Aug. 26. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2557

Amended Regulations under the Coal-mines Act, 1908, and its Amendments.

ROBERT STOUT.
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of August, 1920.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of all powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Coal-mines Act, 1908, and its amendments (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act and its amendments”), His Excellency the Administrator of the Government 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 amendment to the regulations made under the said Act and its amendments on the twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen; and doth hereby declare that the amendment to the regulations hereby made shall be read as part of the said principal regulations, and shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATION.

REGULATION 134 (1) of the principal regulations is hereby further amended by adding thereto the following paragraph:—

“The term ‘permitted explosives’ shall for a period of six months from the 24th June, 1920 (unless this amending regulation is sooner revoked), include the explosive known as Monobel No. 1, manufactured at the works of Nobel’s Explosives Company (Limited) at Modderfontein, South Africa; provided that the use of such explosive is only permitted subject to the following conditions,—

“(a.) The said explosive shall in all respects be manufactured in strict conformity with the schedules to the British Home Office Order dated the 14th November, 1919.

“(b.) The greatest weight of explosive which may be used in any one shot-hole shall not exceed 8 oz., and each cartridge shall be marked with words to that effect.”

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

(Mines 8/2.)

Proclamation by Commonwealth of Australia regarding Importation of Plants.—Notice No. 2028.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 19th August, 1920.

THE following copy of an extract from the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette of 29th July, 1920, regarding the modification of the Proclamation prohibiting the importation of certain plants into the Commonwealth, is published for general information.

W. NOSWORTHY,
Minister of Agriculture.

PROCLAMATION.

Australia, to wit.

R. M. FERGUSON, Governor-General.

By His Excellency the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.

WHEREAS by the Quarantine Act, 1908–1915, it is enacted that the Governor-General may, by Proclamation, prohibit the importation into Australia of any animals or plants, or parts of animals or plants, and that the power of prohibition shall extend to prohibition generally, or with limitations as to place and subject-matter, and either absolutely or subject to any specified conditions or restrictions:

And whereas by a Proclamation published in the Gazette of 23rd December, 1915, the importation of certain plants was prohibited, or conditionally prohibited:

And whereas it is desirable to modify the said Proclamation:

Now, therefore, I, Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson, the Governor-General aforesaid, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby repeal paragraph 2 of the said Proclamation with respect to pear-trees, and I do hereby prohibit the introduction into Australia of pear-trees, apple-trees, or quince-trees, or any portion thereof, which were grown in any country in which pear-blight (Bacillus amylovorus) exists.

For the purpose of this Proclamation any State of the United States is deemed to be a country.

This Proclamation may be cited as Quarantine Proclamation No. 70.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the Commonwealth this 28th day of July, 1920, and in the eleventh year of His Majesty’s reign.

By His Excellency’s command.

W. MASSY GREENE,
Minister for Trade and Customs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed by the Kaikoura County Council.—Notice No. 2029.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1920.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Kaikoura County Council has, by special order, declared broom (Cytisus scoparius) to be a noxious weed within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its jurisdiction.

W. NOSWORTHY,
Minister of Agriculture.

Appointment of Additional Ports in U.S.A. from which Live-stock for New Zealand must be shipped, and Appointment of Veterinarians at such Ports to examine Live-stock for Shipment to New Zealand.—Notice No. 2030.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1920.

IT is hereby notified for general information that, in accordance with the regulations under the Stock Act, 1908, for the prevention of the introduction into New Zealand of diseases affecting stock, in addition to the places appointed on 27th April, 1916, and notified in the Gazette of 4th May, 1916, the following places have been appointed as ports in the United States of America from which the kinds of live-stock mentioned must be shipped when intended for exportation to New Zealand:—

Name of country: United States.

Kinds of live-stock: Horses, mules, and asses.

Ports appointed: New York and Newport News.

It is further notified for general information that, in accordance with the regulations referred to above, the following veterinarians have been appointed for the inspection of live-stock intended for exportation to the Dominion:—

United States: Any veterinarian in the employ of the United States Government for the ports of New York and Newport News.

W. NOSWORTHY,
Minister of Agriculture.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Auckland Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th August, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or lease under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 22nd October, 1920.

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The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for sixty-six years, with right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years and a right to acquire the freehold.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, the 27th October, 1920, at 10 o’clock a.m.

The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.