THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

REGULATIONS.

SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHEEP-SKINS OTHERWISE THAN TO OR BY THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT.

1. AFTER the commencement of these regulations no person shall sell any sheep-skins except—
   (a.) To the New Zealand Government pursuant to the scheme of purchase set forth in the hereinbefore-recited notice of the 31st January, 1917; or
   (b.) To a person authorized to purchase sheep-skins for resale to the Government pursuant to a license issued under clause 12 of the said notice.

2. After the commencement of these regulations no person other than a person acting on behalf of the New Zealand Government or a person acting pursuant to a license issued under clause 12 of the aforesaid notice shall purchase any sheep-skins in New Zealand.

SALE AND PURCHASE OF HIDES AND CALF-SKINS OTHERWISE THAN TO OR BY THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT.

3. After the commencement of these regulations no person shall sell any hides or calf-skins except—
   (a.) To the New Zealand Government pursuant to the scheme of purchase set forth in the hereinbefore-recited notice of the 14th March, 1917; or
   (b.) To a person authorized to purchase hides and calf-skins for resale to the Government pursuant to a license issued under clause 13 of the said notice; or
   (c.) To a person carrying on business in New Zealand as a tanner and authorized to purchase hides and calf-skins for the purposes of his business, pursuant to a permit issued under clause 4 hereof.

4. (1.) Any person carrying on business in New Zealand as a tanner may, on application to the Controller of the Department of Imperial Government Supplies, be granted a permit to purchase any hides or calf-skins which may be under offer of sale to the Government in pursuance of the aforesaid scheme of purchase by the Government; provided that no such permit shall be issued unless the Controller is satisfied that the hides or calf-skins, as the case may be, are necessary for the carrying-on of the business of the applicant and for the purposes of the internal trade of New Zealand.
   (2.) Every such permit shall be issued on such terms and conditions as the Controller thinks fit, and shall be revocable at the will of the Controller.
   (3.) Every application for a permit under this clause shall be accompanied by a statement showing the number of hides and calf-skins of each quality (according to the Third Schedule to the said notice of the 14th March, 1917) which the applicant has stored on his premises or elsewhere, or which he has agreed to purchase at the date of his application. Every person who has been granted a permit as aforesaid shall furnish a similar return to the Controller on the first day of each month thereafter.

5. After the commencement of these regulations no person other than a person acting on behalf of the New Zealand Government, or a person acting pursuant to a license issued under clause 13 of the notice of the 14th March, 1917, aforesaid, or pursuant to a permit issued under the last preceding clause of these regulations, shall purchase any hides or calf-skins in New Zealand.

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

Amending Notice as to Purchase of Hides by the Government.

WHEREAS by notice dated the 14th March, 1917, and published in the Gazette of the same date, the terms and conditions were set forth on which the New Zealand Government is prepared to purchase hides and sheep-skins for and on behalf of His Majesty’s Government of the United Kingdom: And whereas by clause 15 of the said notice provision is made for the issue to tanners carrying on business in New Zealand of permits to purchase for the purposes of their business hides under offer of sale to the Government: And whereas provision in that behalf is now made by regulations made under the War Regulations Act, 1914, and its amendments, on the 24th April, 1917, and it is expedient accordingly to revoke the said clause 15: