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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88

11. Any person who makes any false representations with intent thereby to obtain any permit under these regulations either for himself or for any other person, or who in any manner deceives or attempts to deceive the Wheat Controller in the exercise of the powers conferred by these regulations, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Customs Regulations.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of September, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Customs Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby amend Form 21 in the Second Schedule of the regulations made on the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the second day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, by omitting therefrom the following words, namely,—

(3.) To secure in duly appointed examination places or account to the satisfaction of the Collector for all goods or passengers' effects unshipped or landed from or reported by the said ship[s],

and by substituting the following words in lieu thereof :—

(3.) To secure in duly appointed examination places, and, if required by the Collector, to enter for home consumption or for warehouse, or to account to his satisfaction for all goods or passengers' effects unshipped or landed from or reported by the said ship[s].

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Protection of Life and Property on Vessels.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of September, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section thirty-three of the War Legislation and Statute Law Amendment Act, 1918, it is enacted that the Governor-General in Council may from time to time make regulations to be called “General Harbour Regulations,” which shall be in force in all the ports of New Zealand, for, amongst other things, regulating matters relating to the protection of life and property in or on vessels: And whereas it is desirable to make general harbour regulations to provide for the protection of life and property on vessels:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following general harbour regulations, and doth hereby order and declare that they shall come into force on and after the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.

REGULATIONS.

1. ALL hooks used in hoisting and/or lowering coal shall be manufactured from selected wrought iron of the best smithing quality, of the grades known as “Best Yorkshire” or of Grade “A,” and shall have a tensile strength of from 21 to 25 tons per square inch, and an elongation of not less than 25 per cent. in a gauge length of eight times the diameter of the test piece; or from bars of selected mild steel of a tensile strength of from 26 to 30 tons per square inch, with an elongation of 25 per cent. in a gauge length of eight times the diameter of the test piece, and that have been subjected to occasional bend tests to ensure that the material is of sufficient ductility.

2. All hooks shall be drawn out of the solid, and must be carefully annealed after forging.

3. Drawings, in duplicate, showing fully the dimensions of the hook, and specifications, in duplicate, showing the quality of the material, the name of the maker of the material, the tensile strength, the elongation, and particulars of any other tests, shall be forwarded to the Chief Surveyor of Ships for approval.

4. No hook shall be used in hoisting and/or lowering coal unless it is of a pattern approved by the Minister of Marine, and until it has been passed by a Surveyor appointed by the Marine and Inspection of Machinery Department.

5. Before a hook shall be passed by a Surveyor of Ships it shall be tested in the presence of the Surveyor to double the required working load, and must show no sign of permanent deflection or injury under such load. The Surveyor may require not more than one of each size of hook to be tested to destruction.

6. If the test of a hook has been satisfactory the safe load shall be approved by the Chief Surveyor of Ships, and the Surveyor who witnessed the test shall stamp the approved working load and his initials on the projection over the point of the hook.

7. Diagrams of hooks which have been approved prior to the issue of these regulations are shown on plan marked M.D. 5363 and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking War Regulations relating to Firearms, Ammunition, and Explosives.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of September, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section four of the War Regulations Continuance Act, 1920, that the War Regulations specified in the Second Schedule to the said Act shall, as adapted for the purposes of that Act and as set out in that Schedule, continue in force until revoked by the Governor-General in Council:

And whereas it is expedient that the War Regulations hereinafter referred to should be revoked:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section four of the War Regulations Continuance Act, 1920, and of every other power and authority 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 revoke regulations five to twelve (b), both inclusive, relating to firearms, ammunition, and explosives, as set out in the part numbered two of the Second Schedule to the War Regulations Continuance Act, 1920.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Special Order made by Waipa County Council merging Tuhikaramea Road District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of September, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS a petition under section thirty-one of the Counties Act, 1908, signed by a majority of the ratepayers of the Tuhikaramea Road District possessing in the aggregate not less than half the rateable property of such road district, and praying that the Waipa County Council should by special order declare the Tuhikaramea Road Board dissolved and the Tuhikaramea Road District merged in the County of Waipa, was presented to the Waipa County Council on the twenty-second day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty; and in pursuance of such petition the Waipa County Council by special order declared the Tuhikaramea Road Board to be dissolved and the Tuhikaramea Road District to be merged in the County of Waipa on and after the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one:

And whereas it is by section one hundred of the Counties Act, 1920, provided that a copy of every special order merging a road district in a county shall be sent to the Minister of Internal Affairs and gazetted by him, and that such special order shall take effect from the date of the gazetting thereof or from such later date as is specified in the order:

And whereas by an oversight the Waipa County Council failed to send a copy of such special order to the Minister of Internal Affairs as by the before-mentioned section required :