974
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

tions as shall be in such Order specified, any land,
wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject
to the operation of the said section, or any interest
therein or right over the same, or may in like manner
make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee
or other person who has been bona fide in occupation of
and has made improvements on such land, or has paid
money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof,
prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no
Order in Council under the provisions of this section
shall take effect until after the expiration of two months
from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette:
And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Board, by
a recommendation made on the twenty-ninth day of Janu-
ary, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and received on
the fifth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and
ten, has recommended the Governor to except from the
operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The
Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of aliena-
tion by way of sale, the block or parcel of land par-
ticularised and set out in the Schedule hereto:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred upon him by section four of
“ The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby except the
said land from the operation of section one hundred and
seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the
purpose of alienation by way of sale.

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SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Te Kawau
Survey District, containing 22 acres 3 roods 28 perches,
more or less, known as Aorangi 3g2r, and comprised in a
partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 6th day
of January, 1906, in favour of Mananui te Ra and others.

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

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Valuation Rolls for certain Special Districts to be revised as
on 31st March, 1910.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
fourth day of March, 1910.

Present:

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

In pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in him by “The Valuation of Land Act, 1908,”
His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zea-
land, acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order
and direct that the district valuation rolls for the special
districts enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be revised
by the Valuer-General as at the 31st March, 1910.

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SCHEDULE.

Mangonui County.
Manai, Maunu, Hikurangi, and Otonga Ridings of Whanga-
rei County.
Whangarei Borough.
Parnell Borough.
Onehunga Borough.
Mount Eden Borough.
Takapuna, Birkenhead, and Waitakerei Ridings of Wai-
temata County.
Mount Albert Road District.
Otahuhu Road District.
Hamilton Borough.
Hastings Borough.
Wairoa Borough.
Waitara Borough.
Normanby Town District.
Rangiwahia and Hautapu Ridings of Kiwitea County.
Martinborough Town District.
Alfredton Riding of Masterton County.
Petone Borough.
Richmond Borough.
Westport Borough.
Murchison County.
Spreydon Road District.
Halswell Road District.
Ellesmere Road District.

Lincoln Road District.
Mount Somers Road District.
Upper Ashburton Road District.
Wakanui Road District.
Geraldine Road District.
Waimate Borough.
Oamaru Borough.

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

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Regulations under “The Labour Department and Labour
Day Act, 1908.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
fourth day of March, 1910.

Present:

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

Whereas by “The Labour Department and Labour
Day Act, 1908” (hereinafter called “the said Act”),
it is provided that the Governor may from time to time, by
Order in Council gazetted, make such regulations as he
thinks necessary for the purposes therein specified and
generally to give effect to the said Act:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
conferred upon him by the said Act, and of all other powers
and authorities him enabling in this behalf, His Excellency
the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke all regulations
heretofore in force under the said Act, and in lieu thereof
doth hereby make the regulations hereinafter set forth, to
come into force as from the eighteenth day of March, one
thousand nine hundred and ten: Provided that the forms of
notices and returns under the regulations hereby revoked
may be used for the purposes of these regulations up to the
thirtieth of June next:—

1. Subject to the general direction exercised by the
   Minister, the Secretary, Inspectors, and other officers of
   the Department shall carry out the functions of the Depart-
   ment, and perform such duties as the Minister from time to
   time determines.

2. All Inspectors and other officers of the Department
   shall conform to the directions of the Secretary.

3. The Minister, the Secretary, and such Inspectors as
   the Minister authorises in that behalf shall be entitled to
   procure, require, and obtain the information referred to in
   section 7 of the said Act, and for the purposes of that section
   the following provisions shall apply:—

(1.) The forms of notice and returns to be used may be
such of those marked L.D. 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, in the
Schedule hereto as are applicable, with such
modifications as may be necessary to meet the
circumstances of each case. In cases not pro-
vided for the notices and returns shall be in such
form as the Minister or Secretary prescribes or
approves.

(2.) The notice shall be signed by the Minister, Secre-
tary, or authorised Inspector, and the fact of any
officer so signing shall be sufficient evidence of his
authority so to do until the contrary is proved.

(3.) The return shall be signed—

(a.) In the case of a registered or incorporated
company, by the manager, secretary, or other
authorised officer thereof;

(b.) In the case of an industrial union, trade-
union, or other union or association of workers,
by the secretary or other authorised officer
thereof;

(c.) In the case of an employer or firm of
employers, by the employer or firm or any
member thereof, or the manager or authorised
agent of the employer or firm; and

(d.) In the case of any other person, by such
person or his authorised agent.

(4.) The notice may be served on the addressee either
personally or by leaving it at the nearest last
known office or place of business or residence of
the addressee, or by posting it addressed to the
addressee at such office, place, or residence.

(5.) The notice, if served by post, shall be deemed to
have been served on the day when the letter
would have been delivered in the ordinary course
of post, and in proving such service it shall be
sufficient to prove that the letter containing it
was duly posted.