Clay, Sidney Palmer, and Ernest William Hodgson (trading
as “S. P. Clay and Co.”), Brightwater.
Dalgety and Co. (Limited), Trafalgar Street, Nelson.
Dunn, Edwin Dacre, Westport.
Eastcott, Tom, Hardy Street, Nelson.
Hodgson, Ernest William, Wakefield (trading as “A. Hodg-
son and Son”).
Hodgson, Herbert John, Murchison (trading as “J. H. Hodg-
son and Co.”).
Irvine, James Neil, Reefton.
Kirk, Robert, Takaka (trading as “Kirk and Co.”).
Langridge, J. J., and Co., Takaka.
Maden, Arthur and Walter, Rockville (trading as “Maden
Bros.”).
Manoy, Abraham, Motueka (trading as “Manoy and Sons
(Limited)” ).
McNee, R., Murchison.
Mullan, Robert Francis, Westport.
Murchison County Council, Murchison.
Palmer, Mary Harvey, 154 Palmerston Street, Westport.
Pullar, James, Burnett’s Face.
Scoltock, McCreanor, and Co., Karamea.
Scott, Colin Edward, Takaka.
West, Henry Francis, Hardy Street, Nelson.
Wharton, George Edwin, “Boon’s Pharmacy,” Hardy Street,
Nelson.
H. MORGAN,
Magistrate’s Court,
Registrar of Poisons.
Nelson, 13th January, 1920.
The Poisons Act, 1908.-Register of Vendors of Poisons for
the Marlborough District as on the 31st December, 1919.
Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce Department, Head
Office, Union Chambers, Customhouse Quay, Wellington.
Brownlee, William, and Co., Havelock.
Bary, John (manager for J. Bary and Son, Limited), Ren-
wicktown.
Carr, William, Blenheim.
Clouston, W. E., and Co., Blenheim.
Edmeades, R., Renwicktown.
Jackson, Henry Lawson, Market Street, Blenheim.
Levin and Co. (Limited), Blenheim.
Malkus, John Martin, Blenheim.
McPhail, Alexander, Blenheim.
Sisson, F. J., Fields Inspector, Seddon.
Scott, J. G., Agricultural Department, Blenheim.
Vennimore, Vincent Carey, Havelock.
Whiteford, Charles Frederick Alexander, Blenheim.
A. F. BENT,
Magistrate’s Court,
Registrar of Poisons.
Blenheim.
Prohibiting the Exportation of Preserved Milk, Condensed
Milk, and Dried Milk.
LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this nineteenth
day of January, 1920.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section forty-seven of the Customs Act,
1913, as extended by section twenty-four of the
Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act, 1914, it is enacted
that the Governor-General may from time to time, by Order
in Council gazetted, 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-General, it
is necessary in the public interest that the exportation of
preserved milk, condensed milk, and dried milk should be
prohibited to the extent and in the manner hereinafter
appearing:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the powers and authorities 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 of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that
behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby pro-
hibit the exportation of preserved milk, condensed milk,
and dried milk from the said Dominion, save with the consent
of the Minister of Customs on the recommendation of the
Board of Trade.
F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
War.Regulations.Act, 1914.-Appointment of Military
Authority.
Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 20th January, 1920.
JAMES ALLEN, Minister of Defence for the Dominion
of New Zealand, in pursuance of the authority con-
ferred upon me by the Order in Council made on the 10th
day of November, 1914, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette on the same day, do hereby appoint the undermen-
tioned military officer as a Military Authority for the purpose
of the regulations made by the said Order in Council; and
I declare that such Military Authority so appointed shall
exercise jurisdiction and authority as such throughout New
Zealand :-
Brigadier-General GEORGE SPAFFORD RICHARDSON, C.B.,
C.M.G., C.B.E., New Zealand Staff Corps.
J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.
Rates of Exchange.
Customs Department,
Wellington, 19th January, 1920.
IT is hereby notified for public information that the Minister
of Customs has, under section 121 of the Customs Act,
1913, declared that the rates of exchange for ascertaining
the value of goods imported from any of the countries men-
tioned in the following table shall be those set out in that
table.
| Country. | Monetary Unit. | Exchange for |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Argentine | Peso | 5-04 |
| Austria-Hungary | Crown | 24-02 |
| Belgium | Franc | 25-23 |
| Bolivia | Boliviano | 12-50 |
| Brazil | Milreis | 8-90 |
| British Honduras | Dollar | 4-86 |
| Canada (except Newfoundland) | Dollar | 4-86 |
| Chile | Peso | 13-33 |
| Colombia | Dollar (Peso) | 4-86 |
| Costa Rica | Colon | 10-45 |
| Denmark | Crown (Krone) | 18-15 |
| Equador | Sucre | 10-00 |
| Egypt | Pound | 0-984 |
| Finland | Mark | 25-23 |
| France | Franc | 25-23 |
| German Empire | Mark | 20-42 |
| Greece | Drachma | 25-23 |
| Haiti | Gourde | 5-04 |
| Holland | Florin | 12-10 |
| India | Rupee | 15-00 |
| Italy | Lira | 25-23 |
| Japan | Yen | 9-76 |
| Korea | Won | 9-76 |
| Mexico | Dollar (Peso) | 9-76 |
| Newfoundland | Dollar | 4-80 |
| Norway | Crown (Krone) | 18-15 |
| Panama | Balboa | 4-86 |
| Philippine | Peso | 9-73 |
| Peru | Libra | 1-00 |
| Portugal | Milreis | 4-50 |
| Roumania | Lei | 25-23 |
| Russia | Rouble | 9-46 |
| Spain | Peseta | 25-23 |
| Sweden | Crown (Krone) | 18-15 |
| Switzerland | Franc | 25-23 |
| Turkey | Lira (Pound) | 1-10 |
| United States | Dollar | 4-86 |
| Uruguay | Dollar (Peso) | 4-70 |
| Venezuela | Bolivar | 25-23 |
W. B. MONTGOMERY,
Comptroller of Customs.
Notice to Mariners.-No. 2 of 1919.
FLAT ISLAND, NEAR WHANGAROA.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 21st January, 1920.
A SHOAL is reported to exist between Flat Island and the
small islet south of it.
Charts, &c., affected.-Chart No. 2525; "New Zealand
Pilot," eighth edition, 1908, Chapter 3, page 56.
B. W. MILLIER,
For Secretary.