1628
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

And His Majesty is further pleased, by and with the advice aforesaid, to authorize and direct the President of the Board of Trade, the Minister for Trade and Customs in the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Minister of Customs in the Dominion of New Zealand respectively to give effect to this order in the following way, that is to say:—

(1.) That the President of the Board of Trade shall cause to be served notice of requisition on the owner of any such steamship if such owner be in the United Kingdom; that the Minister for Trade and Customs in the Commonwealth of Australia shall cause to be served notice of requisition on the owner of any such steamship if such owner be in the Commonwealth of Australia; and that the Minister of Customs in the Dominion of New Zealand shall cause to be served notice of requisition on the owner of any such steamship if such owner be in the Dominion of New Zealand; and that if there be a charterer of any such steamship, that such charterer shall be served with notice of requisition in the same way, according to whether such charterer be in the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth of Australia, or the Dominion of New Zealand.

(2.) That the President of the Board of Trade shall cause to be served notice of requisition on any such steamship if such steamship shall be in or shall come into the territorial waters of the United Kingdom; and that the Minister for Trade and Customs in the Commonwealth of Australia shall cause to be served notice of requisition on any such steamship if such steamship shall be in or shall come into the territorial waters of the Commonwealth of Australia; and that the Minister of Customs in the Dominion of New Zealand shall cause to be served notice of requisition on any such steamship if such steamship shall be in or shall come into the territorial waters of the Dominion of New Zealand; but that it shall not be necessary for more than one such notice of requisition to be served on any such steamship:

And His Majesty is further pleased, by and with the advice aforesaid, to declare that service of notice of requisition on an owner shall be deemed sufficient and effective if served, in the case of an individual owner, by being addressed to such individual owner and left at his last known place of business or abode, and, in the case of joint owners, by being addressed to such joint owners and left at the last known business addresses or places of abode of such joint owners, and, in the case of a company or corporation, by being addressed to such company or corporation and left at the registered or other address of such company or corporation, or in any of the aforesaid cases by being addressed to the managing owner, ship’s husband, or other the person to whom the management of the ship is by law entrusted by or on behalf of the owners at the registered or other last known address or place of abode of such managing owner, ship’s husband, or other such person, as the case may be; and that service of notice of requisition on the charterer (if any) of any such steamship shall be deemed sufficient and effective if effected, as regards such charterer, in manner similar to that prescribed for service on the owner; and that service of notice of requisition on any such steamship shall be deemed sufficient and effective if served on board such steamship on the master of the steamship, or other the person for the time being in charge of such steamship, or affixing a copy thereof to the mast or some other conspicuous part of such steamship:

And His Majesty is further pleased, by and with the advice aforesaid, to declare that any notice of requisition which the President of the Board of Trade, the Minister for Trade and Customs in the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Minister of Customs in the Dominion of New Zealand may respectively cause to be served hereunder may be signed by any person from time to time authorized for such purpose either generally or specially by the President of the Board of Trade, or the Minister for Trade and Customs in the Commonwealth of Australia, or the Minister of Customs in the Dominion of New Zealand, as the case may be.

Government House,
Wellington, 28th April, 1915.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.