June 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2045

January then instant: and doth hereby make the following regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of section six of the said Act.

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REGULATIONS.

1. THE classes of goods which shall be deemed to be the produce or manufacture of the British Dominions for the purposes of the said Act shall be the following :—

(a.) Goods wholly the produce of the British Dominions.

(b.) Goods wholly manufactured within the British Dominions from materials produced in such Dominions.

(c.) Goods wholly manufactured within the British Dominions in which all manufacturing processes are performed in the British Dominions from unmanufactured raw material of foreign origin.

(d.) Goods partially produced or partially manufactured in the British Dominions, provided that the final process or processes of manufacture have been performed in such Dominions, and also that the expenditure in material produced in such Dominions and [or] labour performed within such Dominions (calculated subject to the qualification hereunder) in each and every article is not less than one-fourth of the factory or works cost of such article in its finished state.

2. In the calculation of such proportion of produce or labour of the British Dominions none of the following items shall be included or considered: Manufacturer’s profit, or the profit or remuneration of any trader, agent, broker, or other person dealing in the article in its manufactured finished condition; costs incurred in the mere packing of foreign-made goods in [e.g., cartons or other containers]; cost of outside packages or any cost of packing the goods thereinto; any cost of conveying, insuring, or shipping the goods subsequent to their manufacture.

3. Goods landed in transit. Goods which after shipment from any part of the British Dominions have entered into the commerce of or been subjected to any process of manufacture in any foreign country shall not be deemed to be the produce or manufacture of the British Dominions.

4. In every case where, pursuant to section 6 of the said Act, the full duty under the said Act is payable on any goods owing to the non-production to the Collector of an invoice with the prescribed certificate written or printed thereon, and at the time of importation the importer alleges, and the Collector has reason to believe, that such goods are bona fide the produce or manufacture of some part of the British Dominions, and that such non-production is due to accident, the following provisions shall apply :—

(a.) Any amount of duty so payable in excess of the duty payable upon the like goods being the produce or manufacture of some part of the British Dominions may be held by the Collector at the port of importation on deposit pending the production of an invoice with the prescribed certificate written or printed thereon.

(b.) Such deposit shall be returned to the importer if the invoice, with certificate as aforesaid, is produced within six months from the date of payment of the deposit, but otherwise the same shall be applied as duty payable under the said Act, unless other action is specially directed by the Minister of Customs.

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

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Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £500 proposed to be raised by the Havelock Town Board.

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ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of June, 1912.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Havelock Town Board lately proposed to raise a loan of £500 under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and the amendments thereof, for the purpose of lighting the Town of Havelock with acetylene gas:

And whereas the provisions of section eleven of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, as amended by section three of the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1910, require that the poll of the ratepayers upon the proposal to raise a loan shall be taken at a date not more than three weeks from the last publication of the notice mentioned in section eight of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908:

And whereas the date of the last publication of the said notice was the third day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eleven: And whereas the poll of the ratepayers upon the said proposal was taken upon the thirtieth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, being more than three weeks after the last publication of the said notice:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the Havelock Town District have not been misled by the aforesaid irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the aforesaid proceedings:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section one hundred and twenty-one of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and section seven of the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1910, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby validate the aforesaid poll, and doth hereby order and declare that the said poll shall be and be deemed to have been as valid and effectual for all intents and purposes as if the same had been taken not less than one week and not more than three weeks from the date of the last publication of the aforesaid notice, and that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

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Validating Public Notification in connection with the Loan of £3,500 for the Eden Terrace Road Board.

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ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of June, 1912.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Eden Terrace Road Board lately proposed to raise a loan of three thousand five hundred pounds, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, for drainage:

And whereas the public notification of the special order authorizing the raising of the loan and making a special rate in respect of that loan, although published once in each week of the four weeks immediately preceding the day on which the confirming meeting was held, was not published in one newspaper as required by the Road Boards Act, 1908, but was published partly in two newspapers:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the aforesaid proceedings:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section one hundred and twenty-one of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and section seven of the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1910, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the said public notification shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the same had been properly published, and that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

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Authorizing the Alienation of Native Land, notwithstanding the Provisions of Part XII of the Native Land Act, 1909.

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ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of June, 1912.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Native owners are desirous of granting, and Messrs. Manson and Company are desirous of obtaining, a lease over the piece or parcel of land