3864 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 160

time to time appoint, hereinafter referred to as Government wool-brokers, will, during
the pleasure of the Government, act as the agents of the Government in respect of the
aforesaid requisition of wool.

2. All owners of wool shall, as soon as practicable, deliver their wool at the wool-
   store of a Government wool-broker at one of the following ports—namely, Auckland,
   Tolaga Bay, Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne, Napier, Waitara, Wanganui, Wellington, Nelson,
   Blenheim, Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill.

3. Each bale of the wool shall bear on one end and on one flat side only the
   sheep-farmers’ or country brand, the letters and figures of such brand being not less than
   3 inches in height. If the branding has not been properly effected by the owner it shall
   be carried out by the broker, who shall be at liberty to charge the owner a reasonable
   sum for the services so rendered.

4. All wool so delivered shall be examined, classified, and valued before shipment
   by two expert valuers, one of whom will be appointed by the Government, and the
   other of whom will be employed by the Government wool-broker in whose possession the
   wool is held.

5. If the two valuers are unable to agree as to the classification and valuation
   of any wool, it will be examined, classified, and valued by a supervising valuer to be
   appointed by the Government.

6. If the owner of the wool is dissatisfied with the value assigned by the supervising
   valuer he may, at any time within forty-eight hours after the date of valuation, give
   to the Government a written notice of appeal from that valuation, and such appeal shall,
   on payment by the appellant of such fee as the Government shall fix, be determined by
   an umpire appointed by the Government; provided that in cases where reasonable cause
   for the delay is shown an appeal may be lodged at any time up to seventy-two hours
   after valuation. The decision of such umpire shall be final. The broker shall be at
   liberty to charge the owner of the wool a reasonable sum, not exceeding 2s. per bale, for
   the services rendered in submitting wool to an umpire for adjudication in accordance
   with the provisions of this clause.

7. All such wool shall be classified and valued in accordance with the scale set forth
   in Appendix II hereto, which shall be taken as representing the average prices of the
   various classes of wool as sold by auction in New Zealand in the month of January, 1914.

8. The Government will pay for all wool so valued a sum equal to the value
   so placed upon it, with the addition of 55 per cent. thereof.

9. Such payment will be made, free from exchange, on the fourteenth day after the
   date of valuation, to the wool-broker in whose possession the wool is held, and such
   wool-broker shall receive and account for the same as the agent and on behalf of the
   wool-owner.

10. At two o’clock in the afternoon of the fourteenth day after the date of valuation
    the wool so valued shall become the property of His Majesty, and the wool-broker shall
    thereupon take and hold possession thereof on account of His Majesty accordingly. Until
    the said hour on the said fourteenth day the wool shall remain the property of and at
    the risk of the wool-owner, but shall be kept insured against fire in its full insurable value
    by the wool-broker on behalf of the wool-owner at all times while in the possession of the
    wool-broker until payment as aforesaid.

11. The wool-broker shall provide storage free of charge for the wool for a period of
    twenty-eight days after the date of valuation. After the expiration of that period the
    Government will pay storage at a rate to be arranged between the Government and the
    wool-broker.

12. Any wool may before payment therefor be rejected by the valuers, or, in
    case of their disagreement, by the supervising valuer, as being unmerchantable or
    not of the nature or quality required by the Government. Wool so rejected will
    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 reimburse-
    ment, save so far as hereinbefore expressly authorized in respect of repacking, or