NEW ZEALAND STATUTES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19971, 4 July 1930, Page 15

NEW ZEALAND STATUTES.

REPRINT TO BE PUBLISHED. (tress association telegram.) WELLINGTON, July 3. Towards the end of last year the Government was approached by Mr Herbert Page, Australian manager of Butterwortli and Co. (Aust.), Ltd., the well-known firm of law publishers, in connexion with a proposal for the publication of a reprinted edition of the New Zealand Statutes. After consulta tion with the Chief Justice, law officers of the Crown, and the New Zealand Law Society, all of whom commended the scheme, the matter was referred to the Government Publications Committee. On receipt of a favourable recommendation from this Committee, the Government requested the Treasury to negotiate with Mr Page, as to the financial and other terms subject to which the proposal should be given effect to. These terms have been approved both by the Treasury and the Government Printer, and the Government has now completed arrangements with Mr Page for the publication of a reprint, pinch it is expected will be on sale in about two years' time. In connexion with the reprint, it is proposed to set up a New Zealand Editorial Board to whom the work will be submitted, and whose certificate to the effect that the work has been satisfactorily carried out will be required before publication is proceeded with. It is the Government's intention to appoint, as members of the Board, Sir Thomas Sidey, Attorney-General, Sir Michael Myers, Chief justice, Mr Arthur Fair, K.C., Solicitor-General, and Mr J. Christie, LL.M., Parliamentary Law Draftsman. It is further intended that Mr Christie shall proceed to London immediately upon the close of the present session of Parliament to confer with Butterworth's editorial staff.