Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General, in
order that the purpose and intent of the said Rating Act,
1925, may have effect, and in pursuance and exercise of the
powers vested in him by the said Act, and acting by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth
hereby extend the time for the preparation of the valuation
roll for the Grey County under the Rating Act, 1925, until
the eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and
thirty-six, and doth also hereby extend the time within which
the valuers shall give notice of the rateable value determined
by them to each occupier, so that such notices may be given
on or before the thirteenth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and thirty-six, and that objections to such valuations
may be made on or before the twenty-eighth day of July,
one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 1934/113/3.)

Regulations as to Block Committees of East Coast Native Trust
Lands.

GALWAY, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of
June, 1936.
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. M. J. SAVAGE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
PURSUANT to the provisions of section eighteen of
the Native Purposes Act, 1935, His Excellency the
Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council, doth hereby make the following
regulations with respect to Block Committees of trust lands
vested in the East Coast Commissioner, and otherwise for
the purpose of giving effect to the said section.

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations-
   "The said section" means section 18 of the Native
   Purposes Act, 1935:
   "Beneficiary" means a person shown by the Native
   Land Court records to be entitled in equity to any
   land affected by the said section or to any interest
   therein;
   "Block Committee" means a Block Committee appointed
   under the said section.
   "Court" means the Native Land Court constituted by
   the Native Land Act, 1931.

MEETINGS OF BENEFICIARIES.
2. An annual general meeting of each group of beneficiaries
shall be held each year at such time and place as may be
determined by the Block Committee. Such meeting shall be
summoned not later than the 31st day of October of each
year, and if the Block Committee makes default in doing so
the Court may appoint a time and place for the holding of
such meeting.
3. The Block Committee may, whenever it thinks fit, and
shall, on direction by the Court, convene a general meeting of
the beneficiaries to consider such business as may be brought
before such meeting.
4. Seven days' notice at least, specifying the place, the
day, and the hour of the meeting, and, in case of special
business, the general nature of the business, shall be given to
the beneficiaries in the same manner as notice is given under
Part XVIII of the Native Land Act, 1931, but the neglect
to send such notice or the non-receipt of any notice sent shall
not invalidate the proceedings at the meeting.
5. A general meeting of the beneficiaries shall be presided
over by a chairman appointed by those present at the meeting.
6. No business shall be transacted at a general meeting of the
beneficiaries unless a quorum is present at such meeting at
the time it proceeds to business. Such quorum shall consist
of five persons present.
7. If within one hour of the time appointed for the meeting
a quorum is not present the meeting shall stand adjourned
to the same place and time on the following day, when, if it
is not held, it will be deemed to lapse.
8. Every beneficiary shall be entitled to one vote and no
more which may be given either personally or by proxy.
9. Any instrument appointing a proxy shall be signed by
the beneficiary, and shall be attested by a Justice of the
Peace, a Postmaster, a licensed interpreter, a District Nurse, a
schoolmaster, or a solicitor.

10. No person other than a beneficiary shall be appointed
    a proxy.
11. A resolution shall be deemed to be carried when at
    least a majority of those voting cast their votes in favour of
    such resolution, and a declaration of the chairman that such
    resolution has been carried shall be sufficient evidence of the
    fact without proof of the number of the votes recorded in
    favour or against such resolution, provided that if a poll is
    demanded immediately after such declaration by four or more
    beneficiaries it shall be taken in such manner as the chairman
    shall direct, and the result of such poll shall be deemed to be
    the resolution of the beneficiaries. In the case of an equality
    of votes the chairman shall be entitled to a second or casting-
    vote.
12. Every resolution passed by the beneficial owners shall
    be recorded in a minute-book to be kept by the Block
    Committee and a copy thereof forthwith forwarded by the
    chairman to the East Coast Commissioner at Gisborne.

BLOCK COMMITTEES.
13. All applications for the appointment of a Block Committee shall be lodged with the Registrar of the Native Land
Court at Gisborne, and shall be set down for hearing at the
first available Court sitting or at such sitting as the Court
may direct.
14. The beneficiaries may at any general meeting nominate
for appointment as members of the Block Committee such
persons as they think proper, but the Court shall not be bound
to appoint all or any of such nominated persons.
15. The term of office of the Block Committee shall be
three years from the date of their appointment, except in
such cases as the Court thinks it expedient to fix a longer or
shorter term.
16. Any person who is or becomes bankrupt shall be deemed
to be disqualified from holding office as a member of a Block
Committee.
17. Upon appointment, the Block Committee shall proceed
at the first convenient opportunity to elect one of its members
as a Chairman of Committee and shall determine the period
for which he is to hold office. In the case of the Block Committee failing to elect such chairman, any person, including
the East Coast Commissioner, may apply to the Court to
appoint a Chairman of Committee, and the Court may make
an appointment accordingly for such period as it may think
expedient.
18. If any Chairman of Committee appointed as aforesaid
dies, resigns, or is removed from office as a member of the
Block Committee, the Block Committee, or the Court, as the
case may be, may appoint another chairman in his place.
19. It shall be the duty of the Block Committee to notify
the East Coast Commissioner at Gisborne of the names of
the chairman and other members of the Committee appointed
as aforesaid.
20. The members of the Block Committee may meet
together for the dispatch of business and regulate their meetings
as they think fit. Three members shall form a quorum.
21. Questions arising at any meeting of the Block Committee
shall be decided by a majority of the votes of those present.
In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman, in addition
to his original vote, shall have a second or casting-vote.
22. The Block Committee shall meet for the transaction
of business at least once in each year and at such other times
as they are called together by the chairman at the direction
of the East Coast Commissioner.
23. The name of the Block Committee shall be inscribed
in legible characters on its seal and shall be mentioned in
legible characters in all notices, advertisements, and other
official publications of the Block Committee. The Block
Committee shall have the custody of the seal.
24. The Block Committee shall cause accounts to be kept
of all sums received and expended by the Block Committee,
and the matter in respect of which any such receipts and
expenditure takes place and all account and other books
kept by the Block Committee shall be subject to audit by
an auditor appointed by the East Coast Commissioner.
All books of account and other documents shall be produced
by the Block Committee for such purpose.
25. The copy of the official balance-sheet supplied to the
Block Committees under subsection (7) of the said section
shall be exhibited by the Block Committee in the most
convenient manner and shall be produced at the next general
meeting of the beneficiaries for their information and discussion if desired.
26. Any summons, notice, or other document required to
be served upon the Block Committee may be served by leaving
the same with the chairman or sending it through the post
addressed to the Block Committee at its last known address,
and any document so posted shall be deemed to be received
on the day next following that on which it would be delivered
in due course by post.