of Helensville; thence easterly, southerly, and westerly generally along the generally northern, eastern, and southern boundaries of the Helensville Borough, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 6 of the 6th day of February 1947, to the middle of Kiwitahi Road; thence again southerly generally along the middle of Kiwitahi Road aforesaid to a point in line with the southern boundary of part Pukekorari Block; thence westerly generally along the southern boundaries of part Pukekorari Block aforesaid, Lot 2, D.P. 26172, and across Garfield Road to its western side; thence southerly generally along the western side of Garfield Road aforesaid to a point in line with the generally northern boundary of the land on D.P. 11089, being part Te Makiri Block; thence again westerly generally along a right line to and along the generally northern boundary of the land on D.P. 11089 aforesaid and another right line to the western side of Mangakura Road; thence southerly generally along the western side of Mangakura Road to the right bank of the Kaipara River; thence again westerly generally along the right bank of the Kaipara River to the north-west side of the North Auckland Main Trunk Railway, along the north-west side of that railway across the Kaipara River to its left bank, and along that left bank to the north-east boundary of Section 24, Block XIV, Kaipara Survey District; thence northerly generally along the north-east boundary of Section 24 aforesaid and that boundary produced to the middle of the Auckland-Helensville State Highway and along the middle of that highway to a point in line with the south-west boundary of Lot 12, D.P. 401, being part Te Pua A, Tangihua Block; again northerly generally along the south-west boundaries of Lots 12, 13, and 16, D.P. 401 aforesaid, to and across a public road and along the south-west boundary of Lot 2, D.P. 288, being part Te Pua A, Tangihua Block, to its south-west corner; thence again northerly along the western boundaries of the land on D.P.'s 12232 and 2644, being parts of Section 8, Block XIV, Kaipara Survey District, part Section 7, Block XIV aforesaid, across Fordyce Road, part Section 7 and part Lot 3, D.P. 3689, being part Sections 1A and 5, Block XIV aforesaid, to the south-west corner of Lot 4, D.P. 3689 aforesaid; thence westerly generally along the southern boundaries of Lots 4, 5, and 6, D.P. 3689 aforesaid, to the south-west corner of Lot 6 aforesaid; thence again northerly generally along the western boundary of Lot 6 produced to the middle of the public road forming its northern boundary, the point of commencement.

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

Constituting the South Clutha Rabbit District—Notice No. Ag. 5668

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 30th day of June 1954
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928 and to section 29 of the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act 1947, His Excellency the Governor-General, at the request of the Minister of Agriculture made on the recommendation of the Rabbit Destruction Council, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby constitutes and declares the area of land, the boundaries of which are described in the Schedule hereto, being an area to which subsection (1) of section 30 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928 applies, a rabbit district, and appoints that the name of the said rabbit district shall be the South Clutha Rabbit District, and orders that the basis on which the Rabbit Board to be established for the said district shall first levy its general rate shall be the acreage of land occupied by the ratepayer.

SCHEDULE

BOUNDARIES OF THE SOUTH CLUTHA RABBIT DISTRICT

All that area in the Otago Land District and the County of Clutha containing 89,000 acres, more or less, bounded by a line commencing at the south-western corner of Section 1, Block V, Warepa Survey District; thence generally south-easterly along the northern and north-eastern boundaries of Runs 96A and 96 and the north-eastern boundaries of Blocks XI and X, Warepa Survey District, and the eastern boundary of Section 20, Block X aforesaid, to the Puerua River; thence generally westerly up the centre of that river to the eastern boundary of Section 15, Block X aforesaid; thence generally south-easterly along the eastern boundary of Section 15, the northern and eastern boundary of Section 25, and the northern and eastern boundary of Section 31, Block X aforesaid, to the northern boundary of Block III, Catlins Survey District; thence easterly and southerly along the northern and eastern boundaries of the said Block III to the north-eastern boundary of Section 53, Block IX, Glenomaru Survey District; thence generally south-easterly along the north-eastern and eastern boundaries of Section 53, the northern and eastern boundary of Section 54, the northern and eastern boundaries of Section 58, and the northern boundary of Section 25, Block IX, the northern and eastern boundaries of Section 47, and the eastern boundary of Section 50, Block III, Glenomaru Survey District, and Section 45, Block IX aforesaid, the northern boundary of Section 45 aforesaid, and the northern and eastern boundaries of Section 32, Block VII, Glenomaru Survey District; thence north-easterly along the southern side of a road to the Balclutha-Papatowai Main Highway; thence southerly along the eastern side of that highway to its junction with Jones Road; thence generally south-easterly along the southern side of that road to the north-eastern corner of

Section 37, Block VII, Glenomaru Survey District; thence generally south-easterly along the south-western side of a road to the south-eastern corner of Section 25, Block V, Glenomaru Survey District; thence south-easterly to and along a creek to its mouth in Tucks Bay; thence generally north-easterly and northerly along the high-water mark of the ocean to the mouth of the Koau branch of the Clutha River; thence south-westerly along the south-eastern boundaries of Blocks II and I, Clutha Survey District, to the mouth of the Puerua River; thence generally north-westerly up the centre of that river to the Catlins River branch railway; thence northerly along the eastern side of that railway to the Freezing Works Road at Finegand; thence easterly along the northern side of that road and its production to the western bank of the Koau branch of the Clutha River; thence northerly along that bank to the southern boundary of the Borough of Balclutha; thence generally north-westerly along the southern and south-western boundaries of that borough to the Dunedin-Gore State Highway; thence generally north-westerly along the southern side of that highway to the centre of the Waiwera River; thence westerly and south-westerly up the centre of that river to a point in line with the southern boundary of Section 1, Block V, Warepa Survey District; thence easterly to the south-western corner of that Section, the point of commencement.

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

(Ag. 64/1/255)

Varying the Determinations in Respect of the Horowhenua Electric Power Board's Loan of £50,000

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of June 1954
Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council

WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the 31st day of March 1954, and subject to the determinations as to borrowing and repayment therein set out, consent was given to the raising in New Zealand by the Horowhenua Electric Power Board (hereinafter called the said local authority) of a loan of fifty thousand pounds, to be known as Electric Reticulation Loan No. 8 1954 (hereinafter called the said loan):

And whereas the said loan has not yet been raised and it is expedient to cancel the determinations aforesaid in respect of the said loan and make new determinations in lieu thereof:

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 Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby cancels the aforesaid determinations in respect of the said loan and in lieu thereof makes the following determinations:

1. The term for which the said loan or any part thereof may be raised shall not exceed ten 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 four per cent per annum.

3. The said loan or any part thereof shall be repaid as follows:

(a) By twenty equal payments of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven pounds fifteen shillings and ninepence, one of such payments to be made at the end of every half-year commencing from the date on which the said loan is raised. Each such half-yearly payment shall be applied first in payment of interest computed at the rate of four per cent per annum on the amount of principal for the time being outstanding at the beginning of each such half-year in respect of the said loan, and the balance of such half-yearly payment in reduction of such principal.

(b) By a payment at the end of the tenth year from the date of the raising of the said loan of a sum equal to the amount to which the principal of the said loan has been reduced in accordance with the preceding paragraph (a) hereof after payment of the aforesaid twenty half-yearly payments.

4. The payments referred to in clause 3 hereof shall be made in New Zealand and no such payment shall be made out of loan money.

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 cent of any amount raised.

6. No money 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. 49/234/10)