1562

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 52

Consenting to the Assignment to Walter Matthew Lowden Oswald, of
“Duntroon”, Upper Awatere, Farmer, of the Rights, Powers,
and Privileges under an Order in Council Authorizing Walter
Lowden Oswald, of “Duntroon”, Upper Awatere, to Use Water
for the Purpose of Generating Electricity.

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of
July, 1950

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Public Works Act, 1928, His Excellency
the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby consent to the assign-
ment to Walter Matthew Lowden Oswald, of “Duntroon”, Upper
Awatere, Farmer, of the rights, powers, and privileges under an
Order in Council dated the 20th day of August, 1935, and published
in the New Zealand Gazette on the 22nd day of the same month, at
page 2277, authorizing Walter Lowden Oswald, of “Duntroon”,
Upper Awatere, to use water for the purpose of generating
electricity.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(S.H.D. 11/20/175.)

Consenting to the Raising of Portion (£40,000) of the Invercargill
City Council’s Loan of £253,000 and Prescribing the Conditions
Thereof

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of
July, 1950

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS by a poll of the ratepayers taken on the 16th day
of November, 1949, authority was given to the raising by the
Invercargill City Council (hereinafter called the said local authority)
of a loan of one hundred thousand pounds (£100,000) to be known
as “Water Supply Loan, 1948”, of a loan of eighty-five thousand
pounds (£85,000) to be known as “Drainage Loan, 1948”, and a
loan of sixty-eight thousand pounds (£68,000) to be known as
“Water-works Loan, 1948”:

And whereas it is expedient that the aforesaid loans be amal-
gamated into one loan of two hundred and fifty-three thousand
pounds (£253,000) to be known as “Water Supply and Drainage
Loan, 1949” (hereinafter called the said loan):

And whereas the said local authority is desirous of raising
portion of the said loan amounting to forty thousand pounds
(£40,000) (hereinafter called the said sum) and it is expedient that
the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council as required
by the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926 (hereinafter called
the said Act), should be given to the raising of the said sum:

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 11 of the said Act as set out in section 29 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 sum up to the amount of forty
thousand pounds (£40,000) for the purpose of enlarging and extending
water mains and providing improved water-works plant, and in
giving such consent doth hereby determine as follows:—

(1) The term for which the said sum 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
sum or any part thereof shall be such as shall not produce to the
lender or lenders a rate or rates exceeding three pounds five shillings
(£3 5s.) per centum per annum.

(3) The said local authority shall, before raising the said sum
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 the rate or rates per centum which
shall be not less than two pounds two shillings (£2 2s.), such payments
to be made in respect of every part of the said sum 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 sum or any part
thereof so raised.

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

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

(6) The rate payable for brokerage, underwriting, and procura-
tion fees in respect of the raising of the said sum 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.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(T. 49/233/38, 39, 40.)

Validating Proceedings in Connection with the Cambridge Borough
Council’s Loan of £32,760

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 2nd day of
August, 1950

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the Cambridge Borough Council is raising a loan
of thirty-two thousand seven hundred and sixty pounds
(£32,760) to be known as “Water Supply and Streets Loan, 1949”
(hereinafter called the said loan), under the provisions of the Local
Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926 (hereinafter called the said Act):

And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said loan
have been irregular or defective in that—

(1) The voting-paper did not comply with the provisions of
subsection (3) of section 5 of the Local Elections and Polls Amendment
Act, 1941, in that it did not state that of the total sum proposed to
be borrowed, thirty-one thousand and eighty pounds (£31,080) was for
the purpose of water-supply improvement and one thousand six
hundred and eighty pounds (£1,680) was for the purpose of street
improvements.

(2) The notice required by section 10 of the said Act was not
published once in each week for four successive weeks.

(3) The poll of the ratepayers was not taken not less than one
week after the day of the last publication of the notice required by
section 10 of the said Act:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the district have
not been misled by such irregularities or defects as aforesaid and it
is expedient to validate the same:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred on him by section 122 of the said Act, and
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceed-
ings in connection with the said loan shall be valid to all intents
and purposes as though—

(1) The voting-paper did state that of the total sum proposed
to be borrowed, thirty-one thousand and eighty pounds (£31,080)
was for purpose of water-supply improvement and one thousand
six hundred and eighty pounds (£1,680) was for the purpose of
street improvements:

(2) The notice required by section 10 of the said Act was
published once in each week for four successive weeks.

(3) The poll of ratepayers was taken not less than one week
after the day of the last publication of the notice required by section
10 of the said Act:

And that the validity of the proceedings in connection with
the said loan or of the security for the said loan, shall not be called
in question by reason only of the irregularities or defects aforesaid.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(T. 49/368/7.)

Setting Apart Maori Land as a Maori Reservation

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 2nd day of
August, 1950

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to section 5 of the Maori Purposes Act, 1937, His
Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby set apart
and reserve the Maori freehold land described in the Schedule hereto
as a Maori reservation for the common use of the Maoris of the
Awanui District as a burial ground.

SCHEDULE

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, situate in
Block X, Rangaunu Survey District, containing by admeasurement,
1 rood 21·25 perches, more or less, being the Maori Land Court
subdivision known as Matarau 3B 2. As the same is more par-
ticularly delineated on the plan marked S.O. 12137, deposited in
the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland, and thereon edged red.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

M.A. 21/3/212.)

The Animals Protection (Canadian Goose in North Canterbury)
Warrant, 1950

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22,
I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the
Governor-General of New Zealand, do hereby declare as follows:—

1. This Warrant may be cited as the Animals Protection
   (Canadian Goose in North Canterbury) Warrant, 1950.

2. This Warrant shall take effect on the day following the date
   of notification thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.