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ALTERATION OF RULES RELATING TO PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION.

The following alterations are made in the rules relating to probate and administration made by Order in Council of the 24th February, 1909, namely:

(a.) Substituting for paragraph 7 in the form (No. 37) of affidavit to lead grant of administration to widow or widower the following paragraph:

“(7.) That I do verily believe that the said deceased died intestate, and I am his widow [or her widower, as the case may be].”

(b.) Adding the following words at the end of Rule 531D: “The affidavit shall contain therein paragraphs 3 and 4 of form No. 34, with such necessary modifications only as the case requires.”

ALTERATION IN TABLE C IN THIRD SCHEDULE TO CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE.

Table C in the Third Schedule to the Code of Civil procedure is amended as follows:

(a.) By adding the following clause thereto—

“25A. Affidavit of discovery as may be certified for, £1 1s. to £15 15s.”

(b.) By substituting the following clause for clause 26 thereof:

“26. Production and inspection of documents as may be certified for, £1 1s. to £10 10s.”

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

Patea Hospital and Charitable Aid Board declared a Local Authority for the Purposes of the Public Health Act.

ISLINGTON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of September, 1912.

Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section eighty-three of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, it is provided that, on the recommendation of the Inspector-General of Hospitals, and with the consent of the local authorities concerned, the Governor may by Order in Council, upon such terms and conditions as he thinks fit, combine for such of the purposes of the Public Health Act, 1908, as are mentioned in the Order the districts of any two or more local authorities situate within a hospital district, and declare that for those purposes the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board of the district shall be deemed to be the local authority within the combined districts:

And whereas the Inspector-General of Hospitals has recommended that the following districts, situate within the Patea Hospital District, namely:

MOTUROA ROAD BOARD,
WHENUAKURA-WAITOTARA ROAD BOARD,

should be combined for such of the purposes of the Public Health Act, 1908, as are hereinafter mentioned, and the local authorities concerned have consented thereto:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities above recited, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby combine the above-mentioned districts for such of the purposes of the Public Health Act as are mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and doth hereby declare that for these purposes the Patea Hospital and Charitable Aid Board shall be deemed to be the local authority within the combined districts.

SCHEDULE.

SECTIONS of the Public Health Act, 1908, containing the purposes of that Act for which the said districts are combined, and for which purposes the Patea Hospital and Charitable Aid Board is to be deemed the local authority:

Mortuaries or morgues ... Sections 46, 49, and 50.
Privies, ashpits, and drains... Sections 53, 55, and 56 (to apply only to the districts of those local authorities in which no sewerage systems exist).

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Scavenging and cleaning ... Sections 61 (1), 61 (2) (to apply only when so recommended by the District Health Officer), and 63.

Nuisances ... Sections 70–75 and 77–84.
Offensive trades ... Sections 85–88.
Inspection of food ... Section 89.
Insanitary buildings ... Sections 90 and 91.
Miscellaneous provisions ... Sections 94, 98, 100, 104, 106, 107, 109, 112; 108 only in so far as it relates to making by-laws for the purposes specified in aforementioned sections.

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

Reciprocal Application of Workers' Compensation Act, 1908, to South Australia.

ISLINGTON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of August, 1912.

Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section fifty-three of the Workers' Compensation Act, 1908, it is enacted that where the Governor is satisfied that by the laws of any other country within the dominions of the Crown compensation for accidents is payable to the relatives of a deceased worker, although they are resident in New Zealand; he may by Order in Council declare that relatives resident in that country shall have the same rights and remedies under the said Act as if resident in New Zealand:

And whereas the Governor is satisfied that by the laws of the State of South Australia compensation for accidents is payable to the relatives of a deceased worker although they are resident in New Zealand:

Now, therefore, 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, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section fifty-three of the Workers' Compensation Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that relatives of a deceased worker resident in the State of South Australia shall have the same rights and remedies under the Workers' Compensation Act, 1908, as if resident in New Zealand.

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

Vesting a Reserve in the Wellington Land District in the Kaitieke County Council.

ISLINGTON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of September, 1912.

Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart as a site for Council buildings of the Kaitieke County Council: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Kaitieke County Council:

Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the fourth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Kaitieke County, in trust, as a site for Council buildings of the Kaitieke County Council.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section 1, Block V, Town of Raurimu. Bounded towards the north-