Mar. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 731

7. Any person authorized by the Minister may, at all reasonable times, enter upon the said wharf and view the state of repair thereof; and upon such Minister leaving at or posting to the last known address of the company in New Zealand a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such wharf, requiring it, within a reasonable time, to be therein prescribed, to repair the same, it shall with all convenient speed cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.

8. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the company to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or inconsistent with any law relating to the Customs, or any regulations of the Minister of Customs, or with any provisions of the Harbours Act, 1908, or its amendments, or any regulations made thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.

9. The ballast of all vessels loading at the said wharf shall be taken away by the company and deposited above high-water mark, or at such place as may be approved of by the Minister or by any person appointed by the Minister for that purpose.

10. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under this Order in Council shall continue in force for seven years from the 23rd day of January, 1920, unless in the meantime such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority; and the company shall not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or privilege without the written consent of the Minister first obtained.

11. The said rights, powers, and privileges may be at any time resumed by the Governor-General, without payment of any compensation whatever, on giving to the company three calendar months’ previous notice in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the Minister and delivered at or posted to the last known address of the company in New Zealand.

12. The company shall be liable for any injury which the said wharf may cause any vessel or boat to sustain through any default or neglect on its part.

13. In case the company shall—
    (1.) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions hereinbefore set forth, or any of them;
    (2.) Cease to use or occupy the said wharf for a period of thirty days;
    (3.) Be in any manner wound up or dissolved; or
    (4.) Fail to pay the sums specified in clause 3 of these conditions;
    then and in any of the said cases this Order in Council, and every right, power, or privilege, may be revoked and determined by the Governor-General in Council without any notice to the company or other proceeding whatsoever; and publication in the New Zealand Gazette of an Order in Council containing such revocation shall be sufficient notice to the company, and to all persons concerned or interested, that this Order in Council, and the license, rights, and privileges thereby granted and conferred, have been revoked and determined.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations relating to the Export of Fruit.—Notice No. 1999.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of February, 1920.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

I N pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, and by the Orchard and Garden Diseases Amendment Act, 1914, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations relating to the export of fruit from New Zealand; and doth hereby declare that the said regulations shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. IN these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,—
   “Appointed store” means a store appointed by the Minister for the inspection and examination therein of fruit for export.
   “Blemish” means an injury detrimental to the appearance of fruit, and includes branch-rubs, scratches, insect-bites, unnatural russeting, bruises, excrescences, sun-scalds, and hail-marks, but does not include spray injury.
   “Brand” means to mark clearly and legibly by stencil, imprint, or label.
   “Clean” means free from dirt, insect-stains, and spray-stains.
   “Director” means the Director of the Horticulture Division of the Department of Agriculture.
   “Export brand” means an export brand registered by the owner of fruit for export in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.
   “Fruit” means apples, pears, or peaches.
   “Inspector” means an officer of the Department of Agriculture authorized to examine fruit for export in accordance with these regulations and duly appointed an Inspector under the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908.
   “Mature” means having the degree of ripeness suitable for export.
   “Owner” means any owner, shipper, or consignor of fruit, and includes the agent or servant of any such owner, shipper, or consignor, and also includes, in the case of a company, the managing director, manager, director, secretary, or other principal officer of the company in New Zealand.
   “Pack” means to regularly and compactly arrange fruit in a package.
   “Package” means a container for fruit.
   “Size” means, when used as a noun, the diameter of fruit measured from cheek to cheek at the widest part, and when used as a verb means to sort according to size.
   “Solid red variety” means any of the varieties of apples so designated in lists of varieties approved for export published in the Gazette as hereinafter provided.
   “Spray injury” means the russeting of, or other injury to, fruit as the result of spraying.
   “Standard bushel case” means a case of the following dimensions (inside measurements): Length, 19¾ in.; depth, 10 in.; width, 11¼ in.
   The thickness of timber used in the construction of the cases shall be ¾ in. for the ends and ⅝ in. for the sides, tops, and bottoms:
   Provided that on written application being made to him by the owner the Director may, if satisfied as to its strength, allow thinner timber to be used for the tops and bottoms of the cases, or may allow thin timber adequately strengthened by cleats to be so used.
   “Standard half-bushel case” means a case of the following dimensions (inside measurements): Length, 19¾ in.; depth, 5 in.; width, 11¼ in.
   The thickness of timber used in the construction of the case shall be the same in all respects as for the standard bushel case.
   “Striped or partial red variety” means any of the varieties of apples so designated in lists of varieties approved for export published in the Gazette as hereinafter provided.
   “Yellow or green variety” means any of the varieties of apples so designated in lists of varieties approved for export published in the Gazette as hereinafter provided.

2. No fruit shall be exported from the Dominion unless it has been passed for export by an Inspector, and unless all the provisions of these regulations have been complied with.

3. (1.) Only such varieties of fruit as are approved by the Minister shall be exported from the Dominion. Such approval in regard to any variety may permit the export either generally or to any specified country or countries only.
   (2.) Notification of the varieties which have been approved as aforesaid shall be published in the Gazette.

EXPORT BRAND.

4. Every package of fruit exported from the Dominion must be branded with the registered export brand of the owner of such fruit.

5. Every person who exports or intends to export fruit from the Dominion shall apply to the Director for the registration of an export brand, enclosing with his application a facsimile of the brand he desires to register.

6. (1.) Every export brand shall contain the particulars set out in the First Schedule hereto.
   (2.) The size of the export brand shall coincide as nearly as possible with the size of the end of the package on which it is to be branded, but the prescribed particulars shall be displayed in characters of not less than 1 in. block type for the name of the kind of fruit and of not less than ¼ in. or more than ¾ in. block type for the other particulars.