May 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1315

Proclaiming the Application of Section 11 of the Mental Defectives Amendment Act, 1921-22, to the State of Victoria.

[l.s.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by subsection one of section ten of the Mental Defectives Amendment Act, 1921-22, it is provided that the Governor-General, on being satisfied that the laws in force in any British possession (other than New Zealand) are such as to enable powers to be exercised in that possession in cases of lunatic patients residing in New Zealand substantially similar to the powers contained in section eleven of the said Act in cases of lunatic patients residing in that possession, may, by Proclamation approved in Executive Council, declare that the said last-mentioned section shall, subject to any exceptions and modifications specified in the Proclamation, apply to that possession, and thereupon while such Proclamation is in force the said last-mentioned section shall apply accordingly:

And whereas the Governor-General is satisfied that the laws in force in the State of Victoria in the Commonwealth of Australia are such as to enable powers to be exercised in that State in cases of lunatic patients residing in New Zealand substantially similar to the powers contained in the said section eleven of the said Act:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority so conferred upon me by subsection one of section ten of the said Act, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that section eleven of the Mental Defectives Amendment Act, 1921-22, shall apply to the State of Victoria.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 8th day of May, 1922.

J. G. COATES,
Minister in Charge of the Public Trust Office.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Amending Orders in Council authorizing Robert Ellis, of Brightwater, Flour-miller, to use Water from the Wairoa River for Purposes of generating Electricity and to erect Electric Lines within a Radius of Six Miles from the Power-house on Section 3, Block X, Waimea District, and within Portion of the Waimea County.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of May, 1922.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by clause seventy-eight of the license dated the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 49, of the twenty-sixth day of the same month, Robert Ellis, of Brightwater, flour-miller, was authorized to make a charge for the sale of electricity in pursuance of the said license not exceeding ninepence per unit:

And whereas by clause five of the license dated the seventeenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 47, of the twentieth day of the same month, the said Robert Ellis was authorized to make a charge for the sale of electrical energy not exceeding ninepence per unit for lighting purposes and fourpence per unit for motor-power, heating, or cooking purposes, provided that lighting purposes includes the operation of motor generators for lighting purposes:

And whereas the aforesaid licenses have been assigned to the Waimea Electric Supply and Manufacturing Company (Limited), hereinafter referred to as “the said company”:

And whereas the said company has applied for an amending license authorizing it to make a minimum charge of fifteen shillings per quarter for the sale of the said electrical energy:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and of every other power in anywise enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend the aforesaid licenses by authorizing the said company to make a minimum charge for electrical energy not exceeding fifteen shillings per quarter.

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

Amending Regulations under the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of May, 1922.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend the regulations under the said Act dated the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and published in the Gazette of the sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nine, in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby declare that the amendments hereby made shall take effect as from the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

THE regulations hereinbefore referred to are hereby amended as follows:—

(1.) Regulation 116 is hereby repealed, and the following regulation substituted therefor:—

“116. Every action that is to be tried at any sitting of the Court shall be entered by the plaintiff or defendant in a list to be kept for that purpose by the Clerk of Awards. Such entry shall be made at least six clear days before the day appointed for the sitting of the Court, and except by leave of the Court no action shall be tried at such sitting which has not been so entered.”

(2.) Regulation 117 is hereby amended by omitting the words “so appointed,” and substituting therefor the words “of hearing.”

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

Apportionment of Property, Contracts, Debts, and Liabilities between the Otago Hospital Board and the South Otago Hospital Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of May, 1922.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS under the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Amendment Act, 1920, power is given to the Governor-General, by Order in Council, to determine what part of the property, contracts, debts, and liabilities of the Otago Hospital Board as at the commencement of that Act should become the property, contracts, debts, and liabilities respectively of the South Otago Hospital Board: And whereas section thirty-eight of the Finance Act, 1921, enables any payment by the Otago Hospital Board to the South Otago Hospital Board to be paid by instalments extending over a period not exceeding four years:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, doth hereby declare as follows:—

1. Every institution within the boundaries of each of the aforesaid hospital districts as at the said appointed date (namely, the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one), together with all lands, buildings, and other property forming part of that institution or exclusively used in connection therewith, shall, without conveyance or assignment, vest in and become the property of the Hospital Board of the district in which such institution was situated on the aforesaid date.

2. All trust moneys and other property held by the Otago Hospital Board as at the said appointed date in trust for the purpose of any such institution exclusively shall, without conveyance or assignment respectively, vest in the Board of the district in which such institution is now situated.

3. All existing debts or liabilities charged by mortgage or otherwise exclusively on any property so becoming vested, and all existing contracts, debts, or liabilities made or incurred by the Otago Hospital Board in respect thereof, as at the said appointed day shall become the contracts, debts, and liabilities of the Board of the district in which such property is now situated.