of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the Order in Council referred to in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ORDER in Council under section 363 of the Native Land Act, 1909, dated the 11th day of October, 1920, as extended by Orders in Council of 12th September, 1921, and 25th March, 1922, in respect of Subdivision 2 and other subdivisions of Tahorakuri Block.

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

Regulations under the Health Act, 1920, as to Cattle Saleyards. (H. 87.)

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of May, 1923.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Health Act, 1920, 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 make the following regulations with respect to the registration, construction, and sanitation of cattle saleyards.

REGULATIONS.

1. (1.) NOTHING in clauses 3 and 4 of these regulations shall apply within the district of any local authority save in accordance with the terms of a notice by the Minister published as hereinafter provided.

(2.) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, apply those clauses to the district or any defined portion of the district of any local authority, and thereupon the same shall be in force in that district or defined portion accordingly as from such date as is specified in that behalf in the notice.

2. These regulations shall be read together with the regulations as to registration of premises (in so far as those regulations relate to cattle saleyards) made under the Health Act, 1920, dated the 10th day of May, 1921, and published in the Gazette of the 19th day of the same month.

3. Before registering any premises as a cattle saleyard the local authority of any district to which these regulations are applied as hereinbefore provided shall be satisfied that the following provisions have been complied with:—

(a.) Every yard, pen, and passage-way in connection with the premises shall be so graded, drained, and paved as to provide a firm, hard surface sufficiently even to enable all manure, mud, and refuse to be readily removed therefrom.

(b.) Drainage for the effective removal of storm-water and liquids from every yard, pen, and passage-way to such sewer, drain, watercourse, sea-beach, or pit as the Medical Officer of Health may direct shall be provided to the satisfaction of the local authority.

4. When so required by the local authority the occupier of premises registered as a cattle saleyard shall—

(a.) Pave any such yard, pen, or passage-way as aforesaid with concrete, asphalt, or other material impervious to moisture:

(b.) Provide privy and urinal accommodation for persons using such saleyards or attending sales thereat. All such privy and urinal accommodation shall be provided with drainage and sanitary appliances laid and fitted in accordance with the by-laws of the local authority in respect of drainage and plumbing:

(c.) Provide an adequate supply of water for the use of stock and for cleaning the premises.

5. Within twenty-four hours of the termination of any sale of cattle, horses, sheep, or swine in any cattle saleyard, every yard, pen, and passage-way shall be cleaned, and all manure, mud, and refuse shall be removed therefrom and buried or otherwise disposed of as the local authority may direct.

6. Every office, shed, privy, or urinal forming part of any premises registered as a cattle saleyard shall be kept at all times in a clean condition.

7. Every person by whose act or default a breach of any of the provisions of these regulations occurs shall be guilty of an offence, and is liable for every such offence to a fine of £5.

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

Clerk of Magistrate's Court, Wairoa, authorized to take and receive Informations, &c., under Section 2 of the Justices of the Peace Amendment Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section two of the Justices of the Peace Amendment Act, 1908, it is enacted that any information or complaint, and any affidavit of the service of any summons, authorized by or required for the purpose of the principal Act may be sworn, taken, or received before or by either a Justice or the Clerk of the Court constituted under the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1908, or the deputy of such Clerk, if such Clerk of Court or deputy has been authorized so to do by Warrant under the hand of the Governor-General:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section two of the Justices of the Peace Amendment Act, 1908, do hereby authorize the Clerk of the Magistrate's Court holding office for the time being under the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1908, at Wairoa to take and receive any information or complaint, and any affidavit of the service of any summons, as provided in the aforesaid section of the Justices of the Peace Amendment Act, 1908.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 26th day of May, 1923.

F. H. D. BELL, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Magistrate's Court, Whangarei, authorized to take and receive Informations, &c., under Section 2 of the Justices of the Peace Amendment Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section two of the Justices of the Peace Amendment Act, 1908, it is enacted that any information or complaint, and any affidavit of the service of any summons, authorized by or required for the purpose of the principal Act may be sworn, taken, or received before or by either a Justice or the Clerk of the Court constituted under the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1908, or the deputy of such Clerk, if such Clerk of Court or deputy has been authorized so to do by Warrant under the hand of the Governor-General:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section two of the Justices of the Peace Amendment Act, 1908, do hereby authorize the Clerk of the Magistrate's Court holding office for the time being under the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1908, at Whangarei to take and receive any information or complaint, and any affidavit of the service of any summons, as provided in the aforesaid section of the Justices of the Peace Amendment Act, 1908.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 26th day of May, 1923.

F. H. D. BELL, Minister of Justice.

Amending a Warrant cancelling the Reservation over Portion of a Primary-education Endowment in the North Auckland Land District, and reserving Crown Land in lieu thereof.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section five of the Land Act, 1908, it is provided that every Proclamation, Order in Council, or other instrument, whether made under any Act in force prior to the commencement of that Act or under or by virtue of that Act, and all regulations, by-laws, conditions, or rules made by the Governor-General, the Minister, or any Land Board, may be altered, amended, or revoked from time to time:

And whereas it is necessary to amend a Warrant dated the eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fifteenth day of that month, and issued under section thirty-seven of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1914, cancelling the reservation over portion of a primary-education endowment in the North Auckland Land District, and reserving Crown land in lieu thereof, part of the aforesaid Crown Land being erroneously described as Sections 316 to 335 (both inclusive), Town of Grahamtown, instead of Sections 316, 317, 318, and 320 to 335 (both inclusive), Town of Grahamtown: