Mar. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 641

Validating the Special Order making the Special Rate as the Security for the Proposed Loan of £1,000 to be raised by the Waitomo County Council for the Purpose of widening and metalling a Portion of the Mangaorino Road between the North-west Corner of Section 1, Block III, Otonake Survey District, and the Northern Boundary of Section 3, Block XVI, Orahiri Survey District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of February, 1909.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Waitomo County Council lately proposed to raise a loan of one thousand pounds, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the purpose of widening and metalling a portion of the Mangaorino Road between the north-west corner of Section 1, Block III, Otonake Survey District, and the northern boundary of Section 3, Block XVI, Orahiri Survey District: And whereas the provisions of section eleven of “The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1903,” were not complied with, inasmuch as the public notification of the special order making the special rate, although published for four weeks, was not published once in each of the four weeks immediately preceding the date of the subsequent meeting at which the special order was confirmed: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the said notification:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section one hundred and twenty-one of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” and acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that such public notification of the special order shall be deemed and taken to be as valid as though the said notification had been properly published, and that the proceedings relative to the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Varying Close Season for Mullet in North Island.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of February, 1909.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 67, of the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, regulations were made prescribing a close season for the species of Mugil known as mullet or kanae in the North Island of New Zealand:

And whereas by Orders in Council dated the twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the seventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the fourteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and the twentieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nine, such close season was varied:

And whereas it is desirable to further vary such close season:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by “The Fisheries Act, 1908,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulation by way of further amendment to the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council of the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and of the regulations made thereby:—

REGULATION.

The close season for the species of Mugil known as mullet or kanae in the North Island of New Zealand, which was prescribed by regulations made by Order in Council dated the 29th day of July, 1907, shall not operate or have effect in the waters of the Dominion as defined by the said Act inside a line drawn from Cape Kidnappers to the southernmost point of the Mahia Peninsula.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Payment for Overtime.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of February, 1909.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the fifteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven, under “The Electric Lines Act, 1884,” and “The Post Office Act, 1900,” and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven, regulations were made, inter alia, fixing the places at which payment for working overtime would be made to officers of the Post and Telegraph Department: And it is desirable to add to the number of such places in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by “The Post and Telegraph Act, 1908,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulation numbered two of the regulations contained in the Schedule to the hereinbefore-mentioned Order in Council, and in lieu thereof doth make and substitute the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth further order and declare that this Order in Council and such substitute regulation shall have effect on and after the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

OVERTIME.

2. SUBJECT to the provisions hereinafter contained, overtime shall be paid for as follows:—

(a.) To officers called on to perform either postal duties in the sorting and delivery of mails or in other operations incidental thereto, or telegraph duties, at the following post or telegraph offices at which there are regular shifts or changes of staff—namely, the post or the telegraph office at Ashburton, Auckland, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dannevirke, Dunedin, Gisborne, Gore, Greymouth, Hokitika, Invercargill, Masterton, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Oamaru, Palmerston North, Thames, Timaru, Wakapuaka, Wanganui, Wellington, Wellington South, and Westport: For Sunday attendance; for attendance on departmental holidays; and for attendance on other days in excess of forty-eight hours weekly.

(b.) To officers called on to perform telegraph duties for Press-work on Sunday at the following offices—namely, Bluff, Feilding, Hamilton, Hastings, Hawera, Kaikoura, Lyttelton, Marton, Onehunga, Port Chalmers, Reefton, Rotorua, and Waitara.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Warden appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of February, 1909.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section nine of “The Mining Act, 1908,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council, appoint fit persons to be Wardens, who shall hold office during the Governor’s pleasure:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said section nine of “The Mining Act, 1908,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint

HENRY AIKEN YOUNG, Esquire,

to be a Warden, to hold and exercise the duties of such office under and subject to the provisions of the said Act during pleasure, on and from the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.