Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3211

soever, without the authority of the Army Council, the heraldic emblem of the red cross on a white ground formed by reversing the Federal colours of Switzerland, or the words “Red Cross” or “Geneva Cross,” and that if any person acts in contravention of this provision he shall be guilty of an offence against the said Act, and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten pounds, and to forfeit any goods upon or in connection with which the emblem or words were used :

And whereas it is also enacted that proceedings under the said Act shall not in England or Ireland be instituted without the consent of the Attorney-General :

And whereas it is also enacted that the said Act shall extend to His Majesty's Possessions outside the United Kingdom subject to such necessary adaptations as may be made by Order in Council :

And whereas it is expedient that certain adaptations should be made in the said Act with regard to its application to the Dominion of New Zealand :

Now, therefore, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by the said Act or otherwise vested in His Majesty, it is hereby ordered by His Majesty, by and with the advice of the Privy Council, as follows :—

(1.) This Order in Council may be cited for all purposes as The Geneva Convention Act, 1911 (New Zealand), Order in Council, 1913.

(2.) The Geneva Convention Act, 1911, in its application to the Dominion of New Zealand shall be adapted as follows :—

(i.) The powers by the said Act vested in the Army Council shall be vested in the Minister of Defence of the Dominion :

(ii.) Proceedings under the said Act shall not be instituted without the consent of the Attorney-General of the Dominion.

(3.) This Order shall come into force on a date to be fixed by the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand in Council.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

The Geneva Convention Act, 1911 (New Zealand), Order in Council, 1913.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of October, 1913.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order of His Majesty the King in Council dated the twelfth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, certain adaptations were made in the Geneva Convention Act, 1911, in regard to its application to the Dominion of New Zealand: And whereas it is expressly stipulated in the said Order in Council of His Majesty the King that it shall come into force on a date to be fixed by the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand in 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, doth hereby direct that the said Order in Council of His Majesty the King in regard to its application to the Dominion of New Zealand shall come into force on the twentieth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

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

Recreation Reserve in Auckland Land District brought under Part II of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of October, 1913.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-sixth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby order and declare that the reserve for recreation in the Auckland Land District described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Act; and such reserve shall hereafter be known as Broadwood Domain, and be managed, administered, and dealt with as a public domain.

SCHEDULE.

BROADWOOD DOMAIN.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 21 acres 1 rood 6 perches, more or less, being Section 16 (formerly part of Section 1), Block VIII, Whangape Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by a public road, 334·2 links; towards the south-east by a public road, 1667, 287·7, 749·1, and 499·7 links; and towards the north-west generally by a public road, 306·7, 147, 95·8, 117, 241·4, 204·8, 460, 1041·8, 85, and 655·5 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 4003/8, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (Auckland Plan 17131, blue.)

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Regulations as to Ships being provided with Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of October, 1913.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section fifty of the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1909, that the Governor may from time to time by Order in Council make regulations requiring ships registered in New Zealand, and carrying passengers, to be provided with apparatus for transmitting messages by means of wireless telegraphy, and may by such regulations prescribe fines not exceeding fifty pounds for any breach thereof by the owner or master of a ship: And whereas it is desirable to make such regulations :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations, and doth hereby order that they shall come into force on the first day of July one thousand nine hundred and fourteen :

Provided that, if in his opinion the circumstances justify it the Minister of Marine may exempt any steamship from the operation of these regulations, and may limit the time for which any such exemption shall be in force.

REGULATIONS.

1. EVERY steamship registered in New Zealand, and carrying passengers, which is engaged in the foreign or intercolonial trade, except steamships trading to the Chatham, Auckland, Campbell, and Antipodes Islands, and every home-trade steamship which is authorized by her ordinary survey certificate to carry not less than 150 passengers at sea, shall not leave or attempt to leave any port in New Zealand unless such steamship is equipped with an efficient apparatus for radio communication in good working-order, to be operated by a person skilled in the use of such apparatus, which apparatus shall be capable of transmitting and receiving messages over a distance of at least one hundred miles, day or night.

2. Ships required by these regulations to carry the apparatus prescribed above shall be placed in the third-class as defined by Article XIII of the Detailed Service Regulations appended to the International Radio-telegraph Convention, 1912—that is, they are not bound to perform any regular listening service.

3. The Minister of Marine may appoint Inspectors for the purposes of these regulations, and such Inspectors and Superintendents of Mercantile Marine may visit any steamship required by these regulations to be equipped with apparatus