28 AUG.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

3. The said loan or any part thereof, together with interest thereon, shall be repaid by equal aggregate annual or half-yearly instalments extending over the term as determined in 1 above.
4. The payment of such instalments shall be made in New Zealand and no such instalments shall be paid out of loan-moneys.
5. 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.
6. 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. 49/11/35, 36, and 37)

Consenting to the Raising of a Loan of £21,250 by the South Canterbury Catchment Board and Prescribing the Conditions Thereof

H. F. O'LEARY,
Administrator of the Government
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 20th day of August 1952
Present:
His Excellency THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the 17th day of March 1952, and subject to the determinations as to borrowing and repayment therein set out, consent was given to the raising by the South Canterbury Catchment Board (hereinafter called the said local authority) of a loan of fifteen thousand two hundred and fifty pounds (£15,250) to be known as “Opihi Flood Damage Restoration Loan 1952”;
And whereas by Order in Council made on the 30th day of July 1952 and subject to the determinations as to borrowing and repayment therein set out, consent was given to the raising by the said local authority of a loan of six thousand pounds (£6,000) to be known as “Opihi Flood Damage Restoration Loan No. 2 1952”;
And whereas the authorities conferred by the said Orders in Council have not yet been exercised:
And whereas the said local authority is desirous of raising the said amounts of fifteen thousand two hundred and fifty pounds (£15,250) and six thousand pounds (£6,000) in one sum of twenty-one thousand two hundred and fifty pounds (£21,250) to be known as “Opihi Flood Damage Restoration Amalgamated Loan 1952”;
Now, therefore, pursuant to section 11 of the Local Government Loans Board Act 1926 as set out in section 29 of the Finance Act 1932 (No. 2), His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby consents to the raising in New Zealand by the said local authority of the said loan up to an amount of twenty-one thousand two hundred and fifty pounds (£21,250) for the purpose for which the amounts of fifteen thousand two hundred and fifty pounds (£15,250) and six thousand pounds (£6,000) were authorized, and in giving such consent hereby determines 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 or rates exceeding three pounds five shillings (£3 5s.) per centum per annum.
3. The said loan or any part thereof shall be repaid by the annual redemption of debentures in the years set out in the first column of the Schedule hereunder of the amounts stated opposite each such year in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE OF REDEMPTIONS

4. The payment of interest and the redemptions in respect of the said loan shall be made in New Zealand.
5. No amount payable either as interest or as a redemption 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.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(T. 49/724/2)

Member Appointed to Hawarden Memorial Hall Board
H. F. O’LEARY,
Administrator of the Government
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of August 1952
Present:
His Excellency THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the 25th day of August 1948, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 26th day of that month, the control of the land described in the Schedule to that document, being a reserve for a site for a memorial hall, was vested in certain persons therein named, who were by the said Order in Council constituted a special Board, by the name of the Hawarden Memorial Hall Board, pursuant to section 17 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928;
And whereas it is desirable that William Cheviot Adams should be appointed a member of the said Board in place of Stanley John Carrol Duncan, resigned:
Now, therefore, pursuant to section 17 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby appoints the said William Cheviot Adams to be a member of the Hawarden Memorial Hall Board, constituted by the Order in Council dated the 25th day of August 1948, hereinbefore referred to, in place of the said Stanley John Carrol Duncan, resigned.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. H.O. 22/3637; D.O. 8/216)

Appointment of Officer of Police, Niue Island
H. F. O'LEARY,
Administrator of the Government
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Cook Islands Act 1915, I, Sir Humphrey Francis O'Leary, the Administrator of the Government of New Zealand, hereby appoint Harry Frederick Williams to be an Officer of Police in the Island of Niue with effect from the 24th day of July 1952.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this 20th day of August 1952.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Island Territories.

Appointments in the Royal New Zealand Navy
Navy Office,
Wellington, 19 August 1952.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve the following appointments in the Royal New Zealand Navy:

Commander Peter Phipps, D.S.C. and Bar, V.R.D., promoted to the rank of Captain, and reappointed, to date 30 June 1952.
Commander Ralph Eric Harding, V.R.D., short-service commission extended to date of retirement for rank, to date 15 March 1953.
Lieutenant-Commander Robert Alexander Charles Cheyne, short-service commission extended to date of retirement for rank, to date 24 October 1953.
Lieutenant-Commander Ivon Le Nain Priddy, engagement extended by one year from 29 September 1952.
Acting Commander John David Keay, V.R.D., R.N.Z.N., short-service commission extended on 25 April 1953 to the date of qualifying for retirement on superannuation.
Lieutenant-Commander (E) Harper Barnett, promoted to the rank of Commander (E) (short-service commission) and re-appointed, to date 30 June 1952. Appointed “Bellona” additional and as Engineer Officer vice Bott, date to be reported.
Commander Sydney Warren Hicks, V.R.D., A.D.C., R.N.Z.N.V.R., granted a short-service commission of three years in the R.N.Z.N. in the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, to date 1 September 1952, with seniority of 25 December 1942, and appointed H.M.N.Z.S. “Philomel II” for duty inside, Navy Office, Wellington, to date 1 September 1952.
Lieutenant Anthony Ainger Browne, R.N., lent to the Royal New Zealand Navy for two and a half years loan service, to date 9 June 1952, and appointed H.M.N.Z.S. “Philomel” additional for passage, to date 13 June 1952.
Lieutenant (E) John Clear Harrison, B.E. Mech., granted an extension of his short-service commission for three years from 12 April 1953.
Instructor Lieutenant Alexander David Nelson, transferred to the Electrical Branch in the rank of Acting Lieutenant (L) with seniority of 17 January 1949 (date to be reported) and appointed H.M.N.Z.S. “Maori” additional for course in the United Kingdom, to date 7 September 1952.
Sub-Lieutenant Murray Marcus McIndoe, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, with seniority 1 February 1952, and re-appointed to date 27 May 1952.
Midshipman (E) John Burton, promoted to the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant (E) to date 1 May 1952.