APRIL 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1057

Revoking the Regulations under the War Regulations Act, 1914, with respect to the Sale and Purchase of Hides and Calf-skins.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this sixteenth day of April, 1918.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council of the twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, regulations were made, under the authority of the War Regulations Act, 1914, prohibiting, inter alia, the sale and purchase of hides and calf-skins otherwise than to or by the New Zealand Government: And whereas it is now expedient to revoke the said regulations so far as they relate to the matter aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, and in pursuance of the War Regulations Act, 1914, and its amendments, do hereby revoke clauses three, four, and five of the regulations made under that Act by the aforesaid Order in Council of the twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

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

Prohibiting the Export of Hides and Calf-skins to any Destination.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this sixteenth day of April, 1918.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council of the twelfth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, issued under the authority of section forty-seven of the Customs Act, 1913, as extended by section twenty-four of the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914, the export of hides and calf-skins was prohibited to the extent therein set forth: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said Order in Council, and in lieu of the prohibition therein contained to prohibit the export of hides and calf-skins in the manner hereinafter stated:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers 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 revoke the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council of the twelfth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and doth hereby prohibit the export of hides and calf-skins to any destination save with the consent of the Minister of Customs.

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

Notifying that the Government has ceased to purchase Hides and Calf-skins.

WHEREAS by notice dated the 14th day of March, 1917, and published in the Gazette of the same date, the terms and conditions were set forth on which the New Zealand Government was prepared to purchase hides and calf-skins for and on behalf of His Majesty’s Government of the United Kingdom: And whereas it is not desired to make further purchases of hides or calf-skins under the scheme set forth in the said notice of the 14th day of March, 1917:

Now, therefore, it is hereby notified, for the information of the public and of all persons concerned, that no further purchases of hides or calf-skins will be made by the Government under the said scheme, save and except hides and calf-skins which were held by a Government Broker or Purchasing Agent on the 28th day of March, 1918, and in