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wrought-iron hangers, carried round stage, with loop on top
to receive tackle, each hanger bolted to planking with ⅜ in.
bolts.

Platform to be not less than two planks in width, and
shall be stiffened with strong cleat between the hangers.
Each swinging stage 18 ft. in length shall have two hangers;
the distance between the hangers to be not more than 12 ft.
Where the stage exceeds 18 ft. in length the planking shall
be stiffened with a truss underneath, and other parts to be of
stronger construction, as may be directed by the Inspector.

Guard-rail to be of 3 in. manila rope, 1 in. pipe, or 3 in. by
2 in. timber securely fastened to hangers not less than
2 ft. 6 in. from floor; also fender-board not less than 6 in.
by 1¼ in. on outside and both ends.

External Scaffold for Bricklayers and Plasterers.

Standards to be not more than 9 ft. apart, and, if hardwood,
not less than 4 in. diameter at butt, and 2½ in. at tip.
Standards to be embedded 12 in. in ground, with a solid
sole-piece. Ledgers to be not less than 12 in. sectional area
hardwood, or, if approved poles are used, to be not less than
3½ in. in diameter, and to be tied or bolted to standards at
spaces of not more than 6 ft. apart. First ledger may be
fixed at not more than 10 ft. from the ground, where circumstances require it.

Putlocks to be of hardwood or other approved timber.
Where the span does not exceed 5 ft. in the clear the sectional area shall be not less than 9 in., spaced not more
than 6 ft. apart, and to have not less than 4½ in. bearing in
wall. All putlocks to be securely wedged in position.

Scaffold-boards to be of sound timber not less than 1½ in.
thick, laid butting or lapping, but where lapped the laps to
be not less than 9 in.; scaffolds to have 9 in. by 1½ in.
fender-board on all working-stages secured to standards,
also guard-rail not less than 3 ft. high of scaffold-poles or
timber, not less than 6 in. sectional area, lashed or bolted to
standards or 3½ in. manila rope. Openings through guard-
rail and fender-board allowed alongside landings only.

Bracing to be not less than 9 in. sectional area, hardwood
poles or other approved timber, and placed to the Inspector’s
satisfaction.

Scaffolds to be secured by manila rope not less than
1¾ in. in circumference and 15 ft. long, or bolts not less than
⅜ in. diameter fitted with washers. All lashings to be kept
properly wedged, and bolts properly tightened up.

Where an external scaffold is to be used for plasterers’
work only, the standards may be spaced not more than
10 ft. apart, ledgers to be not less than 4 in. diameter butt
and 2½ in. taper end, or 12 in. sectional area, and spaced to
suit the particular class of work, such spacing to be to the
satisfaction of the Inspector. Bracing to be not less than
6 in. sectional area.

Internal Scaffold for Bricklayers.

Internal scaffolds shall be constructed in a similar manner
to the external scaffolds, and with timber of a similar section; trestles approved by the Inspector may be used in
place of standards. Where the rooms do not exceed a
height of 20 ft. the guard-rail may be omitted.

The standards may be omitted when the internal or
division walls form sufficient bearing for ledgers; the distance between such bearing shall not exceed 8 ft.

Internal Scaffold for Plasterers, Painters, &c.

Where the height of the scaffold exceeds 15 ft. it shall be
constructed of hardwood standards of not less than 4 in.
diameter at the butt and 2½ in. at taper end, or 12 in. sectional area if other approved timber, to be spaced not more
than 9 ft. apart; ledgers to carry the platform of scaffolds to
be of 12 in. sectional area if sawn timber, if of round timber
to be of similar section to the standards, bolted to standards
with ⅜ in. bolts, or properly secured with 1¾ in. manila rope;
scaffolds under a height of 15 ft. to be erected with standards
or trestles to the satisfaction of the Inspector.

Ladders.

Ladders for bricklayers, plasterers, and painters shall be
of clean oregon, kauri, red or white pine; battens to be
constructed of 3 in. by 2 in. stiles, and 3 in. by 1 in. battens
partly sunk into stiles, and firmly nailed or screwed.
Batten ladders exceeding 14 ft. in length shall be of
heavier material, and constructed to the satisfaction of the
Inspector.

General.

Where buildings exceed two stories in height, immediately
after the joists are laid a temporary covering of close boarding shall be laid on the joists or girders directly above where
men are working.

All runs and gangways to be constructed to the satisfaction of the Inspector.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Withdrawing Land from the Operation of “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of December, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Kauri-gum Industry Amendment Act, 1902” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council declare that land set apart under “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898” (hereinafter termed “the principal Act”), as a kauri-gum reserve, and which is no longer required for the purpose of gum-digging, shall be no longer subject to the principal Act, and shall thereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown land; provided that such Order in Council shall only be issued in pursuance of a resolution of the Land Board, supported by such independent evidence as the Governor in Council deems necessary:

And whereas the Land Board of the Auckland Land District has duly passed a resolution recommending that the portion of the Hukerenui Kauri-gum Reserve Extension described in the Schedule hereto be excepted from the operation of the principal Act, and it is expedient to give effect to such recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the portion of the Hukerenui Kauri-gum Reserve Extension described in the Schedule hereto shall be no longer subject to the provisions of the principal Act, and shall hereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, being part of Hukerenui Kauri-gum Reserve Extension, situated in Block V, Hukerenui Survey District, and containing by admeasurement 10 acres, more or less. Commencing at a point due west of peg marked LI on a road forming the western boundary of Section No. 54 of Block V, Hukerenui Survey District, and bounded towards the north by Hukerenui Kauri-gum Reserve Extension, 740 links; towards the east by a public road 100 links wide; towards the south and towards the west by Hukerenui Kauri-gum Reserve Extension aforesaid, 730 and 1320 links respectively: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 50922/13, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Parcel Regulations and Rates of Postage.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of December, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-second day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five, regulations were made and rates of postage prescribed, under the authority of “The Post Office Act, 1900” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), for the conveyance of parcels by means of the Post Office: And whereas it is desirable to revoke such regulations and rates of postage, and in lieu thereof to make the regulations and prescribe the rates of postage 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 of all other powers 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 regulations and rates of postage set forth in the Schedule to the aforesaid Order in Council, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations and prescribe the conditions and rates of postage respectively set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth further order and declare that such regulations and conditions and rates of postage shall have effect on and from the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seven,