Nov. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4317

Regulations as to the Manufacture and Branding of Whey Butter.—Notice No. 1902.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this nineteenth day of November, 1917.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by section twenty-three of the Dairy Industry Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), that the Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, make regulations, inter alia, for the registration of marks, stamps, brands, and labels used for dairy-produce, or for any specified class or description of dairy-produce, and for the inspection, grading, packing, marking, stamping, branding, and labelling of dairy-produce :

And whereas by Order in Council dated the eighteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and gazetted on the twenty-first day of the same month, regulations were made under the Dairy Industry Act, 1898, prescribing the manner in which the branding and stamping of dairy-produce shall be performed :

And whereas it is deemed expedient to make additional regulations relating to the manufacture and branding of whey butter :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations, and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall form part of and be read together with the aforesaid regulations made on the eighteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and doth hereby further declare that this Order in Council shall come into force on the date of publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

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REGULATIONS.

1. For the purpose of supplying to the Minister such statistics and information relating to such dairy as the Minister may request, every owner of a dairy shall keep an accurate record of the number of pounds of—

   (a.) Milk-fat separated or recovered from whey ;

   (b.) Milk-fat purchased in the form of whey cream ;

   (c.) Whey butter manufactured from such milk-fat separated or recovered from whey ; and

   (d.) Milk-fat separated from milk, if any, which may have been added to prepare such whey butter.

2. If any owner of a dairy mixes cream or milk-fat recovered from whey with cream or milk-fat separated from milk, for the purpose of manufacturing butter therewith, the resulting product shall be branded “whey butter.”

3. All packages containing whey butter shall be branded “whey butter” in the manner herein provided—

   (a.) In the case of whey butter packed in bulk, by having the aforesaid words clearly and indelibly impressed on the outside of the package ; and

   (b.) In the case of whey butter put into pats or prints, by having the aforesaid words printed on a white ground in black letters of a size not less than one-half of an inch in length.

Provided that in each case the brand to be used shall first be approved by the Department of Agriculture.

4. Every person who commits any breach of these regulations is liable to a fine not exceeding £50.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Directing Sale of Railway Land under the Public Works Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this nineteenth day of November, 1917.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the thirtieth section of the Public Works Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that if it is found that any land held, taken, purchased, or acquired at any time under this or any other Act or Provincial Ordinance, or otherwise howsoever, for any public work is not required for such public work the Governor may, by Order in Council publicly notified and gazetted, cause the same to be sold under the conditions set forth in the said Act :

And whereas the parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto has been, inter alia, taken for the purposes of the Foxton–New Plymouth Railway by a conveyance dated the seventeenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, duly registered in the office of the Registrar of Deeds at New Plymouth as number 17466 :

And whereas the said parcel of land is not now required for the purposes of the said Foxton–New Plymouth Railway, and the Minister of Railways has recommended that this Order in Council should be issued directing such parcel of land to be sold :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and direct the sale of the land described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of railway land, containing an area of 1 acre, more or less, being part of Section 179, Block V, Hawera Survey District, Hawera County, as more particularly shown coloured red on plan No. L.T. 3543, in the office of the District Land Registrar at New Plymouth.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Public Service Classification and Superannuation Amendment Act, 1908.—Election of Members of Teachers’ Superannuation Board.

Education Department,
Wellington, 15th November, 1917.

NOTICE is hereby given that an election will be held for the purpose of electing as members of the Teachers’ Superannuation Board two persons from among the contributors to the Teachers’ Superannuation Fund resident in the North Island, and two persons from among the contributors to the said fund residing in the South Island (including Stewart and Chatham Islands). And notice is further given that—

(1.) The said election will be held on Monday, the 4th day of March, 1918, at the offices of the Education Department, Wellington.

(2.) The poll will be closed at 5 o’clock p.m.

(3.) Nominations will close on Monday, the 4th day of February, 1918, at 5 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of November, 1917.

W. L. DUNN,
Secretary to the Teachers’ Superannuation Board,
Returning Officer.

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CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Southland Land District for Lease by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 16th November, 1917.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction, under section 132 of the Land Act, 1908, at this office on Monday, the 17th day of December, 1917, at 11 o’clock a.m.

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SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 5, Block XXIV, Invercargill Hundred : Area, 14 acres 3 roods 4 perches ; upset annual rental, £3 10s.

DESCRIPTION.

Level land, practically clear, 10 acres in grass. Soil good. Situated on corner of Grove Bush and Invercargill–Seaward Bush Roads about one mile from Timpany’s Siding.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term, fourteen years from 1st January, 1918.

2. Right of cultivation, but not more than two white crops to be taken off the land in succession, the cultivated area to be left in grass at end of term.

3. No valuation will be allowed for improvements.

4. All noxious weeds to be cleared off and kept down to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

5. The purchaser of the lease must deposit a year’s rent and £1 1s. lease fee on the fall of the hammer.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,