Mar. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 759

RESOLUTION.

THE following regulations were laid before the members of the Maniototo Racing Club at a meeting held on the 11th day of February, 1924, at Ranfurly, with a recommendation by the Chairman of such club, Mr. W. Rutherford, 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. W. Rutherford, the Chairman of such club and the meeting, moved, and Mr. Jno. Weir 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:—

MANIOTOTO 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 Maniototo 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 Ranfurly Racecourse, situated in the district of Maniototo, and known as the Ranfurly Racecourse, while the said racecourse is used and 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, 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 Maniototo Racing Club were made and passed by such club on the 11th day of February, 1924, and signed by the Chairman and Secretary.

W. D. RUTHERFORD, Chairman.

JNO. M. MILLAR, Secretary.

The foregoing regulations of the Maniototo Racing Club are hereby approved, this 14th day of March, 1924.

366 JELLICOE, Governor-General.

RAGLAN COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION STRIKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and amendments thereto, and all other Acts and powers it in that behalf enabling, the Raglan County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £200, authorized to be raised by the Raglan County Council under the provisions of the Counties Act, 1920, the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and amendments thereto, and all other Acts (if any) it in that behalf enabling, and with the consent of the Governor-General in Council under the provisions of the Finance Act, 1919, as gazetted on page 8 of the New Zealand Gazette, 1924, such loan being ten per cent. on the original loan of £2,000 raised for the purpose of completing the formation (including the raising of Wallis’s and Muir’s swamps ready for metal) of the road from Port Waikato to Tuakau Bridge, within the Port Waikato-Tuakau Bridge Special-rating District of the County of Raglan, the said loan of £200 to be used for the purpose of completing the formation of the above-mentioned road from Port Waikato to Tuakau Bridge, the Raglan County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-tenth of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property in the Port Waikato-Tuakau Bridge Special-rating District of the County of Raglan. The boundaries of the said special-rating district are as follows—Commencing at the north-east corner of Section 69 of Block VII, Onewhero Survey District; thence south and west along the eastern and southern boundaries of Sections 69, 177, 178, 171, 172, 99N 2, 99A 1c, 99A 2B, 99A 2A, 99A 1, and 111 to the north-eastern corner of Section 70D; thence south along the eastern boundaries of Section 70D and 70A to the south-eastern corner of Section 70A; thence east along the northern boundary of Opuatia 11c No. 5, to the north-eastern corner of the same section; thence south along the eastern boundaries of Opuatia 11c No. 5, Opuatia 11c B, to the south-east corner of Opuatia 11c B; thence west along the southern boundaries of Opuatia 11c B, 11c 1, 11c 3B, 11c 2, 11B 1, 11B 5, 11B 7, 11n, 11B 99, 2B, 2A, 15B 1, 15B 2, No. 14, to the north-eastern corner of Section 3 of Block IX; thence south along the eastern boundary of same section and the northern and eastern boundaries of Section 8, to the south-eastern corner of Section 8; thence east along the northern boundary of Section 6 to the north-eastern boundary of the same section; thence along the eastern and southern boundaries of Section 6, and the eastern boundary of Section 4, to the south-eastern boundary of Section 4; thence along the northern and eastern boundaries of Putataka No. 1A, to the south-east boundary of the same section; thence south and west and north, taking in portions of Te Akau A No. 6, and Te Akau No. 3A to the south-eastern boundary of Section A 5, Te Akau; thence west to Trig. No. 64; thence south to the Hurawai Stream, and following the said stream to the coast-line; thence north and east along the coast-line and the southern bank of the Waikato River to the point of commencement. And that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, being a period of 36½ years, at the rate of interest of £4 10s. per centum per annum, together with an additional charge to meet the necessary sinking fund, and be payable on the 1st day of January in each and every year during the currency of such loan, or until the loan is fully paid off. 368

RESOLUTION.

THE following regulations were laid before the members of the Franklin Racing Club at a meeting held on the 20th day of March, 1924, at Pukekohe, with a recommendation by the Chairman of such club, Mr. W. Claud Motion, 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. W. Claud Motion, the Chairman of such club and the meeting, moved, and Mr. A. H. Tapper 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:—

FRANKLIN 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 Franklin 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 course situated in the district of Pukekohe, and known as the Franklin 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.