Dec. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3391

Land reserved under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Scenery Preservation Board, constituted pursuant to the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), has recommended that the land described in the Schedule hereto should be permanently reserved for scenic purposes, and it is expedient to give effect to such recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be a scenic reserve under the said Act, and subject to the provisions thereof.

SCHEDULE.

PARR’S PARK SCENIC RESERVE.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 16 acres 2 roods, more or less, being portion Allotment 14, Waipareira Parish. As the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked L. and S. 4/363, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 8th day of December, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land declared subject to the Hutt Valley Lands Settlement Act.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section three of the Hutt Valley Lands Settlement Act, 1925, hereinafter referred to as the said Act, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the day of the date hereof the land described in the Schedule hereto, being land in the Hutt Valley heretofore acquired by the Crown under the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and its amendments, shall be subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Borough of Petone, Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 11 acres 3 roods 2·21 perches, more or less, being part of Section 6, Hutt Registration District, and being also Sections 1, 2, and 3 on the plan marked 256/14, deposited in the Wellington District Office, Department of Lands and Survey, and thereon bordered respectively green, yellow, and blue.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 14th day of December, 1925.

R. HEATON RHODES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Amendments to the Regulations under the Government Railways Act, 1908.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Government Railways Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, 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 amend or further amend the regulations made under the said Act on the twelfth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, by making the following alterations therein:—

By inserting in paragraph (3) of Regulation 101, immediately after the words “Christmas Day,” the words “Anzac Day.”

By omitting from Regulation 107 the word “and” immediately after the word “firemen”; and inserting, immediately after the word “cleaners,” the words, “guards, porters (except tablet-porters), shunters, signalmen, storemen, and train-examiners.”

By inserting in paragraph (1) of Regulation 114, immediately after the words “Good Friday,” the words “Anzac Day.”

By omitting from paragraph (1) of Regulation 114 the proviso thereto.

By adding to Regulation 120 the words—

“The provisions of this regulation shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in paragraph (1) of Regulation 116, apply to all employees in Division 2, with the exception of the following :—

“(a.) Employees in the Maintenance Works staff who work less than four hours on any day in order to visit their homes.

“(b.) Any tablet-porter who works less than four hours on any day prior to being relieved from duty by another employee or when taking up duty after having been so relieved.”

By inserting in subparagraph (a) of paragraph (4) of Regulation 125, immediately after the words “on any of such days,” the words “(in which event such time shall be taken into account in computing overtime).”

By deleting from Regulation 141 the words “and that the interval between the date of expiry of the last ordinary leave of absence granted to such employee and the date of his retirement is at least three months.”

By deleting from paragraph 12 of Regulation 173 the words “Chief Clerk,” in the two places in which such words occur, and substituting the words “Staff Superintendent.”

The foregoing amendments shall be deemed to have come into operation on the thirteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.

And with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said powers and authorities, His Excellency the Governor-General of the said Dominion doth hereby amend the regulations made under the said Act on the twentieth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, by adding to the Second Schedule thereto the following regulation, and doth hereby declare that the said regulation shall come into operation on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six :—

“9. As soon as conveniently may be after the first day of April in each and every year there shall be published in the Gazette a list setting out in order of classification as on the said date, the name, status, and pay of each member, probationer, and apprentice, and the length of time he has been in the service of the Department, together with such other particulars as the Minister may think fit.”

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made under section twenty, subsection one, of the Finance Act, 1919, for the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council to enable the several local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto to borrow the sums set out therein, and it is expedient that such consent should issue:

Now, therefore, 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 consent to the raising of the loans hereinafter mentioned by the several local authorities set out in the Schedule hereto, and it is hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under the provisions in that behalf of the