Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3285

DIAGRAM No. 4.

For “ Superior ” grade hemp ..

N.Z. GOVT.
A GRADE.
SUPERIOR.

For “ Fine ” grade hemp ..

N.Z. GOVT.
B GRADE.
FINE.

For “ Good Fair ” grade hemp ..

N.Z. GOVT.
C GRADE.
GOOD FAIR.

For “ Fair ” grade hemp ..

N.Z. GOVT.
D GRADE.
FAIR.

For “ Common ” grade hemp ..

N.Z. GOVT.
E GRADE.
COMMON.

For “ Rejected ” grade hemp ..

N.Z. GOVT.
F GRADE.
REJECTED.

For No. 1 grade tow ..

N.Z. GOVT.
No. 1 GRADE.

For No. 2 grade tow ..

N.Z. GOVT.
No. 2 GRADE.

For No. 3 grade tow ..

N.Z. GOVT.
No. 3 GRADE.

For stripper-slips ..

N.Z. GOVT.
STRIPPER-SLIPS.
PASSED FOR EXPORT.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

[Form No. 1.
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF HEMP-MILLER’S BRAND.
To the Chief Fibre Expert,
Department of Agriculture, Wellington.
I, [We], [Name], hemp-miller, of [Address], do hereby
request you to register the undermentioned brand for use by
me [us] in branding bales at my [our] mill situated at
, in accordance with the regulations under “ The
Products Export Act, 1908,” regarding the grading and export
of hemp.

Particulars of Brand.
Signature : .
Usual postal address : .
Dated at , this day of , 190 .

[Form No. 2.
, 190 .
ADVICE - NOTE SUBMITTING HEMP OR TOW FOR GRADING.
The Hemp-grader, Department of Agriculture,
In accordance with the regulations made under “ The Pro-
ducts Export Act, 1908,” the undernoted parcel of [State
whether hemp, tow, or stripper-slips] is hereby submitted for
grading at the appointed grading-store belonging to
at the Port of . Please send the certificate to .

Number
of Bales.
Total
Weight.
Mark.
Numbers
on Bales.
Miller’s
Name.
Miller’s
Address.
Tons
cwt.
qr.

Signature of Owner or of Owner’s Agent : .

[Form No. 3.
[Arms.]
New Zealand.
Department of Agriculture, Fibre Division,
, 190 .
GRADER’S CERTIFICATE.
I HEREBY certify that I have graded the undermentioned
[Number in words] bales of [State whether hemp, tow, or
stripper-slips], and have stamped, according to grade, the
tag attached to each :—

Miller’s
Brand.
Number
of
Bales.
Distinctive
Nos.
on Bales.
Total Points
awarded.
Grade.
Grader’s
Official No.

, Hemp-grader.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Exempting certain Officers in the Customs Department from
the Operation of Section 4 of “ The Civil Service Act,
1908.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seven-
teenth day of December, 1908.

Present :
The Right Honourable Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection one of section five of “ The
Civil Service Amendment Act, 1908 ” (hereinafter
termed “ the said Act ”), it is provided that if the Governor
is of opinion that any office is of such a nature that it ought
in the public interest to be exempted from the operation of
section four of “ The Civil Service Act, 1908 ” (hereinafter
termed “ the principal Act ”), he may by Order in Council
gazetted exempt that office therefrom accordingly :
And whereas the Governor is of opinion that the herein-
after mentioned offices in the Customs Department should
be exempted from the operation of section four of the
principal Act :
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the power and authority conferred upon him by the said
Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby
exempt from the operation of section four of the principal
Act the offices in the Customs Department included in the
Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
Tide-surveyors. Night-watchmen.
Searchers. Coast-waiters.
Lockers. Magazine-keepers.
Tide-waiters.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.