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(hereinafter referred to as “the Board”), subject to the
stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on
   the third Wednesday in each month, at eight o'clock p.m.,
   at Pembroke, or at such other time or place as may from
   time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting
   shall be held on Wednesday, the fifteenth day of September,
   one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or
   by any two members of the Board, provided that two days'
   notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying
   the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and
   no other business than that so specified shall be transacted
   at such meeting.

3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum. Any
   meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting,
   and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the third
   Wednesday in January in every succeeding year thereafter,
   elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the
   discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting
   vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of
   his successor.

5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the
   time appointed for holding the same, the members present
   shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of
   such meeting.

6. If, by resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise,
   the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the mem-
   bers may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a
   Chairman.

7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of
   votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, con-
taining by admeasurement 300 acres, more or less, and known
as Manuka or Pigeon Island, Lake Wanaka. Bounded on
all sides by the Wanaka Lake, for a distance of 227 chains;
as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office
of the Chief Surveyor, Dunedin.

All that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, con-
taining by admeasurement 290 acres, more or less, known
as Crescent or Rabbit Island, Lake Wanaka. Bounded on all
sides by the Wanaka Lake, for a distance of 23500 links; as
the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of
the Chief Surveyor, Dunedin.

All that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, con-
taining by admeasurement 113 acres, more or less, being an
island in Stevenson's Arm, Lake Wanaka. Bounded on all
sides by the Wanaka Lake, for a distance of 14600 links; as
the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of
the Chief Surveyor, Dunedin.

All that parcel of land in the County of Lake, in the Otago
Land District, known as Merino or Roy's Island, in Lake
Wanaka, situate about two miles from Pembroke; as the
same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the
Chief Surveyor, Dunedin.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Empowering Native Appellate Court to hear Appeal under
Section 62 of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act,
1895.”

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day
of August, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section sixty-two of “The Native Land
Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is provided that in any
case in which application has been or shall be made to the
Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, under section thirty-
nine of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” in respect of
any order of the Court determining the succession to the
estate of any Native deceased, the Governor, on being certi-
fied by the Chief Judge as in the said section is provided,
may, by Order in Council, empower the Native Appellate
Court to deal with such application as a valid appeal under
“The Native Land Court Act, 1894”: And whereas the
Chief Judge has, in respect of the application of Piriana te
Amene, under section thirty-nine aforesaid, which applica-
tion bears date the fourth day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-seven, certified as by the said section
sixty-two is required: And whereas the said application in
all other respects complies with the requirements of the

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last-mentioned section: Now, therefore, His Excellency
the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New
Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and au-
thority enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, doth hereby empower the Native Appellate Court to
deal with the said application as an appeal, under the pro-
visions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” from the
order of Court hereinafter specified, that is to say,—

The order of the Court, dated the twentieth February,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, appointing
successors to the interest of Paratene te Amene, deceased,
in Te Tihoi Block, Taupo District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under “The Factories Act, 1894.”

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth
day of August, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Factories Act, 1894,” it is enacted
that the Governor in Council may from time to
time make, alter, and repeal regulations not inconsistent
with the said Act for the several purposes specified in that
behalf: And whereas it appears expedient to make the
regulations hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the
Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act,
and acting with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the regulations
in the Schedule hereto, and doth hereby declare that such
regulations shall come into force on and after the twelfth
day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
seven.

SCHEDULE.

(1.) INTERPRETATION.

In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,—
“Occupier of a factory” means an occupier as defined
by “The Factories Act, 1894”:
“The said Act” means “The Factories Act, 1894”:
“Factory or work-room” means factory or work-room
as defined by the said Act.

(2.) FORM OF NOTICE UNDER SECTION 9 OF ACT.

The notice to be given under section 9 of “The Factories
Act, 1894,” by the occupier of a factory or work-room, and
the particulars to be set forth in such notice, shall be in the
form prescribed in the First Schedule hereto, or to the like
effect. Every such notice shall be served on the Inspector
and on the Board respectively, by delivering the same per-
sonally or through the usual course of post, so as to reach
the Inspector and the Board within the time limited by the
said Act.

(3.) FORM OF RETURNS.

The returns to be made by the occupiers of factories and
work-rooms and by employers shall be in the form prescribed
in the Second Schedule hereto, or to the like effect.

Such returns shall be furnished to the Inspector at such
times as he may reasonably require in each case.

-FIRST SCHEDULE.

[Schedule B.

“The Factories Act, 1894,” Section 9.

FORM OF NOTICE TO BE SERVED ON INSPECTOR AND BOARD.

District of

To the Inspector of Factories and Work-rooms.

I [or We] hereby give you notice that
occupy pre-
mises No. , in Street, as a factory or work-
room within the meaning of “The Factories Act, 1894,” and
that desire to register such premises as a factory or
work-room for the purposes of the said Act.

The particulars are as follows:—

Name of factory or work-room:

Description of factory:

Number of rooms, and dimensions:

Light and means of ventilation:

Lavatories:

Means of escape in case of fire:

Yards, closets, urinals, &c:

Nature of work carried on, or to be carried on:

Description of motive-power (if any):