Feb. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 357

Amending the Warrant authorizing the Lower Hutt Borough Council to construct a Bridge over the Hutt River at Lower Hutt (together with Approaches thereto), and apportioning the Cost.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by section one hundred and thirty-five of the Public Works Act, 1928, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby further amend the Warrant dated the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, published in Gazette, No. 44, of the thirtieth day of the same month (as amended by a Warrant dated the twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, published in Gazette, No. 5, of the thirty-first day of the same month) authorizing the Lower Hutt Borough Council to construct a bridge over the Hutt River at Lower Hutt (together with approaches thereto), and apportioning the cost in terms of section one hundred and nineteen of the Public Works Act, 1908, as follows—viz.: The amount which the Lower Hutt Borough Council is authorized to borrow by special order, without taking any poll of the ratepayers thereon, for the purpose of the execution of the work described in the said Warrant shall be eight thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven pounds (£8,967).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 1st day of February, 1930.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 62/9/15/2.)

Declaration as to Notifiable Infectious Disease.—(H.H./95.)

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Health Act, 1920, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare

Undulant Fever

to be an infectious disease and a notifiable infectious disease within the meaning of the said Act.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 31st day of January, 1930.

A. J. STALLWORTHY, Minister of Health.

Appointing a Member of the Wellington Harbour Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS it is provided by subsection three of section thirty-eight of the Harbours Act, 1923, that in the event of an extraordinary vacancy in the office of a non-elective member of a Harbour Board, the Governor-General shall, by Warrant under his hand, appoint some qualified person in his place:

And whereas Joseph George Harkness, a non-elective member of the Wellington Harbour Board, is deceased, and an extraordinary vacancy in the membership of the Board has thereby been created, and it is desirable to appoint a qualified person in his place:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority doth hereby appoint

Andrew Fletcher

to be a member of the Wellington Harbour Board in the place of the said Joseph George Harkness, deceased.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 28th day of January, 1930.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Marine.

Amendment of Table of Sheriffs’ Fees under the Judicature Act, 1908.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by section 40 of the Judicature Act, 1908, I, Michael Myers, Chief Justice of New Zealand, do hereby amend, in manner set forth in the Schedule hereto, the table of fees and poundage to be paid and taken by any Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Sheriff’s Officer, Bailiff, or other person employed under any Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff, upon any proceedings in the Supreme Court in its civil or criminal jurisdiction, or otherwise in respect of the office or employment of any such officers as aforesaid fixed and declared by order made by the Honourable the Chief Justice of New Zealand, and approved by the Governor-General in Council on the 6th day of October, 1920, and published in the Gazette on the 7th day of October, 1920, at page 2826. I hereby fix and declare the poundage set forth in the Schedule hereto to be the poundage to be taken in lieu of the poundage fixed and declared by the said order of the 6th day of October, 1920, and I do hereby fix the 1st day of February, 1930, as the date upon which this amendment shall come into force.

SCHEDULE.

THE said order is hereby amended by revoking the provisions relating to poundage in the Schedule thereto and substituting the following therefor:—

POUNDAGE ON WRITS OF EXECUTION OTHER THAN WRITS OF POSSESSION.

On the sum levied or for which the body shall be taken in execution:—
For every 20s. of such sum up to and including £200 s. d.
£200 .. .. .. .. 1 0
For every 20s. over and above £200 .. .. 0 6

In the case of execution against goods, land, or estate, the poundage is to be calculated on the gross proceeds of the execution, but not exceeding the amount to be levied under the writ, together with all fees and expenses in connection with or incidental to the issue and execution of such writ. Where the property is subject to mortgage or other security the value of such security shall not be included in computing the gross proceeds aforesaid.

POUNDAGE ON WRITS OF POSSESSION.

On delivery of goods and chattels:—
For every 20s. of the total market value thereof s. d.
up to and including £200 .. .. .. 1 0
For every 20s. over and above £200 .. .. 0 6

On delivery of land:—
For every 20s. of the capital value thereof as determined by the Government valuation, less the amount owing in respect thereof under any registered mortgage thereon, up to and including £200 .. .. .. .. 1 0
For every 20s. of the value as so ascertained over and above £200 .. .. .. .. 0 6

Provided that the total poundage on delivery of land shall not be less than £10 nor more than £25 in respect of any one writ:

Provided, further, that where under a writ of possession, possession of land is given to a mortgagee thereof or to an immediate purchaser from such mortgagee, the poundage shall be £10 in respect of any one writ.

As witness my hand this 21st day of January, 1930.

M. MYERS, Chief Justice.

Approved in Council, this 3rd day of February, 1930.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

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

Stipendiary Magistrate and Sheriff, Chatham Islands, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th February, 1930.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Ryan Holmes, Esquire,

to be a Stipendiary Magistrate, to exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction in the Chatham Islands, and to be Sheriff for the District of Chatham Islands, the appointments to take effect on and from the 1st day of February, 1930.

T. K. SIDEY, Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th February, 1930.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Ryan Holmes, Esquire, S.M.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the Special Licensing District of Chatham Islands, vice H. V. Drew, Esquire.

T. K. SIDEY, Minister of Justice.