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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

Act, 1903,” inasmuch as it did not quote the Act under
which the loan was to be raised: And whereas the Governor
is satisfied that the ratepayers have not been misled by such
irregularity or defect, and it appears expedient to validate
the said voting-paper:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in him by section ten of “The Local Bodies’ Loans
Amendment Act, 1902,” doth hereby declare that the said
voting-paper used as aforesaid shall be and be deemed to be
as valid and effectual to all intents and purposes as though
the same were regular in form, and that the proceedings
relative to the said loan shall not be called in question by
reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating the Voting-paper used in connection with the
Loan of £234 to form and metal the Roads in the
Kawhia, Te Puru, and Karewa Townships, applied for by
the Kawhia County Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth
day of February, 1908.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the Kawhia County Council has applied to
the Minister of Finance, under the provisions of
“The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901” (hereinafter called
“the said Act”), and its amendments, for a loan of two
hundred and thirty-four pounds for the purpose of forming
and metalling the roads in the Kawhia, Te Puru, and Karewa
Townships: And whereas the voting-paper used at the poll
of ratepayers taken under the provisions of the said Act
upon the proposal to raise the said loan on the twenty-
eighth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and
six, was not in accordance with the Form No. 1 in the
Schedule to “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act,
1903,” inasmuch as it did not quote the Act under which
the loan was to be raised: And whereas the said voting-
paper did not correctly state the day on which the poll was
taken: And whereas the Governor is satisfied that the
ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity or
defect, and it appears expedient to validate the said voting-
paper:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in him by section ten of “The Local Bodies’ Loans
Amendment Act, 1902,” doth hereby declare that the said
voting-paper used as aforesaid shall be and be deemed to be
as valid and effectual to all intents and purposes as though
the same were regular in form and as though the date of the
said poll was correctly quoted, and doth hereby declare that
the proceedings relative to the said loan shall not be called
in question by reason only of the irregularities aforesaid.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under “The Orchard and Garden Pests Act,
1903,” in regard to the Importation of Fruit or Plants.—
Notice No. 1182.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth
day of February, 1908.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Orchard and
Garden Pests Act, 1903” (hereinafter termed “the
said Act”), it is provided that the Governor may from time
to time, by Order in Council gazetted, prohibit, either abso-
lutely or except in accordance with regulations under the
said Act, the introduction into New Zealand, either generally
or from any specified colony, country, port, or place, of any
plant, fruit, fungus, parasite, insect, or any other thing
which in his opinion is likely to introduce any disease into
New Zealand: And whereas Mediterranean or West Aus-
tralian fruit-fly (Halterophora capitata), San José scale
(Aspidiosus perniciosus), Queensland fruit-fly (Tephryte
tryoni), and vine-louse or phylloxera (Phylloxera vastatrix),
being included in the First Schedule of the said Act, are
diseases within the meaning of the said Act: And whereas
American blight (Schizoneura lanigera), apple-scab (Fusicla-
dium dendriticum), codlin moth (Carpocapsa pomonella), mus-
sel or oyster scale (Mytilaspis pomorum), and redmite (Bryo-
bia pratensis), being included in the Second Schedule of the
said Act, are diseases within the meaning of the said Act, but
subject in every case to the provisions of section three of the
said Act: And whereas the Governor, in exercise of the
powers and authorities vested in him in that behalf by the
said Act, has declared by Orders in Council made and
gazetted on the dates shown in the First Schedule hereto
that the diseases named in the said Schedule are diseases
within the meaning of the said Act: And whereas, in the
opinion of the Governor, the introduction into New Zealand
of fruit or plants affected, or liable to be affected, with any
of the said diseases is likely to introduce the said diseases
into New Zealand: And whereas, in the opinion of the
Governor, it is expedient to prohibit the introduction into
New Zealand of grapes, grape-vines, and grape-vine cuttings
except as hereinafter provided, and to revoke the Proclama-
tions and Orders in Council named in the Second Schedule
hereto, and make other provision in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities 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 revoke
the several Proclamations and Orders in Council specified in
the Second Schedule hereto, and doth hereby declare that
the introduction into New Zealand of fruit or plants affected
or liable to be affected with any of the diseases specified in
the First or Second Schedule to the said Act or in the First
Schedule to these regulations respectively is prohibited, except
when such introduction takes place in accordance with these
regulations; and it is hereby declared that such regulations
shall come into force on the day of the publication thereof in
the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. For the purpose of these regulations,—

“Fruit” means the edible product of any plant, and
includes the peel, skin, or shell of such product,
and also the seeds of such plant, whether such fruit
is or is not attached to the plant.

“Plant” means any tree, flower, shrub, vegetable, or
other vegetation.

Fruit or plants “affected with disease” means any fruit
or plant (including cuttings, buds, or any other
portion of a plant), or package or wrapping con-
taining the same, in or on which such disease is
or has been present in any form or stage of develop-
ment, or any fruit or plant (including cuttings, buds,
or any other portion of a plant), or package or
wrapping containing the same, infected with such
disease, or with which any such fruit, plant,
package, or wrapping has come in contact.

2. For the purpose of the said Act the following places
   are hereby appointed to be the only ports of entry for fruit
   or plants, viz.:—

Provided that in the case of direct consignments of fruit
or plants for any other port than those above mentioned the
whole consignment or any portion thereof, as may be required
by the Inspector, shall be actually landed by the owner or
person in charge thereof, at the owner’s expense, for examina-
tion at a port of entry; and on a permit being issued by such
Inspector, after examination, authorising their release such
fruit or plants shall be allowed to land on production of such
permit to the Customs officer at the port of destination. The
form of permit shall be as set out in the Third Schedule
hereto.

3. Every shipment of fruit or plants must be accom-
   panied,—

(a.) In the case of grapes from the Australian Common-
wealth, by a certificate, as set out in Form No. 1
of the Fourth Schedule hereto, signed by the
shipper, setting forth the number and kind of
packages, the shipping marks, the name of the
occupier of the vineyard, the locality, and the
State where such grapes were grown, and that