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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 62

Third Schedule.

Fourth Schedule.

Fifth Schedule.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

"Pitite" admitted into Colony and permitted to be used under the Explosives Acts.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of August, 1902.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by "The Explosives Act, 1882," and "The Explosives Act Amendment Act, 1897," and of all other powers and authorities him enabling in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations under the said Acts for the purpose of regulating the importation into the colony of the explosive known as "pitite," and for the storage and use of such explosive within the colony. And it is hereby declared that such regulations shall be read and construed as part of the regulations numbered one to eighteen inclusive made by Order in Council issued under the said Acts on the sixth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the sixteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

REGULATIONS.
Class 3, Division I.

"Pitite."—Consisting in every hundred parts by weight of the finished explosive of not more than twenty-seven parts and not less than twenty-five parts of thoroughly purified nitro-glycerine, with not more than thirty-three parts and not less than thirty parts of nitrate of potassium and nitrate of barium, or either of them, and with not more than thirty-nine parts and not less than thirty-six parts of wood-meal, and with not more than five parts and not less than four parts of moisture, with or without not more than half a part of sulphuretted benzol, and not more than half a part of carbonate of calcium and carbonate of sodium, or either of them, and with no other ingredient, the whole being uniformly incorporated, and of such character and consistency as not to be liable to exudation. Provided—

(1.) That the explosive shall be used only when contained in a non-waterproofed wrapper of parchment paper:

(2.) That the explosive shall be used only with a detonator fuse of not less strength than that known as number six (i.e., the detonator or electric detonator fuse to be used shall possess an effective detonative strength as great as, or greater than, that of one containing fifteen grains of a composition consisting in every one hundred parts by weight of eighty parts fulminate of mercury and twenty parts of chlorate of potassium):

(3.) That, in addition to the marking on the outer package required by an Order of the Secretary of State made under "The Explosives Act, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five," and in force for the time being, such outer package shall bear the words "As defined in the List of Permitted Explosives"; and, further, that each inner package shall be clearly marked with the words "Permitted Explosive, to be used only with not less than Number Six Detonator," and also with the name of the explosive, the name of the manufacturer, the date of manufacture, and the nature of the proportion of the ingredients: and

(4.) That the explosive, if in a frozen condition, shall be thoroughly thawed in a safe and suitable manner before use.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Excepting Land from Operation of Section 117 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of August, 1902.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894" (hereinafter called "the said Act"), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the