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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 51

Crown Lands Ranger appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1924.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

Percy Lawrence Barker, Esq.,

to be a Crown Lands Ranger for the purposes of the Land Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of July, 1924.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-laws.—Waipa County Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th July, 1924.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 109 of the Counties Act, 1920, that so much of the by-laws made by the Waipa County Council and sealed on the 14th day of July, 1924, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Waipa County funds for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Ekatahuna County Council declaring Plant to be a Noxious Weed.—Notice No. Ag. 2397.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1924.

THE following special order, made by the Ekatahuna County Council, is published in accordance with clause 2 of the Noxious Weeds Amendment Act, 1910.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

In exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Ekatahuna County Council hereby resolves and declares by way of special order that the plant known as Japanese wineberry (being a plant mentioned in the Third Schedule to the said Act as extended from time to time by the Governor-General in Council) is a noxious weed within the County of Ekatahuna.

The above resolution was passed at a special meeting of the Council held on Saturday, the 14th day of June, 1924, and was confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on Saturday, the 12th day of July, 1924.

Special Order made by the Taieri County Council declaring that Californian Thistle shall be deemed not to be a Noxious Weed.—Notice No. Ag. 2399.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24th July, 1924.

THE following special order, made by the Taieri County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

RESOLVED by the Council of the Taieri County to the intent that this resolution shall, on confirmation, operate as a special order, That Canadian or Californian thistle shall be deemed not to be a noxious weed within the district of Taieri County.

The above resolution was duly passed at a special meeting of the Taieri County Council held on the 30th day of May, 1924, and confirmed at the ordinary meeting of the Council held on the 27th day of June, 1924.

Scheme of Control of the Wairarapa High School.

Education Department,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1924.

IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1914, and with the powers thereunder, I, Christopher James Parr, Minister of Education, do hereby, on the advice of the General Council of Education, approve of the following amendments of the scheme for the Wairarapa High School, which has been established under section 88 of the Education Act, 1924:—

Clauses 5, 8, 9, 21, 22, and 23 of the scheme published in the New Zealand Gazette dated 26th October, 1922, are hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—

“5. (1.) One member out of each of the groups (a) and (b) of subclause (1) of clause 2 hereof shall retire on the 31st March in each year, and the member so to retire shall be the one who has been longest in office since his last appointment or election: Provided that where any question arises as to which member shall retire the same shall be decided by lot among those members who have served longest without re-election in such manner as the Board shall determine.

“(2.) On the 31st March, in the year 1926, and in every second year thereafter, the members elected under paragraph (c) of the said clause shall retire.

“(3.) On the 31st March in the year 1926, and in every second year thereafter, the member appointed under paragraph (d) of the said clause shall retire.

“8. (1.) The appointment or election of a member to fill a vacancy caused by the expiry of the ordinary term of office shall be made in the first week of the month of March at the end whereof such expiry takes place, or as soon thereafter as may be convenient, but shall not take effect until such expiry.

“(2.) The appointment or election of a member to fill a casual vacancy shall be made not later than fifty days after the vacancy occurs.

“9. The Board shall hold an annual meeting in the month of April or May in each year, at such time and place as the Board shall direct.

“21. The rents, profits, and income of all real and personal estate which may be vested in the Board, or granted or acquired as a site or sites or otherwise for the benefit of the school, or given, devised, or bequeathed to the Board for the benefit of the school without any trusts or powers of a different nature being expressed in the instrument so giving, devising, or bequeathing to the Board, and of all reserves of land which may be hereafter made for the benefit of the school, shall be held and dealt with by the Board under and subject to all such powers, provisions, and conditions as are contained in the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and the Education Act, 1917, and their amendments, as if the school were a high school within the meaning of those Acts.

“22. Subject to the subsequent clauses of this scheme, the annual income derived from all real and personal estate that may be vested in the Board or from fees or payments made in respect of pupils attending the school, together with any grants that may be made by the General Assembly or the Government of New Zealand, shall be applied by the Board for the maintenance of the school, and the payment of the salaries and expenses connected therewith: Provided that the Board shall have power to set apart, if it sees fit, out of the said annual income, such part as it considers advisable either as an addition to the capital fund, which shall then be invested in the manner hereinafter mentioned and dealt with as part of such capital fund, or as reserve fund to meet extraordinary expenses, which shall be invested and dealt with in such manner as the Board directs.

“23. With respect to any moneys bequeathed or given to the Board for the school, and with respect also to all annual income set apart under the preceding clause, the Board shall have power to invest the same in the purchase or upon first mortgages of freehold land in New Zealand, or upon the stocks, bonds, bills, or debentures of the Government of New Zealand, or issued by any local authority therein under any Act of the General Assembly and may from time to time vary such investments.”

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of July, 1924.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Education.

Marlborough High School Scheme of Control.

Education Department,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1924.

IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1914, I, Christopher James Parr, Minister of Education, do hereby, on the advice of the General Council of Education, approve of the following amendment of the scheme of control for the Marlborough High School which has been established under the provisions of the Marlborough High School Act, 1899:—

Clause 4 of the scheme published in the New Zealand Gazette dated the 16th July, 1915, is hereby amended—

(1.) By striking out, in the directions in subclause (9), the words “signed by the voter and enclosed in a sealed envelope bearing,” and substituting the following: “enclosed in an envelope which on the inside has been signed by the voter and which bears”:

(2.) By repealing paragraph (a) in subclause (11) thereof.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Education.