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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81

3. (1.) There is hereby established a Board to be called “The Samoa Board of Trade” (in this Order referred to as “the Board”).
   (2.) The Board shall consist of three persons to be appointed by the Administrator, one of whom shall be a member of the Samoan race and another of whom shall be nominated for appointment by the Apia Chamber of Commerce. Each of the members shall hold office during the pleasure of the Administrator, and may at any time resign his office by writing addressed to the Administrator.
   (3.) The members of the Board shall receive out of the Samoan Treasury such salary and allowances as may from time to time be approved by the Administrator.
   (4.) The members of the Board shall not as such be deemed to be permanent members of the Samoan Public Service.
   (5.) The powers of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy in the membership thereof.

4. The Administrator may appoint as officers of the Samoan Public Service, whether permanent or temporary, such persons as may from time to time be found necessary for the assistance of the Board.

5. (1.) In any case in which the Administrator is satisfied that a member of the Board is incapacitated by illness, absence, or other sufficient cause from performing the duties of his office, the Administrator may appoint a deputy to act for that member during such incapacity, and any such deputy shall, while he acts as such, have all such powers and authority as the member for whom he is acting.
   (2.) No such appointment of a deputy, and no acts done by him as such, shall in any proceedings be questioned on the ground that the occasion for his appointment had not arisen or had ceased.

6. (1.) Meetings of the Board shall be held at such times and places as the Chairman or the Board or any two members of the Board shall from time to time appoint.
   (2.) At all such meeting two members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
   (3.) The Administrator shall appoint one of the European members of the Board to be the Chairman thereof, and the Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board at which he is present.
   (4.) In the absence of the Chairman the other European member of the Board shall preside at any meeting of the Board.
   (5.) At any meeting of the Board the decision of a majority of the members present shall be the decision of the Board. When not more than two members of the Board are present at a meeting the Chairman shall have a casting as well as a deliberative vote.

7. The functions of the Board shall be—
   (a.) To obtain by means of investigations under this Order, or otherwise, information as to the industries of Samoa:
   (b.) To publish with respect to those industries, in such manner as the Board thinks fit, such information as the Board deems of advantage to the public:
   (c.) Such other functions relative to those industries as may be lawfully conferred upon the Board.

8. (1.) The Board may, in pursuance of this clause, make an investigation into any matter whatsoever relative to any industry carried on or proposed to be carried on in Samoa, or relative to any industry wherever carried on which may affect the industries of Samoa, for the purpose of obtaining information which may be required for the due control, regulation, and maintenance of the industries of Samoa; the due observance, enforcement, or amendment of the laws relative thereto; the discovery of breaches of those laws; the prevention or suppression of monopolies, unfair competition, and other practices detrimental to the public welfare; the proper regulation in the public