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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

Revoking a Proclamation.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the one-hundred-and-sixty-second section of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby revoke a Proclamation dated the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 46, of the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, setting apart the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto for special settlement and as an addition to the Akitio Improved Small-farm Settlement Block.

SCHEDULE.

AKITIO IMPROVED SMALL-FARM SPECIAL SETTLEMENT.

As the same is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 20176D, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Regulations under “The Shorthand Reporters Act, 1900.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of March, 1901.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Shorthand Reporters Act, 1900,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council, with the concurrence of at least two of the Judges of the Supreme Court, may from time to time make such regulations as he deems necessary for the following purposes:—

(1.) For examining as to the fitness and qualifications of applicants for appointments as authorised reporters under this Act;

(2.) For prescribing the duties of such reporters;

(3.) For prescribing the system or systems of shorthand writing to be used by such reporters, and the mode of transcribing the shorthand notes;

(4.) For securing as far as practicable uniformity of system of reporting under this Act;

(5.) For regulating the mode in which reports made under this Act shall be preserved and made a permanent record of the proceedings;

(6.) For fixing the fees to be paid in respect of reports, or of certified copies of transcriptions, or in respect of any other specified matter relating to reporting under this Act, and for determining by whom such fees shall be payable;

(7.) And generally for any other purpose which he deems necessary in order to give full effect to this Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said recited Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and with the concurrence of his Honour the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and his Honour Joshua Strange Williams, a Judge of the said Court, doth hereby make the following regulations under and for the purposes of the said Act:—

REGULATIONS.

Examinations.

1. Candidates for appointment as authorised shorthand reporters will be examined by an Examiner or Examiners appointed for that purpose from time to time. Examinations will be held at such times and places as the Minister of Justice may appoint.

2. Applications for appointment must be in writing, addressed to the Under-Secretary for Justice, Wellington, and be accompanied by—

(a.) Evidence that the applicant has attained the age of twenty-one years;

(b.) A fee of two guineas;

(c.) At least two testimonials as to character.

3. The subjects of examination will include—

(a.) Ability to write at a rate of not less than 150 words per minute, and to read his notes at sight with a reasonable degree of facility.

(b.) Rapidity and accuracy of transcription (all transcriptions to be typewritten).

(c.) Candidates will also be required to satisfy the Examiners that they possess educational qualifications sufficient to enable them to report proceedings in the law-courts with intelligence and understanding.

3. The Examiners will report the result of the examination to the Minister of Justice, who, if satisfied that any successful candidate is a fit and proper person to be appointed an authorised reporter, may advise His Excellency the Governor to make such appointment accordingly.

Duties of Reporters.

4. Subject to the directions of the Court, authorised reporters will be required to take a complete note of the evidence of witnesses, minutes of the proceedings, and such other matters as the Court may order.

System of Shorthand Writing, and Uniformity.

5. As a general rule Sir Isaac Pitman’s system of phonography must be used; but an authorised reporter who has passed the examination prescribed by these rules in any other well-recognised system will be at liberty to use that system.

6. All transcriptions must, as far as practicable, be legibly typewritten, and at least three copies must be supplied—one, the original, for record in the Court, and one copy each, taken by means of carbonised paper or any other suitable means, for the respective parties. In proceedings in the Supreme Court a copy must also be supplied to the Judge. The notes of evidence must be indexed for reference.

Fees.

7. The scale of fees payable for reporting under this Act shall be the following:—

For each day occupied in reporting in Court .. £ s. d.
.. 1 1 0

For transcription of notes, for each folio of seventy-two words—

For the first 100 folios, per folio .. .. 0 1 0

For each subsequent folio .. .. 0 0 6

(No further charge is to be made for the carbonised copies referred to in Regulation No. 6.)

For any additional copies that may be required, per folio .. .. .. .. 0 0 3

For copies of transcriptions under section 14, per folio .. .. .. .. 0 0 3

For certificate of Registrar or Clerk (including seal) 0 5 0

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this third day of April, 1901.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred on him by “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations:—

REGULATIONS.

INTERPRETATION.

1. In these regulations, “the Act” means “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900.”