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appoint, as from the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five, the undermentioned persons to be members of the Surveyors’ Board constituted by the said Act, namely,—

JOHN STRAUCHON,
MORGAN CARKEEK,
The Hon. GEORGE FREDERICK RICHARDSON, and
THOMAS WARD ;

the two first-named persons having been nominated by the Minister of Lands, and the two last-named persons having been nominated by the Council of the Institute of Surveyors, as required by the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating the Public Notification for a Loan of £100 applied for by the West Taieri Drainage Board.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth day of December, 1904.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the West Taieri Drainage Board lately proposed to raise a loan of one hundred pounds for the purpose of building and erecting a wheel for throwing or lifting the water into Lee Creek: And whereas a special order making a special rate has been made as security for the said loan: And whereas the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-four of “The Counties Act, 1886,” as amended by section eleven of “The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1903,” relating to special orders, were not complied with by the said Board, inasmuch as public notice of the subsequent meeting for the purpose of confirming the resolution making such special order, although published on five different dates, was not published for four successive weeks immediately preceding the day on which the subsequent meeting was held: And whereas it appears that the rate-payers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by section ten of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1902,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby validate the said notifications, and doth order and declare that the proceedings relative to the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing the Date for Payment of Income-tax under “The Land-tax and Income-tax Act, 1904.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of December, 1904.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority vested in him under “The Land and Income Assessment Act, 1900,” and “The Land-tax and Income-tax Act, 1904,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and determine that the respective duties leviable under the said Acts by way of income-tax shall be paid in one sum on Monday, the thirtieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five.

And in further pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority aforesaid, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, His Excellency doth also determine that the place where the said duties of income-tax shall be payable shall be the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, at the Government Buildings, Wellington, and that notice to the foregoing effect shall be given by the said Commissioner accordingly.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Powers delegated under “The Lunatics Act, 1882.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth day of December, 1904.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the third section of “The Lunatics Act, 1882,” it is enacted, inter alia, that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time direct that all or any of the powers, functions, duties, and authorities by the said Act vested in or required to be performed by the Colonial Secretary shall be exercised by any person the Governor may think fit:

And whereas it is expedient that the said powers should be vested in the person and in the manner hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, 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 direct that the powers granted to the Colonial Secretary by the sixth section of the said Act shall be exercised by

SAMUEL ERNEST McCARTHY,

of Auckland, within the Provincial District of Auckland, in the said colony.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under “The Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act, 1890”: Appointment of Members of Families.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth day of December, 1904.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council made the twenty-second day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and published in the Supplement, dated the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, to the New Zealand Gazette, regulations were made under the authority of “The Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act, 1890” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), for the purpose, inter alia, of governing the admission of persons into the Post and Telegraph Department, and it is expedient 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 Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby amend clause three of the aforesaid regulations by the addition of the paragraph set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth order and declare that the amendment shall come into force on and from the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

No person shall be eligible for appointment to the Department if, when the question of his eligibility arises, two or more persons belonging to his family are already officers of the Department. The expression “family” shall be held to include father, mother, and their children. And not more than one daughter in a family shall be eligible for appointment as a telephone-exchange cadette.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Waiohine Valley Road, in the County of Wairarapa South, to be a County Road.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of December, 1904.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of all other