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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 45

Prohibiting all Private Alienations of certain Native Land.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of March, 1915.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and section one hundred and eleven of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by those sections, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby extend the period of an Order in Council made the third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, for a further period of twelve months, prohibiting all alienations of the Native land specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienations in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

Rotohokahoka D North No. 6 Block: Approximate area, 220 acres; Rotorua Survey District.

J. F. ANDREWS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking Order in Council licensing George John Smith to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore and Land below Low-water Mark of Oruawharu River, Kaipara Harbour, as a Site for a Wharf.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of March, 1915.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 71, of the seventh day of the same month, His Excellency the Governor in Council did, in pursuance of the provisions of the Harbours Act, 1908, license George John Smith to use and occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark of Oruawharu River, Kaipara Harbour, in order to maintain thereon a wharf erected in accordance with plan marked M.D. 3733, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, and upon and subject to the terms and conditions therein set forth: And whereas the rights, powers, and privileges granted by the said Order in Council have, with the Minister's written consent, been transferred to Maurice Alfred Harding: And whereas it is desirable that the said license should be revoked:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the Harbours Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke and determine the said recited Order in Council of the fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and the rights and privileges thereby conferred.

J. F. ANDREWS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations extending Powers of Associations under the Mutual Fire Insurance Amendment Act, 1913.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of March, 1915.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it is provided by section two of the Mutual Fire Insurance Amendment Act, 1913, that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, make regulations for the extension, subject to such conditions and restrictions as he thinks fit, of the powers of associations under the Mutual Fire Insurance Act, 1908, for

the purpose of enabling such associations to undertake the insurance or indemnity of their members against liability to pay compensation or damages in respect of accidents to workers employed by them: And whereas it is considered desirable to make such regulations:

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 make and prescribe the regulations set forth in the First Schedule hereto; and doth declare that the same shall take effect from the date of publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette, and shall apply only to the associations named in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

INTERPRETATIONS.

1. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context, "Accident insurance" means the insurance or indemnity of the members of an association against their liability under the Workers' Compensation Act, 1908, and at common law, in respect of accidents to workers employed by them.

"Association" means an association established under the Mutual Fire Insurance Act, 1908, and to which these regulations apply.

"Board" means the Board of Directors of an association elected in accordance with the Mutual Fire Insurance Act, 1908.

"Financial period" means a yearly period ending on 31st March.

ACCIDENT-INSURANCE BUSINESS MAY BE UNDERTAKEN.

2. Any association named in the Second Schedule hereto may by a resolution passed at a special meeting of its members set up an Accident Branch for the transaction of accident-insurance business.

COPY OF RESOLUTION TO BE FILED.

3. A copy of such resolution, certified as correct by the secretary of the association, shall be filed with the Registrar or Assistant Registrar of Companies of the district wherein the place of business of the association is situated, and a similar copy shall also be filed with the Public Trustee.

WORKERS IN MINES OR SHIPS NOT TO BE COVERED.

4. No indemnity under an accident-insurance policy shall be issued to a member in respect to his liability for injuries to workers employed by him in or about any mine or ship.

LIMIT OF LIABILITY AT COMMON LAW.

5. The amount which an association undertakes to pay and make good in regard to a member's liability at common law in respect of injury to any one worker shall in no case exceed the sum of £500.

PREMIUMS TO BE PAID IN CASH.

6. All premiums in respect of contracts of accident insurance issued by an association shall be payable in cash within fourteen days of the commencement of the insurance and any renewal thereof, and, together with all interest accruing from the investments hereinafter provided for and other sums received on account of the Accident Branch, shall be deposited to the credit of the association in a separate bank account to be called the Association's Accident Branch Bank Account.

ACCIDENT BRANCH BANK ACCOUNTS.

7. No payments shall be made out of the Accident Branch Bank Account except as follows:

(a.) Claims in respect of accident-insurance policies issued hereunder, and legal, medical, and other expenses in connection with such claims.

(b.) Expenses of management of the Accident Branch, including commission (if any) and such proportion of the salaries and other expenses common to the fire and accident insurance business of an association as a whole as the premium income of the Accident Branch bears to the total premium income of the association as respects both fire and accident insurance.

(c.) Investments made on behalf of the Accident Branch as hereinafter provided for.

(d.) Transfer of profit to the association as hereinafter provided for.

INVESTMENTS.

8. If at any time the balance to the credit of the Accident Branch Bank Account is more than is, in the opinion of the Board, necessary for the payment of the amounts for the time