Numb. 62.

1321

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1898.

Prohibiting the Introduction of Scale-infested Plants, and appointing Ports of Entry for Plants, &c.—Notice No. 518.

(l.s.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear to my satisfaction that considerable quantities of fruit-trees and plants infested with various species of scale insects have been and are still imported into New Zealand, to the danger and detriment of the fruit plantations of this colony: And whereas it is expedient to prohibit the introduction of such fruit-trees and plants to this colony:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by virtue of the power and authority conferred upon me by the third section of “The Orchard and Garden Pests Act, 1896” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), do hereby proclaim and declare that the introduction into New Zealand of any fruit or other trees or plants (including cuttings, buds, or any other portion of a plant except fruit) infested with any species of scale insect (coccid), or in or on which there are traces that any such pest is or has been present in any form or stage of development, is hereby absolutely prohibited; and, if any fruit-tree, plant, or portion thereof respectively hereby prohibited is imported into this colony, then such trees or plants, and the packages containing the same, shall be dealt with in the manner provided by section six of the said Act with respect to plants and other things unlawfully introduced to the colony; and for the purposes of the said Act I hereby appoint the Ports of Auckland and Wellington to be the only ports of entry for plants, as defined by the said Act.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart as Village Allotments in the Canterbury Land District.

(l.s.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-sixty-eighth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the allotments of Crown land respectively described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set apart and declared open for sale and selection as village allotments under Part III. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Geraldine County.—Arowhenua Survey District.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!