Nov. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3899

store in one lot and under one brand, the owner shall submit such honey in separate parcels, each parcel containing honey of a uniform class and standard, with a distinguishing-mark on each case of honey in each such parcel, and the advice-note to the Grader shall show the distinguishing-mark of each such parcel.

(4.) Every person who wilfully supplies false information on any advice-note as aforesaid commits a breach of these regulations.

(5.) Every owner of honey sending the same to any of the appointed grading-stores must make his own arrangements for the transit of the honey to and from the store, and also for its receipt, storage, opening-up for grading, repacking, delivery, shipment, and any other service, including insurance and protection from damage and loss of any kind.

6. All honey submitted for grading must be granulated, and no honey will be graded or allowed to be exported unless it is granulated.

7. (1.) Honey intended for export shall be packed in clean, strongly constructed tins, which shall be lacquered or oiled on the outside to prevent rusting.

(2.) To enable the grading to be carried out each tin shall be provided with a leak-proof lid which is capable of being easily removed and replaced.

(3.) The tins shall be packed in cases, which shall be clean and new, and constructed of well-seasoned timber planed on the outside, and strapped with metal strapping or wire.

(4.) The weight of the honey in any case shall not exceed one hundred and twenty pounds net.

8. (1.) The owner of honey for export shall, before sending it to an appointed grading-store, cause the cases to be clearly and indelibly branded with an export brand to be approved and registered by the Director as hereinafter provided.

(2.) The brand shall contain the words “New Zealand Produce.—Pure Honey,” and the name of the owner; provided that either in lieu of or in combination with the name of the owner there may be used such other words or such designs as the Director may approve for the purpose.

(3.) The net weight of the honey shall also be branded on the cases.

(4.) A shipper’s brand or mark may also be branded upon the cases.

(5.) One end of each case shall be kept clear for the grade-mark to be placed thereon by the Grader.

9. (1.) Every person intending to ship honey for export shall make application to the Director in the form set out in the Second Schedule hereto, or to the effect thereof, for the registration of the export brand prescribed in clause eight of these regulations.

(2.) The Director may, if in his opinion the use of the brand to which the application relates is not likely to lead to mistakes or confusion, approve and register the brand, and shall forthwith notify the applicant of the result of his application.

(3.) No person shall use any export brand unless and until he has been notified by the Director that it has been registered.

(4.) The Director may at any time, after giving one month’s notice in writing to the owner thereof, cancel the registration of any export brand if satisfied that it has not been used during the preceding two years in connection with the export of honey.

10. For the purposes of grading, honey will be divided into four classes, according to colour—viz., white, light amber, medium amber, and dark.

11. For the purposes of the grading of honey the maximum number of points that may be allotted in respect of the several qualities is as follows:—

Quality. Points.
Flavour .. .. .. .. 40
Colour .. .. .. .. 10
Condition .. .. .. 15
Grain .. .. .. .. 12
Aroma .. .. .. .. 8
Freedom from scum and froth .. 10
Packing and finish .. .. 5
——
Total .. .. .. .. 100

12. (1.) The following will be the standards upon which the grades of honey will be determined:—
    A or Special Grade: 94 to 100 points, both inclusive.
    B or Prime Grade: 88 to 93½ points, both inclusive.
    C or Good Grade: 80 to 87½ points, both inclusive.
    D or Manufacturing Grade: 65 to 79½ points, both inclusive.

(2.) No charge will be made for grading.

13. As soon as possible after grading any honey the Grader shall stamp on the cases containing the honey a mark (herein called the “grade-mark”) indicating the grade of such honey, determined in accordance with these regulations; and shall also sign and deliver to the owner a certificate of the grade (herein called the “grade-certificate”), in the form set out in the Third Schedule hereto; provided, however, that no grade-certificate shall be issued in respect of honey scoring less than 65 points in the grading, and no grade-mark shall be placed on any case containing any such honey, but in any such case a notification of the result of the grading shall be sent by the Grader to the owner of the honey.

14. No person shall remove from any appointed grading-store, except for the purpose of immediately shipping it for export beyond New Zealand, any honey for which a grade-certificate has been issued unless the grade-certificate is surrendered to the Grader and the grade-mark upon the case has been erased.

15. If any honey, after being graded and prior to its export from the Dominion, is damaged or, in the opinion of any Grader, deteriorates, the owner of such honey shall, if and when directed by the Grader to do so, submit such honey for re-examination, and shall surrender to the Grader the grade-certificate issued in respect thereof.

16. No honey in respect of which the grade-certificate has been or ought to have been surrendered in accordance with the two last preceding regulations shall be exported until it has been resubmitted for grading and a new certificate has been issued in respect thereof.

17. No honey shall be exported from the Dominion which scores less than 65 points in the grading.

18. No honey shall be exported from the Dominion if the tins containing it show any signs of leakage.

19. The decision of any Grader as to the quality, condition, or grade of any honey shall be conclusive, and no action or other proceeding shall lie against any Grader or against any other officer of the Crown, or against the Crown, in respect of any erroneous decision of a Grader as to such quality, condition, or grade.

20. Except as otherwise provided in these regulations, no person shall alter or obliterate wholly or partially, or cause to be altered or obliterated any grade-mark, nor shall any person counterfeit or improperly impress any such grade-mark on any case containing honey or intended to contain honey.

21. Any person committing or concerned in committing a breach of these regulations is liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

SCHEDULES.

First Schedule.

ADVICE-NOTE SUBMITTING HONEY FOR GRADING.

The Honey Grader, Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce.

IN compliance with the regulations under the Apiaries Amendment Act, 1913, I hereby submit for grading the undermentioned honey, which I have forwarded this day per to the grading-store belonging to at the port of

Please send the certificate to
Number of cases: .
Net weight: .
Brand and mark: .
[Address and date.] [Signature of owner.]

Second Schedule.

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF EXPORT BRAND FOR HONEY.

The Director of the Horticulture Division, Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, Wellington.

I, [We], , of , a shipper of honey for export, do hereby request you to register the brand of which a copy is attached, for use by me [us] in branding cases containing honey intended for export, as required by the regulations in force under the Apiaries Amendment Act, 1913, relating to the export of honey.

[Address and date.] [Signature.]

Third Schedule.

GRADE-CERTIFICATE FOR EXPORT HONEY.

I HEREBY certify that I have this day classed and graded packages of the undernoted honey as follows, and at the same time have stamped the packages according to class and grade:—

……..packages A or Special Grade [Insert class] honey.
……..packages B or Prime Grade [Insert class] honey.
……..packages C or Good Grade [Insert class] honey.
……..packages D or Manufacturing Grade [Insert class] honey.
……..Total number of packages.

B