Oct. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1673

Drawing Attention to Provisions regarding the Export of Butter and Cheese.—Notice No. 527.

“THE DAIRY INDUSTRY ACT, 1894.”—NOTICE TO EXPORTERS OF BUTTER AND CHEESE.

Department of Agriculture (Dairying Service),
Wellington, 17th October, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the undernoted subsections of section 21 of the above-mentioned Act are now in force:—

(1.) (a.) Every person exporting butter shall have such butter placed in the cool-store proclaimed by the Governor at least four clear days prior to shipment, for the purpose of being cooled or frozen.

(c.) On the despatch of any butter or cheese to a cool-store, the sender thereof shall immediately post (postage paid) notice thereof to the officer in charge of the cool-store, giving full particulars of the number of kegs, boxes, or packages, as the case may be, together with the stamps or marks and weights of each keg, box, or package.

Books of advice-notes are obtainable from the Government Printer, Wellington, price 1s.

(2.) The Governor may appoint persons who—

(a.) Shall, prior to shipment, inspect and grade each lot of butter, and shall stamp or mark each keg, box, or package with the official stamp or mark and the figure denoting the grade;

(d.) Shall, prior to shipment, inspect and grade each lot of cheese, and shall stamp or mark each cheese found to be of inferior quality, and each keg, box, or package containing such cheese, with the official stamp or mark and the figure denoting the grade.

The official stamp is △, and the grade-marks 1 for first grade, 2 for second grade, and 3 for third grade.

(3.) That on every keg, box, or package containing butter or cheese, and on every cheese in each lot, the date or dates on which such butter or cheese was manufactured, and the number of the churning or vat, as the case may be, shall be legibly stamped or marked. The date or dates and number as required by this subsection may be removed after grading.

For the purpose of inspecting and grading the quality of any butter or cheese, the grader may open and sample any one or more kegs, boxes, or packages of each lot of such butter or cheese, and affix the official stamp and grade-mark on the lot, or any portion thereof, according to the quality of the sample thereof.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to butter or cheese in hermetically-sealed tins.

Exporters of butter or cheese consigning the same to the Government stores must make their own arrangements for the transit of the produce to and from the store, and also for its shipment, including insurance, and protection from damage or loss of any kind, as the Government undertake no duty and incur no liability except in respect of—

(1.) The payment of the cost of freezing and storage of butter.

(2.) The payment of the cost of the storage of cheese.

(3.) The handling in and out of the store of both butter and cheese.

The free storage will be for one month, or until the earlier loading-date of the first vessel having available space. If for any reason the produce is not shipped within the month, or by the first ship whose loading-date is during the month, the exporter will be liable for all storage thereafter.

As storage space is limited, no cheese will be accepted which can be sent direct from the factory to the ship’s side, except as stated above.

The following are declared to be Government stores:—

For Butter only.

The Auckland Freezing Company’s Cold-store, Auckland.
The Wellington Meat Export Company’s Freezing-works, Wellington.

For Cheese only.

The Wellington Harbour Board’s Store, Wellington.

For Both Butter and Cheese.

The Taranaki Freezing-works, Moturoa, New Plymouth.
The Lyttelton Harbour Board’s Cold-store, Lyttelton.
The Otago Dock Trust’s Cold-store, Port Chalmers.
The Southland Frozen Meat and Produce Export Company’s Store, Bluff.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Secretary for Agriculture.

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is open to all Maori boys under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination: the other two scholarships are junior scholarships, one of which is open to all Maori boys under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have attended a Native school or schools other than Te Aute or St. Stephen’s, and whose attendance at school during the previous year is considered by the Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory; the other is open to Maori boys whose attendance at any school during the previous year has been similarly satisfactory. The senior scholarship is open to Maori boys on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1897. Candidates for the junior scholarships will be examined in the subjects specified for Standard IV. in the Native Schools Code, 1897. The questions will, however, be somewhat more difficult than those set for the standard examinations. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 19th and 20th December, 1898.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted not later than the 31st of October next.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary for Education, Wellington.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 13th September, 1898.

Officers appointed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 11th October, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Post and Telegraph Department.

W. C. WALKER,
For Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

PERMANENT.

NOTE.—In the New Zealand Gazette of the 22nd September, page 1524, read Rose Ann Mary McGuire, as cadette, Telephone Exchange, Napier, not Christchurch.