3270 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 91

(4.) Any document giving effect to a decision of the Board shall, before being signed by the President, have noted in the margin thereof the total amount of fees payable in the matter of such decision, specifying such as have been paid.

(5.) The President shall cause an account of all fees paid in respect of matters coming before the Board to be kept as a separate account, and at the end of every month he shall furnish a copy of that account, signed by him, to the Receiver-General and to the Under-Secretary.

ACCOUNTS.

10. All moneys received by the Board shall be acknowledged on a printed form of receipt, and the counterfoil retained by the Board shall be countersigned by some person (other than the receiving officer), who shall certify that the same is a true copy of the receipt.

11. Receipts shall be numbered consecutively, and the number of each receipt shall be quoted in the cash-book and other books of accounts used by the Board.

12. All books and vouchers shall be produced to the Under-Secretary or any Inspector appointed by the Native Minister to examine the same.

13. The Board shall, as soon as practicable after the 31st day of March in each year, prepare an account showing the true position and state of any trust for the period of twelve months ending on the said 31st day of March, and render a copy of that account to some beneficiary of that trust nominated by the Board.

14. Any other beneficiary requiring a copy of such account shall be supplied therewith on payment of the prescribed fee.

15. The President shall, at the first meeting of the Board after the 1st day of April and the 1st day of October in each year, cause a return to be laid before the Board, showing the names of all lessees of lands vested in or administered by the Board who have made default for at least three months in the payment of rent due by them in respect of those lands as at the 31st day of March or 30th day of September preceding, and also showing the amount of such rent so in arrears; and a copy of the return shall thereupon be forwarded to the Under-Secretary.

16. All moneys payable by the Board may, on the certificate of the President that the claim is in order, be directed to be paid.

17. The signature of any Native on any receipt for a payment made by the Board must be witnessed by some person other than the paying officer, and no claim shall be paid till such signature is so attested.

INVESTMENT OF FUNDS.

18. All moneys in the hands of the Board and available for investment may be paid by the Board to the Public Trustee for investment by him in the common fund of the Public Trust Office or otherwise, as may be agreed upon between the Board and the Public Trustee.

19. Any purchase-money or rent held by a trustee in terms of subsection (5) of section 109 of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, may be paid to the Public Trustee for investment by him in the common fund of the Public Trust Office or otherwise, as may be agreed upon between the said trustee and the said Public Trustee or between the Board and the said Public Trustee, or the same may be invested in accordance with the provisions of section 95 of the Trustee Act, 1908.

PRIVATE ALIENATIONS.

20. An application for the issue of an Order in Council under section 203 of the Act shall be made through the Board, and shall be accompanied by a full statement of the material circumstances and of the grounds of the application. The Board shall consider the application, and shall forward the same, together with its recommendation thereon, to the Under-Secretary.

21. An application for the Board’s recommendation may be in the Form No. 1 in the Second Schedule.

CONFIRMATION.

22. An application to the Board to confirm any alienation may be in the Form No. 2 in the Second Schedule, and shall be deemed to be made when lodged at the office of the Board. At least seven days before the hearing of any such application the instrument in respect of which the same is made must be lodged at the office of the Board.

23. The applicant, before the hearing of the application, shall supply copies of or extracts from the records of the Deeds Registry Office, or of the office of the District Land Registrar, or of the Native Land Court, setting forth the position of the title, and certified as correct by a solicitor.

24. Before the hearing of the application the applicant shall, except in the case of an instrument by way of mortgage or charge, lodge with the Board a declaration of qualification in the Form No. 3 in the Second Schedule, and also a copy of the entry in the district valuation roll of the valuation of the land affected by the alienation, certified as provided by section 35 of the Valuation of Land Act, 1908.

25. The Board may require a statement to be lodged showing the beneficial interests in Native freehold land of each Native alienating, the extent of his interest, and the revenue, if any, derived therefrom.

26. The certificate of confirmation may be in the Form No. 4 in the Second Schedule.