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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 16

Royal Commission to Inquire Into, and Report Upon,
Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith:
To Our Trusty and Well-beloved the Honourable WILLIAM EDWARD BARNARD, Esquire, Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire; JOHN HENRY BOYES, Esquire, Companion of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; and CARL VICTOR SMITH, Esquire, Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:

GREETING:
WHEREAS by section 27 of the Civil List Act 1950 it is provided that the Governor-General, on the recommendation of a Royal Commission appointed in that behalf, may from time to time, by Order in Council, fix the salaries and allowances to be paid to the Prime Minister and other Ministers of the Crown or Members of the Executive Council, to Parliamentary Under-Secretaries, and to the Speaker and Chairman of Committees and other Members of the House of Representatives;
And whereas by subsection (1A) of the said section 27 it is provided that a Royal Commission shall be appointed for the purposes of that section within three months after the date of every general election of Members of Parliament, and a general election was held on the 30th day of November 1957:
Now, know ye that We, reposing trust and confidence in your impartiality, integrity, and ability, do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint you, the said The Honourable WILLIAM EDWARD BARNARD, JOHN HENRY BOYES, and CARL VICTOR SMITH
to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the salaries and allowances paid to Our Prime Minister and other Ministers or Members of the Executive Council, to Parliamentary Under-Secretaries, to the Speaker and Chairman of Committees, and to the Leader of Our Official Opposition, and to other Members of the House of Representatives; and if it be reported that it is necessary or desirable to alter those salaries and allowances, or any of them, then to recommend to His Excellency the Governor-General the nature and extent of the alterations that should be made:
And generally to inquire into and report upon any other matters arising out of or affecting the premises which may come to your notice in the course of your inquiries and which you may consider should be investigated in connection therewith:
And we do hereby appoint you, the said The Honourable WILLIAM EDWARD BARNARD to be Chairman of the said Commission:
And for the better enabling you to carry these presents into effect you are hereby authorised and empowered to make and conduct any inquiry under these presents at such time and place as you deem expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time and place to place as you think fit, and so that these presents shall continue in force, and the inquiry may at any time and place be resumed although not regularly adjourned from time to time or from place to place:
And you are hereby strictly charged and directed that you shall not at any time publish or otherwise disclose save to His Excellency the Governor-General, in pursuance of these presents or by His Excellency's directions, the contents of any report so made or to be made by you or any evidence or information obtained by you in the exercise of the powers hereby conferred upon you except such evidence or information as is received in the course of a sitting open to the public:
And we do further ordain that you have liberty to report your proceedings and findings under this Our Commission from time to time if you shall judge it expedient so to do:
And, using all due diligence, you are required to report to His Excellency the Governor-General in writing under your hands not later than the 31st day of July 1958, your findings and opinions on the matters aforesaid, together with such recommendations as you think fit to make in respect thereof:
And, lastly, it is hereby declared that these presents are issued under the authority of the Letters Patent of His late Majesty King George the Fifth, dated the 11th day of May 1917, pursuant to section 27 of the Civil List Act 1950, and under the authority of and subject to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand.
In witness whereof we have caused this Our Commission to be issued and the Seal of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed at Wellington this 26th day of February 1958.
Witness Our Trusty and Well-beloved The Right Honourable Charles John, Viscount Cobham, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, upon whom has been conferred the Territorial Decoration, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand; acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand.
COBHAM, Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command—
W. NASH, Prime Minister.
Approved in Council—
[L.S.] T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Officer Authorised to Take Statutory Declarations
COBHAM, Governor-General
PURSUANT to section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927. His Excellency the Governor-General hereby authorises Keith Raymond Dyer,
being Officer in Charge, Inland Revenue Department, Blenheim, to take and receive statutory declarations under that section.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 25th day of February 1958.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

The Cook Islands Act 1915—Persons Qualified for Appointment as Assessors in Criminal Trials
COBHAM, Governor-General
PURSUANT to the Cook Islands Act 1915, I, Charles John, Viscount Cobham, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby revoke the nomination of persons qualified for appointment as assessors in criminal trials in the High Court of the Cook Islands, made by Warrant dated the 17th day of February 1955,* and in lieu thereof I hereby nominate the persons named in the following ten Schedules hereto as persons qualified for appointment as assessors under the said Act generally in criminal trials in the High Court of the Cook Islands wheresoever those trials may be held (except in the Island of Niue), and I declare this Warrant shall take effect on and from the 1st day of March 1958.
FIRST SCHEDULE
The following persons presently residing in the Island of Rarotonga:
Bailey, Alfred Aston
Baker, Maurice Ballentine
Bateson, Frank Maine
Bertram, Duncan James
Borrel, Frank Murray
Bridgart, Robert
Comesky, Donald McCready
Dinnan, Eric John
Elston, Bryan Richard
Estall, Edward Henry Brown
Estall, James William
Forbes, Ian Alexander
Garrett, Edward Stanley
Graham, David Alister
Hardy, Andrew Nixon
Harrington, John Douglas
Macdonald, Milton Denver
MacQuarrie, Malcolm
Martin, William Allan
McEwan, Robert Donald
McKenzie, Francis Morell
McMahon, Dennis Edward
McMahon, Arthur John
Moreland, Herbert Stuart
Muir, Thomas
Neale, Thomas Francis
Noakes, John Lyle
Pearce, Frank Frederick
Petersen, William Lawrence
Powell, Ronald
Robertson, Ian
Russell, Gordon Foulis
Hegan, Morris Leslie
Heginbotham, Sydney S.
Henderson, Percy Frederick
Hoff, Albert Rudolph Von
Hughes, Headley Graham
Hunter, Baxter John
Ingram, Ralph John Alston
Kingan, Stuart Garrett
Low, Kenneth Arthur Francis
Apenera Short
Apera Samuela
Araitia Te Puretu
Areora Ira
Aupapa Te Ata
Te Ariki Samuela
Te Ariki Tuavera
Ariu Tereanu
Chung Ching Ahsin
Dennis Heather
Dick Charles Brown
Earnest Taripo
Fariu Arapari
Fred Rennie
George Hosking
George Peyroux
George Short
George Tauci Napa
Glassie Strickland (jun.)
Harris Cummings
James Ahiao
John Manuela
Joseph Numanga
Kati Heather
Kauvai Teeiao
Kave Te Ariki Nia
Kopu Pakari
Kura Puniu
Ryan, Winton Herbert
Scarborough, William Aicken
Scott, Harry
Story, Alfred Lawton
Sword, Malcolm Grant
Thomson, Ivan Edward
Watson, William Hugh
Williams, John
Lucy, Thomas Brian
Sam Samuela
Ta Heather
Tairi Maoate
Taira Winchman
Takai Ngatokorua
Tamaiva Iro
Tamarua Joseph Browne
Tamaru Browne
Tangiau Opuariki
Tanu Tanu Raina
Tapai Pirangi
Taramai Tira
Taru Moana
Tautu Aneru
Teokotai Heather
Tere Makimou
Tiakana Numanga
Tiamu Aperau
Timi Te Uruaa
Tita Enoka
Toko Tuaineiti
Tui Pori
Tutai Motu
Tutai Puri
Tuaine Kokaua
Vaevae Tamarua
Vaikai Kainuku
Vaka Tima
Marama Nicholas
Mareta Ria
Matapo Matapo
Mii Teremoana
Ngarea Marsters
Pirake Taraare
Te Po Vakatini
Puangi Tamatua
Rangi Mokotua
Te Rima Enoka
Robert Marona
William Hosking
Marouna Taua
Meau Nicholas
Napa Tauei
Ngaputa Paruru
Piri Maoate
Povaru Uriarau
Pu Tamaiva
Rereao Rereao
Rima Takatainga