Crown Land in Wellington Land District set apart for the
Purposes of Part I of the Housing Act, 1919.
[L.S.] GALWAY, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.
IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by section nine of the Housing Act, 1919, I, George
Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway, Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare
that the area of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto
shall be and the same is hereby set apart for the purposes of
Part I of the said Act.
SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—BOROUGH OF LOWER HUTT—
BLOCK XIV, BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.
SECTION 39, Block XXIV, Hutt Valley Settlement: Area,
28·24 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 6th day of
December, 1939.
H. G. R. MASON,
For the Minister of Lands.
GOD SAVE THE KING!
(L. and S. 30/228/2.)
Crown Land set apart as a Permanent State Forest.
[L.S.] GALWAY, Governor-General.
A PROCLAMATION.
BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by section eighteen of the Forests
Act, 1921–22, I, George Vere Arundell, Viscount Galway,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do
hereby set apart the Crown lands described in the Schedule
hereto as a permanent State forest.
SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—NELSON FOREST-
CONSERVATION REGION.
ALL that area in Nelson Land District, Waimea County, con-
taining 879 acres, more or less, and being part of Section 3,
Block VIII, Howard Survey District, and bounded generally
as follows : Towards the north-west by Section 1 ; towards
the east generally by the other part of Section 3 aforesaid,
and by a road reserve along the west bank of the Rainy River ;
towards the south by Section 12 ; and towards the west by
Sections 11 and 10 (Permanent State Forest—Gazette 1935,
page 174) and Section 5 ; all in Block VIII, Howard Survey
District ; but excluding two intersecting roads, and Section 8,
Block VIII aforesaid (gravel reserve). As the same is more
particularly shown on plan No. 108/30, deposited in the Head
Office of the State Forest Service 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 9th day of
December, 1939.
W. LEE MARTIN,
For the Commissioner of State Forests.
GOD SAVE THE KING!
Amendments to the Regulations under the Government
Railways Acts.
GALWAY, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of
December, 1939.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred
upon him by the Government Railways Act, 1926,
and its amendments, 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 as from and including the twenty-fifth day of June,
one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, the regulations
made under the Government Railways Act, 1908, on the
twelfth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
two, and published in the Gazette of the fifteenth day of June,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two (as from time
to time amended and as the same are enuring under the
Government Railways Act, 1926), in the manner following,
that is to say:-

1. By omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) of Regulation 64 and
   substituting the following in lieu thereof:-
   "64. (a) Employees in Division I, when absent from
   their headquarters on other than relief duty, shall,
   subject to paragraph (c) of this regulation, be paid
   travelling-allowance for personal expenses at the following
   rates in each case:-
   "(i) An employee whose salary does not exceed
   £180 per annum: Actual reasonable
   expenses.
   "(ii) An employee whose salary exceeds £180 per
   annum but does not exceed £305 per annum,
   if absent for not more than six days, shall
   be entitled to 15s. per day. If the absence
   exceeds six days but the employee is not
   more than six days in any one locality he
   shall be entitled to the allowance of 15s.
   per day throughout the whole of the period
   of absence. If, however, while so absent,
   the employee remains in any one locality
   for more than six days he shall only be
   entitled to 12s. 6d. per day while in such
   locality: Provided that the total allowance
   payable in respect of the employee's stay
   in such locality shall not be less than
   £4 10s.
   "(iii) An employee whose salary exceeds £305 per
   annum but does not exceed £380 per annum:
   15s. per day.
   "(iv) An employee whose salary exceeds £380 per
   annum but does not exceed £470 per annum:
   17s. 6d. per day.
   "(v) An employee whose salary exceeds £470 per
   annum (other than the General Manager):
   20s. per day.
   "(vi) The General Manager : 25s. per day.
   "Provided that in respect of time during
   which any employee referred to in the
   preceding subparagraphs of this paragraph is
   travelling by sea, the rate shall, if such time
   exceeds twenty-four hours, be as follows:-
   "(vii) For the first day of absence from head-
   quarters : 10s. per day.
   "(viii) For the second and each subsequent day of
   absence: 2s. 6d. per day.
   "(b) An employee in Division I, while absent from
   his headquarters on relief duty, shall, subject to para-
   graph (c) of this regulation, be paid relieving-allowance
   for personal expenses at the following rates in each case:-
   "(i) An employee whose salary does not exceed
   £180 per annum: Actual reasonable
   expenses.
   "(ii) An employee whose salary exceeds £180 per
   annum but does not exceed £305 per annum,
   if absent for not more than six days, shall
   be entitled to 12s. 6d. per day. If the
   absence exceeds six days but the employee is
   not more than six days in any one locality
   he shall be entitled to the allowance of 12s. 6d.
   throughout the whole of the period of absence.
   If, however, while so absent, the employee
   remains in any one locality for more than six
   days he shall only be entitled to 10s. per day
   while in such locality: Provided that the
   total allowance payable in respect of the
   employee's stay in such locality shall not be
   less than £3 15s.
   "(iii) An employee whose salary exceeds £305 per
   annum but does not exceed £470 per annum
   shall be entitled to 12s. 6d. per day.
   "(iv) Employees whose salaries exceed £470 per
   annum : At the rate prescribed for travelling
   allowance in each case."
2. By revoking Regulations 97 and 98 and substituting
   the following in lieu thereof:-
   "97. (1) Where reasonably practicable, the hours of duty
   of employees in Division I who are not entitled to the payment
   of overtime, shall be not more than forty per week, and if
   any question shall arise as to such practicability, the same
   may be referred to the General Manager, whose decision shall
   be final in each case. In any case where it is not reasonably
   practicable to regulate the hours of duty of any such employee