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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 138

Account of Materials for Brewing for the Month of, 19.

Summary of Account of Beer for the Month of, 19.

Stock on hand on 1st of month, including worts in the gyles or fermenting-vessels .. ..
Amount brewed, including worts in the gyles or fermenting-vessels .. .. .. ..
Total .. .. .. ..
Less quantity sold or disposed of or wasted or consumed in the brewery .. ..
Balance on hand on last day of month ..

Pursuant to the Finance Act, 1915, I, of , declare that the foregoing entries were made by me and that they state truly to the best of my knowledge and belief the estimated quantity of the whole of the amount of beer and worts brewed and the actual quantity of the same removed from the brewery and wasted and consumed in the brewery owned by at in the County [or Borough] of from the first day of the month of to the last day of that month, and I further similarly declare that the account of materials for brewing is correctly stated, and and that I have no knowledge of any matter or thing required by the aforesaid Act to be stated in the said entries or account having been omitted therefrom.

[To be signed by the person who made the entries in the book.]

Declared at , this day of , 19, before me—

Collector of Customs [or Officer of Customs, or Postmaster, or Justice of the Peace, or Solicitor, or Notary Public].

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[Form No. 6.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO BREW (SPECIAL).

Name of Brewery: . . . . . . . . . . .
Place: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . day of , 19.

I HEREBY give you notice that it is my intention to brew on day of , 19, and that the operations from the mashing to the pitching of the worts for fermentation and the removal of the beer from the fermenting-vessels are expected to begin and finish as hereunder indicated:—

Time of mashing: From to .
Time of boiling: From to .
Time of cooling: From to .
Time of pitching: .
Date and time of removal from the fermenting-vessel: . . . . . . . . . . .
Brewer.

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[Form No. 7.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO BREW (GENERAL).

Name of Brewery: . . . . . . . . . . .
Place: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . day of , 19.

I HEREBY give you notice that until further advised it is my intention to brew on the following days of the week, and that the operations from the mashing to the pitching of the worts for fermentation and the removal of the beer from the fermenting-vessels are expected to begin and finish as hereunder indicated:—

. . . . . . . . . . .
Brewer.

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[Form No. 8.
LICENSE TO MANUFACTURE HOP-BEER.

[Name of manufacturer] of [Place in which premises situated] having paid into my office the sum of £1 (one pound), in accordance with the provisions of Part III of the Finance Act, 1915, is hereby licensed to manufacture hop-beer for sale, the alcoholic strength of which does not exceed 3 (three) per cent. of proof spirit.

This license shall continue in force until the 31st day of December, 19 .

Dated at this day of , 19.

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Collector of Customs.

Extracts from Section 73 of the Finance Act, 1915.

Subsection (3): “Any fermented beverage containing hops, or any extract thereof, and containing more than three per centum of proof spirit shall be deemed to be beer, and the provisions of this Part of this Act shall apply accordingly.”

(NOTE.—This means that any person brewing hop-beer containing more than 3 per centum of proof spirit shall be deemed to have brewed beer without a license and shall be liable to a penalty of £200.)

Subsection (6): “No hop-beer shall be sold, offered for sale, or exposed for sale unless the name and address of the manufacturer are printed on labels affixed to the cask or bottle in which such hop-beer is contained, and every person who commits a breach of this subsection is liable to a penalty of ten pounds.”

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this 1st day of December, 1915.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Customs.

Minister’s Order No. 1093.]

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Appointing Districts and Places for collecting Beer Duty under Part III of the Finance Act, 1915.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by Part III of the Finance Act, 1915 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), I, Arthur Mielziner Myers, Minister of Customs, do hereby appoint the districts mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto as districts for the purpose of levying and collecting the beer duty imposed by Part III of the said Act. Each district shall respectively comprise the counties set opposite to the name of such district in the second column of the said Schedule, including all boroughs and town districts now constituted or which may from time to time be constituted within the boundaries of those counties, or which are bounded by those counties, or are between those counties or any part thereof and the sea, and shall also include any new county hereafter created within the limits of any such district.

And I do further appoint that the place or places mentioned in the third column of the said Schedule shall be places in the said districts at which the duties leviable under Part III of the said Act shall be paid, received, and collected,