Mar. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 899

the Omataroa Riding at Mr. Spurr’s to the Rangitaiki River at Te Teko, and (b) of providing for the first year’s interest and sinking fund during the construction of the above work, and the cost of raising the loan, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913:

And whereas the first notice of the poll of ratepayers taken on the proposal to raise the above loan was published only thirteen days before the date of the taking of the poll instead of not less than fourteen days before the said date as required by section ten (two) of the above-named Act:

And whereas the notice of the said poll as advertised in the Whakatane County Press on the first, sixth, eighth, and thirteenth July, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, referred to a loan of five hundred pounds instead of a loan of five hundred and fifty pounds:

And whereas the reference to a loan of five hundred pounds is a misprint in the said advertisements:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularities or defects, and that it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the said proceedings and poll shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the first publication of the notice setting forth the date of the said poll had been made within the proper time, and as though the four notices above referred to and advertised in the Whakatane County Press on the dates above mentioned had referred to a loan of five hundred and fifty pounds instead of a loan of five hundred pounds, and that the proceedings relative to such loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularities aforesaid.

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

Financial Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces revoked and substituted.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke a regulation for the New Zealand Military Forces made on the twentieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and in lieu thereof do hereby make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto; and I do hereby declare that such revocation shall take effect and such regulation shall come into force on the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

SCHEDULE.

FINANCIAL INSTRUCTIONS AND ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MILITARY FORCES.

REGULATION 79 is hereby revoked, and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

79. PAY OF WARRANT OFFICERS AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND PERMANENT STAFF.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twelfth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and in the presence of—

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Amendment to Regulations under the Public Service Act, 1912.

IN pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred on him by the Public Service Act, 1912 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), the Commissioner, with the approval of the Governor in Council, doth hereby, in respect of the regulations affecting every officer or other person employed in the Printing and Stationery Department—made under the said Act on the seventeenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen—make the amendments shown in the Schedule hereto.

Such amendments shall have effect from and after the date of publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATION 41 is hereby amended by adding, after the word “paid” at the end thereof, the words “and the employee placed upon the permanent staff.”

Regulation 47 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words “After twelve months’ satisfactory service, females will be placed on the permanent staff.”

As witness my hand this twenty-second day of February, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

D. ROBERTSON,
Public Service Commissioner.

In pursuance of the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, approves of the foregoing regulations.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

Approved in Council this eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

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