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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 78

Regulations as to Fees and Allowances of Members of the Main Highways Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 29th day of October, 1923.

Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Main Highways Act, 1922, 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 for the purposes of section twenty-five of the said Act.

REGULATIONS.

Interpretation.

1. "BOARD" means the Main Highways Board duly constituted in accordance with the provisions of the Main Highways Act, 1922;

"Member" means a member of the Board who is not an officer employed in the service of the Crown, duly appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Main Highways Act, 1922.

Travelling-expenses.

2. The Board may, out of its funds, pay to its members all travelling and locomotion expenses actually and reasonably expended by them in attending meetings of the Board, or of any committee thereof, or in transacting any business of the Board.

Fees.

3. (1.) The fees which the Board may pay out of its funds to any member for each day he is travelling or occupied in connection with the business of the Board shall be £2 2s. for each such day.

(2.) No claim of any member of the Board for such fees shall be recognized by the Board, unless such claim is accompanied by the certificate of such member stating the days on which he was engaged in connection with the business of the Board.

Travelling-allowance.

4. (1.) The travelling-allowance for personal expenses which the Board may pay out of its funds to any member travelling in connection with the business of the Board shall be £1 5s. per day.

(2.) When a member leaves and returns to headquarters on the same day, fee and actual and reasonable expenses only shall be paid.

(3.) No claim of any member of the Board for fees or travelling allowance or expenses shall be recognized unless such claim is accompanied by the certificate of such member stating that he was engaged in connection with the business of the Board during the period claimed for. Such certificate shall be in the following form:-

I, [Full name, occupation, and address], hereby certify that I was engaged in connection with the business of the Main Highways Board on the days claimed for, and incurred the travelling-expenses indicated in the claim.

C. A. JEFFERY,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Recreation Reserve in Wellington Land District brought under Part II of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 24th day of October, 1923.

Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-sixth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby order and declare that the reserve for recreation in the Wellington Land District described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Act; and such reserve shall hereafter be known as the Retaruke Domain, and be managed, administered, and dealt with as a public domain.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 9, Block XII, Retaruke Survey District: Area, 10 acres 2 rods 0 perches.

C. A. JEFFERY,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Transfer of certain War Funds in the Dominion of New Zealand to certain Societies or Trustees (Incorporated), under the War Funds Act, 1915.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 29th day of October, 1923.

Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section thirteen of the War Funds Act, 1915 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act"), it is provided that any person, society, or trustees (whether such society or trustees are incorporated or not) having control of any war fund may, with the consent of the Governor-General in Council, transfer such fund to any other society or trustees incorporated pursuant to section twelve of the said Act, to be applied by such last-mentioned society or trustees for the purposes for which such last-mentioned society or trustees were incorporated, notwithstanding that such purposes may not be identical with the purposes for which the fund to be transferred was established; provided that consent shall not be given to any application under this section unless the Governor-General in Council is satisfied that the fund to be transferred can be administered by the incorporated society or trustees for substantially the same purposes as those for which the fund was established:

And whereas applications have been made by the societies or trustees having control of the funds named in the first column of the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as "the said funds") for the consent of the Governor-General in Council to the transfer of the said funds to the societies or trustees incorporated under the said Act, set opposite the said funds respectively in the second column of the Schedule hereto:

And whereas the Governor-General in Council is satisfied that the said funds can be administered by the said incorporated societies or trustees respectively for substantially the same purposes as those for which the said funds were established: And whereas it is desirable to consent to such transfers:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General 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 consent to the transfer of the said funds to the said incorporated societies or trustees set opposite the said funds respectively in the second column of said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Names of Funds transferred. Organization to which transferred.
Woodville Empire Defence Fund Hawke's Bay War Relief Association (Incorporated).
Whakatane County Patriotic Association "B" Fund Auckland Provincial Patriotic and War Relief Association (Incorporated).
Victoria League Red Cross Fund Ditto.
Clevedon Local Relief Fund "
Ngarua Red Cross Fund "
Kelso and Glenkenich Patriotic Otago Patriotic and General Fund Welfare Association (Incorporated).
Lawrence Patriotic Fund Ditto.
Hawera District Patriotic and Wounded Soldiers' Fund Taranaki Provincial War Relief Association (Incorporated).
Inglewood Patriotic Committee's Fund Ditto.
Rangiora Patriotic Committee's Fund Canterbury Patriotic Fund (Incorporated).
Otamatea Red Cross Campaign National War Funds Council.

C. A. JEFFERY,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.