Dec. 18] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1911

Consenting to Additional Land being taken for a Post-office in the City of Dunedin

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of December, 1947
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

Pursuant to the Public Works Act, 1928, 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 consent to the additional land described in the Schedule hereto being taken for a post-office.

SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of additional land permitted to be taken: 6·63 perches.
Being part Lot 2, Deeds Plan 247, being part Section 32, Block XVII, Town of Dunedin.

Situated in the City of Dunedin (Otago R.D.). (S.O. 9570.)

In the Otago Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 126448, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.

W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 20/572.)

Vesting Drainage-works and Waterworks in the Rotorua Borough Council

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of December, 1947
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. P. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS it is provided by section nine of the Rotorua Borough Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), that the Governor-General may at any time, by Order in Council, vest in the Corporation of the Borough of Rotorua all or any of the works that remained vested in the Crown under section eight of the said Act upon such terms and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest in the said Corporation all the drainage-works and all the waterworks for the supply of water for domestic or other purposes both within and outside the boundaries of the said Borough of Rotorua heretofore provided or constructed by the Crown for the Borough of Rotorua and the lands adjacent thereto:

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 exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section nine of the said Act, doth hereby declare that all the drainage-works and waterworks at Rotorua heretofore vested in the Crown shall as from the fifth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, become vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Rotorua upon and subject to the following terms and conditions, that is to say:—

1. That the purchase-price of the undertaking be £20,000 exclusive of stores on hand and new work to be carried out in the Hemo Gorge, which shall be the direct responsibility of the Council of the said borough. Stores in hand shall be taken over by the said borough on a valuation basis on landed cost into store.

2. That the total amount under clause one hereof shall be a debt due by the Corporation of the Borough of Rotorua (hereinafter referred to as the Borough Council) to the Crown, payable to the Crown by equal annual instalments payable on the fifth day of December in each year and every year, the first payment to be made on the fifth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, over such period as the Local Government Loans Board may determine.

3. That the Borough Council shall be at liberty upon giving at least one month’s prior notice to the Secretary of the Treasury to repay further sums of £100 or multiples of £100 in reduction of the said debt to the Crown upon any day hereinbefore appointed for the payment of instalments of the said debt.

4. That the Borough Council shall pay interest on the said debt and on the balance due at the beginning of each year whilst any part of the said debt remains owing to the Crown calculated at the rate of 3¼ per cent. per annum. Such interest shall be payable yearly on the fifth day of December in each year.

5. All payments shall be made at the option of the Borough Council either to the Public Account at the Bank of New Zealand, Rotorua, or free of exchange at the Treasury Office, Wellington.

6. That the Borough Council undertake to supply the water for the purpose of the Government Baths, Sanatorium, and Gardens at Rotorua, the charge to be fixed on a basis of 10 per cent., on cost, estimated at 6d. per thousand gallons for five years from the date of transfer, the charge to be reviewed at the end of such period and thereafter in five-yearly periods.

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

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Constituting the Waitaki Soil-conservation District

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of December, 1947
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

Pursuant to section thirteen of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act, 1941, 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 constitute and declare the part of New Zealand described in the Schedule hereto to be a soil-conservation district under the said Act as from the eighteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and doth hereby assign to such soil-conservation district the name of the “Waitaki Soil-conservation District.”

SCHEDULE

ALL that area in the Otago and Canterbury Land Districts, being parts of the Waitaki, Waimate, and Mackenzie Counties, bounded as follows: Commencing at the southern boundary of the South Canterbury Catchment District on the sea-coast; thence westerly and northerly along the southern and western boundaries of the South Canterbury Catchment District, as defined by New Zealand Gazette, 1944, page 106, to its junction with the south-eastern boundary of the Westland Catchment District; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern boundary of the Westland Catchment District, being the main divide to Mount Strauchon; thence generally southerly along the western boundary of the Waitaki County, through Mount Huxley and through Lindis Pass, to and along Wether Range; thence south-easterly along the leading ridge to the Omarama Saddle; thence easterly and southerly along the leading ridge, to and along the summit of the Hawkden Range; thence southerly, easterly, and southerly along the western boundary of the Waitaki County, through Mount Ida and Dansey Pass to Mount Pisgah; thence north-easterly along Pisgah Spur and Mount Pisgah Road to the Mount Pisgah–Tapui Road; thence north-easterly along that road and Little Road to Conlan’s Road; thence northerly, westerly, and northerly along Conlan’s Road to Boundary Road; thence north-easterly along Boundary Road to McDonald Road; thence south-easterly along McDonald Road to Tussocky Road; thence south-easterly along Tussocky Road to a road leading to the northern boundary of Pukenui Settlement; thence north-easterly along that road to the Pukeuri–Omarama Main Highway; thence south-easterly along that main highway to Seven Mile Road; thence easterly along Seven Mile Road to the Dunedin–Timaru Main Highway; thence north-easterly along that main highway for a distance of approximately 20 chains to a road between Sections 61A and 74A, Steward Settlement; thence easterly along that road to the sea-coast; thence north-easterly along the sea-coast to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 126440, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 76/2.)

Consenting to the Raising of a Loan of £644 by the Shannon Borough Council and prescribing the Conditions thereof

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of December, 1947
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. P. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the Shannon Borough 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 six hundred and forty-four pounds (£644) 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 sealing the Shannon–Mangahao 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 six hundred and forty-four pounds (£644), 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 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 money 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. 49/149.)