JUNE 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1753

For Branches.] [Form No. 10.

New Zealand.
Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

APPLICATION TO REGISTER A COMPLETE AMENDMENT OF BRANCH RULES.

Name of society :
Register No.

To the Registrar of Friendly Societies.

APPLICATION to register a complete amendment of the rules of the is made by the person whose name is subscribed at the foot hereof.

1. The matters required to be set forth in branch rules are provided for in the manner shown hereunder.
2. The name of the branch is provided for in rule No.
3. The whole of the objects for which the branch is established, and the purposes for which the funds thereof shall be applicable, are provided for in rule No.
4. The terms of admission of members, the conditions under which any member may become entitled to any benefit assured, the fines and forfeitures to be imposed on any member, and the consequences of non-payment of any subscription or fine, are provided for in rules Nos.
5. The mode of holding meetings and right of voting, of giving notice (when required) of the business to be transacted at any meeting, and the manner of making, altering, or rescinding rules, are provided for in rules Nos.
6. The appointment and removal of a committee of management, by the name of , of a treasurer, secretary, and other officers, and of trustees and their number, are provided for in rules Nos.
7. The sending to the Registrar, through the society, notice of every appointment of a new trustee, and of any change in the registered office of the branch, within fourteen days, are provided for in rule No.
8. The contributions to a fund under the control of the central body, the control of the central body over the branch, and the conditions under which the branch may secede from the society, are provided for in rules Nos.
9. The investment of the funds, the keeping of the accounts, and the audit of the same, once a year at least, are provided for in rule No.
10. Annual returns to the Registrar, through the society, of the income and expenditure, funds and effects, and number and particulars of members of the branch, are provided for in rule No.
11. The inspection of the books of the branch by every person having an interest in the funds of the branch (except as in the said Act is mentioned) is provided for in rule No.
12. The manner in which disputes shall be settled is provided for in rule No.
13. If the society allows of the division of branch funds, provision for satisfying, before any division takes place, all claims on the branch existing at the time of division is made in rule No.
14. The keeping separate accounts of all moneys received or paid on account of every particular fund or benefit assured for which a separate table of contributions payable has been adopted, and the establishment of a separate fund for the payment of all expenses of management [*and of all expenses on account of medical and surgical attendance, including medicine and medical and surgical requisites], and the keeping of separate accounts of such expenses and of all contributions on account thereof, are provided for in rule No.

• If the branch does not grant a medical-attendance benefit, a line should be drawn through the words in brackets.

15. The furnishing for the inspection of, and supplying gratuitously, any member or person interested, on demand, a copy of the last annual return or other authorized document, and the keeping a copy of the last annual return, with a copy of the auditor's report (if any) and of the last actuarial valuation, always exhibited at the registered office, are provided for in rule No.
16. Annual returns to the Registrar, through the society, of the sickness and mortality of the branch are provided for in rule No.
17. Provision for furnishing returns for a valuation, once at least in every five years, of the assets and liabilities of the branch, including the estimated risks and contributions, is provided for in rule No.
18. Provision for the voluntary dissolution of the branch by the consent of the central body of the society, and of not less than five-sixths in value of the members of the branch, and of every person for the time being entitled to any benefit from the funds of the branch, unless his claim is first satisfied or adequately provided for, is made in rule No.
19. The right of one-fifth of the total number of members [or of 100 members if the branch have 500 and not exceeding 10,000, or of 500 members if the branch have more than 10,000] to apply to the Registrar for an investigation of the affairs of the branch, with a view to the dissolution thereof, and for the appointment of one or more inspectors, or to call a special meeting of the branch, is provided for in rule No.
20. If the branch pays money on death, the right of a member to nominate, and the production of certificates of death, are provided for in rule No.

With this application are sent—
(a.) A printed copy of the registered rules :
(b.) Two printed [or written] copies of the new rules proposed by way of complete amendment, each signed by the secretary and three members of the branch and by the secretary of the society :
(c.) A statutory declaration in form No. 8 that the amendment now submitted for registration has been duly made in conformity with the rules and constitution of the society and of the branch, and that to the best of the declarant’s knowledge and belief the same is not contrary to the provisions of the Friendly Societies Act in that behalf.

………………
Secretary of the Branch
[or Officer of the Society].

Registered office of society :
Registered office of branch :
Date: day of , 19 .

[If the branch intends to avail itself of section 50, subsection (1), as to the holding of land, section 49 (2), as to the investments of funds with other branches, or section 55, loans to members, rules for such purposes must be made; and it should be stated in what rules this has been done.]

NOTE.—An application to register a complete amendment of branch rules may be made by an officer of the society, in which case the statutory declaration must be made by the secretary of the branch ; if the application is made by the secretary of the branch, the declaration must be made by an officer of the society.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Time for Preparation of Valuation Roll, Grey County, under Section 46 of the Rating Act, 1908, extended.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this second day of June, 1919.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the County Council of the Grey County having failed, through misadventure, to prepare the valuation roll of mining property in the Grey County in the month of January, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, as required by section forty-six of the Rating Act, 1908, it is expedient to extend the time for preparing the said roll as hereinbefore mentioned :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in order that the purpose and intent of the said Rating Act, 1908, may have effect, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby extend the time for preparation of the valuation roll for the Grey County under the Rating Act, 1908, until the seventeenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen ; and doth also hereby extend the time within which the valuers shall give notice of the rateable value determined by them to each occupier, so that such notices may be given on or before the eighteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and that objections to such valuation may be made on or before the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notice of Change of the Purpose of a Reserve in Block I, Rimutaka Survey District, Wellington Land District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section six of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), the Governor-General is empowered in the case of