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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 62

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the above-in-part-recited Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby consent to the Cook County Council closing the road mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

In the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above noted, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of July, 1903.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same, or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bonâ fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof, prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in Council under the provisions of this section shall take effect until after the expiration of two months from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette: Provided also that every alienation under the provisions of this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of section fifty-three of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of lease, all that block or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing one hundred and eighteen acres, more or less, known as Ruatangata No. 1E No. 2, being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred, in favour of Wiki Ngapiro.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under “The Government Railways Superannuation Fund Act, 1902.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of July, 1903.

Present:

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

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by “The Government Railways Superannuation Fund Act, 1902,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting under the advice and consent of the Executive Coun-
cil of the said colony, doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto for the purpose of prescribing the powers, functions, and procedure of “The Government Railways Superannuation Fund Board” (hereafter called “the Board”), and generally of giving effect to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

1. ALL meetings of the Board shall be held in Wellington.
2. Ordinary meetings shall be held quarterly, on the second Monday in January, April, July, and October.
3. Special meetings may be held at such times as the Board considers necessary.
4. At all meetings the Chairman shall have a deliberative as well as a casting vote.
5. The Board shall keep a correct record of the business transacted at its meeting.
6. Every member of the Board shall receive notice of the business to be transacted at the ordinary meetings at least one week prior to the date of any such meeting, and a notice concerning the business to be transacted at any special meeting at least three days prior to the holding of such meeting.
7. The General Manager of Railways shall from time to time furnish the Board with a list of contributors who signify their intention of retiring from the railway service and claiming on the Superannuation Fund.
8. Such list shall be certified under the hand of the General Manager, and shall contain the following information, viz.: Name of contributor; rank; date of birth; date of entry into service; date of retirement; rates of pay received; length of service; total amount contributed to fund; amount of compensation to which he is entitled under section 3 of “The Government Railways Act, 1900”; amount of superannuation to which he is entitled; how retired (cause of retirement).
9. He shall similarly advise the Board with respect to contributors retired “medically unfit,” or who resign or are dismissed, except that the amount of superannuation shall not be shown in the two latter cases, or the amount of compensation in the case of dismissal.
10. With respect to contributors who die from any cause before becoming claimants on the fund, the General Manager of Railways shall, in addition to the foregoing particulars, furnish to the Board a statement setting forth full and correct particulars of the family of the contributor, and showing the name of the widow and the name and date of birth of each child. He shall also report to the Board all cases of contributors totally or partially disabled by accident, and who have in consequence become medically unfit for further duty, and have received an allowance under “The Workers’ Compensation for Accidents Act, 1900,” and its amendments, stating the amount so paid to such contributor.
11. The General Manager shall likewise report to the Board whenever the pay of a contributor is temporarily stopped on account of ill-health, and again when it is resumed.
12. The Board shall at its first meeting after receipt of the necessary particulars from the General Manager consider such cases as have been reported upon, and direct payment in accordance with the terms of the Act, and determine the date from which the first payment shall be made.
13. The Board shall within fourteen days from the date of its decision advise the contributor or beneficiary of the same.
14. (1.) Every contributor whose pay is temporarily stopped owing to ill-health may—
    (a.) Pay his contributions to the fund four-weekly during the period of sickness; or
    (b.) Allow his liability to the fund to accumulate until he resumes duty, when the amount in arrears shall be deducted in three equal instalments from his pay for the first three four-weekly periods after resuming duty.
    (2.) Every contributor whose pay is temporarily stopped from any cause other than ill-health shall during such stoppage liquidate his liability to the fund four-weekly: Provided that in all cases where the contributor does not return to duty his liability to the fund by way of contribution shall be a first charge against any moneys payable to any person under the Act in respect to such contributor.
15. Should it be reported, or the Board have reason to believe, that any contributor who has been retired medically unfit is fit to resume duty, or should such contributor decline to go up for examination, then and in all such cases the Board shall immediately direct that all payments from the fund to such contributor shall cease until such time as he produces satisfactory medical proof of his unfitness for duty, and the Board shall then determine what forfeiture, if any, shall be made from the retiring-allowance.
16. Members of the Board shall not be entitled to or be paid any remuneration for their services as members, but shall, whilst travelling on the business of the Board, be entitled to travelling-allowance in accordance with the scale prescribed by the regulations for the time being in force re-