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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 61

Opening National Endowment Lands in Hawke's Bay 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Saturday, the eleventh day of October, 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 Act.

SCHEDULE.

WAIAPU COUNTY.-TUTAMOE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

(National Endowment.)

Section. Block. Area. Capital Value. Half-yearly Rental.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.

1 V 1,340 0 0 4,020 0 0 80 8 0
2 " 907 0 0 2,500 0 0 50 0 0
1 VI 1,500 0 0 4,500 0 0 90 0 0
*1 IX 943 1 0 2,130 0 0 42 12 0

• The Crown is liable for half-cost of fencing the boundary between Section 1, Block IX, and the adjoining holding. The half-cost will amount to about £75, which sum must be paid in cash by the successful applicant.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 1, Block V.-Altitude, from 1,300 ft. to 2,600 ft. above sea-level. Well watered, easy undulating country with steep faces to the Mata River. Good mixed tawa bush, with a few totaras and birch on ridges. Good soil, on papa. Thirty-three miles from Puha Railway-station, twenty-five miles by dray-road, and eight miles by unformed road.

Section 2, Block V.-Altitude, 1,300 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Fairly good soil, on papa; fairly well watered. About 150 acres to 200 acres of heavy mixed tawa bush, the remainder being chiefly heavy manuka. Thirty miles and a half from Puha Railway-station, twenty-five miles by dray-road, and five miles and a half by unformed road.

Section 1, Block VI.-Altitude, 1,300 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. Well watered; mostly easy country, with steep faces to the Mata River. Fair to very good mixed bush, with birch on steep ridges, and sufficient totara for fencing. Good soil, on papa formation. Thirty-one miles from Puha Railway-station, twenty-five miles by dray-road, and six miles by unformed road.

Section 1, Block IX.-Altitude, 1,300 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Fairly well watered by numerous small streams. Soil fair, on papa formation. Mostly heavy manuka, with about 200 acres of heavy mixed bush. Twenty-eight miles from Puha Railway-station, twenty-five miles by dray-road, and three miles by unformed road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

H. D. BELL,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

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 eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fifteenth day of May 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. ld. 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 granted to the widow or other near relative of such deceased gold-miner in full satisfaction of all claims.

2. Any gold-miner who meets with any such injury which disables him from work shall send, or cause to be sent, within fourteen days of such injury occurring, a notice in writing to the Inspector of Mines; and all applications for relief must be made within twenty-one days of the date of the injury, or the claim cannot be entertained. The Public Trustee is, however, authorized to pay any claims notwithstanding the failure to give such notice, provided he is satisfied that the failure was through no fault of the injured person.

3. No miner shall be entitled to relief from the Gold-miners' Relief Fund for any injury caused by drinking intoxicating liquors, fighting, or any kind of athletic sports or game of amusement, or for any injury caused by the misconduct of such miner.

4. Any gold-miner who is or hereafter becomes incapacitated for work owing to miners' phthisis (pneumoconiosis) contracted while working in a gold-mine in New Zealand shall be paid in accordance with these regulations, except that the total sum payable to any such gold-miner shall be an amount not exceeding £50.

5. A sum (not exceeding £50) may be paid for the relief of the family of any such gold-miner who has died or hereafter dies from miners' phthisis (pneumoconiosis), and an additional sum (not exceeding £20) may be granted to the widow or other near relative of the deceased gold-miner towards defraying the expenses of his funeral.

6. In these regulations-

"Gold-miner" and "miner" mean any person employed in or about a gold-mine, and includes persons employed in batteries;

"Injury" means personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment or occupation of a gold-miner.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

W. FRASER,

Minister of Mines.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

GEORGE CHARLES BUTT,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Whangape, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

As witness my hand, this thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.