Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4615

50. Nothing in the last two preceding clauses shall apply to any prosecution for an offence against these regulations.
51. (1.) Subject to the foregoing provisions as to the settlement of disputes, the following weights shall be accepted by all parties as the basis of settlement in all contracts for the purchase or sale of wheat by or to the Government:—
    Wheat delivered direct to a mill—flour-millers’ weights:
    Wheat delivered free on board—customary free-on-board weights:
    Wheat delivered ex store either to mills or free on board—ex-store weights.
    (2.) The only deduction from such weights shall be 3 lb. tare per sack.

PART VII.—OFFENCES.

52. Every person shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly, who does or attempts or conspires to do any act declared by these regulations to be unlawful.
53. Every Government broker shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly, who commits any wilful breach of his contract with the Government under these regulations.
54. Every seller of wheat to the Government or purchaser of wheat from the Government under these regulations who commits a wilful breach of his contract with the Government shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly.
55. Every person who, being a servant or agent of any Government broker or of any such seller or purchaser of wheat, wilfully does any act whereby or in consequence of which such Government broker, seller, or purchaser breaks his contract with the Government shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly.
56. Every person who deceives or attempts to deceive a Government broker or the Wheat Controller in the exercise of his functions under these regulations shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly.
57. Every person who incites, aids, abets, counsels, or procures any other person, or conspires with any other person, to commit an offence against these regulations shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly.
58. Every person who fails to make in accordance with these regulations any return required thereby or in pursuance thereof, or who makes any such return which is false or misleading in any particular, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly.
59. Every person who, whether as principal, agent, or otherwise, sells or purchases, or agrees or offers to sell or purchase, wheat at a price in excess of the maximum price thereof as determined for the time being under the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable under the War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly.

PART VIII.—RETURNS.

60. On or before the 25th day of January, 1918, every grower of wheat shall make to the Wheat Controller a return showing, as at the 31st day of December, 1917,—
    (a.) The number of acres that are under crop for wheat on his land:
    (b.) The estimated quantity of wheat to be obtained therefrom, showing separately the different varieties of wheat:
    (c.) The district where the wheat is grown, the railway-station (if any) at which the wheat will be loaded for transit to the market, or the method of delivery otherwise than by rail:
    (d.) The quantities of feed-wheat and seed-wheat which he requires to retain for his own use exclusively for feeding or sowing, showing each variety of wheat separately.
61. On or before the 5th day of June, 1918, every grower of wheat shall make to the Wheat Controller a return showing, as at the 25th day of May, 1918,—
    (a.) The number of bushels of each variety of wheat grown by him and threshed but not yet sold and delivered:
    (b.) How much of such wheat still lies on the grower’s farm:
    (c.) The location of any such wheat which is stored or held elsewhere.