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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

the said special loan was to be for two successive years’ expenditure: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by any such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by section one hundred and twenty-one of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the said special order shall be and be deemed to have been as good and effectual as if such special order making and levying a rate of one-eighth of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Borough of Feilding had been passed subsequent to the consent of the ratepayers being obtained for the said loan, and as if such special order had stated therein that the loan was for two successive years’ expenditure, and that such special order shall not be called into question by reason only of any such irregularities as aforesaid.

J. HISLOP,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

Relieving-allowance for Junior Officers, Post and Telegraph Department.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this first day of March, 1909.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the eleventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fifteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and six, rules and regulations were made, under the authority of “The Post Office Act, 1900,” and “The Electric Lines Act, 1884,” respectively, for the conduct of officers of the Post and Telegraph Department in the Civil Service of the Dominion of New Zealand, and it is expedient to alter and amend the regulation therein relating to the payment of officers appointed to relieving-duty in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities 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 one hundred and seventy-one of the rules and regulations hereinbefore mentioned, and in lieu thereof doth make the regulation under the same number set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth order and declare that such regulation shall be read as part of the regulations hereinbefore mentioned, and shall have effect on and from the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

171. OFFICERS on relieving-duty must report their movements to the local head officer, who will advise the Secretary. They will be paid the following allowances:—

Per Day.
s. d.
(1.) While actually travelling on shore .. 10 0
(2.) While relieving .. .. 7 6
(3.) While at sea,—
For the first day .. .. 10 0
For subsequent days .. .. 2 6

Except, however, that cadets and other junior officers drawing salaries not exceeding £110 a year, when appointed to relieving-duty, will be paid actual expenses only during the period of such relieving-duty; claims for such actual expenses shall be supported by vouchers, and be subject to revision by the Secretary. Cadets entitled to lodging-allowance, when appointed to relieving-duty involving separate payment for such duty, will not be entitled to claim lodging-allowance for a longer time than one week after the relieving-duty commences.

Only actual expenses will be paid for day of return to home or arrival at station. Cost of transport by land and sea will be paid by the Department.

J. HISLOP,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations relating to the Election of a Member of the Land Board under “The Land Act, 1908.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this first day of March, 1909.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by section forty-one of “The Land Act, 1908” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is enacted that the election of elective members of Land Boards shall take place in accordance with regulations made by the Governor in Council: And whereas it is expedient to make regulations for the purpose aforesaid:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulations prescribing the method in which the election of an elective member of the Land Board shall take place, under section twenty-seven of “The Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907,” published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and in lieu thereof doth make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Act, and doth hereby declare that such revocation and the regulations hereby made shall take effect on the day of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette:—

REGULATIONS.

1. The election of elective members of Land Boards shall take place in the following manner:—
2. An elective member shall be elected by the persons who, on the 1st day of January preceding such election, were the owners of any lease or license of or in respect of Crown lands situated within the land district of the Board.
3. “Crown lands” shall be deemed to mean Crown lands as defined by section 2 of “The Land Act, 1908.”
4. As soon as convenient after the 1st day of January in each year, the Commissioner of Crown Lands for each land district shall prepare a roll of all persons who were owners of leases or licenses of Crown lands in such land district on that day, and such owners, and no others, shall be eligible to vote for the election of any elective member of the Land Board for the district until the last day of such year.
5. Every such owner shall have one vote, save that if two or more persons are the owners jointly or in common of any such lease or license as aforesaid, they shall have one vote between them; but no owner shall have more than one vote, whether he holds more than one lease or license or not.
6. For the purposes of every election the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the land district in which such election is to take place, or officer acting for him, shall be the Returning Officer.
7. In the case of every vacancy the election shall be held as soon as possible after the publication by the Returning Officer of a notice of such vacancy, and the election necessitated thereby, in one or more newspapers circulating in the land district in which the election is to take place.
8. In such notice the Returning Officer shall state the name of the member vacating his seat on the Board, and request nominations to fill such vacancy, stating the date up to which such nominations will be received.
9. Such nominations shall close at 5 o’clock on the afternoon of the day fixed for receiving same, being not less than thirty days prior to the date of the poll.
10. No person shall be eligible as a candidate for election unless he is nominated in writing by at least two owners entitled to vote in terms of these regulations, and the nomination-paper, bearing the candidate’s consent, is received by the Returning Officer before the nominations are closed. Such nomination-paper shall be in the form set forth in the First Schedule hereto.
11. Should only one nomination be received as aforesaid, the Returning Officer shall declare the candidate so nominated to be duly elected, provided he is otherwise eligible for election.
12. No member of the General Assembly shall be eligible for election.
13. As soon as possible after nominations are closed as aforesaid, the Returning Officer shall notify in manner aforesaid,—
    (a.) The full name of every duly nominated candidate;
    (b.) The day on which the poll will be held, being not less than twenty-one days after notification thereof;
    (c.) The hour at which the poll will be closed;
    (d.) The address to which voting-papers must be sent.