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 four pounds (£4) per centum per
annum.

2. No moneys shall be borrowed under the consent given by
   the Order in Council made on the 23rd day of March 1949 after the
   expiration of five (5) years from the date thereof.

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

(T. 49/284/27)

Consenting to Stopping Road in Blocks III and IV, Porangahau
Survey District, Patangata County

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3rd day of
February 1953
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 149 of the Public Works Act 1928, His
Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby consents to
the Patangata County Council stopping the portions of road
described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

Approximate
Areas of the
Pieces of Road
Permitted to
be Stopped.

Situated in Porangahau Survey District (Hawke's Bay R.D.).
(S.O. 2073.)

In the Hawke's Bay Land District; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 116604, deposited
in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon
coloured green.

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

(P.W. 40/550 ; D.O. 16/273)

Consenting to Stopping Road in Block Xv, Piako Survey
District, Waikato County

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3rd day of
February 1953
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 149 of the Public Works Act 1928,
His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby
consents to the Waikato County Council stopping the portion
of road described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE
APPROXIMATE area of the piece of road permitted to be
stopped: 10·4 perches.
Adjoining or passing through Allotment 502, Parish of
Whangamarino.

Situated in Block XV, Piako Survey District (Auckland
R.D.). (S.O. 35386.)

In the South Auckland Land District; as the same is
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 139294,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington,
and thereon coloured green.

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

(P.W. 34/260 ; D.O. 19/7)

Consenting to Stopping Road in Block III, Alexandra Survey
District, Waipa County

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3rd day of
February 1953
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 149 of the Public Works Act 1928,
His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby
consents to the Waipa County Council stopping the portions
of road described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE
APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of road permitted to be
stopped:-

Situated in Block III, Alexandra Survey District (Auckland
R.D.). (S.O. 35606.)

In the South Auckland Land District; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 139293,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington,
and thereon coloured green.

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

(P.W. 34/4299 ; D.O. 20/7)

Setting Apart Maori Land as a Maori Reservation

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of
January 1953
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 5 of the Maori Purposes Act 1937,
His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand,
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council, hereby sets apart and reserves the Maori freehold
land described in the Schedule hereto as a Maori reservation
for the common use of the Maoris of the Ngati Ranginui
Tribe as a recreation reserve.

SCHEDULE
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Land.

Block and Survey

District.

Area.

Lot 452, Parish of Te Papa X, Tauranga

(Swamp Reserve)

21 0 5

As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan
marked M.A. 21/3/269 and deposited in the Head Office of
the Department of Maori Affairs at Wellington, and thereon
edged red.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council

(M.A. 21/3/269)

Validating Irregularity in Connection with Annual Meeting
of Great Barrier Island County Council

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3rd day of
February 1953
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS by section 77 of the Counties Act 1920 (here-
inafter referred to as the said Act), it is provided that
the annual meeting of each County Council shall be held on
a day to be fixed by the Council, such day being not later
than thirty days after the third Saturday in November:
And whereas the annual meeting of the Great Barrier
Island County Council was omitted to be held within the
period provided by the said section 77 of the said Act, but
was held on the 13th day of January 1953, and it is expedient
to validate the proceedings in connection therewith:
Now, therefore, pursuant to section 216 of the said Act,
His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby declares
that the proceedings in connection with the meeting of the
Great Barrier Island County Council held on the 13th day of
January 1953, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as
if such meeting had been held within the period provided by
the said section 77 of the said Act; and further declares that
the said proceedings shall not be called in question by reason
only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

(I.A. 103/13/16)