1618
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

Government of any foreign country for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British ships in that country, His Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that that section shall apply in the case of such foreign country, subject to any limitations, conditions, and qualifications contained in the Order:

And whereas it has been made to appear to His Majesty that the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua will give due facilities for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British ships in that country :

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in him by the hereinbefore-recited subsection (1) of section 238 of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” and by and with the advice of his Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare that the said section 238 of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” shall apply in the case of the Republic of Nicaragua.

A. W. FitzRoy.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Shops in the Town District of Pukekohe under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Town District of Pukekohe, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops, with the exception of fruiterers, shall be closed on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 7.30 p.m., on Wednesdays at 9 p.m., and on Saturdays (the weekly half-holiday) at 1 p.m. in each week, except as provided for in section 16 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904”: And whereas the Pukekohe Town Board has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of all the shopkeepers in the town district:

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, the Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and section 5 of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905,” do hereby direct that from and after the 1st day of June, 1907, all the shops, excepting fruiterers, in the Town District of Pukekohe shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of May, 1907.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Eltham, Manawatu, and Pohangina Counties.—Notice No. 1119.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 21st May, 1907.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the undermentioned local authorities have, by special order, declared the plants enumerated opposite each to be noxious weeds within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under the jurisdiction of each respectively :—

Local Authorities. Plants.
Eltham County Council .. Ox-eye daisy, giant burdock, ragwort, pennyroyal, foxglove.
Manawatu County Council .. Pennyroyal, hemlock.
Pohangina County Council .. Pennyroyal.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister for Agriculture.

Australian Regulations respecting the Importation of Swine, &c., from New Zealand.—Notice No. 1120.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1907.

THE regulations of the several States of the Commonwealth of Australia with respect to the importation of swine, and bacon, hams, and cured pork, from New Zealand are as follows, and are published for general information.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister for Agriculture.

QUEENSLAND: Importation of swine prohibited for a period of twelve months as from 11th October, 1906. Importation of bacon, hams, cured or dressed pork allowed, but no viscera or portion thereof in an uncooked state is allowed to be imported or introduced therewith.

New South Wales: Importation of swine prohibited for a period of six months as from 3rd May, 1907. Importation of bacon, hams, cured or frozen pork, the latter to be accompanied by a Meat Inspector’s certificate of health from the port of shipment, allowed.

Victoria: Importation of swine prohibited indefinitely.

Western Australia: Importation of swine prohibited indefinitely.

South Australia: Importation of swine allowed.

Tasmania: Importation of stud swine allowed if such swine are accompanied by a statutory declaration by an Inspector of Stock that swine are free from disease, and one by breeder that swine-fever has never attacked his herd or been present in his piggeries, and that the swine before shipment have not been in contact with any swine affected with such fever; also that trucks or vehicles by which they have been conveyed were previously disinfected.

Importation of other swine prohibited indefinitely.

Importation of bacon, hams, and cured pork allowed.

“The Taranaki Scholarships Act, 1905.”

WHEREAS by section 8 of “The Taranaki Scholarships Act, 1905,” it is enacted that the Public Trustee may from time to time, with the consent of the Minister of Education, make regulations for dealing with moneys invested, for renewal of the leases of the reserves, and the conditions as regards length of tenure, rent, improvements, and securing to the lessees the value of their improvements effected after the passing of the said Act:

Now, therefore, the Public Trustee, with the consent of the Minister of Education, in pursuance of the powers vested in him by the above-mentioned Act, doth hereby make the following regulations :—

DEFINITIONS.

1. In these regulations,—

“Improvements” includes buildings, fencing, planting, draining, reclamation of land, laying down in grass or pasture, and any other improvement of a substantial and permanent character:

“Lessee” includes the assignee, executor, and administrator of any lessee:

“Arbitration” shall mean the method of deciding a dispute or disagreement provided by “The Arbitration Act, 1890”:

“The Public Trustee” means the Public Trustee appointed under “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894,” or other Act for the time being in force.

INVESTMENT OF MONEYS.

2. The Public Trustee shall from time to time, as suitable securities offer, invest therein moneys derived from leasing the reserves as provided by section 6 of the said Act. Any moneys not so invested shall bear interest at the rate allowed on funds invested in the common fund of the Public Trust Office.

RENEWALS.

3. The Public Trustee shall, not more than twelve months nor less than six months before the expiration of any lease, obtain a valuation of all improvements on each parcel of land leased, so as to ascertain,—

(1.) The value of the lessee’s improvements made after the 30th day of October, 1905.

(2.) The rack-rent of the land as if no such improvements existed thereon.

Such valuations shall be made by two arbitrators—one to be appointed by the Public Trustee and one by the lessee. Should the lessee fail to appoint an arbitrator within two weeks of his being requested by the Public Trustee in writing so to do, then the arbitrator appointed by the Public Trustee shall alone conduct the valuation, and his decision shall be final and binding on both parties.

In the event of such arbitrators not being able to agree they shall appoint an umpire, whose decision shall be final and conclusive.

The whole costs of the arbitration shall be borne by the lessee.

It shall not be necessary to make any such valuations if the amounts thereof shall be agreed to by the Public Trustee and the lessee.

4. The lessee shall, not later than three months before the expiration of the term of his lease, elect, by notice in writing delivered to the Public Trustee, whether he will accept a fresh lease for a further term of twenty-one years from such expiration at a rental equal to five pounds per centum on the gross value of the lands after deducting therefrom the value of the lessee’s improvements.

5. If the lessee shall not elect to accept a renewal as above mentioned, or if having elected shall refuse or neglect to execute a lease within seven days after the same is tendered to him for that purpose, the lease shall, not later than one month before the expiration of the term for which it was granted, be put up to competition by public tender on the following terms :—