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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

| Names
of Districts. | Counties in each District. |
|---|---|
| Auckland | Shall comprise the following counties, and
all boroughs within the said counties: Bay
of Islands, Coromandel, Eden, Hobson,
Hokianga, Kawhia, Manukau, Mongonui,
Piako, Raglan, Rodney, Taupo East, Taupo
West, Tauranga, Thames, Whakatane, Whan-
garei, Waikato, Waipa, and Waitemata. |
| Hawke's Bay ... | Shall comprise the following counties, and
all boroughs within the said counties: Cook,
Hawke's Bay, Waipawa, and Wairoa. |
| Wellington | Shall comprise the following counties, and
all boroughs within the said counties: Hutt,
Manawatu, Patea, Rangitikei, Taranaki, Wai-
rarapa East, Wairarapa West, and Wanganui. |
| Nelson | Shall comprise the following counties, and
all boroughs within the said counties:
Amuri, Buller, Cheviot, Collingwood, Grey,
Inangahua, Kaikoura, Marlborough, Sounds,
Waimea, and Westland. |
| Canterbury ... | Shall comprise the following counties, and
all boroughs within the said counties:
Akaroa, Ashburton, Ashley, Geraldine, Sel-
wyn, and Waimate. |
| Otago ... | Shall comprise the following counties, and
all boroughs within the said counties:
Bruce, Clutha, Fiord, Lake, Maniototo,
Peninsula, Southland, Stewart Island, Taieri,
Tuapeka, Vincent, Waikouaiti, Waitaki, and
Wallace. |

FREDK. LE PATOUREL,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Making Regulations under "The Land-Tax Act,
1878."

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of November, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W HEREAS by the seventeenth section of "The
Land-Tax Act, 1878," it is enacted, among
other things, that the Governor, by Order in Council,
may from time to time make, alter, and revoke regu-
lations not inconsistent with the said Act, and shall
fix a day when the same shall come into operation
and have the force of law:

And whereas it is expedient to make certain regu-
lations applicable to the purposes of the said Act,
and to fix a day when the same shall come into
operation:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby
make the following regulations for the purposes of
the said Act, as set forth in the Schedule hereto:

And, with the like advice and consent, do hereby
order and declare that the said regulations shall
come into operation on the first day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

SCHEDULE.

THE Commissioner appointed under "The Land-Tax
Act, 1878," shall have full control over and give
directions, not inconsistent with the said Act, to all
Deputy Commissioners, Valuers, Collectors and other
officers engaged or employed in the administration
of the Act, and shall do and perform all the duties
pertaining to the office of Commissioner, as specified
therein.

2. All Deputy Commissioners, Valuers, Collectors,
   and other officers engaged or employed in the admin-
   istration of said Act shall receive their instructions
   from, and be responsible to, the Commissioner for
   the due performance of their duties; and the Com-
   missioner may, from time to time and at any time,
   examine into the manner in which any officer has
   performed his duties, and for that purpose may
   require the production of all books, papers, or docu-
   ments for examination, and take such evidence as he
   may think necessary or requisite, and may report the
   result to the Minister of the department, who, if he
   see cause, may submit the same to be dealt with by
   the Governor in Council.

3. It shall be the duty of every Valuer to obtain,
   if possible, personally, or by letter, from every owner
   of land within his district who is deemed to be an
   owner under the fifth section and its subdivisions, as
   well as the sixth section of the said Act, a statement
   in writing, on a prescribed form for the purpose, with
   the signature of such owner attached thereto, of
   the quantity and nature of the lands and tenements
   owned or occupied by such person, and the estimated
   value thereof to sell, and also the extent, nature,
   and value respectively of the different improvements
   thereon in the meaning assigned to the same under
   the second or interpretation clause of the said Act.

In all cases where such return relating to any
property cannot be obtained personally, the Valuer
will, after due inquiry, fill up the particulars to the
best of his knowledge and belief, and enter the same
in his valuation list, as prescribed by the twentieth
clause of the Act.

If, in the performance of his duty, any Valuer is
obstructed, or has been refused, or not put into
possession of any information necessary to the due
performance of his duties, or has received any false
or evasive answer, it will be his duty to sue for the
penalty provided by the twenty-second clause of the
Act, and shall immediately report every such case
to the Deputy Commissioner, who shall transmit the
same to the Commissioner.

4. When the valuation lists are completed and
   received by the Deputy Commissioner, he shall cause
   the same to be deposited in some public place for
   fourteen days, of which due notice must be given as
   provided by the Act.

5. It shall be the duty of every Collector or
   Receiver to collect the tax in the manner which
   shall be prescribed by the Commissioner, and to
   make the necessary returns of same on a prescribed
   form, in accordance with the Treasury regulations.

6. Every District Land Registrar and Registrar of
   Deeds in each district shall, during the first week in
   each month, deliver or cause to be delivered to the
   Deputy Commissioner of the district in which the
   land affected may be situated, a return of all lands
   of which he may be informed that any change in the
   ownership has taken place; such return to be on a
   prescribed form, and to embrace the fullest par-
   ticulars as may be required to make the necessary
   additions to, or alterations in, the Land-Tax Register.

7. Every Commissioner of Crown Lands in each
   district shall, during the first week in each month,
   deliver or cause to be delivered to the Deputy Com-
   missioner of the district in which the land affected
   may be situated, a return of all Crown lands, in-
   cluding any within a gold fields district, which may
   be sold or otherwise alienated during the previous
   month; such return to be on a prescribed form, and
   to embrace the fullest particulars as may be required
   to make the necessary additions to, or alterations in,
   the Land-Tax Register.

8. Every Warden's Clerk shall, during the first
   week in each month, deliver or cause to be delivered
   to the Deputy Commissioner of the district in which
   the land affected may be situated, a return of all
   leases or licenses granted or transferred under "The