JULY 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1887

All in the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Amending Order in Council fixing Dues for the Use of the Akaroa Wharf.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of July, 1909.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the nineteenth day of the same month, the dues and rates specified in the Second Schedule thereto were prescribed for the use of the Akaroa Wharf:

And whereas it is desirable that certain of the dues relating to berthage prescribed by the said Order in Council should be altered and amended:

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 subsection two of section thirteen of “The Harbours Act, 1908,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the said Order in Council of the sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six, in so far as it relates to the dues payable on the berthage of vessels of and over a hundred tons register, but not further or otherwise, and in lieu thereof doth hereby order that the dues specified in the Schedule hereto shall be charged and taken, from the date of the publication of this Order in the New Zealand Gazette, on the berthage of the vessels aforesaid at the said wharf.

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SCHEDULE.

On every steamer or sailing-vessel of and over 100 tons register, for the first 100 tons register, per ton per day or part of a day .. .. .. 0 0½
Ditto, for every ton after the first 100 tons register, per ton per day or part of a day .. .. .. 0 0⅛

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amended Regulations for the Classification and Regulation of the Post and Telegraph Department.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of July, 1909.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the second day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eight, regulations were made, under the authority of “The Electric Lines Act, 1884,” “The Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act, 1890,” “The Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act Amendment Act, 1891,” “The Post and Telegraph Department Act, 1894,” “The Post Office Act, 1900,” “The Post and Telegraph Department Act, 1902,” “The Post Office Act Amendment Act, 1906,” and “The Post and Telegraph Classification Act, 1907,” prescribing, inter alia, a minimum salary of one hundred pounds a year for male officers who are twenty-two years of age, and for special payments to officers who are married and receiving a salary of less than one hundred and fifty pounds per annum: And whereas it is expedient to amend such regulations in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the 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 Regulations 40, 41, and 42 in the Schedule to the hereinbefore-mentioned Order in Council, and in lieu thereof doth make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth order that such regulations shall be read as part of the regulations hereinbefore mentioned, and shall have effect on and after the date of publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

40. EVERY male officer who is twenty-two years of age or upwards shall receive a salary of not less than one hundred pounds per annum.

41. Every male officer who is married, or who is a widower with a child or children, shall receive a salary not less than one hundred and thirty pounds per annum. But he shall not be entitled to claim, and shall not be paid, the additional sum of ten pounds mentioned in clause 42 hereof until the salary attached to his official position in the Post and Telegraph Departmental List reaches one hundred and thirty pounds.

42. An officer who is married, or is a widower or a widow with a child or children, and is drawing a salary less than one hundred and fifty pounds per annum, shall be paid a sum additional to salary of ten pounds per annum until the salary reaches the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds per annum, except as provided in clause 41 hereof. When the difference between the annual salary and one hundred and fifty pounds is less than ten pounds, a sum equal to the difference only shall be paid.

42A. Notwithstanding the provisions of the three last preceding clauses, any portion of such salary above the classification-scale for the office held shall not give the officer receiving it seniority over others in the same class or grade who entered such class or grade before that officer.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extension of Time for Preparation of County Rolls, &c., County of Selwyn.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of July, 1909.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that the preparation of the rolls for the County of Selwyn, and the taking of certain steps consequent on such preparation, cannot be made and taken within the times mentioned in “The Counties Act, 1908,” and it is expedient to extend the said times respectively:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by the said “Counties 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 several dates mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be the respective dates for taking the several steps set out in the said Schedule.

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SCHEDULE.

1. For preparing the defaulters’ list and the rolls for ridings within the County of Selwyn: Until the 15th day of July, 1909.

2. Time for which such list and rolls shall be open for inspection: From the 16th day of July, 1909, to the 31st day of July, 1909.

3. Time for appeals against the said rolls: Until the 3rd day of August, 1909.

4. Revision Courts may sit for hearing applications with reference to the said rolls, and adjourn: Until the 13th day of August, 1909.

5. Time when the said rolls, having been duly corrected and signed, shall come into force: On the 14th day of August, 1909.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.