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such adjournments of the meetings shall be deemed and taken to be as valid to all intents and purposes as though the said meetings had respectively been regularly adjourned in accordance with section sixty-nine of “The Road Boards Act, 1882”; and, further, that no proceedings taken in relation to the said irregularly adjourned meetings shall be deemed to be irregular by reason only of the said adjournments for fourteen days as aforesaid.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Reducing to 1s. the Pound the Duty on Manufactured Tobacco imported into the Cook and other Islands where the Invoice Value at the Time of Importation does not exceed 1s. the Pound.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this tenth day of December, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon him by “The Cook and other Islands Government Act Amendment Act, 1902,” and “The Cook and other Islands Government Act Amendment Act, 1903,” 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 modify the New Zealand Customs tariff in its application to goods imported into the Cook and other islands aforesaid by declaring and directing that the duty on manufactured tobacco imported into the Cook and other islands aforesaid, on and after the tenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and three, shall be one shilling the pound (in lieu of three shillings and sixpence the pound as fixed by “The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888”) where the Collector is satisfied that the genuine invoice value at the time of importation does not exceed one shilling the pound.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under Explosives Acts for the Importation, Storage, and Use of “Cheddite” in the Colony of New Zealand.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this tenth day of December, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS, in exercise of the powers conferred by “The Explosives Act, 1882,” and “The Explosives Act Amendment Act, 1897,” 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, did for the purposes of the said Acts make the regulations referred to in the First Schedule hereto: And whereas it is expedient to make regulations respecting the importation into the colony of the explosive known as “cheddite,” as the same is defined in the Second Schedule hereto, and for the storage and use of such explosive within the colony:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said Acts, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him 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, and for the purposes of the said Acts, doth hereby make the regulations following, that is to say:—

REGULATIONS.

1. These regulations, as also the regulations firstly and secondly referred to in the First Schedule hereto. shall be read together.

2. The explosive known as “cheddite,” as defined in the Second Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be an explosive within Class 4, Division 2, of the regulations firstly referred to in the First Schedule hereto; and the regulations firstly and secondly referred to in the said First Schedule shall be read and construed accordingly.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Regulations heretofore made.

First.—Regulations dated 6th June, 1898, and gazetted 16th idem, classifying and defining explosives, and providing for their importation.

Second.—Regulations dated 8th January, 1900, and gazetted 11th idem, providing for the inspection, manufacture, and storage of explosives.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Definition and Classification of “Cheddite.”

Class 4, Division 2.

“Cheddite”: Consisting of a mixture of finely powdered chlorate of potassium thoroughly incorporated with nitro-naphthalene and di-nitro-toluene, both thoroughly purified, and castor-oil, and with or without the addition of well-washed starch: provided that the proportion of castor-oil amounts to not less than 5 per cent., and the combined proportion of nitro-naphthalene and di-nitro-toluene to not less than 15 per cent. by weight of the finished explosive: the whole to be of such character and consistency as not to be liable to liquefaction, exudation, or seccation.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

D. 03/2763.]

Consenting to closing Road in Anama Road District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this tenth day of December, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section twelve, subsection one, of “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1900,” it is enacted that a local authority shall not declare any county or district road to be stopped, and such road shall not be deemed to be stopped, until the consent thereto of the Governor by Order in Council gazetted is obtained:

And whereas the Anama Road Board has applied for such consent in respect to the road described in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the above-in-part-recited Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby consent to the Anama Road Board closing the road mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Canterbury Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Mount Arthur Road, Akitio County, to be a County Road.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this tenth day of December, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him 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 order and declare that the road known as the Mount Arthur Road, in the Akitio County, described in the Schedule hereto, shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be a county road.