Oct. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2575

“Under-Secretary” means the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs:

“The said section” means section 27 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1922.

MEMBERS.

2. The Board shall consist of fifteen members, to be appointed by the Governor-General as provided in paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of the said section.

3. Subject to the provisions of these regulations as to resignation or forfeiture of office, a member appointed before the 31st day of March, 1926, shall hold office until that date, and thereafter until his successor has been appointed. A member appointed subsequently to that date shall hold office for two years, and thereafter until his successor has been appointed. A retiring member may be reappointed.

4. A member may at any time be removed from office by the Governor-General if the Governor-General is of opinion that that member is, from any cause, incapable of efficiently performing the duties of his office, or that he has been guilty of any misconduct which renders him in the opinion of the Governor-General unfit for office.

5. A member may at any time resign his office by notice in writing under his hand sent or delivered to the Under-Secretary, and his office shall become vacant pursuant to the tenor of such notice, or if no date is specified in the notice for the taking-effect of the resignation, then upon receipt by the Under-Secretary of such notice.

6. The office of any member of the Board shall become vacant if he becomes bankrupt or is convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment.

7. When a member of the Board dies, or resigns, or forfeits his office, or is removed from office, the Governor-General may appoint some person to fill the vacancy so created, who shall hold office for the unexpired term of his predecessor and thereafter until his successor is appointed.

8. The powers of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy in the membership thereof.

MEETINGS.

9. The Board shall meet for the despatch of business at such times and places as the Board or Chairman may appoint, and a meeting may be summoned at any time by the Chairman.

10. The Native Minister may direct a meeting to be convened at any time, and thereupon such meeting shall be held.

11. The first meeting of the Board shall be held at such time and place as may be directed by the Native Minister. At its first meeting the Board shall elect one of its members to be Chairman.

12. All questions coming before the Board at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present thereat.

13. At every meeting the Chairman, or in his absence some other member, to be chosen by those present, shall preside, and the Chairman or presiding member shall have a deliberative vote, and in case of equality of votes shall have a casting-vote also.

14. A quorum at any meeting of the Board shall consist of five members, and no business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is then present.

15. If within half an hour after the time for which a meeting of the Board has been appointed, whether by summons or by adjournment, a quorum is not present, the member or members present, or if no member be present an officer of the Board, may adjourn the meeting to such time and place as is thought fit.

16. All proceedings and resolutions of the Board shall be recorded in a minute-book to be kept for the purpose.

Upon request of the Under-Secretary, the Chairman or officer of the Board shall supply a copy of or an extract from the minutes of the Board.

SEAL.

17. The seal of the Board shall be such as is determined by the Board and approved by the Native Minister, and shall be kept in the custody of the Chairman or of such officer of the Board as it may appoint for the purpose.

18. The seal of the Board shall not be affixed to any document except in the presence of two members of the Board and of the Secretary or other responsible officer of the Board, all of whom shall attest the sealing of the document.

ACCOUNTS.

19. All moneys received by the Board shall be acknowledged on a printed form of receipt. A counterfoil of each receipt shall be retained by the Board, and shall be countersigned by some person (other than the receiving officer), who shall certify the same as a true copy of the receipt issued.

20. Proper books of accounts and other books shall be kept by the Board, in which shall be entered correct records of all moneys received and paid out by the Board.

21. Receipts shall be numbered consecutively, and the number of each receipt shall be quoted in the cash-book and other books of accounts kept by the Board.

22. All books and vouchers shall, on request, be produced to the Under-Secretary or to any Inspector appointed by the Native Minister to examine the same.

23. All such accounts shall be subject to audit by the Audit Office.

24. At the close of each year ending on the 31st day of March the Board shall cause to be prepared a statement showing the total receipts and expenditure of the Board during that year, and a balance-sheet showing its assets and liabilities; and shall send a copy thereof, under the seal of the Board, to the Under-Secretary not later than sixty days after the 31st day of March.

ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.

25. (1.) All moneys received by the Board shall be paid into the Bank of New Zealand at Rotorua (or such other branch of that bank as the Native Minister may direct) to the credit of an account to be called the Arawa District Trust Board Account.

(2.) No moneys shall be paid out of such account except by cheque signed by two members of the Board and countersigned by an officer of the Public Service to be appointed in that behalf by the Native Minister.

26. All reasonable expenses properly incurred by the Board (inclusive of actual and reasonable travelling-expenses) may be paid out of moneys in its account.

27. Any moneys in the hands of the Board available for investment may be paid to the Native Trustee for investment by him in such manner as may be agreed upon, or may be invested on the security of first mortgage over freehold property, or in the securities of the Government of New Zealand, or in debentures lawfully issued by a local body, or by deposit in any bank of issue in New Zealand, or in the Post Office Savings-bank or the common fund of the Public Trustee.

28. If and whenever the Board desires to borrow money pursuant to the authority in that behalf conferred by the said section, it shall forward to the Under-Secretary a statement showing the purpose for which the money is proposed to be borrowed, the amount of money to be borrowed, the interest to be paid, and the particulars of the expenditure to be undertaken.

29. If any question shall arise as to the expenditure of any money by the Board, or as to the proportion in which any benefits shall be allocated amongst the respective hapus entitled thereto, or as to whether any project resolved upon by a public meeting of the members of the Arawa Tribe should be undertaken by the Board, any person aggrieved by the Board’s decision thereon may apply to the Native Minister to decide the matter at issue. The Native Minister may thereupon decide the question in dispute or what is right and proper to do under the circumstances, and shall direct the Board accordingly, and the Board shall thereupon act upon such direction.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations as to Constitution of Board of Maori Ethnological Research and Matters relevant thereto.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 8th day of October, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section nine of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1923, 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 Board of Maori Ethnological Research and otherwise for the purpose of giving effect to the said section.

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations—

“Board” means the Board of Maori Ethnological Research:

“Fund” means the Maori Ethnological Research Fund:

“Chairman” and “Deputy Chairman” mean respectively the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Board:

“Member” means a member of the Board:

“The said section” means section 9 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1923.