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not be taken by the Government. The broker shall be at liberty to charge the owner a reasonable sum for services rendered in respect of any wool so rejected, and also in respect of all wool which for any other reason does not become the property of His Majesty pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Proclamation.

13. In the case of all bales or packages of wool delivered in a wool-broker’s store otherwise than in good condition for shipment, and in the case of bales or packages of mixed description requiring repacking, the broker shall be at liberty to charge the owner a sum not exceeding one farthing per pound for the additional work so involved, in addition to the cost of new packs, if supplied.

14. No Government wool-broker shall, in respect of any services rendered or charges incurred in pursuance of his employment by the Government as aforesaid, charge the owner of any wool with any brokerage commission or other remuneration or reimbursement, save so far as hereinbefore expressly authorized in respect of repacking, or of correcting faulty branding, or in respect of wool which becomes the subject of an appeal, or in respect of wool that has been rejected by valuers or the supervising valuer, or in respect of wool that does not become the property of His Majesty pursuant to this Proclamation, the intention being that the amount payable by the Government in accordance with the foregoing provisions shall constitute the net return to the owner for the wool as delivered into the broker’s store.

15. In all of the matters herein set forth the Controller of the Department of Imperial Government Supplies will act on behalf of the Government.

16. Slipe wool produced at freezing-works and any other quality of wool notified from time to time by the Government to the wool-brokers will not be subject to requisition under the provisions herein contained.

17. The delivery of wool by the owner to a Government wool-broker at his wool-store at any of the ports aforesaid shall constitute a contract between the owner and the Crown for the sale and purchase of the wool on the terms herein set forth, subject, however, to the right of rejection hereinbefore provided.

18. If any owner of wool fails or refuses to deliver such wool to a wool-broker in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the wool will be subject to seizure in the exercise of His Majesty’s prerogative in time of war, and will be disposed of in such manner as the necessities of His Majesty in respect of the present war may require.

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APPENDIX I.

WOOL-BROKERS.

Abraham and Williams (Limited).
A. Buckland and Sons.
A. Moritzson and Co.
Bennett and Sherratt.
Bisley Bros. and Co.
Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited).
Common, Shelton, and Co. (Limited).
Corry and Co.
Dalgety and Co. (Limited).
Darling and McDowell.
David Friedlander.
De Pelichet, McLeod, and Co. Limited).
Donald Reid and Co. (Limited).
E. Buxton and Co. (Limited).
Freeman R. Jackson and Co. (Limited).
Gisborne Farmers’ Co-operative Company (Limited).
Guinness and LeCren (Limited).
G. W. Binney and Sons.
Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited).
Henderson and Co. (Limited).
H. Matson and Co.
Hugh Roberts.
J. E. Watson and Co. (Limited).
J. G. Ward and Co. (Limited).
Johnston and Co. (Limited).
J. R. Mills and Son.
L. A. Nolan and Co.
Levin and Co. (Limited).

Murray, Roberts, and Co. (Limited).
National Mortgage and Agency Company (Limited).
Newton King.
New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury (Limited).
New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Company (Limited).
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited).
North Auckland Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited).
North Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited).
Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Limited).
Pyne and Co.
Southland Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited).
Stronach, Morris, and Co. (Limited).
Tokomaru Farmers’ Co-operative Company (Limited).
Tolaga Bay Trading Company (Limited).
United Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited).
Wairarapa Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited).
Waters, Ritchie, and Co.
W. E. Clouston and Co.
Williams and Kettle (Limited).
Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Limited).