Sept. 8] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1837

Regulations Under the Naval Defence Act, 1913, Amended

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of September, 1949

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. P. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section twenty-five of the Naval Defence Act, 1913, and of all the powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General, with the advice of the Executive Council, doth hereby amend and supplement the regulations referred to in the Schedule hereto as shown herein.

SCHEDULE

REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND PAYMENT OF THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY, 1939

Chapter VII.—Full Pay and Allowances, Ship’s Company.

Article 145, cancel, and substitute :—

“145. Mulcts of pay when ordered to be made on leave-breaking or other occasions, are to be in accordance with the conditions laid down in King’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions. The amount of each mulct is to be a percentage of the basic rates of pay of Pay Groups A and D of the Royal New Zealand Navy and Women’s Royal New Zealand Naval Service respectively, exclusive of increments, and adjusted to the nearest multiple of sixpence, in accordance with the following scale:—

“Royal New Zealand Navy

Percentage of Pay to be Deducted.

“Chief Petty Officer .. .. .. .. 75
“Petty Officer .. .. .. .. 70
“Leading rating .. .. .. .. 60
“Able rating .. .. .. .. 50
“Ordinary rating .. .. .. .. 50
“Boy rating .. .. .. .. 50

“Women’s Royal New Zealand Naval Service

“Chief Petty Officer, first or second class .. .. 75
“Petty Officer .. .. .. .. 70
“Leading rating .. .. .. .. 60
“Wren over twenty-one years of age .. .. 50
“Wren under twenty-one years of age .. .. 50”

Chapter IX.—Gratuities and Grants for Miscellaneous Services

Article 193, paragraph 4, cancel, and substitute :—

“The following shall be charged against the pay of a deserter or absentee :—

“(a) The amount of the reward paid; and

“(b) The cost of the transportation of the deserter or absentee from the place of apprehension to the ship or establishment to which he is handed over :

“provided that all or part of such recovery expenses may, on the recommendation of the Commanding Officer, be remitted by the Naval Board or by such other authorities as may be designated by them.”

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Taupo and Waitomo Branding Registration Districts Abolished and New Branding Registration District Constituted in Lieu Thereof—(Notice No. Ag. 4749)

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

WHEREAS it is expedient that the Taupo and Waitomo Branding Registration Districts as at present constituted should be abolished, and that a new branding registration district as described in the Schedule hereto should be constituted in lieu thereof :

Now, therefore, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Stock Act, 1908, do hereby abolish the Taupo and Waitomo Branding Registration Districts as at present constituted, and do hereby constitute in lieu thereof the branding registration district as set forth in the Schedule hereto, and declare that the said district shall hereafter be comprised as described in the said Schedule; and do also hereby appoint the place named in the Schedule hereto to be the registration office of the said district.

SCHEDULE

WAITOMO BRANDING REGISTRATION DISTRICT

ALL that area comprising the Counties of Kaitieke, Kawhia, Ohura, Otorohanga, Taumarunui, Taupo, and Waitomo as at present constituted, and including all boroughs and town districts in or adjacent to that area.

Borough of Te Kuiti.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 31st day of August, 1949.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 84/12/9.)

Removal from Office of Two Members of Waterfront Industry Authority

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to the Waterfront Industry Emergency Regulations 1946, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of New Zealand, do hereby remove

Harold Barnes and
Tobias Hill

from office as members of the Waterfront Industry Authority for misconduct proved to my satisfaction.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 2nd day of September, 1949.

A. McLAGAN, Minister of Labour.

Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Hutt County Council

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the scenic reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved under the said Act) in the Hutt County Council, subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say :—

1. The period for which the control of the reserve is hereby vested shall be five years from the date hereof, unless the reservation is previously altered or revoked under the said Act.

2. The said Council shall prepare a report each year ending on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement of receipts and expenditure in connection with the said reserve. Such report and statement shall be sent to the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act as soon as possible after the close of the year.

3. The said Council shall control the said reserve in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SILVERSTREAM SCENIC RESERVE

ALL that area in the Hutt County containing by admeasurement 166 acres 0 roods 17·3 perches, more or less, being parts of Sections 209, 269, 270, and part Lot 4, on D.P. 8202, being part of Section 196, all of Hutt District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 4/167D, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 30th day of August, 1949.

C. F. SKINNER,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

(L. and S. H.O. 4/167 ; D.O. 13/22.)

Coroner Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint—

Thomas Edward Maunsell, Esquire,
of Nelson, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Member of the Alexandra Rabbit Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4748)

PURSUANT to section 37 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint—

William George Bonner,

being an Inspector appointed under Part I of the said Act, to be a member of the Alexandra Rabbit Board.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of September, 1949.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 64/1/192.)

Members of the New Zealand Wool Board Appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 4746)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 31st August, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 3 of the Wool Industry Act, 1944, to appoint on the 25th day of August, 1949—

Hugh John Dyke Acland, Esquire,
Noel Rutherford Jameson, Esquire, and
Arthur Briscoe Moore, Esquire,

to be members of and representatives of the wool-growers of New Zealand on the New Zealand Wool Board established under the said Act.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 67/8/2.)