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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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13. Upon the receipt of the report of the Board of Examiners the Minister shall, in accordance with that report, recommend to the Governor the issue of licenses to the successful candidates, and the Governor may thereupon issue such licenses accordingly.

14. All licenses issued in accordance with these regulations shall be in the form in the First Schedule hereto, or to the like effect.

15. No such license shall be granted until the payment of a further fee of £3 3s. in the case of a license of the first grade, and of £1 1s. in the case of a license of the second grade.

MISCELLANEOUS.

16. Every licensed Interpreter who signs any document in his official capacity shall add after his signature the words “Licensed Interpreter (First Grade),” or “Licensed Interpreter (Second Grade),” as the case may require.

17. The Minister may, if he thinks fit, remit any fee or part of a fee payable either on application for a license or upon the issue of a license under these regulations.

18. All fees received under these regulations shall be paid by the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs into the Consolidated Fund.

19. No licensed Interpreter in the employment of the Government shall act in connection with any matter in which the Government is not interested, except with the authority of the Minister in charge of the Department by which he is employed, or (in a case of emergency) with the authority of a Judge of the Supreme Court, a Stipendiary Magistrate, or a Judge or Commissioner of the Native Land Court.

20. The fees to be charged by licensed Interpreters shall not in any case exceed the amounts specified in the Second Schedule hereto in respect of the matters therein referred to.

21. An Interpreter shall not demand or receive fees from more than one party to any transaction in which he may be employed.

SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

INTERPRETER’S LICENSE UNDER THE NATIVE LAND ACT, 1909.

, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the Native Land Act, 1909, I, , the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do, by this license issued under my hand, and terminable at any time on revocation, authorise , of , to act as an Interpreter of the grade, under the provisions of the said Act and the regulations made thereunder.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this day of , 19 .
, Minister of Native Affairs.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

MAXIMUM FEES CHARGEABLE BY LICENSED INTERPRETERS.

In the Supreme Court: In accordance with Table E of the Second Schedule to the Judicature Act, 1908.

In a Magistrate’s Court: In accordance with rules under the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908.

In the Native Land Court and Native Appellate Court:—

To an interpreter, if engaged for any time not exceeding one hour … … … £ s. d.
0 10 6
For every additional hour, or fraction of an hour … … … 0 5 0
But not exceeding for any one day … … … 2 2 0
(Interpreters will be paid one guinea a day and their actual fares when travelling to a Court to interpret, and also when returning to their homes from that Court.)

In proceedings not provided for by any of the above scales:—

Interpretation of deed or other instrument, each time, not exceeding … … £ s. d.
1 1 0
Translating any deed or other instrument, either into the Maori or English language,—
For the first twelve folios of 72 words, per folio … … … 0 5 0
For each additional folio … … … 0 1 0
Making fair copy of same, per folio … … … 0 1 0
Composing and writing any document in Maori, per folio of 72 words, not exceeding … … … 0 5 0
For preparing claims for old-age pensions, and statements of income and property in connection therewith (Interpreters in the employment of the Government are required to do this work without charge)… … … 0 10 6

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