June 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1715

Regulations as to Interpreters under the Native Land Act, 1909.

ROBERT STOUT,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of June, 1910.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section four hundred and fifteen of the Native Land Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations with respect to Interpreters under the said Act:—

REGULATIONS.

APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES.

1. Every application to be licensed as an Interpreter under the said Act shall be addressed by the applicant to the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, at Wellington, and shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by a Judge, Commissioner, or Registrar of the Native Land Court, or by a Stipendiary Magistrate, a Justice of the Peace, or an Officiating Minister under the Marriage Act, 1908. Every such certificate shall state that the applicant is of good character, and is, in the opinion of the person signing that certificate, a suitable person to hold a license as a Native Interpreter.

2. Every application as aforesaid shall be signed by the applicant, and shall specify his age, and the grade of the license for which application is so made.

3. Every application for a license to act as an Interpreter of the first grade shall be accompanied by a fee of £2 2s.; and every application for a license to act as an Interpreter of the second grade shall be accompanied by a fee of £1 1s.

EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS.

4. For the purpose of the examination of applicants for licenses under these regulations there is hereby constituted a Board of Examiners, which shall consist of the person for the time being holding office as the Under-Secretary of the Native Department, together with three other persons appointed for the purpose by the Native Minister.

5. Three members of the Board shall form a quorum at any meeting thereof, and the decision of a majority present at any meeting shall constitute a decision of the Board.

6. The Board shall meet for the consideration of applications on the last Monday of the months of February, June, and October in each year, but any such meeting may be adjourned from time to time. All applications for licenses shall be forwarded as provided in Regulation 1 hereof, at least thirty days before the date of the meeting at which they are to be considered.

7. Every applicant for a license of the first grade shall, before any such license is granted, be required by the Board to pass to its satisfaction an examination in the following subjects:—
   (a.) English grammar;
   (b.) Translation at sight of passages from English into Maori, and from Maori into English;
   (c.) Translation of deeds; and
   (d.) The writing of an essay or letter in Maori, with a rendering of the same in English.

8. Every applicant for a license of the second grade shall, before any such license is granted, be required to pass to the satisfaction of the Board an examination consisting of simple questions of English grammar, and the translation at sight of easy passages from English into Maori, and from Maori into English.

9. The examinations referred to in the two last preceding regulations shall be in writing, but an oral examination may, at the discretion of the Board, be required in addition to any such written examination.

10. The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, make rules for the conduct of the examination of applicants for licenses under these regulations.

11. The result of every such examination shall be reported by the Board to the Minister, and shall be accompanied by a recommendation from the Board in respect of each candidate as to whether or not in its opinion a license should be granted.

12. If in any examination for a license of the first grade any candidate fails to satisfy the requirements of the Board in respect of such a license, but the Board is satisfied that in that examination the candidate has shown sufficient knowledge to satisfy the requirements of the Board in respect of a license of the second grade, the Board may, if it thinks fit, recommend the issue of a license of the second grade to that candidate.