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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

And whereas it is desirable, in virtue of the provisions of the said Acts, to alter and amend such regulations in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Acts, and of all other powers and authorities in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the said regulations for the payment for overtime, and in lieu thereof doth make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth further order and declare that such substituted regulations shall have effect on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four.

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SCHEDULE.
OVERTIME.

1. OVERTIME, when payable, shall be paid at the following rates:—

To Per Hour.
s. d.
Officers drawing salaries exceeding £250 .. 2 6
Officers drawing salaries exceeding £200 and not exceeding £250 .. .. .. 2 0
Officers drawing salaries exceeding £100 and not exceeding £200 .. .. .. 1 6
Cadets and cadettes .. .. .. 1 0
Other officers drawing salaries not exceeding £100 .. .. .. .. 1 0
Telegraph messengers .. .. .. 0 6

2. Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, overtime shall be payable as follows:—

(a.) To officers called on to perform postal duties in the sorting and delivery of mails or in other operations incidental thereto at Chief Post-offices, or telegraph duties at offices at which there are regular shifts or changes of staff—namely, the offices at Auckland, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gisborne, Greymouth, Hokitika, Invercargill, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Oamaru, Thames, Timaru, Wakapuaka, Wanganui, Wellington, and Westport: For Sunday attendance; for attendance on statute holidays after three hours of duty already performed; and for attendance on other days in excess of ninety-six hours in two consecutive weeks.

(b.) To officers called on to perform telegraph duties on a Sunday at the following offices—namely, Ashburton, Gore, Hamilton, Hastings, Hawera, Kaikoura, Marton, Masterton, Palmerston North, Reefton, Rotorua, and Waitara.

3. No overtime allowance shall be made to officers of either branch of the service unless the extra attendance exceeds twenty minutes. Attendance up to forty-five minutes shall count as half an hour; over forty-five minutes, as one hour. No overtime shall be payable for midnight cable Press attendance.

4. No payment for overtime for services other than those provided for by these regulations shall be allowed except in cases of extraordinary or exceptional attendance, and then only when specially approved by the Minister.

5. In lieu of such payment for overtime it shall be optional with the Minister to allow an equivalent reduction of ordinary duty either immediately before or immediately after the overtime duty is performed.

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

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Powers delegated to the Puketitiri Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of March, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and one, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth hereby, with the like advice and consent, and in respect of the land hereinafter mentioned, delegate all the powers conferred by the said Act, except the powers conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, for the period of ten years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act), to the undermentioned persons, who shall be known as the Puketitiri Domain Board, namely,—

DAVID CARSWELL,
ALEXANDER ANNAN McINTYRE,
WALTER JAMES COUPER,
JOHN LESTER HASTIE, and
JOHN WILLIAM STEED, Jun.

(herein 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 last Saturday in each month, at two o'clock p.m., at the public school at Puketitiri, 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 Saturday, the thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four.

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 members of the 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 last Saturday 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. The Board shall prepare and submit at each annual meeting a report of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the thirty-first day of December, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister of Lands as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

6. 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.

7. If, by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a chairman.

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

And with the like advice and consent as aforesaid doth hereby also order that this delegation shall take effect in respect of the parcel of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Hawke's Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 11 acres 3 roods 16 perches, more or less, being Section No. 30, Block XIV., Pohui Survey District. Bounded towards the east by Block XLIV., Pohui Survey District, 2121·3 links; towards the south by Section No. 30a, Block XIV., Pohui Survey District, 1160·4 links; and towards the west and north-west by a public road, 249·7 and 1665·4 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier.

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

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Powers delegated to the Winchester Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of March, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the fourth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth hereby, with the like advice and consent, and in respect of the land hereinafter mentioned, delegate all the powers conferred by the said Act, except the powers conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, for the period of ten years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked under the