Local Authority and Name of Loan Amount Consented to
Feilding Borough Council: Civic Centre Redemption Loan 1965 15,000
Hamilton City Council: Sewer and Water Renewal Loan 1965 31,800
North Canterbury Electric Power Board: Supplementary Reticulation Redemption Loan 1965 15,000
Otago Hospital Board: Works Loan 1965 550,000
Otahuhu Borough Council: Staff Housing Loan 1965 5,700
Papatoetoe Borough Council: Footpath Construction Loan 1965 10,000
Pukekohe Borough Council: Sewer Drainage Renewal Loan 1965 23,000
South Canterbury Electric Power Board: Renewal Loan 1965 81,000
Stratford County Council: Rural Housing Loan No. 10, 1965 20,000
Tawa Borough Council: Street Improvements Loan 1965 50,000
Timaru City Council: Land Purchase Loan 1965 60,000
Wairoa Hospital Board: Rebuilding Loan No. 4, 1965 80,000
Waitaki County Council: Rural Housing Loan 1965 15,000

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(T. 40/416/6)

Granting Control of Waters and Lake Beds Within Rotorua County to the Rotorua County Council

H. E. BARROWCLOUGH, Administrator of the Government ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 11th day of August 1965 Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to sections 8A and 165 of the Harbours Act 1950, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby grants to the Rotorua County Council (hereinafter called the Council) control of the waters and lake beds within the Rotorua County as described in the First Schedule hereto, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION OF AREA

ALL the waters of the lakes within the County of Rotorua and including the Ohau Channel, the Tarawera River for a distance of one half mile down stream from Lake Tarawera, the Kaituna River down stream to the footbridge across same between State Highway 30 and Okere Road, and the area of the Waikato River and its tributaries from the Ohakuri Dam to the confluence of the Paetaetaramoa Stream and the bed of such lakes to a distance of 66 ft from the edge of the lakes at (a) ordinary lake level; or, in respect of waters or lake bed now or hereafter used for hydro-electric purposes, at (b) the maximum design operating level, excepting thereout the bed of Lake Ohakuri and the bed of Lake Rotorua adjoining the Rotorua City boundary and the bed of Lake Rotorua adjoining Whakatane County boundary.

SECOND SCHEDULE CONDITIONS

1. In these conditions the term
   "Minister" means the Minister of Marine as defined by the Shipping and Seamen Act 1952, and includes any officer, person, or authority acting by or under the direction of such Minister.
   "Act" means the Harbours Act 1950.
   "Council" means the Rotorua County Council.

2. The concessions and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall extend and apply only to those parts of the bed of the lakes as described in the First Schedule hereto.

3. Nothing herein contained shall authorise the Council to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or inconsistent with any provision of the Harbours Act 1950 or its amendments, or any regulations made thereunder, that are or may hereafter be in force.

4. The Council may make such bylaws as are necessary for the proper preservation and control of the above-described lake beds and for the proper conduct and clothing of persons bathing in those parts of the lakes or in the vicinity of those parts.

5. The Council may, subject to the provisions of sections 176 to 182 of the Harbours Act 1950:
   (a) Erect or license or permit the erection or continuance on the beds of the lakes described in the First Schedule hereto, or on the beds of the lakes immediately contiguous to that part, of baths, bath-houses, boatsheds, boatbuilding sheds, jetties, slip-ways, or, with the approval of the Minister, any structure relating to the convenience of shipping or of the public or to any local enterprise or object;
   (b) Use or license or permit the use of the beds of the lakes described in the First Schedule hereto, or the beds of the lakes immediately contiguous to that part, for any purpose approved by the Minister relating to the convenience of shipping or of the public or to any local enterprise or object;
   (c) Make bylaws regarding the use of any things erected or continued pursuant to clause (a) of this condition and the use for any purpose approved pursuant to clause (b) of this condition and fixing charges for those uses.

6. Nothing herein contained shall authorise the Council to remove or cause to be removed any stones, sand, shingle, or shells without the consent of the Minister being first obtained.

7. Subject to the provisions of section 8A of the Act, the Council for and within the area of the waters described in the First Schedule hereto-
   (a) May, by bylaw, do anything which a Harbour Board may do by bylaw under section 232 of the Act;
   (b) May appoint harbourmasters and or officers and define or limit their powers or duties;
   (c) Shall have all the powers, functions, duties, and authorities of a Harbour Board under the Act as if it were constituted a Harbour Board;
   (d) May expend money out of its general fund or account for the purpose of exercising and performing the control, powers, functions, duties, and authorities conferred by this Order in Council.

8. Bylaws made by the Council under the authority of this Order in Council shall not come into force until they have been approved by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette.

9. No authority conferred by this Order in Council shall be exercised by the Council in respect of waters or lake bed now or hereafter used for hydro-electric installations, except with the approval of the New Zealand Electricity Department.

10. The rights, powers, privileges, control, functions, duties, and authorities conferred by or under this Order in Council shall continue to be in force for 21 years from the day following the date of its notification in the Gazette, unless in the meantime such rights, powers, privileges, control, functions, duties, and authorities shall be altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority.

11. The said rights, powers, privileges, control, functions, duties, and authorities may be at any time resumed by the Governor-General, without payment of any compensation whatever, on giving to the Council six calendar months' notice in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the Minister and delivered at or posted to the last known address of the Council in New Zealand.

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(M. 4/2861)

Member of the Board of Trustees of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Appointed

H. E. BARROWCLOUGH, Administrator of the Government ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 11th day of August 1965 Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to section 2 (1) (f) of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Amendment Act 1936, the Administrator of the Government hereby appoints William Tuakana Ngata, Esquire, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum for a term of three years on and from 1 July 1965 as representing the Maori race.

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 114/12)