Consenting to the Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities and Prescribing the Conditions Thereof

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of March 1953
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS the several local authorities enumerated in the Schedule hereto, being desirous of raising the respective loans stated opposite their names therein, have respectively 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 loans:
Now, therefore, pursuant to section 11 of the said Act, as set out in section 29 of the Finance Act 1932 (No. 2), His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby consents to the raising in New Zealand by the respective local authorities mentioned in the first column of the said Schedule of the respective loans set out in the second column of the said Schedule, up to the respective amounts specified in the third column of the said Schedule, and in giving such consent hereby determines as follows:

1. The terms for which the said loans or any parts thereof may be raised shall not exceed the respective terms (in years) stated in the fourth column of the said Schedule.

2. The rates of interest that may be paid in respect of the said loans or any parts thereof shall be such as shall not produce to the lender or lenders a rate or rates exceeding the respective rates per centum per annum stated in the fifth column of the said Schedule.

3. The said respective loans or any parts thereof, together with interest thereon, shall be repaid by equal aggregate annual or half-yearly instalments extending over the respective terms as determined in 1 above.

4. The payment of such instalments shall be made in New Zealand, and no such instalment 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 respective loans or any parts 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.

SCHEDULE

(T. 40/416/6)

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

Consenting to the Raising of Portion (£20,000) of the Ashburton Electric-power Board's Loan of £80,000 and Prescribing the Conditions Thereof

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of March 1953
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS the Ashburton Electric-power Board (hereinafter called the said local authority), being desirous of raising a loan of eighty thousand pounds (£80,000) to be known as ‘Special Loan No. 11 1953’ (hereinafter called the said loan) for the purpose of further reticulating the Ashburton Electric-power District, has complied with the provisions of the Local Government Loans Board Act 1926 (hereinafter called the said Act):
And whereas the said local authority is desirous of raising in the first instance portion of the said loan amounting to twenty thousand pounds (£20,000) (hereinafter called the said sum) 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 sum:
Now, therefore, pursuant to section 11 of the said Act, as set out in section 29 of the Finance Act 1932 (No. 2), His Excellency the Governor-General, 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 sum for the said purpose up to the amount of twenty thousand pounds (£20,000), and in giving such consent hereby determines as follows:

1. The term for which the said sum or any part thereof may be raised shall not exceed twenty (20) 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 four pounds (£4) per centum per annum.

3. The said sum or any part thereof shall be repaid by equal annual instalments of principal extending over the term of the loan as determined in 1 above.

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

5. No amount payable either as interest or as principal in respect of the said sum 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 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. 49/378/12)

Consenting to the Raising of Portion (£5,000) of the Waimea County Council's Loan of £30,000 and Prescribing the Conditions Thereof

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of March 1953
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the 14th day of January 1948 (hereinafter called the said Order in Council), and subject to the determinations as to borrowing and repayment therein set out, consent was given to the raising by the Waimea County Council (hereinafter called the said local authority) of a loan of thirty thousand pounds (£30,000) to be known as ‘Bridges Loan 1947’:
And whereas the authority conferred by the said Order in Council has not been exercised:
And whereas the authority has lapsed in accordance with the provisions of clause 7 of the said Order in Council, and it is not now lawful or competent for the said local authority to raise the said loan or any portion thereof except in accordance with the provisions of a further Order in Council that may be issued pursuant to section 11 of the Local Government Loans Board Act 1926 (hereinafter called the said Act):
And whereas the said local authority is now desirous of raising portion of the said loan amounting to five thousand pounds (£5,000) (hereinafter called the said sum) and it is expedient to authorize the said local authority to raise the said sum on the conditions hereinafter set out:
Now, therefore, pursuant to section 11 of the said Act, as set out in section 29 of the Finance Act 1932 (No. 2), His Excellency the Governor-General, 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 sum up to the amount of five thousand pounds (£5,000) for the purpose for which the said loan was authorized, and in giving such consent hereby determines as follows:

1. The term for which the said sum or any part thereof may be raised shall not exceed thirty-five (35) 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 four pounds (£4) 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 a rate or rates per centum which shall be not