Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation (Scales of Fees) Amendment Regulations 2000 (WA)

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WESTERN	7623
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

PERTH, THURSDAY, 21 DECEMBER 2000 No. 278 SPECIAL

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY JOHN A. STRIJK, GOVERNMENT PRINTER AT 3.30 PM

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION

ACT 1981

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WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

AND REHABILITATION
(SCALES OF FEES)
AMENDMENT REGULATIONS

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Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981

Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation
(Scales of Fees) Amendment Regulations 2000

Made by the Governor in Executive Council, on the recommendation of the Commission, under section 176(1a).

1.             Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Workers' Compensation
and Rehabilitation (Scales of Fees) Amendment Regulations
2000.

2.             The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Workers'
Compensation and Rehabilitation (Scales of Fees) Regulations
1998*.

[* Published in Gazette 13 October 1998, pp. 5711-25.

For amendments to 29 November 2000 see 1999 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 344.]

3.             Regulation 6 amended

Regulation 6 is amended by deleting “$135.50” and inserting —
“ $138.65 ”.

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4.             Regulation 8 amended

Regulation 8 is amended by deleting “$100.00” and inserting —
“ $102.30 ”.

5.             Schedule 1 amended

(1) Schedule 1 Part 1 is amended by deleting from the start of that
Part to the end of the Specialists item headed
“ANAESTHETISTS” and inserting —

“

Type of service/by whom	Fee
$

GENERAL PRACTITIONER

CONSULTATIONS

Surgery Consultation: In Hours

Content based $

Minor Service (Level A)	17.90
Specific Service (Level B)	37.95
Extended Service (Level C)	67.55
Comprehensive Service (Level D)	97.20

Time based $

up to 5 mins	26.10
5-15 mins	33.25
15-30 mins	64.45
30-45 mins	96.20
45-60 mins	130.95

Surgery Consultations: Out of hours

For attendances between the hours of 6pm and 8am on a weekday or
between 12 noon on Saturday and 8am on the following Monday, and
Public Holiday

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Content based $

Minor Service (Level A)	27.45
Specific Service (Level B)	56.90
Extended Service (Level C)	101.30
Comprehensive Service (Level D)	147.35

Time based $

up to 5 mins	47.10
5-15 mins	55.25
15-30 mins	84.95
30 + mins	116.65

VISITS

Consultations at a place other than the

Consulting Rooms	$
in hours

Minor Service (Level A)	45.35
Specific Service (Level B)	65.40
Extended Service (Level C)	94.15
Comprehensive Service (Level D)	122.80

out of hours $

Minor Service (Level A)	54.85
Specific Service (Level B)	83.30
Extended Service (Level C)	126.85
Comprehensive Service (Level D)	173.95

TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS

Time based $

up to 5 mins	15.05
5-15 mins	18.80
15-30 mins	39.30
30 + mins	58.95

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CASE CONFERENCES, discussions with employers/insurers,

rehabilitation providers, workplace assessments etc

per hour $169.20

TRAVELLING FEES

Outside the metropolitan area

Rate per kilometre $3.00

PHYSICIANS, OCCUPATIONAL & REHABILITATION

PHYSICIANS

PHYSICIANS

CONSULTATIONS

Professional attendance at consulting rooms

and issue of certificate (if required) et al	$
first attendance	170.75
subsequent attendances	85.45

VISITS

Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms and issue of certificate (if required) et al	$
first attendance	202.45
subsequent attendances	118.05

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REHABILITATION PHYSICIANS

CONSULTATIONS

Professional attendance at consulting rooms

and issue of certificate (if required) et al	$
first attendance	170.75
subsequent attendances	85.45

VISITS

Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms and issue of certificate (if required) et al	$
first attendance	204.50
subsequent attendances	118.05

OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIANS

CONSULTATIONS

Professional attendance at consulting rooms

and issue of certificate (if required) et al	$
first attendance	170.75
subsequent attendances	85.45

VISITS

Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms and issue of certificate (if required) et al	$
first attendance	170.75
subsequent attendances	85.45

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TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS

Time based $

up to 5 mins	22.35
5 to 15 mins	27.65
15-30 mins	57.80
30 + mins	87.30

CASE CONFERENCES, discussions with employers/insurers,

rehabilitation providers, workplace assessments etc

per hour $250.80

TRAVELLING FEES

Outside the metropolitan area

Rate per kilometre $3.00

CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRISTS

CONSULTATIONS

Professional attendance at consulting rooms

and issue of certificate (if required) et al	$
Time based

up to 15 mins	50.10
15-30 mins	99.95
30-45 mins	149.70
45-60 mins	200.30
60-75 mins	226.70
75 + mins	253.00

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VISITS

Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms and issue of certificate (if required) et al	$
Time based

up to 15 mins	82.25
15-30 mins	132.80
30-45 mins	181.35
45-75 mins	231.95
75 + mins	279.40

TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS

Time based $

up to 45 mins	68.55
45 + mins	149.70

CASE CONFERENCES, discussions with employers/insurers,

rehabilitation providers, workplace assessments etc

per hour $250.80

TRAVELLING FEES

Outside the metropolitan area

Rate per kilometre $3.00

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SPECIALISTS

SURGEONS

CONSULTATIONS

Professional attendance at consulting rooms

and issue of certificate (if required) et al	$
first attendance	97.10
subsequent attendances	50.65

VISITS

Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms and issue of certificate (if required) et al	$
first attendance	130.95
subsequent attendances	83.40

DERMATOLOGISTS

CONSULTATIONS

Professional attendance at consulting rooms

and issue of certificate (if required) et al	$
first attendance	97.00
subsequent attendances	50.65

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VISITS

Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms and issue of certificate (if required) et al	$
first attendance	130.75
subsequent attendances	83.30

TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS

Time based $

up to 5 mins	22.35
5-15 mins	27.65
15-30 mins	57.80
30 + mins	87.30

CASE CONFERENCES, discussions with employers/insurers,

rehabilitation providers, workplace assessments etc

per hour $250.80

TRAVELLING FEES

Country

Rate per kilometre $3.00

ANAESTHETISTS

CONSULTATIONS

$

Standard pre-anaesthesia	61.85
Referred pre-anaesthesia —

initial attendance	123.70
subsequent attendance	61.85

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(2)	Schedule 1 Part 1 is amended before the heading to Part A, under the heading “$ VALUE PER UNIT”, by deleting “$30.23” and inserting instead —
“ $30.95 ”.
(3)	Schedule 1 Parts 2 and 3 are deleted and the following Parts are inserted instead —

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Part 2 — Medical procedures

Type of procedure	Fee
$
GENERAL
Localised burns	37.35
Localised burns, including
dressing of, under general anaesthetic	106.40
Extensive burns	64.45
Extensive burns, including dressing of,
under general anaesthetic	225.10
Dressing of wounds, under general
anaesthetic	106.40
Acupuncture, including consultation	49.65

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DISLOCATIONS

‘closed reduction’ means non operative reduction of the

dislocation, and included percutaneous fixation and/or

external splintage by cast or splint

‘open reduction’ means treatment by either closed

reduction and intra-medullary fixation or treatment by
operative exposure of the dislocation including internal or

external fixation

‘other’ means treatment by any other method and includes

the use of external splintage

[Where injuries are associated with a compound (open)

wound, an additional fee of 50% of the fee listed is to	$
apply]
Elbow, by closed reduction	200.55
Elbow, by open reduction	266.00
Interphalangeal joint, by closed reduction	85.95
Interphalangeal joint, by open reduction	114.60
Mandible, by closed reduction	71.65
Clavicle, by closed reduction	84.95
Clavicle, by open reduction	171.90
Shoulder, not requiring general
anaesthetic	84.95
Shoulder, by open reduction, with
general anaesthetic	342.75
Shoulder, other, with general anaesthetic	169.85

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Metacarpophalangeal joint, by closed

reduction	114.60
Metacarpophalangeal joint, by open
reduction	153.45
Patella, by closed reduction	128.90
Patella, by open reduction	171.90
Radioulnar joint, by closed reduction	200.55
Radioulnar joint, by open reduction	266.00
Toe, by closed reduction	71.65
Toe by open reduction	95.15
REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BODIES —

$

as independent procedure	31.20
superficial	139.15
deep tissue or muscle	388.75
ear, other than by syringing	100.25
nose, other than by simple probing	100.25
cornea or sclera, embedded	102.30

FRACTURES

‘closed reduction’ means non operative reduction of the

fracture, and included percutaneous fixation and/or

external splintage by cast or splint

‘open reduction’ means treatment by either closed

reduction and intra-medullary fixation or treatment by operative exposure of the fracture including internal or external fixation

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‘other’ means treatment by any other method and includes

the use of external splintage

[Where injuries are associated with a compound (open)

wound, an additional fee of 50% of the fee listed is to	$
apply]
Distal phalanx of finger or thumb
fracture, by closed reduction	128.90
fracture, intra-articular, by closed
reduction	149.40
fracture, by open reduction	171.90
fracture, intra-articular, by open
reduction	214.85

Middle phalanx of finger

fracture, by closed reduction	194.40
fracture, intra-articular, by closed
reduction	219.95
fracture, by open reduction	255.75
fracture, intra-articular, by open
reduction	322.25

Proximal phalanx of finger or thumb

fracture, by closed reduction	255.75
fracture, intra-articular, by closed
reduction	301.80
fracture, by open reduction	342.75
fracture, intra-articular, by open
reduction	429.70

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Metacarpal

fracture, by closed reduction	255.75
fracture, intra-articular, by closed
reduction	301.80
fracture, by open reduction	342.75
fracture, intra-articular, by open
reduction	429.70
Carpal Scaphoid, by open reduction	572.90
Carpal Scaphoid, other	255.75
Carpus (excluding Scaphoid), by open
reduction	358.05
Carpus (excluding Scaphoid), other	143.25
Radius
by closed management	286.45
by open management	572.90
Radius or Ulnar, distal end, (Colies’, Smith’s or Barton’s)
by closed reduction	429.70
by open reduction	572.90
Ribs (1 or more), each attendance	65.50
Tibia, plateau of, medial or lateral
by closed reduction	516.65
by open reduction	685.45

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Tibia, plateau of, medial and lateral

by closed reduction	859.35
by open reduction	1150.90
SUTURES

$

face or neck, less than 7 cm, superficial	102.30
face or neck, less than 7 cm, deep	155.50
face or neck, more than 7 cm, superficial	155.50
face or neck, more than 7 cm, deep	266.00
except face or neck, less than 7cm,
superficial	77.75
except face or neck, less than 7cm, deep	116.65
except face or neck, more than 7cm,
superficial	116.65
except face or neck, less than 7cm, deep	255.75
AMPUTATIONS

$

Hand, midcarpal or transmetacarpal	388.75
Hand, forearm or through arm	450.15
At shoulder	762.15
Interscapulothoracic	1514.05
One digit of foot	204.60
Two digits of one foot	306.90
Three digits of one foot	414.35
Four digits of one foot	516.65
Five digits of one foot	618.95
Foot, at ankle	450.15
Foot, midtarsal or transmetatarsal	388.75

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Through thigh, at knee or below knee	664.95
Hand, forearm or arm	450.15
At hip	936.05
ASSISTANCE AT OPERATIONS
The fee for assistance at any operation (or series or combination of operations) is to be related to the fee listed for the operation (or series or combination of operations) itself. The fee is 20% of the total fee or the minimum sum of $128.90, whichever is greater.
USE OF PRIVATE THEATRES
A theatre fee of $77.75 will be paid to practitioners for the use of their private theatre, but this fee may only be charged if the patient would otherwise have been sent to hospital.

Part 3 — Radiology

Radiographic Examination and Report	Fee
(with or without fluoroscopy)	$
HANDS AND FEET
Digits or phalanges - all or any of either hand or
either foot	75.70
Hand, wrist, forearm, elbow or arm (elbow to
shoulder)	75.70

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Hand, wrist, lower forearm or upper forearm

and elbow or elbow and arm (elbow to

shoulder)	98.25
Foot, ankle, lower leg, upper leg or thigh
(femur)	81.85
Foot, ankle, lower leg or upper leg and thigh
(femur)	120.75
SHOULDER OR HIP JOINT
$
Shoulder or Scapula	98.25
Clavicle	79.80
Hip	92.10
Pelvic Girdle	114.60
Sacroiliac joint	114.60
Femur, internal fixation of neck or
intertrochanteric (per trochanteric) fracture	190.30
HEAD
$
Skull (Calvarium)	120.75
Sinuses	92.10
Mastoids	151.40
Petrous temporal bones	120.75
Facial bones - orbit, maxilla or malar, any or all	124.85
Mandible	114.60
Salivary calculus	114.60
Nose	92.10
Eye	92.10
Temporo-Mandibular joints	120.75
Teeth - single area (not applicable to dentists)	75.70
Teeth - full mouth (not applicable to dentists)	190.30

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Palato-Pharyngeal studies with fluoroscopic

screening	114.60
Palato-Pharyngeal studies without fluoroscopic
screening	92.10
Larynx	81.85
SPINE

$

Spine - cervical	120.75
Spine - thoracic	101.30
Spine - lumbo-sacral	141.20
Spine - sacro-coccygeal	84.95
Spine - functional views of one area	37.85
BONE AGE & SKELETAL SURVEYS

$

Skeletal survey involving four or more regions	167.80
THORACIC

$

Chest (lung fields) by direct radiography	92.10
Chest (lung fields) by direct radiography with
fluoroscopic screening	114.60
Thoracic inlet or trachea	92.10
Chest by miniature radiography	41.95
Cardiac examination (including barium
swallow)	114.60
Sternum or ribs on one side	92.10
Sternum and ribs on one side, or ribs on both
sides	114.60
Sternum and ribs on both sides	141.20

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URINARY TRACT

$

Plain renal only	92.10
Drip infusion pyelography	250.65
Intravenous pyelography, including preliminary
plain film	225.10
Intravenous pyelography, including preliminary
plain film with delayed examination for cysto-
uretic reflex	281.35
Antegrade and retrograde pyelography –
unilateral including preliminary plain film	184.15
Retrograde cystography or retrograde
urethrography	124.85
Retrograde micturating cysto-urethrography	151.40
Retro-Peritoneal pneumogram	98.25
ALIMENTARY TRACT & BILIARY SYSTEM
$
Plain abdominal only	92.10
Oesophagus, with or without examination for
foreign body or barium swallow	128.90
Barium or other opaque meal of oesophagus,
stomach and duodenum, with or without
screening of chest	173.95
Barium or other opaque meal of oesophagus,
stomach, duodenum and follow through to
colon, with or without screening of chest	202.55
Barium or other opaque meal - small bowel
series only	151.40
Opaque enema	173.95
Opaque enema, including air contrast study	202.55
Graham's Test (Cholecystography)	137.10
Cholegraphy, operative or post operative	147.35
Cholegraphy - intravenous	202.55
Cholegraphy - percutaneous transhepatic	147.35

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Cholegraphy - drip infusion	250.65
FOR LOCALIZATION OF FOREIGN BODIES

$

Foreign body in eye (special method, Sweet's or

other)	124.85
Foreign body, localization of and report, not
covered by any other item in this Part	37.85
TOMOGRAPHY

$

Tomography of any part and report	114.60
STEREOSCOPIC EXAMINATIONS

$

Stereoscopic examination and report	23.05
FLUOROSCOPIC EXAMINATION AND REPORT (Fluoroscopic examination and Report not
covered by any other item in this Part - where radiograph is not taken)
$
Examination with general anaesthesia	81.85
Examination without general anaesthesia	52.20
WITH OPAQUE OR CONTRAST MEDIA
(Selective coronary arteriography)
$
Discography - one disc	124.85
Dacryocystography	92.10
Encephalography	214.85
Cerebral venticulography	167.80
Hysterosalpingography	128.90
Bronchography - one side	190.30 190.30

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Phlebography - one side	190.30
Splenography	225.10
Myelography - one region	128.90
Sialography - one gland	128.90
Vasoepididymography - one side	41.95
Sinuses and fistulae	92.10
Pneumoarthrography	92.10
Contrast arthrography	151.40
Double contrast arthrography
Lymphangiography, including follow up	124.85
radiography	216.90
Peritoneogram (herniography)
PREPARATION
[“Preparation” for radiological procedure means the
injection of opaque or contrast media, or the removal of fluid and its replacement by air, oxygen or other contrast media or other similar preparation.]	$
Encephalography	296.70
Cerebral angiography - percutaneous, one side	230.20
Cerebral angiography - catheter or open
exposure, one side	230.20
Cerebral ventriculography	296.70
Dacryocystography - one side	75.70
Bronchography - one or both sides	114.60
Aortography	114.60
Arteriography - peripheral, one artery	116.65
Splenography	92.10
Retroperitoneal pneumogram	92.10
Selective phlebogram	92.10
Selective arteriogram	92.10
Pneumoarthrography	95.15

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Hysterosalpingography	114.60
Drip-infusion pyelography or cholegraphy	56.30
Discography - one disc	75.70
Intra-osseous venography	75.70
Myelography	225.10
Cisternal puncture	151.40
Sinus or fistula, injection into	37.85
Lymphangiography - one side	225.10
Laryngography	114.60
Percutaneous transhepatic cholegram
(Cholangiogram)	225.10
Magnetic Resonance Imaging

$

Magnetic Resonance Study of one region of the

body or 2 contiguous regions of the body	709.80
Magnetic Resonance Study of 3 or more
contiguous regions of the body, or 2 or more
separate regions of the body	1419.45
Use of gadolinium	84.40

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6.             Schedules 2, 3, 4 and 5 replaced

Schedules 2, 3, 4 and 5 are repealed and the following schedules are inserted instead —

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Schedule 2

(regulation 3)

Scale of fees — physiotherapists

Type of service Fee

1.	Standard consultation — Rooms	$34.55
2.	Standard consultation — Home	$51.85
3.	Standard consultation — Hospital	$43.20
4.	Initial (comprehensive) consultation — Rooms	$43.20
5.	Initial (comprehensive) consultation — Home	$60.50
6.	Initial (comprehensive) consultation — Hospital	$51.85
7.	Two distinct areas of treatment per visit	$51.85
8.	Three or more distinct areas of treatment per visit	$69.05
9.	Consultation in Rooms outside normal hours	$43.20
10.	Consultation in Hospital outside normal hours	$51.85
11.	Consultation in Home outside normal hours	$69.05
12.	Extended Home visit	$69.05
13.	Worksite visit (per hour)	$98.25
14.	Solicitors reports	$69.05
15.	Travel (per kilometre)	$00.60
16.	Classes

Max. No. of People 1hr 2hrs

2	$49.10	$98.25 (per person)
4	$24.55	$49.10 (per person)
6	$16.40	$32.75 (per person)
8	$12.30	$24.55 (per person)

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17. Hydrotherapy

Individual treatment (one to one)	$34.55
Group treatment	$25.90
(up to 6 patients - individual programmes)
Class treatment	$17.30
(maximum 10 patients - similar programmes)

18.                 Specialist consultations

Initial (comprehensive) consultation	$98.25
Standard consultation	$69.05

[Normal hours: Monday to Friday - 8.00am to 6.00pm*]

*Excluding public holidays

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Schedule 3

(regulation 4)

Scale of fees — chiropractors

Type of service Fee

1.	First consultation and examination — Rooms	$40.85
2.	Standard consultation — Rooms	$34.10
3.	Standard consultation — Home	$50.95
4.	Standard consultation — Rooms (out of hours)	$40.85
5.	Travel (per kilometre)	$00.60
6.	Fees for X-Ray

(and report when requested)

Spine

1 region	$78.40
2 regions	$120.10
3 regions	$149.05
Spot films	$30.10
up to 18cm x 24cm	$24.15
35cm x 43cm	$36.05
35cm x 90cm	$60.15

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Schedule 4

(regulation 5)

Scale of fees — occupational therapists

Type of service Fee

1.        Initial comprehensive consultation (up to

½ hour) $62.25

2.        Initial comprehensive consultation (½ to

1 hour) $119.70
3.	Short consultation (up to ½ hour) $26.60
4.	Standard consultation (½ hour to •hour) $53.20
5.	Extended consultation (•hour to 1 hour) $79.80
6.	Extended consultation (1 hour or more) $106.40

7.        Standard group consultations (½ hour)

2 people	$53.20 per person
3 people	$37.25 per person
4 people	$26.60 per person
More than 4 people	$21.30 per person

8.           Travel costs are to be calculated at the hourly rate by the length of time spent travelling.

NOTE: Consultations that extend beyond the scheduled times are charged as a multiple of the standard consultation fee.

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Schedule 5

(regulation 7)

Scale of fees — speech therapists

Type of service Fee

1.	Initial consultation/assessment (up to and including	$92.80
1 hour)
2.	Initial consultation/assessment (exceeding 1 hour)	$130.05
3.	Subsequent consultation (1 hour)	$74.60
4.	Subsequent consultation (•hour)	$56.50
5.	Subsequent consultation (½ hour)	$37.35.

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Recommended by the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Commission on the 14th day of November 2000.

The common seal of the	) )
Workers’ Compensation and	) L.S.
)
Rehabilitation Commission	)

BRIAN BRADLEY, Chairman.

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.