MAY 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1527

Appointing Members of Assessment Courts under the Valuation of Land Act, 1908.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of May, 1910.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 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 Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint, as from the 1st day of April, 1910, the persons mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be members of the Assessment Court for the special districts set opposite the name of each respectively.

SCHEDULE.

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

Otago Dock Trust Merger.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of May, 1910.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the Otago Dock Trust Merger Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), it is enacted that, on a day to be fixed for that purpose by an Order in Council which is thereby authorised to be issued, the Otago Dock Trust shall become and be dissolved, and that certain consequences more particularly set forth in the said Act shall thereupon ensue, but that such Order in Council shall not be issued unless and until both the Otago Harbour Board and the Otago Dock Trust have separately passed resolutions desiring that such Order in Council shall issue; and it is also provided that no such resolution shall be passed unless the holders of at least seventy-five per centum of the nominal value of the debentures of the Otago Dock Trust, issued in respect of the seventy-five thousand pounds loan referred to in the said Act, have signified to the Otago Harbour Board their consent in writing to accept Otago Harbour Board debentures in exchange under the provisions of the said Act:

And whereas the holders of more than seventy-five per centum of the nominal value of the debentures of the Otago Dock Trust, issued in respect of the said seventy-five thousand pounds loan, have signified to the Otago Harbour Board their consent in writing to accept Otago Harbour Board debentures in exchange under the provisions in the said Act contained:

And whereas the Otago Harbour Board and the Otago Dock Trust have separately passed resolutions desiring that an Order in Council be issued pursuant to section two of the said Act:

And whereas in further pursuance of the said Act a copy of each such resolution, bearing a certificate under the hand of the chairman of the meeting at which the resolution was passed, to the effect that the copy is a correct copy of the resolution and that the resolution was duly passed by a majority of the members present at such meeting, has been duly transmitted to the Minister of Marine:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby fix the twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and ten, as the day to be fixed pursuant to section two of the said Act upon which the Otago Dock Trust shall become and be dissolved, and in the said Act referred to as the date of merger.

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

Regulations under the Government Railways Act, 1908.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of May, 1910.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Government Railways Act, 1908, 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 the respective regulations made under the Government Railways Department Classification Act, 1901, and the Government Railways Department Classification Act, 1907, on the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six, the sixth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and the twenty-eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and gazetted respectively on the fifteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six, the ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council and the regulations hereby made shall come into force on the nineteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

SCHEDULE.
REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations—“Department” means that branch of the public service employed in connection with the Government railways open for traffic; “Minister” means the Minister of Railways; “probationer” means any person who is included in the printed list of the staff of the Department, and who has not served three years required by Regulation 14; “member” means any person in the permanent employment of the Department who has been shown on the printed staff lists for more than three years; “master” means any member to whom any apprentice is indentured, and includes the successor in office of such member; “apprentice” means any male person who is apprenticed to learn or to be taught any trade.

Admission to the Service.

2. Every person who desires to enter the service of the Railway Department shall make application on the prescribed form, which can be obtained from the General Manager of the New Zealand Railways, Wellington, or from the officers in charge of the various districts throughout the Dominion. Every application must be in the handwriting of the applicant, and be forwarded to the General Manager of the New Zealand Railways, Wellington, accompanied by the following documents:—
   (a.) Registrar’s certificate of birth, or, at the option of the General Manager, duly stamped statutory declaration of date of birth.
   (b.) Original of certificate of education.
   (c.) Two satisfactory testimonials as to character from well-known individuals.
   (d.) A satisfactory testimonial from last employer (if any) as to ability and character, or satisfactory explanation why such testimonial is not procurable.

3. Every person who is appointed to the permanent staff of the Department shall be appointed as a probationer, and shall join the Government Railways Superannuation Fund, and find such guarantee of fidelity as may be required.

4. Persons may be temporarily employed in any branch of the Department in cases where the Minister is satisfied that the exigencies of the Department so require.

5. No person shall become a member if three or more persons belonging to his family are already members,