APRIL 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1197

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is 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.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice to Mariners No. 21 of 1907.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1907.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the office of the Commissioner of Public Works, Cape Town, South Africa, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. — WEST COAST. — ROBBEN ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE.

Alteration of Character of Light.

Notice is hereby given that on and after 11th proximo the existing first-order dioptric fixed white light exhibited from the Robben Island Lighthouse will be changed in character to a first-order dioptric occulting white light.

The intensity of the light will be 23,000 candles, or 23 lighthouse units.

The occulting period will be once in every seven seconds, as follows:—

Flash, 5 seconds.
Eclipse, 2 seconds.

The focal plane of the light is 154 ft. above H.W.

The light will be visible for eighteen miles in clear weather.

C. REYNOLDS,
For Secretary for Public Works.

Office of the Commissioner of Public Works,
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope,
7th February, 1907.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. — ALGOA BAY.

Port Elizabeth, Hill Lighthouse.

Notice is hereby given that the colour of the lighthouse-tower has been changed from red and white to all white.

C. REYNOLDS,
For Secretary for Public Works.

Office of the Commissioner for Public Works,
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope,
8th February, 1907.

Regulations as to the Introduction of Trees, Plants, Fruits, &c., into the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.—Notice No. 1114.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 9th April, 1907.

THE following regulations of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, dated 17th December, 1906, as to the introduction of trees, plants, fruits, &c., into that colony, are published for general information.

The regulations came into force on the date on which they were made, and have superseded those previously in force.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister for Agriculture.

OVERSEA PLANT IMPORT REGULATIONS.

1. No person shall introduce any tree, plant, or portion thereof, such as cuttings, roots, tubers, bulbs, seeds, or fruit, otherwise than by post or through one of the following sea-ports—namely, Beira, Lorenzo Marques, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Mossel Bay, and Cape Town—save by special authority from the Secretary for Agriculture.

2. No person shall introduce,—

(a.) Any eucalyptus, acacia, or coniferous plant, or any living portion thereof, with the exception of seed.

(b.) Any stone-fruit tree or any living portion thereof which was grown or produced in any part of North America in which either of the diseases known as peach-yellows or peach-rosette exists.

(c.) Any grapes in their fresh state.

(d.) Any live peach-stones.

(e.) Any stocks whatever, with the exception of,—

Pear.
Plum.
Apricot.
Cherry.
Mango.
Persimmon.

Apple accepted by the Secretary for Agriculture as being resistant to the attack of woolly aphis (Schizoneura lanigera).

(f.) Timber with the bark on, except scaffolding-poles shipped from the Baltic Sea or from Canada, and except piles of the turpentine-tree (Syncarpia laurifolia).

The term “stocks” in this clause shall mean young rooted plants intended for budding or grafting purposes.

3. The introduction of the following plants or of any living portion thereof except seed and fruit shall be limited to importations made by the Government under such precautionary measures as it may deem necessary:—

(a.) Grape-vines or other plants of the family Vitaceæ.

(b.) Sugar-cane.

(c.) Plants cultivated for the production of rubber.

4. Any tree or fruit-bearing plant or scion or other portion thereof for propagation, not prohibited or restricted by clauses 2 or 3, may be introduced; but any such importation, except of fruit-tree stocks, shall be allowed only under special permit from the Secretary for Agriculture. Such a permit shall be issued at the discretion of the Secretary for Agriculture, and it shall limit the introduction to not more than ten trees or 100 cuttings of any one variety, and such permits shall not be issued for more than an aggregate of 100 trees or 1,000 cuttings to any one person during one year. For the purpose of this clause the term “tree” shall include any plant of the nature of a tree. In case of dispute as to whether any plant falls under the restriction the decision of the Secretary for Agriculture shall be final.

5. Any tree or plant or portion thereof introduced in violation of the provisions of any of the foregoing clauses may be destroyed by the Inspector mentioned in clause 6.

6. All trees, plants, and portions thereof, such as cuttings, roots, tubers, bulbs, seeds, and fruit, and all packages, cases, pots, or other coverings of the same, may before being delivered to the consignee undergo an examination by an Inspector appointed for that purpose by the Secretary for Agriculture to determine as far as possible whether or not any injurious insect or plant-disease is present, and it shall be the duty of the consignee to open the coverings and to afford every facility to the Inspector during such examination.

7. All trees and woody plants, cuttings, buds, or scions thereof, together with their covering or packing material, shall, as a precautionary measure against the introduction of injurious insects, be fumigated at the expense of the consignee in the manner prescribed by and to the satisfaction of the Inspector, and if the Inspector deems the treatment expedient he may extend it to all other plants and all parts thereof.

8. If any article, in the examination provided for in clause 6, shall be actually found to be infected in whole or in part with any injurious insect or plant-disease the introduction of which would be prejudicial to the interests of this colony, it shall, together with all other articles in the same receptacle and with all packing material, be cleansed or disinfected by the consignee or at his expense, in the manner prescribed by and to the satisfaction of the Inspector; and if not so cleansed or disinfected, or if any treatment at command shall be deemed by the Inspector or found by him to be inefficient for the absolute eradication of the injurious insect or plant-disease, or if the Inspector knows the injurious insect or plant-disease to be of a specially dangerous character, the article shall be destroyed without compensation upon a certificate of infection being furnished by the Inspector.

9. The inspection and other treatment of consignments imposed by these regulations shall, save as herein excepted, take place on the premises provided by the Government for the purposes, but special arrangements may be made with the Secretary for Agriculture for the execution of all the provisions of clauses 6, 7, and 8 on the premises of the consignee or other place when approved facilities are provided.

10. The consignee shall, when called upon to do so by the Inspector, furnish a declaration, with respect to any consignment, showing the name and address of the shipper, and the number and kind of packages, and any and all particulars of name, quantity, variety, grade, marks, and place of origin of the articles that may be desired; and the Inspector is hereby empowered to seize and destroy any article which is omitted from the declaration concerning the consignment in which it may be comprised, or any article which is declared under a false or misleading name.