Aug. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2539

Amending Scale of Fees under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908.

ROBERT STOUT.
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of August, 1920.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section sixty-two of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor-General in Council may fix from time to time the fees payable on all proceedings under Parts I to V of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority 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 revoke as from the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, the Order in Council dated the seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten, fixing the fees to be taken in proceedings under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908, and in lieu thereof doth hereby fix the fees specified in the Schedule hereto, and doth direct that the same shall from the first-mentioned date be payable on proceedings under Parts I to V of the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

SEALING any citation, summons, or any document required to be sealed, or any duplicate thereof .. 0 10 0
Sealing subpoena, to include not more than three names .. .. .. .. 0 10 0
Filing any document required to be filed .. 0 5 0
Setting cause down for trial or hearing .. .. 0 10 0
Hearing or trial of cause, by the party setting down cause for trial or hearing—
Defended .. .. .. .. 1 10 0
Undefended .. .. .. .. 1 0 0
Notice of motion on any application in Chambers 0 5 0
Notice of motion on any application in Court, or if moved in Chambers for Court .. .. 0 15 0
Sealing any decree or order .. .. 0 15 0
Sealing every duplicate thereof .. .. 0 10 0
Certificate by Judge or Registrar .. .. 0 10 0
Sealing commission or order to examine witnesses 1 10 0
On examination of witnesses by Registrar, or on any reference to a Registrar—
For each appointment .. .. .. 0 10 0
For the first hour or fraction of an hour .. 1 0 0
For each subsequent hour or fraction thereof .. 0 10 0
Search in any book or of any one document .. 0 3 0
General search .. .. .. .. 0 6 0
Office copies, per folio of seventy-two words .. 0 1 0
Sealing writ of attachment or sale .. .. 1 0 0
Appointment for taxation .. .. 0 10 0
Taxation, for (each) first hour or fraction thereof 0 10 0
For each subsequent hour .. .. .. 0 5 0

NOTE.—In the case of any proceedings for which a fee is not provided herein, the fees to be charged shall be the fees charged in ordinary civil proceedings in the Supreme Court.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Fixing Fees under the Judicature Act, 1908, in the Court of Appeal.

ROBERT STOUT.
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of August, 1920.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by section seventy-five of the Judicature Act, 1908, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and with the concurrence of the Honourable the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and the Honourable Mr. Justice Chapman and the Honourable Mr. Justice Sim, two of the Judges of the said Supreme Court, doth hereby fix the fees specified in the Schedule hereto in respect of proceedings in the Court of Appeal, and doth direct that the same shall be payable on and after the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty.

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SCHEDULE.

FILING notice of motion on appeal .. .. 0 15 0
Filing case .. .. .. .. 0 10 0
Setting down case on appeal or any removal from the Supreme Court .. .. .. .. 1 0 0
Hearing case on appeal or removal—
For the first day .. .. .. .. 1 10 0
Each succeeding day of hearing .. .. 0 10 0
Sealing order .. .. .. .. 1 0 0
Sealing any duplicate thereof .. .. 0 10 0
Sealing any document not otherwise provided for 0 10 0
Filing any motion .. .. .. .. 0 15 0
Filing any document not otherwise provided for .. 0 5 0
Filing appointment for examination of witnesses before an examiner or commission under order of Court .. .. .. .. 0 10 0
For each witness sworn and examined under order of Court, for each hour or part of an hour .. 0 10 0
Sealing certificate of judgment .. .. 1 0 0
Sealing Registrar’s certificate .. .. 1 0 0
Setting and comparing record to Privy Council .. 2 0 0

In the case of any proceedings for which a fee is not provided herein, the fees to be charged shall be the fees charged in ordinary civil proceedings in the Supreme Court.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Consenting to stopping Portion of Road in Block I, Purua Survey District, Whangarei County.

ROBERT STOUT.
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of August, 1920.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby consent to the Whangarei County Council stopping the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be closed: 1 acre 0 roods 38 perches.

Adjoining or passing through Section 27, Block I, Purua Survey District. (S.O. 20593.)

In the North Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 49154, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured green.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

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Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

ROBERT STOUT.
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of August, 1920.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made, under section twenty, subsection one, of the Finance Act, 1919, for the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council to enable the several local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto to borrow the sums set out therein, and it is expedient that such consent should issue:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby consent to the raising of the loans hereinafter mentioned by the several local authorities set out in the Schedule hereto, provided that the rate of interest at which the loans or any of them are to be raised shall in no case produce to the lender a return exceeding five and one-half pounds per centum per annum; and it is