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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(c) If it exceeds the limits of site as shown on the plan issued by the promoters, the figured dimensions on which shall be adhered to;
(d) If the assessor shall determine that its probable cost will exceed by 10 per cent. the outlay stated in the instructions, or the estimate of the competitor should no outlay be stated. If the assessor be of opinion that the outlay stated in the Instructions is inadequate, he shall not be bound in the selection of a design by the amount named in such Instructions, but the question of cost shall nevertheless be a material element in the consideration of the award;
(e) If any of the conditions or instructions other than those of a suggestive character are violated;
(f) If a competitor shall disclose his identity or attempt to influence the decision.

8. All designs and reports submitted in a competition for a public building, except any excluded under Clause 6, shall be publicly exhibited after the award has been made, which award shall be published at the time of exhibition; and all designs and reports submitted in a competition for a private building shall be similarly exhibited to the competitors.

9. All drawings submitted in a competition, except those of the design selected to be carried out, shall be returned to the competitors.

The usual N.Z.I.A. Scale of Charges for assessing competitions, whether by jury or otherwise, is a sum of thirty guineas, and out of pocket expenses, plus one-fifth per cent. upon the estimated cost of the proposed building.

In pursuance of the provisions of the “New Zealand Institute of Architects Act, 1913,” His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, with and by the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, approves of the foregoing Regulations.

LIVERPOOL,
Governor.

Approved in Council this 20th day of September, 1915.

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

Approving the Auckland Provincial Patriotic and War Relief Association (incorporating the Auckland Provincial Hospital Ship Equipment Fund and War Relief Association and the Auckland Citizens’ Patriotic Fund) under the War Contributions Validation Act, 1914 (No. 2).

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS by section two of the War Contributions Validation Act, 1914 (No. 2), (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is enacted as follows:—

Contributions, whether in money or kind, may be made by any local authority or body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, other than private trustees under a settlement or will,—
(a.) For the relief of distress occasioned by the war in which His Majesty is at present engaged, whether such distress exists in New Zealand or elsewhere in the British Dominions, or in any country allied to His Majesty;
(b.) For any patriotic objects approved for the purposes of this Act by the Governor:

Provided that every such contribution is paid either—
(i.) Into a public fund established by the Government, or by any local authority, for the purposes of such relief of distress, or patriotic objects; or
(ii.) Into a fund established by persons other than the Government or a local authority, where such fund and the conditions of control and expenditure thereof are approved for the purposes of this Act by the Governor:

And whereas certain persons in the Provincial District of Auckland have formed themselves into an association, known as the Auckland Provincial Patriotic and War Relief Association (incorporating the Auckland Provincial Hospital Ship Equipment Fund and War Relief Association and the Auckland Citizens’ Patriotic Fund), for the purpose of providing from the Provincial District of Auckland money, or equipment, or relief primarily for the relief of sick and wounded members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force of the Provincial District of Auckland and the dependants of those killed; for the purpose of raising funds at any time for general war or relief purposes, and administering and expending such funds according to its discretion; and for the purpose of expending the sum of twenty thousand pound; out of the existing Patriotic Fund in the manner provided by the rules of the said Auckland Provincial Patriotic War Relief Association:

And whereas the said association has established a fund for the promotion of the objects hereinbefore expressed, and has submitted the said fund and the conditions of control and the expenditure thereof for approval, as required by the hereinbefore-quoted provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby approve for the purposes of the said Act—
(1.) The fund hereinbefore referred to, established by the Auckland Provincial Patriotic and War Relief Association; and
(2.) The conditions of control and expenditure of the said fund, as set out in the rules adopted by the said association the fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice to Mariners No. 82 of 1915.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—DREDGERS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 5th October, 1915.

THE Auckland Harbour Board have notified that the dredger “Hapai” has been removed from the position in which she was dredging off Hobson’s Wharf (see Notice No. 71 of 1915), and is now undergoing overhaul.

Also that suction dredger No. 2 has now completed the work in connection with the filling-in of the Auckland Dock, and has been removed. It is now moored approximately 200 ft. E.N.E. of the N.E. corner of the Freeman’s Bay Reclamation, and is connected with the reclamation by a line of pipes placed on punts.

All vessels entering this basin must pass to the east of the dredger. The channel side of the dredger will be marked by a red light at night-time.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 1970 and 1896; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 39.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 83 of 1915.

LIGHT ON KARORI ROCK, COOK STRAIT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 5th October, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lighthouse on Karori Rock in Cook Strait is now completed, and that the light will be exhibited on Wednesday, 20th October, 1915.

The light will be an unwatched acetone acetylene flashing light of 2,790 candle-power, and will be exhibited at a height of 65 ft. above the sea, and should be visible at a distance of fourteen miles. It will show a flash of ½ second with an eclipse of 3½ seconds, white over an arc of 167° from 134° (S. 62½° E. magnetic) round by north to 327° (N. 49½° W. magnetic), and red over Luna Rock and Toms Rock from 134° (S. 62½° E. magnetic) to 153° (S. 43½° E. magnetic) and 327° (N. 49½° W. magnetic) to 291° (N. 85½° W. magnetic).

For the remaining arc the light will show white, but will be cut off by the land.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 2054, 3629, and 1212; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter v, page 150; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1915, page 438 and plan facing page 250.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Commission to inquire and report as to Native Claims to Waiau Reserve.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Commission appointed to inquire and report as to Natives’ claims to the Waiau Reserve (Papatotara), and other matters relating thereto, will be held at Invercargill on Thursday, the 21st day of October, 1915, at 10.30 a.m. All persons desirous of being heard in connection with the above matters are requested to attend before the Commission on that date.

C. E. MACCORMICK,
Chairman of the Commission.