May 21.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

The Administrator.

6. There shall be an Administrator of Western Samoa, who shall
   be appointed by the Governor-General, and shall be stationed at Apia,
   and shall, subject to the control of the Minister of External Affairs, be
   charged with the administration of the executive government of the Territory, save so far as other provision is made in that behalf by this Order.

7. (1.) The Chief Judge of the High Court shall ex officio be the Deputy Administrator of Western Samoa.

(2.) While the office of Administrator is vacant the Deputy shall, without further authority or appointment, assume and exercise all the powers of the Administrator, and all the provisions of this Order or of any other enactment with respect to the Administrator shall extend and apply to the Deputy accordingly.

(3.) The authority of the Deputy so to act as aforesaid shall continue until a new Administrator has been appointed and has assumed the duties of his office in Samoa.

8. (1.) If at any time the Administrator is incapable by reason of sickness or otherwise of performing the duties of his office, or is or proposes to be absent from the Territory, he may by warrant under the seal of Samoa authorize the Deputy Administrator to act as Acting Administrator during the period of such incapacity or absence.

(2.) Any such warrant may limit, in such manner as the Administrator thinks fit, the authority of the Deputy with respect to the matters to which such authority extends.

(3.) Subject to any limitations so expressed in the warrant, the Deputy so authorized may exercise all the powers of the Administrator both in respect of his office as such and in respect of any other offices held by him concurrently with his office as Administrator.

(4.) Any such authority may be at any time revoked by the Administrator.

(5.) No such warrant of authority, and no act done in pursuance thereof by the Deputy, shall be questioned or invalidated on the ground that the occasion for such warrant or for the exercise of the powers of the Deputy had not arisen or had ceased, and no act done by the Administrator shall be questioned or invalidated on the ground that any such warrant of authority was still in force.

9. If at any time the Administrator is certified by a Medical Officer to be incapable by reason of sickness of executing any such warrant of authority, the Deputy Administrator may, without further authority or appointment, assume and exercise all the powers of the Administrator (both in respect of his office as such and in respect of any other office held by him concurrently with his office as Administrator) until notified by the Administrator in writing that he has resumed the execution of his office; but no act done at any time by the Administrator shall be invalidated by the fact that the powers of the Deputy had not been lawfully determined in manner aforesaid.

The Samoan Public Service.

10. (1.) The Minister of External Affairs may appoint to the Samoan Public Service, to hold office during his pleasure, such other officers as he thinks necessary for the government of the Territory.

(2.) No person shall be qualified for appointment to any office in the Samoan Public Service unless he is either a natural-born British subject, or a Samoan, or was born in Samoa.

11. (1.) The Minister of External Affairs may, if and so far as he thinks fit, delegate to the Administrator the power of making appointments to offices in the Samoan Public Service, and all persons so appointed shall hold office at the pleasure of the person who for the time being has the power of making such appointment.

(2.) Any such delegation may at any time be revoked by the Minister.