Oct. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3287

Prohibiting the Export of Butter and Cheese.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this thirteenth day of October, 1916.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section forty-seven of the Customs Act, 1913, as extended by section twenty-four of the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914, it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council prohibit the exportation of any goods the prohibition of the exportation of which is in his opinion necessary in the public interest: And whereas in the opinion of the Governor it is necessary in the public interest that the exportation of butter and cheese should be prohibited to the extent and in the manner hereinafter appearing:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the authority conferred upon him by section forty-seven of the Customs Act, 1913, and section twenty-four of the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby revoke the Order in Council of the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, prohibiting the export of butter save with the consent of the Minister of Customs; and doth hereby, with the like advice and consent, prohibit to the extent and subject to the conditions set out in the Schedule hereto the exportation of butter and cheese from the said Dominion; and doth hereby, with the like advice and consent, declare that this Order in Council shall come into operation on the fourteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

SCHEDULE.

1. No butter or cheese shall be exported from New Zealand unless it has been manufactured (whether before or after the date of this Order in Council) at a factory in respect of which an export license has been issued under this Order in Council and is in force at the time of the shipment of the goods upon the exporting ship.

2. Export licenses under this Order in Council may be granted by the licensing authority hereinafter mentioned to any company, firm, or person engaged in the manufacture of butter or cheese, in respect of the factory or factories of that company, firm, or person.

3. Every such export license shall be revocable at the will of the said licensing authority.

4. In the grant, refusal, or revocation of such licenses the licensing authority shall not differentiate between the factories of different companies, firms, or persons save by reason of the refusal or failure of any company, firm, or person to accept or fulfil the terms and conditions of the grant or continuance of export licenses under this Order in Council.

5. An export license shall be granted only on the terms that the licensee undertakes to pay to the Crown the charge hereinafter specified on all butter-fat consumed by the licensee in the manufacture of butter or cheese at any factory or factories during the continuance of his license, and also on all butter-fat which has been already consumed by the licensee in the manufacture of butter and cheese at any factory or factories in the interval between the 31st day of August, 1916, and the first grant to him of an export license.

6. The aforesaid charge shall be at the rate of three-farthings per pound of butter-fat, or at such greater or smaller rate as may from time to time be determined by the licensing authority with the approval of the Board of Trade established under the Cost of Living Act, 1915; provided that any such alteration of the charge shall take effect only with respect to butter-fat consumed after the date on which such alteration has been notified by the publication thereof in the Gazette by the licensing authority.

7. The said charge shall be payable to the licensing authority on behalf of the Crown at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by the export license.

8. (1.) All moneys paid by way of the charge aforesaid shall be credited to a deposit account by the licensing authority, and shall be