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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

Opening National Endowment Land in Otago Land District for Selection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national endowment land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—CLUTHA COUNTY.—CATLINS SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

A bush section of very fair quality; general aspect south riy. Situated about two miles from Tawanui Railway-station and school by road formed to within twenty or twenty-five chains of the south-west corner of the section.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

A. L. HERDMAN,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Otago Land District for Selection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Mixed agricultural and pastoral land. The soil is of fair quality. Altitude, 150 ft. Distant one mile from Brighton Post-office and school. The improvements, which are included in the price of the section, comprise 37 chains of sod wall, 7 chains of post-and-wire fence, and one gate on district road; half-value of 44 chains of gorse hedge on south-eastern boundary; half-value of 16 chains of sod wall and post-and-wire fence on north-western boundary: total value, £13 7s. The section is practically ring-fenced with posts and wire, gorse hedges, and sod walls.

CLUTHA COUNTY.—GLENKENICH SURVEY DISTRICT.—CONICAL HILLS SETTLEMENT.

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £290, payable in cash or in fourteen years by equal half-yearly instalments of £11 12s. 4d. Total half-yearly payment, £33 8s. 10d.

An open section with a good soil; general aspect good; almost the whole area can be cultivated. Situated about three miles from Pomahaka Railway-siding by good road. There is a temporary school on the adjoining section. The improvements which are not included in the capital value of the section, but which must be paid for separately, consist of stable and byre, stable with loft, hut, and cook-house. The improvements included in the capital value of the land consist of six gates and half-value of 207 chains of boundary-fencing, of a total value of £25 15s. 6d.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

A. L. HERDMAN,
For Minister of Lands.

Trustee for the Havelock (Hawke's Bay) Public Cemetery appointed.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the fourth section of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

FRANK LINDSAY GORDON

to be an additional Trustee to provide for the maintenance and care of the Havelock (Hawke's Bay) Public Cemetery, in conjunction with Thomas Tanner, William Alexander Cowper, Joseph Bernard Chambers, Hugh Campbell, William Alexander Cowper Mackenzie, Laurence Taylor Cowper, Frederick Macaulay Gregorie, and Archibald McLean, previously appointed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Amended Regulations re Gold-miners' Relief Fund.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Mining Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby revoke the regulations dealing with the administration of the Gold-miners' Relief Fund, made under the said Act on the seventeenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-second day of February then instant, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations; and doth hereby order that the regulations hereby made shall come into operation from the date of the gazetting thereof.

REGULATIONS.

1. The Public Trustee shall, on receipt of a certificate from a duly qualified medical officer, and also on the certificate from an Inspector of Mines, apply the moneys deposited to the credit of the Gold-miners' Relief Fund, as follows:—

(a.) When any gold-miner has been injured while working in or about a gold-mine or battery, and is off work for one week or more, he shall be granted the sum of 12s. 6d. per week, or at the rate of 2s. 1d. for every working-day, from the date of the injury, which payment shall, subject as hereinafter provided, continue so long as such medical officer and Inspector of Mines certify that such gold-miner is unable to work; but when an injury occurs in any mine situate in a locality remote from settlement, where the services of a medical officer are not procurable, or in any case where the Inspector of Mines is of opinion and certifies that a medical certificate is unnecessary, payment at the prescribed rate may be made for any period not exceeding thirty days from the date of the injury on the certificate of the Inspector of Mines alone. In cases where any gold-miner is permanently disabled, he may be granted a fixed sum (not exceeding £25) in satisfaction of all claims, but in any such case the certificate of a duly qualified medical officer and an Inspector of Mines will be required. No gold-miner shall be entitled to any payment in any case unless he has been so injured as to prevent him working for a period of not less than one week, and the total amount payable to any gold-miner shall in no case exceed £25.

(b.) If any gold-miner meets with any such injury which proves fatal, a sum (not exceeding £50) may be