THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 77

Claims for drawback under this regulation must
be made to the Collector of Customs at Melbourne,
who will, if they are correct, pay them at the Custom-
house, Melbourne, or remit the money to the claim-
ant, less the cost of remittance.
7. No drawback will be payable on goods except
on packages repacked in the presence of, or inspected
by, an officer of Customs, who will in the latter case
cause such to be examined, as may be directed by the
Landing Surveyor or Jerquer, and certify on the
entry that such has been done, specifying whether
the quantities, values, weights, &c., as the case may
be, were correct or not on such examination.
8. The persons before whom the declarations under
these regulations shall be made in Victoria shall be
a Justice of the Peace of the said colony or an officer
of Customs. The Commissioner of Trade and Cus-
toms is also hereby empowered to cause any deben-
ture to be passed for payment though not strictly in
accordance with the forms required by these regula-
tions: Provided also that the Commissioner of
Trade and Customs may, if he shall think fit, autho-
rize the payment of claims for drawback on goods
entered and exported under these regulations which
may not be landed or be landed in a damaged state,
upon such satisfactory proof as he may require that
any such goods have been lost or damaged in con-
sequence of shipwreck.
9. Should the consignee be unable to sign the de-
claration, the signature of a Customhouse agent at
the port of arrival, who must sign as such before the
Collector of Customs, will be accepted.
10. Extra Weighers in attendance at the repacking
of goods for drawback shall be officers of Customs
before whom the declarations in clause 8 may be
made.
11. The attention of exporters is directed to the
second section of Act No. 594, as follows:—
2. If any person shall commit any of the next
following offences-namely, pass or attempt
to pass for drawback any goods not specified
in any Order in Council under the provisions
of the Act No. ccccxxxIv; or at a higher
rate for drawback than is allowed under any
such order; or at a higher value for draw-
back than the fair market value of such goods
in Melbourne; or as of a greater quantity or
weight than appears in any invoice or entry
of such goods; or which, on being shipped or
brought to any quay, wharf, or other place to
be shipped for exportation, shall on examina-
tion by the proper officers of Customs be found
not to agree with the entry thereof in the
shipping bill or other proper document for
allowance of drawback on shipment, or to be
of less value for home use than the amount of
drawback claimed-every such person shall in
any and every such case forfeit the sum of
one hundred pounds or treble the amount of
the drawback claimed, at the election of the
Commissioner, and all such goods and the
package containing the same with all other
the contents therein shall be forfeited.
In the event of any of the above-stated offences
being detected, the goods connected therewith, and
also any goods included in the same package, are
liable to be seized. Should the Collector of Customs
desire it, any goods may be re-opened or re-examined
after having been passed by the drawback officer; the
unpacking or re-packing to be conducted by or at the
expense of the exporter.
12. Travellers' samples may be exported for draw-
back, subject to the following special conditions:—
(1.) The traveller in whose charge any such sam-
ples may be sent must be a party to the bond
required.

(2.) The declaration in the export entry and in
the claim for drawback must be signed accord-
ing to forms D and E respectively.
(3). The said traveller must, on his return to Vic-
toria, present himself to the Landing Waiter
of the vessel by which he may arrive, and sub-
mit all his luggage and baggage for examina-
tion and verification with the invoices deposited
at the time of his departure.

SCHEDULE I.
ARTICLES ON WHICH DRAWBACKS WILL BE ALLOWED.