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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

Determining the Fees to be paid for an Inspection of Machinery or of a Boiler.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section twenty-seven of “The Inspection of Machinery Act, 1908,” as amended by section twenty-three of “The Inspection of Machinery Amendment Act, 1908,” that the Governor may from time to time, by Warrant duly gazetted, determine the fees to be paid on making an inspection of machinery or of a boiler, not exceeding the fees prescribed by the aforesaid section twenty-three:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of “The Inspection of Machinery Act, 1908,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby determine that the fees to be paid on making an inspection of machinery or of a boiler shall be the same as those set forth in section twenty-three of “The Inspection of Machinery Amendment Act, 1908,” to wit, the following:—

INSPECTION FEES.

The amount specified in the first column is the amount of the fee; the amount specified in the second column is the sum which may be accepted in satisfaction of the fee, provided such sum is paid and the certificate in respect thereof is taken up within one month after the date of notice that such certificate is ready for issue.

In respect of steam-vessels under pressure—

First Column. Second Column.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
For every digester having a capacity of over 12 cubic feet .. 0 15 0 0 10 0
For every boiler working up to 5-horse power .. 0 15 0 0 10 0
For every boiler working over 5, and up to 10-horse power .. 1 10 0 1 0 0
For every boiler working over 10-horse power .. 2 5 0 2 0 0
For every steam-receiver .. 0 15 0 0 10 0
For every other steam-vessel under pressure .. 0 15 0 0 10 0

Provided that where more than one boiler is connected with any machinery the maximum fees shall not exceed—

For each series of five connected boilers .. 5 0 0 4 0 0

In respect of machinery not having boilers connected therewith—

For every hydraulic or other lift 0 10 0 0 5 0
For every other machine or machinery worked otherwise than by hand—

If of 5-horse power or under 0 5 0 0 2 6
If over 5-horse power and not exceeding 10-horse power .. 0 10 0 0 7 6
If over 10-horse power and not exceeding 30-horse power .. 1 0 0 0 17 6
If over 30-horse power .. 2 0 0 1 10 0

Provided that no fee shall be payable on any Pelton or turbine wheel not exceeding 5-horse nominal power.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. A. MILLAR.

Duty to be levied on Compo-board.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS a certain article of merchandise known as “compo-board,” being timber with a backing of paper-pulp cemented to the timber, is imported into New Zealand, which article, in the opinion of the Minister of Customs, possesses such properties that it can be used for purposes similar to those for which dressed sawn timber is used, the said timber being liable to a duty of four shillings the hundred superficial feet under “The Customs Duties Act, 1908”:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authority conferred upon me by section sixty-six of “The Customs Law Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that there shall be levied on the article known as “compo-board” a duty of four shillings the hundred superficial feet.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

A. W. HOGG,
Minister of Customs.

Governor’s Order No. 191.

Landing-place appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Law Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint that, from and after the date hereof, the wharf known as

THE KING’S WHARF

shall be deemed and taken to be a legal landing-place at the Port of Wellington for the lading and unlading of goods under “The Customs Law Act, 1908.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

A. W. HOGG,
Minister of Customs.

Governor’s Order No. 192.

Commissioner of State Forests resigned.

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

The Hon. THOMAS MACKENZIE

as Commissioner of State Forests.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:—

Name. District.
WILLIAM FARQUHAR YOUNG .. Mount Cook.
WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN YOUNG STEWART .. Opunake.
JAMES CHARLES MCCARTHY .. Methven.
ISAAC LEE .. Dipton.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Cadet appointed.

Valuation Department,
Wellington, 1st May, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HUGH ROSS FRASER

to be a cadet in the Valuation Department, as from the 1st day of March, 1909.

D. BUDDO,
Minister in Charge.

Member of Woodend Domain Board resigned.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 20th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

DANIEL COLIN SHILTON

as a member of the Woodend Domain Board.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Members of Rangataua Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 20th April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 41 of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908,” been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER HERBERT WILKIE and
FREDERICK JOHN JONES

to be members of the Rangataua Domain Board, in the place of John Ferguson and Walter Frank Ellis, who have resigned.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.