurch at the westernmost corner of Lot 9 on the said plan numbered 2150; thence along that boundary in a north-easterly, south-easterly, and south-westerly direction to the point of commencement.

W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

(I.A. 103/5/93.)

Constituting the Ettrick Rabbit District.- (Notice No. Ag. 4382)

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 5th day of February, 1947

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. P. FRASER 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 whereas the said petition is signed by a majority of the persons in the said area of land qualified to be enrolled on the ratepayers' list for the said proposed district, 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 “Ettrick 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 ETTRICK RABBIT DISTRICT

ALL that area containing 41,500 acres, more or less, situated in Benger and Wart Hill Survey Districts, bounded as follows: Commencing at a point on the Clutha River being the south-eastern corner of Mount Benger Rabbit District; thence south-easterly down the right bank of that river to the southern boundary of Ben- ger Survey District; thence westerly along that boundary to Spylaw Hill; thence north-westerly along the south-western boundary of Allotment 6, Deposited Plan 1864, to the south-eastern boundary of Allotment 4, Deposited Plan 1825 ; thence south-westerly along that boundary and the southern boundary of Allotment 10, Deposited Plan 1817, to a public road; thence north-westerly and northerly along that road to the north-eastern corner of Allotment 24, D.P. 1840; thence north-westerly generally along the northern boundaries of Allotments 24, 25, and 26 aforesaid, D.P. 1840, to the south-eastern corner of Run 595; thence north-easterly generally along the eastern boundaries of Runs 595, 593A, 593B, and 592A, to the boundary of Mount Benger Rabbit District; thence south-easterly generally along that boundary to the point of commence- ment.

W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Raising of a Loan of £7,000 by the Pohangina County Council and prescribing the Conditions thereof

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 20th day of February, 1947

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. W. NASH PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the Pohangina 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 pounds (£7,000), by a loan to be known as “Main Highways Loan, 1947” (hereinafter called the said loan), for the purpose of paying its portion of the cost of reconstruction of certain main highways within the county:

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 pounds (£7,000), 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 be ten (10) 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 loan or any part thereof, 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, Clerk of the Executive Council.

(T. 49/443.)

Varying the Determinations in respect of the Waikohu County Council's Loan of £1,330

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 20th day of February, 1947

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. W. NASH PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the twenty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six (hereinafter called the said Order in Council), and subject to the determina- tions as to borrowing and repayment therein set out, consent was given to the raising in New Zealand by the Waikohu County Council (hereinafter called the said local authority) of a loan of one thousand three hundred and thirty pounds (£1,330), to be known as “Opotiki No. 2 Loan, 1945” (hereinafter called the said loan):

And whereas the authority conferred by the said Order in Council has not yet been exercised, and it is expedient to vary certain of the determinations aforesaid in respect of the said loan: