JUNE 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1801

approve, by minute indorsed thereon, of the said instrument of alienation, modified as suggested :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby authorize the Maori Land Board for the district to approve, by minute indorsed thereon, the said instrument, modified as suggested. And it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf, and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor in Council to the proceedings hereby authorized.

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

Amending Regulations under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of May, 1911.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and gazetted on the thirty-first idem, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers in that behalf conferred by the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the Act”), and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, made certain regulations (hereinafter called “the principal regulations”) for the purposes of the Act: And whereas it is expedient to amend the principal regulations in manner hereinafter appearing :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in further exercise of the aforesaid powers, and acting by and with the advice and consent aforesaid, doth hereby, for the purposes of the Act, amend the principal regulations in manner set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. CLASS IV of clause 13 of the principal regulations is hereby revoked, and in lieu thereof the following is substituted :—

“Class IV.—On capital moneys belonging to Superannuation, Compensation, or National Provident Funds, and received under the Civil Service Act, 1908, the Education Act, 1908, the Government Railways Act, 1908, the Police Force Act, 1908, the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, the Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908, or the National Provident Fund Act, 1910—4½ per cent. whatever the amount.”

2. (1.) No charge shall be made by the Public Trustee in respect of capital or interest in the case of the moneys referred to in Class IV aforesaid.

(2.) Paragraph (j) of clause 35 of the principal regulations is hereby revoked.

3. (1.) All interest payable by the Public Trustee in respect of the capital of any estate or fund shall be computed on the daily balance of capital, and shall be capitalized yearly on the 1st day of April.

(2.) Until so capitalized such interest shall not bear interest.

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

Regulations for Examinations under the Land Transfer Act, 1908.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of May, 1911.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section seven of the Land Transfer Act, 1908, it is provided that no person shall be appointed to the office of Registrar-General of Land, District Land Registrar, or Examiner of Titles unless that person has been admitted as a barrister or solicitor of the Supreme Court, or has passed such special examination as is prescribed by regulations under that Act: And whereas by section two hundred and twenty-two of the said Act the Governor may, by Order in Council gazetted, make regulations prescribing the qualifications necessary in the case of persons to be appointed to offices under that Act: And whereas it is expedient to make regulations accordingly for the conduct of such special examinations as aforesaid :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the regulations hereinafter set forth.

REGULATIONS.

1. EXAMINATIONS under these regulations shall be held at such times and places as the Minister of Stamps, by not less than six months’ notice in the Gazette, determines.

2. Any officer of the Land and Deeds Registry Office or of the Stamps Department who, for not less than five years in the aggregate, has at any time or times prior to the date of giving such notice as is hereinafter mentioned held the position of Assistant Land Registrar under the Land Transfer Act, 1908, or any former Land Transfer Act, may be a candidate at any examination held under these regulations, on giving to the Registrar-General of Land at Wellington not less than three months’ notice of his intention in that behalf, and on payment of the fee hereinafter prescribed.

3. Every candidate for examination under these regulations shall pay into the Bank of New Zealand, to the credit of the Public Account, the sum of £3 3s. as an examination fee, and shall forward a bank-receipt for the same with his notice of intention to sit for examination.

4. For the purposes of any examination under these regulations the Minister may appoint such persons as he thinks fit to act as examiners or supervisors.

5. One examination-paper shall be set for each of the groups of subjects set out in the First Schedule hereto as Part I and Part II of the examination, and three hours shall be allowed to candidates in which to answer the questions set in each such paper.

6. A candidate must pass in all of those subjects at one and the same time.

7. The decision of the examiner in any subject shall be conclusive as to whether the candidate has passed in that subject or not.

8. Every person who passes an examination under these regulations shall be entitled to receive a certificate under the hand of the Registrar-General of Land in the form in the Second Schedule hereto.

9. The examiners and supervisors appointed by the Minister under these regulations shall receive such remuneration for their services as the Minister in each case determines.

10. An examination under these regulations shall be deemed to be the special examination referred to in section 7 of the Land Transfer Act, 1908.

SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Subjects of Examination.

Part I.

The Deeds Registration Act, 1908.
The Land Transfer Act, 1908.
The Property Law Act, 1908.
Williams’s Law of Real Property :
Introductory chapter (relating to the nature of Real Property or Estate, and Chattels).
Part I : Of Corporeal Hereditaments—
Chapter II.—Of an Estate in Fee-simple.
,, IV.—Of an Estate for Life.
,, V.—Of Joint Tenants and Tenants in Common.
,, VII.—Of an Equitable Estate in Land.
,, X.—Of a Will of Lands.
,, XII.—Of Personal Capacity.
Part IV : Of Incorporeal Hereditaments.
Part VI : Of the Present Form of a Conveyance.

Part II.

The Administration Act, 1908.
The Companies Act, 1908.
The Death Duties Act, 1908.
The Native Land Act, 1908.
The Stamp Duties Act, 1908.