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(2.) Apple or pear trees of all grades shall be well rooted, and if branched shall be of fair shape and shall have not less than three branches averaging 18 in. in length.

5. The following are the standards by which the grade of apricot, peach, and nectarine trees shall be determined:—
   (1.) “A Grade” shall consist of trees the diameter of which is not less than 8/16ths of an inch.
   “Under Grade” shall consist of trees the diameter of which is less than 8/16ths of an inch.
   (2.) Apricot, peach, and nectarine trees of A Grade shall be well rooted and branched and of fair shape.

6. In the grading of fruit-trees there shall be allowed a margin of error, provided that in any one consignment of fruit-trees forwarded from a nursery to a purchaser the margin of error shall not exceed 5 per cent. by number; and provided further that where the error relates to the diameter of the trees no greater margin than 1/16th of an inch shall be allowed.

7. If any purchaser of fruit-trees from a nursery is dissatisfied as to the grading of such trees he may make complaint to an Inspector, but such complaint must be made within fourteen days of the receipt of such trees by the purchaser.

8. Every occupier of a nursery who—
   (a.) Sells any ungraded fruit-trees from such nursery; or
   (b.) Sells any fruit-trees from such nursery without issuing to the purchaser a statement of the grade assigned to them; or
   (c.) Sells any fruit-trees from such nursery which are incorrectly graded—
   commits an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding £20.

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

Naval Board constituted under the Naval Defence Act, 1913.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 14th day of March, 1921.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

I N pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by section twenty-five of the Naval Defence Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, hereby make the following regulations to come into operation forthwith.

REGULATIONS.

1. A NAVAL Board shall be hereby constituted in and for the Dominion of New Zealand.

2. The Naval Board shall be composed of the Minister of Defence (President) and the following members:—
   The Commodore commanding New Zealand Station. (1st Naval Member.)
   The Chief Staff Officer as a temporary member until such time as the Commodore commanding vacates the command of the “Chatham,” or other ship relieving “Chatham.”
   The Secretary to the Commodore commanding shall be appointed as Secretary to the Board.

3. The Naval Board shall be charged with the control of all matters relating to the Naval Forces, upon the policy directed by the Minister, and shall have executive command of the Naval Forces. The Governor-General may delegate to the Naval Board the functions, and commission it to execute the office, of Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces.

4. Except as prescribed, the members of the Naval Board shall act as a whole. The orders of the Board shall be issued over the signature of the Secretary or such other official as the Board may authorize to act for him.

5. The Naval Board shall meet weekly, or as may be directed by the Minister, or, in his absence, by the Senior Naval Member of the Board present. Two members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.

6. All decisions of the Board which involve a matter of policy, or important principle, an increased vote, or any new expenditure shall be submitted for Cabinet approval.

7. A representative of the Treasury shall be charged with the duty of keeping account of expenditure with a view to ensuring that it is kept within the estimates.

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

Authorizing the Thames Valley Electric-power Board to construct Electric Works.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of March, 1921.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

I N pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by section forty-nine of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, as amended by section seventeen of the Electric-power Boards Amendment Act, 1920, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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 authorize the Thames Valley Electric-power Board to erect and/or purchase electric or other works, electric lines and substations, for the generation, transmission, distribution, and use of electrical energy in the Thames Valley Electric-power District as defined by Proclamation dated the eighteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1, of the eighth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and generally to perform the functions of an Electric-power Board constituted in accordance with the provisions of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, and its amendments, subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. No electric lines shall be used for the distribution of electrical energy until the Board has obtained a license for that purpose in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911.

2. Any conditions inserted in such license shall be strictly complied with by the Board.

3. The Board shall, before the works authorized are commenced, forward for the approval of the Minister of Public Works—
   (a.) Plans showing the routes of the electric lines proposed to be erected, and particulars of insulation and voltage;
   (b.) Such further plans and particulars as the Minister of Public Works may require.

4. The Board shall not, without the consent in writing of the Minister of Public Works, erect any electric lines along the routes of the Government Main Trunk transmission-lines from Arapuni.

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

Declaring Portion of Moki Road, in the Clifton County, to be a County Road.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 14th day of March, 1921.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

I N pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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 order and declare that the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, become a county road.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that portion of road in the Taranaki Land District, Clifton County, known as Moki Road, commencing at a point 36·10 chains south of its junction with May Road, and proceeding thence generally in a south-easterly direction, adjoining or passing through Sections 6 and 9 and railway reserve, Block III, Upper Waitara Survey District, and terminating at its junction with Rerekino Road; being a distance of 42·70 chains, more or less. As the said portion of road is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 51062, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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