Nov. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2837

3. The following persons shall be and are hereby excluded from the racecourse above described while the same is used or occupied by the said club for a race meeting, namely,—
   (a.) Bookmakers.
   (b.) Bookmakers’ clerks, bookmakers’ assistants, and bookmakers’ agents.
   (c.) All persons under disqualification inflicted by any racing or trotting club in the Dominion of New Zealand, the Commonwealth of Australia, or elsewhere, if affiliated to the New Zealand Racing Conference, or the New Zealand Trotting Conference, or the New Zealand Trotting Association.
   (d.) Common prostitutes, and persons who habitually consort with thieves or persons who have no lawful visible means of support.
   (e.) Professional tipsters, persons convicted of housebreaking or pocket-picking, forgery, uttering or possessing counterfeit coin, theft, false pretences, receiving stolen goods, mischief, assault, or any offence or crime of any kind under the Crimes Act, 1908, and also idle and disorderly persons, rogues and vagabonds, and incorrigible rogues convicted under the Police Offences Act, 1908, and persons convicted of an offence under the Gaming Act, 1908.

Provided always that the Stipendiary Stewards’ Committee appointed by the New Zealand Racing Conference, upon being satisfied by evidence as to character and otherwise that any person who, by reason of any conviction, comes within the scope of this regulation should have relief from the effect thereof, may grant exemption to any such person, and may at any time revoke any such exemption without notice to such person, and without assigning any reason for such revocation.

The foregoing regulations of the Lumsden Hack Racing Club were made and passed by such club on the 20th day of October, 1923, and signed by the Chairman and Secretary.
JOSEPH M. CROSBIE, Chairman.
JOHN GORDON McKINNA, Acting-Secretary.

The foregoing regulations of the Lumsden Hack Racing Club are hereby approved this 30th day of October, 1923.
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
1126

STATEMENT of RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS under the Otago Presbyterian Church Board of Property Act, 1906, for the year ending 30th September, 1923:—

RESERVE No. 5.

Receipts.
£ s. d.
1922.
Sept. 30. By Balance .. .. .. 570 15 1
1923.
Sept. 30. By Rents .. .. .. 1,003 12 2
Interest .. .. .. 100 0 0
Transfer from Ecclesiastical Fund .. .. .. 1,650 0 0
£3,324 7 3

Payments.
£ s. d.
1923.
Sept. 30. To Professors’ salaries .. .. 2,725 0 0
Audit fee .. .. .. 1 1 0
Gazette .. .. .. 1 0 6
Knox College rents .. .. 37 10 0
Insurance .. .. .. 1 4 0
Bank charge .. .. .. 0 10 0
Assessment, Synod expenses .. 21 0 0
Assessment, Aged Fund .. 55 0 0
Commission .. .. .. 55 3 7
2,897 9 1

Balance .. .. .. £426 18 2

E. and O.E.
FRED. SMITH, Factor.

Dunedin, 30th September, 1923.
Examined and found correct.—THOS. MOODIE, Auditor.
Dunedin, 19th October, 1923.
1127

STATEMENT of RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS under the Otago Presbyterian Church Board of Property Act, 1906, for the year ending 30th September, 1923.

RESERVE No. 10.

Receipts.
£ s. d.
1922.
Sept. 30. By Balance .. .. .. 646 6 1
1923.
Sept. 30. By Rents .. .. .. 1,814 5 0
Interest .. .. .. 20 0 0
Fixed deposit withdrawn .. 500 0 0
First Church rent .. .. 10 0 0
Refunds cost crossing .. 16 0 0
£3,006 11 1

1923. Payments.
      £ s. d.
      Sept. 30. To Grants for churches .. 2,087 10 0
      Audit fee .. .. .. 4 4 0
      Constructing crossing .. 16 0 0
      Land-tax .. .. .. 258 12 7
      Gazette .. .. .. 0 18 0
      Bank charge .. .. .. 0 10 0
      Assessment, Synod expenses .. 20 0 0
      Commission .. .. .. 91 14 3
      First Church rent .. .. 10 0 0
      2,489 8 10

Balance .. .. .. £517 2 3

E. and O.E.
FRED. SMITH, Factor.

Dunedin, 30th September, 1923.
Examined and found correct.—THOS. MOODIE, Auditor.
Dunedin, 19th October, 1923.
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RESOLUTION.

THE following regulations were laid before the members of the Awakino Beach Racing Club at a meeting held on the 6th day of November, 1923, at Awakino, with a recommendation by the Chairman of such club, Mr. F. J. Wolfe, that the same be passed at once with a view to their approval by His Excellency the Governor-General in pursuance of the Gaming Act, 1908, section 33.

Mr. F. J. Wolfe, the Chairman of such club and the meeting, moved, and Mr. A. Carter seconded, and it was resolved, that such regulations should be adopted, and that the Chairman and Secretary be authorized to sign the same in authentication thereof.

The following are the regulations referred to:—

AWAKINO BEACH RACING CLUB.

REGULATIONS.

(Under the Gaming Act, 1908.)

In pursuance and exercise of the powers in that behalf contained in section 33 of the Gaming Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities it enabling in that behalf, the Awakino Beach Racing Club, a racing club within the meaning of the said Act (hereinafter referred to as “the said club”), doth hereby make the following regulations controlling the admission of persons to that part of the beach situated in the district of Awakino and known as the Awakino Beach Racecourse, while the said racecourse is used or occupied by the said club for race meetings.

1. These regulations shall come into force on the date of the same being published in the New Zealand Gazette.
2. In these regulations the words “bookmaker,” “racing club,” and “race meeting” shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms respectively by section 2 of the Gaming Act, 1908.
3. The following persons shall be and are hereby excluded from the racecourse above described while the same is used or occupied by the said club for a race meeting, namely:—
   (a.) Bookmakers.
   (b.) Bookmakers’ clerks, bookmakers’ assistants, and bookmakers’ agents.
   (c.) All persons under disqualification inflicted by any racing or trotting club in the Dominion of New Zealand, the Commonwealth of Australia, or elsewhere if affiliated to the New Zealand Racing Conference, or the New Zealand Trotting Conference, or the New Zealand Trotting Association.
   (d.) Common prostitutes and persons who habitually consort with thieves or persons who have no lawful visible means of support.
   (e.) Professional tipsters, persons convicted of housebreaking or pocket-picking, forgery, uttering or possessing counterfeit coin, theft, false pretences, receiving stolen goods, mischief, assault, or any offence or crime of any kind under the Crimes Act, 1908, and also idle and disorderly persons, rogues, and vagabonds, and incorrigible rogues convicted under the Police Offences Act, 1908, and persons convicted of an offence under the Gaming Act, 1908.

Provided always that the Stipendiary Stewards’ Committee appointed by the New Zealand Racing Conference, upon being satisfied by evidence as to character and otherwise that any person who, by reason of any conviction, comes within the scope of this regulation, should have relief from the effect thereof, may grant exemption to any such person, and may at any time revoke any such exemption without notice to such person, and without assigning any reason for such revocation.

The foregoing regulations of the Awakino Beach Racing Club were made and passed by such club on the 6th day of