1718
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

FEES.

10. (1.) The fees set out in the First Schedule hereto shall be paid to the Board in respect of the transactions referred to therein: Provided that, if it appears to the satisfaction of the Board or President that any person is unable to pay, or ought not to be called upon to pay, any fee, the Board or President may dispense with the payment thereof, or of any part thereof, subject to such terms as the Board or President thinks fit.
    (2.) The amount of any fee not dispensed with shall be a debt due to the Board by such of the parties to the proceedings or act in or for which the said fee is payable as the Board may order.
    (3.) The Board 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 that land until those fees have been paid.
    (4.) Any document giving effect to a decision of the Board shall, before being signed by the President, have noted in the margin thereof the total amount of fees payable in the matter of such decision, specifying such as have been paid.
    (5.) The President shall cause an account of all fees paid in respect of matters coming before the Board to be kept as a separate account, and at the end of every month he shall furnish copies of that account, signed by him, to the Receiver-General and to the Under-Secretary.

ACCOUNTS.

11. All moneys received by the Board shall be acknowledged on a printed form of receipt, and the counterfoil retained by the Board shall be countersigned by some person (other than the receiving officer), who shall certify that the same is a true copy of the receipt.
12. Receipts shall be numbered consecutively, and the number of each receipt shall be quoted in the cash-book and other books of accounts used by the Board.
13. All books and vouchers shall be produced to the Under-Secretary or any Inspector appointed by the Native Minister to examine the same.
14. The Board shall, as soon as practicable after the 31st day of March in each year, prepare an account showing the true position and state of any trust for the period of twelve months ending on the said 31st day of March, and render a copy of that account to some beneficiary of that trust nominated by the Board.
15. Any other beneficiary requiring a copy of such account shall be supplied therewith on payment of the prescribed fee.
16. The President shall, at the first meeting of the Board after the 1st day of April and the 1st day of October in each year, cause a return to be laid before the Board, showing the names of all lessees of lands vested in or administered by the Board who have made default for at least three months in the payment of rent due by them in respect of those lands as at the 31st day of March or 30th day of September preceding, and also showing the amount of such rent so in arrears; and a copy of the return shall thereupon be forwarded to the Under-Secretary.
17. All moneys payable by the Board may, on the certificate of the President that the claim is in order, be directed to be paid.
18. The signature of any Native on any receipt for a payment made by the Board must be witnessed by some person other than the paying officer, and no claim shall be paid till such signature is so attested.

INVESTMENT OF FUNDS.

19. All moneys in the hands of the Board and available for investment may be paid by the Board to the Public Trustee for investment by him in the common fund of the Public Trust Office or otherwise, as may be agreed upon between the Board and the Public Trustee.

PRIVATE ALIENATIONS.

20. An application for the issue of an Order in Council under section 203 of the Act shall be made through the Board, and shall be accompanied by a full statement of the material circumstances and of the grounds of the application. The Board shall consider the application, and shall forward the same, together with its recommendation thereon, to the Under-Secretary, Native Department, Wellington.
21. (1.) An application for the consent of the Board under section 209 of the Act shall be in the Form No. 1 in the Second Schedule.
    (2.) A minute of the resolution granting or refusing consent, and the date thereof, shall be entered upon the records of the Board and noted on the application. On the request of the applicant or of any owner of the land affected, the President shall supply a certified copy of such minute.

CONFIRMATION.

22. An application to the Board to confirm any alienation shall be in the Form No. 2 in the Second Schedule, and shall be deemed to be made when lodged at the office of the Board. At