APRIL 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1203

Application under Section 208.

174. An application under section 208 of the Act shall be in the Form No. 68, and the order upon such application may be in the Form No. 69.

Fees.

175. The fees set out in the Second Schedule are hereby prescribed as the fees to be paid in respect of the proceedings of the Court and of the Appellate Court respectively.

176. No application shall be received or recorded, and no proceedings shall be taken in respect thereof, unless the prescribed fee has been paid.

177. If it appears to the satisfaction of a Judge that any person is unable to pay, or ought not to be called upon to pay, any fee, it shall be lawful for the Judge to dispense with the payment thereof, or any part thereof, subject to such terms as he thinks fit.

178. Where fees are due in respect of any land which has been partitioned, the Registrar may apportion such fees amongst the several parcels of such land, and the amount due in respect of each parcel shall be noted on the partition order, and shall be payable accordingly.

179. The Court, or Appellate Court, or any Judge or Registrar may decline to proceed in any case, or to do any act in relation to land in respect of which fees are due for any former act done in relation to such land, until those fees have been paid.

180. The Judge signing any order shall note in the margin thereof the amount of fees accrued in the matter of that order, specifying such as have been paid.

181. An account of all fees accrued in respect of matters coming before the Court shall be kept by the Clerk of the Court, who at the end of every month shall furnish such account, signed by him and countersigned by the Judge, to the Receiver-General, and shall send a copy thereof to the Registrar of the district in which those fees have accrued, specifying such as have been paid.

182. No application fee shall be payable on any application by the Native Minister.

Miscellaneous.

183. A warrant under section 39 of the Act may be in the Form No. 70.

184. An order under section 41 of the Act may be in the Form No. 71.

185. All notices and other documents required by these Rules to be sent or given to any person by the Registrar may, except where personal service is expressly provided for, be sent by post, addressed to the usual or last known residence or place of business of that person, and shall thereupon be deemed to have been duly sent or given to that person whether actually received by him or not.

186. Non-compliance with any of these Rules shall not render any proceeding void unless the Court or the Appellate Court so directs; but such proceeding may be set aside, either wholly or in part, as irregular, or may be amended or otherwise dealt with in such manner and upon such terms as the Court or the Appellate Court thinks fit.

187. The offices of the Court and of the Appellate Court shall, except on Sundays and holidays, be open for public business from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., but on Saturdays they shall be closed at 12.30 p.m.

188. The following days shall be holidays in the Court and Appellate Court, and in the offices thereof—that is to say: The days from Good Friday to Easter Tuesday, both inclusive; the days from Christmas Eve to the 6th January, both inclusive; the birthday of the reigning sovereign; the birthday of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales; and in each district the anniversary of the establishment of the province. Judges and officers of the Court at a distance from their homes will be allowed the necessary additional time to proceed to their homes at the Christmas vacation, and thereafter to return to their several stations.

Native Land Court Districts.

189. For the purposes of the Act and of these Rules, New Zealand is hereby divided into four Native Land Court districts, having the names and boundaries set out in the Third Schedule hereto.

190. For each Native Land Court district there shall be a Registrar of the Native Land Court, who shall also be a Registrar of the Native Appellate Court, and shall exercise and perform in and for that district all the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon such Registrars by the Act or by these Rules.

191. In case of the absence, illness, or incapacity of the Registrar of any Native Land Court district, or when there is no such Registrar, any other Registrar may, with the consent of the Native Minister or of the Chief Judge, exercise in or in respect of that district any or all of the powers conferred upon a Registrar of the Native Land Court or Native Appellate Court by the Act or these Rules.

192. The records, plans, and other documents of the Native Land Court and the Native Appellate Court shall be deposited and kept, and the administrative work of those Courts shall be carried on at the office of the Registrar of the appropriate Native Land Court district.