Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1875

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

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RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of October, 1900.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor 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 certified 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 Hakopa Tipaata, under section thirty-nine aforesaid, 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 last-mentioned section:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority 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 provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” from the orders of Court hereinafter specified, that is to say:—

The three several orders of the Court, dated the thirteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred, appointing Katerina te Reo to succeed to the interest of Mere Katene Tipaata, deceased, in Akuaku East, Tawhiti No. 2, and Ohineakai No. 2 Blocks.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Prescribing Dues and Rates for W. T. Erskine’s Wharf, Bolton Bay.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of October, 1900.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it is provided by the third section of “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883,” that the powers conferred by the seventeenth section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” of prescribing what dues and rates may be charged may be exercised from time to time:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the twenty-second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, dues and rates were prescribed for the use of a wharf erected by William Thomas Erskine in Bolton Bay, Mahau Sound, a part of the Pelorus Sound:

And whereas it is desirable to revoke the said dues, and to prescribe others in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the dues and rates for the use of the wharf erected by William Thomas Erskine in Bolton Bay as prescribed by the said Order in Council of the twenty-second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and doth hereby prescribe that the dues and rates specified in the Schedule hereto shall be charged and taken for the use of the said wharf.

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SCHEDULE.

Grain or flour, per ton .. .. .. .. 1 0
Ditto, not exceeding 200 lb. bags .. .. .. 0 2
Posts and rails, per 100 .. .. .. .. 0 6
Firewood, per cord .. .. .. .. 0 6
Sawn timber, inwards or outwards, up to 1,000 ft. s. d. superficial, per 100 ft. .. .. .. .. 0 2
Ditto, over 1,000 ft. superficial, per 100 ft. .. 0 1
Single bag or parcel .. .. .. .. 0 3
Horses or great cattle, first one .. .. .. 2 0
Ditto, all over one, each .. .. .. .. 1 0
Sheep or pigs, each .. .. .. .. 0 1
Sheep, all over 100, each .. .. .. .. 0 0½
Bricks, per 1,000 .. .. .. .. 2 0
Coal, per ton .. .. .. .. 1 0
Wool, per bale .. .. .. .. 0 6
Flax and tow, per bale .. .. .. .. 0 6
Hides, 1d. each, or per ton of forty to the ton .. 2 0
Sheepskins, per bale .. .. .. .. 0 3
All other goods, either weight or measurement, at the option of the wharfinger, per ton .. .. 1 0
Half-dues to be charged on all goods transshipped into lighters.
All vessels lying alongside the wharf without landing or receiving cargo, first day, free.
Ditto, after the first day (excepting Sundays and holidays), per ton net register, per day .. .. 0 0½
Such passengers’ luggage or ships’ stores as are carried in hand, not exceeding a quarter of a ton, shall be exempt from wharfage charges.

STORAGE. s. d.
Per ton (any quantity over half a ton and under a ton will be charged as 1 ton) per week or part of a week .. .. .. .. 1 0
Half a ton or under per week or part of a week .. 0 6
If services of Wharfinger required before 8 a.m. or after 5 p.m., per hour or part of hour .. .. 1 0

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Regulations under “The Native Interpreters Classification Act, 1900.”

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RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

ROBERT STOUT.

WHEREAS by “The Native Interpreters Classification Act, 1900,” it is enacted that the Governor may make regulations for the examination of persons applying for licenses as Native interpreters, and generally for all the purposes of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the said Act, do hereby make the regulations following for the purposes aforesaid.

REGULATIONS.

Examinations.

1. Examinations shall be conducted by a Board consisting of four persons, to be appointed by the Native Minister.
2. Applications for licenses shall be accompanied by a certificate from a Judge or Registrar of the Native Land Court, a Stipendiary Magistrate, a Justice of the Peace, or clergyman, together with a fee of £1. Such certificate shall state that the applicant is of good character, and, in the opinion of the person giving the certificate, suitable to hold a license as a Native interpreter.
3. The Board may, with the approval of the Native Minister, make regulations for the conduct of examinations; and shall report the result of each examination to the Native Minister, with a recommendation whether a license shall be granted or not.

Subjects of Examination.

4. A candidate for a license as a first-grade interpreter will be required to pass in grammar, translation of passages at sight from English into Maori and from Maori into English, translation of deeds, and the writing of a letter in Maori.
5. A candidate for a license as a second-grade interpreter will be required to pass in simple questions in grammar, translations of easy passages at sight from English into Maori and from Maori into English.

Interpreters of First Grade.

6. Persons holding first-grade licenses will be entitled to act as interpreters in all matters for which a licensed interpreter is required.

Interpreters of Second Grade.

7. Persons holding second-grade licenses will be entitled to act as interpreters in all matters for which a licensed interpreter is required, with the following exceptions and limitations, viz.:—