DEC. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3357

Conditions and Regulations imposed in respect of the New
Zealand Government Railways open for Traffic.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me
under the Government Railways Act, 1908, and its
amendments, and of all other powers enabling me in this
behalf, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Railways, do
hereby amend the scale of charges in force on the New Zea-
land Government Railways open for traffic made on the
10th day of August, 1925, by adding to Part II thereof the
following regulation:—

14A. CASH ON DELIVERY ("C.O.D.") PARCELS TRAFFIC.

1. Subject to the conditions here following, the Department
   undertakes to collect from the consignee the price or value of
   any parcel or parcels, as specified by the consignor, but not
   exceeding a sum of £25 in respect of any one consignment.
   Parcels consigned under the provisions of this regulation are
   hereinafter referred to as "C.O.D." parcels.

2. "C.O.D." parcels will be conveyed between any two
   officered stations (including stations between which the
   system of through booking between separate sections of
   railway is in operation) in this regulation referred to as "the
   forwarding station" and "the destination station" respec-
   tively.

3. The consignor must hand the parcel or parcels (legibly
   marked with the name and full address of the consignee)
   to the receiving officer at the forwarding station, together
   with the Department's form of consignment note properly
   filled in, showing on its face, in addition to the usual par-
   ticulars, the sum which the consignee shall pay to the De-
   partment, before he shall be entitled to obtain delivery of the
   consignment. The consignor must also at the same time
   furnish to the receiving officer a statement of accounts in
   duplicate showing—
   (a.) The name, occupation, and address of the consignee.
   (b.) A general description of the goods comprised in the
   consignment, and the price to be paid therefor.

4. The railage and other charges must be paid either by
   the consignor or the consignee.

5. The consignee of any "C.O.D." parcel will be entitled
   to obtain delivery thereof only on payment of the price as
   stipulated by the consignor as endorsed on consignment note,
   together with the proper railage and other charges (if any)
   payable thereon. Delivery will be given at the destination-
   station premises, except at places where the Department
   delivers parcels at the consignee's address under a delivery
   system. Under no circumstances will the consignee be per-
   mitted to examine any parcel or parcels before paying to the
   Department the value of same as specified by the consignor.

6. Commission on the sum collected from the consignee
   will be charged at the following rates:—
   s. d.
   (a.) Up to and including £1 .. 1 0
   (b.) Each additional £1 or fraction thereof .. 0 6

The amount of such commission will be deducted from the
sum so collected, and the Stationmaster at the forwarding
station or other officer of the Department, will, with all
convenient speed, after payment has been made by the con-
signee, pay over the balance to the consignor.

7. "C.O.D." parcels not taken delivery of by the consignee
   within one month (or such less period as may have been speci-
   fied by the consignor) from the date of their arrival at the
   destination station will be returned to the forwarding station
   for redelivery to the consignor, who shall pay to the Depart-
   ment 1s. in respect of each consignment in addition to the
   proper railage charges. "C.O.D." parcels will be allowed free
   storage for seven days after arrival at destination station.
   After the expiration of that period 3d. per week or part of a
   week may be charged on each parcel.

8. Except as herein provided, any by-laws and regulations
   made under the Government Railways Act, 1908, and the
   conditions printed on the consignment note will apply to the
   carriage of "C.O.D." parcels.

As witness my hand, this 8th day of December, 1925.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Railways.

Special Order made by the Cook County Council altering Riding
Boundaries.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th November, 1925.

THE following special order, made by the Cook County
Council, is published in accordance with the provisions
of the Counties Act, 1920.

Pursuant to section 100 of that Act, as amended by sec-
tion 3 of the Counties Amendment Act, 1921-22, I hereby fix
the 31st day of March, 1926, as the date from which the
special order shall take effect.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
B

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

A SPECIAL order of the Cook County Council made at a special
meeting held in the chambers, Childers Road, Gisborne, on
Wednesday, 16th day of September, 1925, and confirmed at
a subsequent meeting held on the 21st day of October, 1925:—

Resolution.—That the Cook County Council proceed, by
the powers vested in it by the Counties Act, 1920, and the
amendments thereto, to alter the boundaries of the Patutahi
and Hangaroa Ridings of the County of Cook by including
in the Patutahi Riding, and taking from the Hangaroa Riding,
part Lot I (D.P. 1243) of Okahuatiu 2A, containing 2,973 acres
2 roods 36 perches, and Okahuatiu 2B containing 99 acres
2 roods 39 perches.

CHAS. MATTHEWS, Chairman.
F. T. ROBINSON, Clerk.

Patutahi Riding.—All that area in the Cook County bounded
towards the north generally by Waikohu County from the
north-eastern boundary of Subdivision 1 of Okahuatiu No. 2
Block to the Waipaoa River; thence towards the east gene-
rally by the Gisborne Riding, as described in New Zealand
Gazette, 1909, Vol. II, page 2588, to the confluence of
the Waipaoa and Maraetaha Rivers; thence towards the
south generally by the said Maraetaha River to the
north-eastern corner of Section 95, Block XI, Patutahi
Survey District; thence by that section, across a road, and
by Sections 98 and 100, said Block XI, to the Waimata
Stream; thence by that stream and the Waimata Native
Reserve to the road on its western boundary; thence towards
the west generally by the road forming the western boundary
of Section 104 in Blocks VI and X, Patutahi Survey District,
and the road forming the northern boundary of that section
to the south-eastern corner of Section 105, Block VI aforesaid;
thence by the last-mentioned section, Section 108, and the
road forming the northern boundaries of Sections 108 and 106
to the south-western corner of Section 114 in Blocks II and
VI, Patutahi Survey District; thence by the western and
north-western boundaries of the last-mentioned section and
the western boundary of Section 120, Block II aforesaid, to
the southern boundary of Lot 3 of Okahuatiu No. 2A Block
(D.P. No. 2080); thence by the eastern and north-eastern
boundaries of the said Lot 3, by the eastern and northern
boundaries of Lot 2, and by the northern boundary of Sub-
division 1 of Okahuatiu No. 2 Block (D.P. No. 526), to the
north-east corner of Subdivision 1, Okahuatiu No. 2 Block;
thence by the northern boundary of the said Subdivision 1
to the place of commencement.

This order is sufficient to render the amended boundaries
capable of identification.

E. H. FARNIE, for Chief Surveyor.
15th October, 1925.

Hangaroa Riding.—All that area in the Cook County com-
mencing on the northern boundary of the Wairoa County
at the south-eastern corner of Lot 5 of Mangapoike No. 2A 3
(D.P. No. 1939), situated in Block III, Opoiti Survey Dis-
trict, proceeding in a north-easterly direction by the south-
eastern boundary of Lot 1, Mangapoike No. 2 Block, to the
Mangaorangi Stream; thence northerly by the centre of that
stream to the southern boundary of S.G.R. 79A; thence
in an easterly direction by the southern boundary of the said
S.G.R. 79A and by the southern boundary of Whakaongaonga
No. 1 Block to the south-east corner of Section 1, Block XIII,
Patutahi Survey District; thence in a north-easterly direction
by the south-eastern boundary of the said Section 1 and by
the south-eastern boundary of Section 1, Block XIV, Patutahi
Survey District, to the southern boundary of Subdivision 4,
Waimata Native Reserve; thence westerly by the northern
boundary of the aforementioned Section 1, Block XIV, and
by the northern boundary of Section 1, Block IX, Patutahi
Survey District, to Parikanapa Trig. Station; thence in a
north-easterly direction by the south-eastern boundary of
Section 6, Block IX, Patutahi Survey District, to a public
road to the south-west corner of Patutahi Riding; thence
in a northerly direction by the western boundary of the said
Patutahi Riding, hereinbefore described, to the southern
boundary of the Waikohu County; thence in a south-westerly
direction by the south-eastern boundary of the aforesaid
Waikohu County to the north-eastern boundary of the Wairoa
County; thence in a south-easterly direction by the north-