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Regulations. 1. These regulations may be cited as " The Native Regulations (Samoa) Amendment Order, 1929," and shall come into force on the 25th day of February, 1929. 2. These regulations shall be read with and deemed to form part of the Native Regulations (Samoa) Order, 1925 (hereinafter called " the principal regulations "). 3. The Administrator shall have power from time to time to appoint persons to be known as District Officers, who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred upon them by these regulations or otherwise. 4. The Administrator may from time to time, by notice in writing under his hand published in the Scwali, suspend for any period the meetings of the District Council in any district as provided by the principal regulations, and during such period the Administrator may himself exercise all the powers and rights and perform the duties of such District Council, or may delegate, either wholly or in part, the exercise of such powers and rights and the performance of such duties to the Secretary for Native Affairs or any Resident Commissioner or any District Officer. 5. The Administrator may from time to time in like manner suspend for any period the meetings of any Village Committee, and during such period may himself exercise all the powers and rights and perform the duties of such committee, or may delegate the same or any of them in like manner as provided in the last preceding clause. 6. Clause 20 of the principal regulations is amended by striking out the words " preceding clause " and substituting for the same words " two proceeding clauses." 7. The Administrator shall have power to confer upon the Secretary for Native Affairs or any Resident Commissioner or any District Officer all the rights, powers, and duties of any Native official under any ordinance or regulations, including the rights, powers, and duties of Faipule, Fa'amasino, Pulefa'atoaga, and Pulenu'u, but not including those of any Samoan Commissioners appointed under the Samoa Native Land and Titles Commission Order. F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council. [Extract from New Zealand Gazette No. 33, 19th April, 1928, page 1137.] SAMOA MILITARY POLICE TO ACT AS POLICE FORCE. Department of Defence, Wellington, 16th April, 1928. His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to order, under section 17, Defence Act, 1909, that the Samoa Military Police (which has been constituted and established as a part of the New Zealand Permanent Forces) shall act as a Police Force in Western Samoa and in passage between New Zealand and Western Samoa. Dated 16th April, 1928. F. J. Rolleston, Minister of Defence. [Extract from New Zealand Gazette No. 33, 19th April, 1928, page 1135.] CONSTITUTING AND ESTABLISHING THE SAMOA MILITARY POLICE AS A UNIT OF THE NEW ZEALAND PERMANENT FORCES. Charles Fekgusson, Governor-General. In pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations under that Act: and Ido hereby declare that such regulations shall come into force as from the tenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred a,nd twenty-eight. Schedule. 1. The Samoa Military Police is hereby constituted and established as a unit of the New Zealand Permanent Forces. 2. Enlistment in the Samoa Military Police will be for a period of twelve months, if so long required. 3. Free rations, quarters, and clothing for all members of the unit will be provided, and the rates of pay will be as follows : — Per Day. s. d. Sergeants .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 10 Lance-sergeants and corporals .. .. . . .. 12 1 Lance-corporals .. .. .. .. .. .. ..114 Privates .. .. . . .. .. • • . • ..86 As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 17th day of April, 1928. F. J. Rolleston, Minister of Defence. THE WATER AND WATER-POWER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE, 1928. Western Samoa.—No. 2, 1928. An Ordinance made by the Administrator of the Territory of Western Samoa, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council of that Territory, and in pursuance of the Samoa Act, 1921. Title. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Water and Water-power Conservation Ordinance, 1928. Sole right to use water for generating electricity to vest in His Majesty. 2. Subject to any rights lawfully held, the sole right to use water in lakes, falls, rivers, or streams in Western Samoa for the purpose of generating or storing electricity or other power shall vest in His Majesty. Administrator may purchase existing rights. 3. (1) The Administrator may from time to time, in the name of His Majesty, acquire by purchase any existing rights necessary for utilizing water for the generation or storage of electrical or other power for any public purpose, or for the installation or supplementing of any public water-supply. Compensation for taking existing rights. (2) The Administrator may from time to time, for any of such purposes as aforesaid, for and in the name of His Majesty, take any such right as aforesaid subject to the assessment and award to the owner or owners thereof, and to any other person or persons suffering loss by the taking thereof of compensation as provided by subsections two, three, and four of section two hundred and seventy-one of the Samoa Act.