Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3209

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said Counties Act, 1908, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the several dates mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be the respective dates for taking the several steps set out in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

1. For preparing the defaulters list and the rolls for the ridings within the County of Cheviot: Until the 22nd day of October, 1913.

2. Time for which such list and rolls shall be open for inspection: From the 27th day of October, 1913, to the 15th day of November, 1913.

3. Time for appeals against the said rolls: Until the 1st day of December, 1913.

4. Revision Courts may sit for hearing applications with reference to the said rolls, and adjourn: Until the 20th day of December, 1913.

5. Time when the said rolls, having been corrected and signed, shall come into force: On the 1st day of January, 1914.

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

Extension of Time for Preparation of County Rolls, &c.,
County of Selwyn.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of October, 1913.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that the preparation of the rolls for the County of Selwyn, and the taking of certain steps consequent on such preparation, cannot be made and taken within the times mentioned in the Counties Act, 1908, and it is expedient to extend the said times respectively:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said Counties Act, 1908, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the several dates mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be the respective dates for taking the several steps set out in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

1. For preparing the defaulters list and the rolls for the ridings within the County of Selwyn: Until the 22nd day of October, 1913.

2. Time for which such list and rolls shall be open for inspection: From the 27th day of October, 1913, to the 15th day of November, 1913.

3. Time for appeals against the said rolls: Until the 1st day of December, 1913.

4. Revision Courts may sit for hearing applications with reference to the said rolls, and adjourn: Until the 20th day of December, 1913.

5. Time when the said rolls, having been corrected and signed, shall come into force: On the 1st day of January, 1914.

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

Modification of Acts and Customs Duties under the Exhibitions Act, 1910.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of October, 1913.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the Governor, by Order in Council dated the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, did declare the Auckland Industrial, Agricultural, and Mining Exhibition, 1913, to be an exhibition within the meaning of the Exhibitions Act, 1910:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon him by the said Act, 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, doth hereby order and declare that the provisions of the Customs Law Act, 1908, and of the Immigration Restriction Act, 1908, are modified, suspended, altered, or negatived, and that the duties of Customs imposed by the Customs Duties Act, 1908, are remitted or reduced, to the extent and subject to the conditions mentioned in this Order, that is to say,—

MODIFICATION OF THE CUSTOMS LAW ACT, 1908, AND DUTIES OF CUSTOMS.

1. Goods imported from places outside of New Zealand for exhibition in the Auckland Industrial, Agricultural, and Mining Exhibition, 1913, shall be received into and delivered from the Exhibition Buildings known as the Exhibition Bond on conditions prescribed by this Order.

2. Warehousing entries for such goods shall be presented and duplicate invoices containing the detailed descriptions and values thereof shall be produced. These invoices will be stamped by the Customs, and one copy will be returned to the exhibitor and the other retained by the Customs.

3. Such goods shall be unpacked only in the presence of or by permission of the Customs officers.

4. Duty shall be deposited on such goods intended for sale before they are either exhibited or sold.

5. Jewellery and other valuable goods intended for exhibition, and not for sale, may be exhibited in show cases, secured under Customs seal.

6. At the close of the Exhibition all dutiable goods shall be packed in the presence of a Customs officer, who shall require all goods entered for the Bond to be accounted for.

7. The Customs officers will be present simply as revenue officers, and will not be in any way responsible for the goods stored in the Exhibition buildings.

8. No bonded-warehouse duty shall be chargeable upon the Exhibition Bond.

9. The Collector of Customs at Auckland may allow goods imported for the purposes of the Exhibition to be cleared without payment of duty in any of the following cases, that is to say:—

(a.) Pictures, statuary, and works of art exhibited at the Exhibition and subsequently purchased by any public institution (meaning thereby any public institution or art association registered as a corporate body, or any public school, college, or university) for display in the buildings of such institution, and not to be sold or otherwise disposed of by such institution:

(b.) Samples of small value distributed free of charge within the Exhibition buildings or grounds by exhibitors:

(c.) Handbills, circulars, posters, show-cards, calendars, postcards, and other advertising matter and articles relating to exhibits from beyond New Zealand and distributed or displayed free of charge within the Exhibition buildings or grounds:

(d.) Stationery bona fide used in the Exhibition buildings or grounds by exhibitors in connection with their exhibits.

10. Where any picture, statuary, or work of art exhibited at the Exhibition is subsequently purchased by any person and duty is payable thereon, the Collector may assess the value for duty at one-half the price paid by the purchaser, and in such case the duty shall be payable accordingly.

11. Where show-cases, stands, fittings, or materials imported for the purpose of the Exhibition and used in the Exhibition buildings or grounds by any exhibitor are sold, removed, or disposed of for use or consumption in New Zealand, the Collector shall assess them at a fair value for duty after making allowance for depreciation in value through use, and the duties of Customs shall be paid on them in accordance with such assessment, which shall be final.

12. Where an exhibitor’s goods are destroyed or injured in the process of judging by juries of awards, the Collector may remit the whole or any part of the duty payable thereon:

Provided that where the whole of the duty on any such goods is remitted the goods shall be abandoned to the Crown under the next succeeding clause hereof.

13. (1.) In lieu of paying duty on any article (whether an exhibit, or any stand, fitting, show-case, or material used by him for the purposes of his exhibits) the exhibitor may abandon the article to the Crown on giving the Collector three days’ previous notice of abandonment and delivering the article to such person as the Collector appoints.

(2.) All articles so abandoned shall be sold by auction at such times and in such manner as the Collector directs, and the net proceeds of the sale (less expenses of and in-