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(5) The Board shall consider all applications received by it
in any year and shall forward to the Minister its recommendation
as to the candidates to be enrolled as cadets of the training farm
for the next succeeding course of training and instruction.

(6) In making its recommendation for the purposes of the last
preceding subclause the Board shall give preference to those candi-
dates for admission and enrolment whose parents permanently
reside in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay.

(7) Subject to the provisions of the last preceding subclause,
the Board, in making its recommendations for the purposes of
subclause (5) of this clause, shall have regard to the general fitness
of candidates for admission and enrolment, and every candidate
shall be required to furnish to the Board the names and addresses
of two persons to whom reference may be made as to his character.

Enrolment of Cadets

6. (1) The enrolment of cadets at the training farm shall be
   made by the Minister or by the Board acting under the direction of
   the Minister.

(2) Except with the prior approval of the Minister not more
than six cadets shall be enrolled in any financial year.

(3) Every cadet shall be enrolled for a period of two years,
and shall take up duty at the training farm on a date to be appointed
at the time of enrolment.

Course of Training and Instruction

7. The course of training and instruction for cadets enrolled
   at the training farm shall comprise the following, namely :—

(a) Practical instruction and training under the guidance of
the Farm-manager in all phases of farm operations
carried out on the Howard Estate, with particular
reference to sheep-farming :

(b) Oral instruction in the principles of agricultural science
and their application to the establishment and main-
tenance of pasture and crops :

(c) Oral and practical instruction and training in—

(i) The use of fertilizers ;
(ii) The production of forage crops ;
(iii) The maintenance of farm animals in health,
vigour, and high productivity ; and
(iv) Such other matters as in the opinion of the
Farm-manager are necessary to ensure an efficient
training in modern farm practice.

Remuneration of Cadets

8. During the period of enrolment at the training farm every
   cadet shall—

(a) Be provided with free board and lodging :

(b) Be paid a clothing-allowance at the rates following, viz. :—
For the first year, £10 :
For the second year, £15 :

(c) Be paid an allowance by way of remuneration for his services
in performing farm work during the course of his training
and instruction at such rate as the Minister on the
recommendation of the Board may from time to time
determine.

Course at Approved Agricultural College

9. If on the completion of the course of training and instruction
   at the training farm any cadet who, in the opinion of the Board,
   has shown exceptional promise and ability, is desirous of pursuing
   his studies to the degree standard at an approved agricultural
   college but is unable to afford the expense involved in attending
   such college, there may be paid to or for the benefit of that cadet
   such sum as the Minister on the recommendation of the Board may
   determine to enable the cadet to attend such college.

Scholarships

10. (1) On completion of the course of training and instruction
    at the training farm the Minister may, on the recommendation of
    the Board, award to not more than two cadets in each year scholar-
    ships tenable for a period of two years at an approved agricultural
    college to enable the cadets to whom the awards are made to take
    the course in farming prescribed by such college.

(2) In making its recommendation for the purposes of the
last preceding subclause, the Board shall, subject to the provisions
of subclause (3) hereof, give preference to those cadets who attain
first and second places respectively in the examinations to be held
at the close of every period of training and instruction at the training
farm.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of the last preceding sub-
clause the Board may, if it thinks fit, recommend the award of a
scholarship to any cadet who in the opinion of the Board is more
suitable for the award than either cadet to whom that subclause
applies.

(4) There shall be paid to or for the benefit of the holder of any
scholarship awarded pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
clause—

(a) All fees payable to the approved agricultural college in
respect of the course in farming ; and

(b) Such sum by way of subsistence or other allowance as the
Minister on the recommendation of the Board may
approve.

Rules for Discipline

11. The Board may from time to time with the approval of
    the Minister make such rules as are necessary for the purpose of
    maintaining the discipline of cadets at the training farm, and may,
    with the like approval, amend the same or revoke the same and
    make other rules in substitution therefor.

APPENDIX
The Secretary,
Howard Estate Advisory Board,
Public Trust Office,
Napier.

I hereby make application for enrolment as a cadet at the
Smedley Boys' Training Farm, and submit the following particulars
in support of this application :—

Name in full : . . . . . . .
Date of birth : . . . . . . .
Educational qualifications : . . . . . . .
Previous experience of farm work (if any) : . . . . . . .
Name of father : . . . . . . .
Occupation : . . . . . . .
Address : . . . . . . .

Name and address of two persons to whom reference may be
made as to character :—

Name : . . . . . . .
Address : . . . . . . .
Occupation : . . . . . . .

Name : . . . . . . .
Address : . . . . . . .
Occupation : . . . . . . .

I undertake that, if I am appointed as a cadet, I shall during
the period of residence at the Smedley Boys' Training Farm conform
to and obey the rules for the time being in force relating to the good
conduct and discipline of cadets of the training farm.

Signature of Applicant : . . . . . . .

Place and date : . . . . . . .
Consent of parent or guardian : . . . . . . .

I hereby consent to the above application :—
Father : . . . . . . .
Or mother : . . . . . . .
Or guardian : . . . . . . .

W. O. HARVEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(Notice No. Ag. 4324.)

Exempting Land (State Coal Reserve) in the Westland Land District
from the Operation of Part III of the Coal-mines Act, 1925

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred
upon me by subsection two of section one hundred and
seventy-one of the Coal-mines Act, 1925, and of all other powers
and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, Lieutenant-General
Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land described in the
Schedule hereto shall be exempt from the operation of Part III of
the Coal-mines Act, 1925, and do hereby further declare that this
notice shall take effect as from the date of the publication hereof
in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE

ALL that parcel of land containing 24 perches, more or less, being
Lot 29, Block I, Deposited Plan 148 (Town of Dunollie), reserving
and excepting to the Bank of New South Wales, its successors and
assigns, the right to the minerals beneath the surface of the above-
described lot, with full power and authority to work, hew, and get
the said minerals by underground workings without entering upon
or in any manner affecting or exercising any rights or powers
whatsoever in or over the surface of the said land, and being part
of the land comprised in Certificate of Title, Volume 45, folio 83
(Westland Land Registry).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 19th day of August, 1946.

JAS. O'BRIEN, Minister of Mines.

(Mines N. 6/6/68.)

Officers authorized to execute Documents on behalf of the Rehabilitation Board

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section eighteen of the Rehabilitation Amendment
Act, 1944, and pursuant to a request made to me by the
Rehabilitation Board in this behalf, I, Lieutenant-General Sir
Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of
New Zealand, do hereby authorize the officers of the Public Service
whose names are set out in the Schedule hereto to execute, on
behalf of the Rehabilitation Board, deeds and other documents
being agreements relating to the hire and purchase of tools of
trade and other chattels supplied to persons undergoing training at
a rehabilitation trade-training centre.

SCHEDULE

John Harlan Wilson Barber, District Rehabilitation Officer,
Hamilton.

Robert Fenwick Spragg, Assistant District Rehabilitation
Officer, Hamilton.

Edward James Carroll, Rehabilitation Officer, Hastings.

Edwin Maurice Basil-Jones, Rehabilitation Officer, Masterton.

Allan Norman Oakey, Rehabilitation Officer, Oamaru.

William Patrick Corrigan, Rehabilitation Officer, Paeroa.

Clarence Archibald Turnbull, Rehabilitation Officer, Wanganui.

Henry Eric Bower, Rehabilitation Officer, Whangarei.

James Colin Dow, District Rehabilitation Officer, Napier.

John Moore, District Rehabilitation Officer, Christchurch.

John Bendyshe Pearson, District Rehabilitation Officer, Nelson.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 17th day of August, 1946.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Rehabilitation.