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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 3

additions to the waterworks, 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 one hundred thousand pounds (£100,000) (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 one hundred thousand pounds (£100,000), 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 be ten (10) 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 the half-yearly redemption of debentures in the half-years
   set out in the first column of the Schedule hereunder of the
   amounts stated opposite each such half-year in the second
   column of the said Schedule.
   SCHEDULE
   First Column Second First Column Second
   Half-year Amount Half-year Amount
   1st 800 11th 1,000
   2nd 900 12th 1,100
   3rd 900 13th 1,100
   4th 1,000 14th 1,200
   5th 900 15th 1,100
   6th 1,000 16th 1,200
   7th 1,000 17th 1,200
   8th 1,000 18th 1,200
   9th 1,000 19th 1,300
   10th 1,100 20th 80,000
4. The payment of interest and redemptions in respect
   of the said sum shall be made in New Zealand.
5. No amount payable either as interest or as a redemption
   in respect of the said sum shall be paid out of loan moneys.
6. The rate payable for brokerage, underwriting, and
   procuration fees in respect of the raising of the said sum
   or any part thereof shall not in the aggregate exceed three-
   quartes 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. 49/106/14)
   Consenting to the Raising of Portion (£60,000) of the New
   Plymouth City Council's Loan of £300,000 and Prescribing
   the Conditions Thereof
   C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
   ORDER IN COUNCIL
   At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of
   December 1953
   Present:
   THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
   WHEREAS the New Plymouth City Council (hereinafter
   called the said local authority), being desirous of
   raising a loan of three hundred thousand pounds (£300,000)
   to be known as ‘Streets Improvement Loan 1953’ (hereinafter
   called the said loan) for the purpose of the construction
   of streets within the City of New Plymouth including (a) the
   reconstruction, grading, formation, metalling, gravelling, and
   surface-sealing of carriageways and footways in streets, (b)
   the construction and provision of channels, kerbs, and retaining
   walls in streets, (c) the provision and laying of pipes and
   drains to convey stormwater from or under streets, 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 sixty
   thousand pounds (£60,000) (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 sixty
   thousand pounds (£60,000) and in giving such consent hereby
   determines as follows:
8. The term for which the said sum or any part thereof
   may be raised shall be ten (10) years.
9. 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.
10. The said sum or any part thereof shall be repaid by
    the half-yearly redemption of debentures in the half-years set
    out in the first column of the Schedule hereunder of the
    amounts stated opposite each such half-year in the second
    column of the said Schedule.
    SCHEDULE
    First Column Second First Column Second
    Half-year Amount Half-year Amount
    1st 1,000 11th 1,200
    2nd 1,000 12th 1,200
    3rd 1,000 13th 1,200
    4th 1,000 14th 1,300
    5th 1,100 15th 1,300
    6th 1,100 16th 1,300
    7th 1,100 17th 1,400
    8th 1,200 18th 1,400
    9th 1,200 19th 1,400
    10th 1,200 20th 37,400
11. The payment of interest and redemptions in respect of
    the said sum shall be made in New Zealand.
12. No amount payable either as interest or as a redemption
    in respect of the said sum shall be paid out of loan moneys.
13. The rate payable for brokerage, underwriting, and
    procuration fees in respect of the raising of the said sum or
    any part thereof shall not in the aggregate exceed three-
    quartes per centum of any amount raised.
14. 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. 49/106/17)
    Officers Authorized to Take Statutory Declarations
    C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
    PURSUANT to section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act
    1927, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby
    authorizes the persons named in the Schedule hereto, being
    the holders of the offices specified after their names, to take
    and receive statutory declarations under that section.
    SCHEDULE
    Thomas Dermot Horan, District Rehabilitation Officer,
    Rehabilitation Department, Hamilton.
    Robert Bruce Scott, Clerk, Rehabilitation Department,
    Hamilton.
    Angus McKay, Assistant District Rehabilitation Officer,
    Rehabilitation Department, Wellington.
    John Bendyshe Pearson, District Rehabilitation Officer,
    Rehabilitation Department, Christchurch.
    Clarence John Douglas Kite, Clerk, Rehabilitation Department, Christchurch.
    Stanley Owen Merlo, Clerk, Head Office, Rehabilitation
    Department, Wellington.
    Ernest George Latimer, Clerk, Head Office, Rehabilitation
    Department, Wellington.
    As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
    General, this 23rd day of December 1953.
    T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.
    Officer Authorized to Take Statutory Declarations
    C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
    PURSUANT to section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act
    1927, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby
    authorizes
    Ernest Colin Smith,
    Section Clerk, State Advances Corporation, Napier, to take
    and receive statutory declarations under that section.
    As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
    General, this 23rd day of December 1953.
    T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.