Oct. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2987

SCHEDULE.
RATES OF FEES.

COMMON jurors attending any civil or criminal sitting, or any juror attending a Coroner’s inquest—
For attendance for a period exceeding three hours on any one day .. .. .. 0 10 6
For attendance for a period not exceeding three hours on any one day .. .. .. 0 5 0

Special jurors: For every day’s attendance or part of a day’s attendance and actually serving as such—
For the first day .. .. .. 1 0 0
For each day thereafter .. .. .. 0 10 0

EXPENSES OF LOCOMOTION.

In addition to the fees herein prescribed, jurors residing beyond three miles from the Courthouse, or, in the case of an inquest, from the Courthouse or other place at which the inquest is held, shall receive a refund of the actual expenses of locomotion in attending such sittings or inquest, to include railway, coach, or steamer fares. Receipts must be furnished for fares over 5s. other than railway fares. When there is no public conveyance, such jurors shall be allowed a mileage rate of 9d. per mile one way.

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

Regulation under Section 8 of the Coroners Amendment Act, 1908.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of October, 1931.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by section eight of the Coroners Amendment Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby revoke the regulation made on the fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, and published in the Gazette of the fifteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, prescribing the scale of expenses that may be paid to witnesses, other than medical witnesses for attendance at Coroners’ inquests, and doth hereby make the following regulation in lieu thereof; and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall come into force and take effect on and from the twenty-second day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one.

REGULATION.

THE scale of expenses that may be paid to witnesses, other than medical witnesses, for attendance at Coroners’ inquests shall be as follows:—

(a) For every day’s attendance at an inquest, or s. d. necessary absence from usual place of abode, not exceeding the sum of .. .. .. 9 0
And in addition thereto, for every night’s necessary absence from such place of abode, not exceeding the sum of .. .. .. 3 6

Provided that no person in receipt of salary or wages from the General Government shall be paid any expenses as above for attendance as a witness at a Coroner’s inquest unless he is by reason of such attendance necessarily absent at night from his usual place of abode. If he is not so absent, such a person may be paid a sum not exceeding the amount of his actual personal expenses.

(b) Witnesses residing beyond three miles from the Courthouse or other place at which the inquest is held may also be allowed their fares by public conveyance. Second-class fares may be allowed to mechanics, labourers, and persons of similar rank, and first-class fares to others. Receipts must be furnished for fares over 5s. other than railway fares.

When there is no public conveyance such witnesses may be allowed a mileage rate of 9d. per mile one way.

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

By Authority: W. A. G. SKINNER, Government Printer, Wellington.

Price 6d.]