Nov. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3585

Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim that the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has become Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

PUKEPAPA Block Residue 1892 Act Leases, Sale No. 1, containing 49 acres 1 rood 36 perches.

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 November, 1930.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Proclaiming Native Land to have become Crown Land.

[l.s.] BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, it is provided, inter alia, that on being satisfied that the purchase of any Native land has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, the Governor-General may issue a Proclamation that such land has become Crown land:

And whereas the purchase of the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority so conferred upon me by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim that the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has become Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

AWAROA B 4 Block, Section 2B, Kawhia North Survey District: Approximate area, 77 acres 3 roods 4 perches.

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 15th day of November, 1930.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Abolishing the Waitomo Valley Drainage District, Counties of Waitomo and Otorohanga.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 11th day of November, 1930.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE E. A. RANSOM, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council made under the Land Drainage Act, 1908, dated the twentieth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, the area described in the Schedule to the said Order in Council was constituted a drainage district under the said Act, to be called the Waitomo Valley Drainage District:

And whereas a period of three years has elapsed during which no trustees have held office for the said drainage district under the said Act:

And whereas it is desirable to abolish the said district:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said Act and the Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1922, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby abolish the said Waitomo Valley Drainage District as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

A. W. MULLIGAN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

(I.A. 19/63/24.)

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Amendment of Regulations under the Nurses and Midwives Registration Act, 1925.—(H.N. and 4.)

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 11th day of November, 1930.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE E. A. RANSOM, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Nurses and Midwives Registration Act, 1925, and of all other powers 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 in the following manner the Nurses and Midwives Regulations, 1930 (hereinafter called “the principal regulations”):

1. Clause (2) of Regulation 9 of the principal regulations is amended by inserting therein after the words “six months” the following words: “And in the case of a person who at a date prior to the 10th day of July, 1930, commenced the course of training prescribed by Regulation 9 of the Nurses and Midwives Regulations, 1928, be a period of not less than twelve months.”

2. Regulation 8 of the principal regulations is amended by adding thereto the following additional clause:—

“(9) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any person who at a period prior to the 10th day of July, 1930, commenced the course of training prescribed by Regulation 9 of the Nurses and Midwives Regulations, 1928, and who seeks to qualify for registration as a midwife under Part III of the said Act, may by notice in writing given to the Registrar not later than the 31st day of January, 1931, elect to undergo the course of training prescribed by Regulation 8 of the Nurses and Midwives Regulations, 1928, in lieu of undergoing the course of training hereinbefore prescribed:

“Provided that no person who has so elected shall be entitled, by virtue of completion of the course of training undergone pursuant to such election, to present herself for examination at any date later than the 31st day of December, 1933.”

3. Regulation 8 of the principal regulations is further amended by adding thereto the following additional clause:—

“(10) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any person who has completed any one of the courses of training for maternity nurses prescribed by Regulation 9 of these regulations, and its amendments, and who has presented herself for examination as a maternity nurse, may forthwith be accepted for training as a midwife in a recognized hospital, and shall thereupon be deemed to have commenced the course of training as a midwife required by this regulation, and shall be entitled to include in such last-mentioned course of training any period spent in training as a midwife in a recognized hospital between the date of completion of her course of training as a maternity nurse and the date of her being registered as a maternity nurse:

“Provided that if any such person fails to pass the examination at which she has so presented herself she shall thereupon cease to be entitled either to include at any time in the course of training required by this regulation the period referred to in this clause or to continue by virtue only of this clause to undergo the course of training as a midwife required by this regulation.”

A. W. MULLIGAN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consolidating certain Orders in Council which authorize the Heathcote County Council to erect Electric Lines within Portions of the Heathcote County and authorizing the Heathcote County Council to erect Electric Lines within the Remainder of the Heathcote County.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 11th day of November, 1930.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE E. A. RANSOM, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Act, 1928, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in that 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 revoke the Orders in Council