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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

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 export of 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 acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby prohibit the export to any destination of any cheese other than cheese sold and consigned to His Majesty’s Government of the United Kingdom; provided that the aforesaid prohibition shall not extend to cheese shipped upon any vessel with the consent of a Collector of Customs as stores for the use of that vessel. And doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall come into operation on the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen. And doth hereby further declare that nothing in this Order in Council shall revoke or affect the Order in Council of the thirteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, relative to the export of cheese manufactured in unlicensed factories, or any other Order in Council now in force relative to the export of cheese.

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

Purchase of Cheese by the Government.

WHEREAS for the maintenance of His Majesty’s Forces and for other purposes of the present war it is necessary that His Majesty’s Government of the United Kingdom should acquire the whole of the existing stocks of cheese now in New Zealand, and also all further supplies of cheese to be manufactured in New Zealand during the present season, saving only such supplies as may be required for local consumption:

And whereas by an Order in Council of the sixteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, the export of cheese to any destination has been prohibited except that of cheese sold and consigned to His Majesty’s said Government:

And whereas arrangements have been made whereby the Government of New Zealand will acquire on behalf of His Majesty’s said Government the supplies of cheese so required:

Now therefore, it is hereby publicly notified as follows for the information of cheese-manufacturers and of all others concerned:—

1. The New Zealand Government (hereinafter referred to as the Government) is prepared to purchase from the manufacturers, for and on behalf of His Majesty’s Government of the United Kingdom, the whole of the stocks of factory cheese now existing in New Zealand or hereafter manufactured in New Zealand before the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, at the price and on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

2. The price to be paid by the Government is, in the case of first-grade full-cream factory cheese, ninepence halfpenny per pound, and in the case of second-grade cheese ninepence farthing per pound, delivered at a customary grading port free on board for direct carriage to the United Kingdom.

3. The cheese shall before shipment be examined and graded in a Government grading store in accordance with the usual course of trade, and may be rejected as not in conformity with the terms and conditions of the contract.

4. Cheese so shipped shall be consigned to His Majesty’s Government in the name of the Officer Commanding, Supply Reserve Depot, Deptford, London, or in such other manner as the Controller of the Department of Imperial Government Supplies at Wellington may from time to time direct.

5. The bills of lading, specifications, and grade-notes for all cheese so shipped shall be delivered by the shipper to the said Controller.

6. Save in the cases hereinafter provided for, cheese so shipped and consigned to His Majesty’s Government shall become the property of and be at the risk of His Majesty on shipment, and shall be paid for so soon as the bills of lading have been delivered to the said Controller, and a contract of sale and purchase on the terms and conditions herein set forth shall be deemed to be constituted by such shipment and consignment.