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9. Bridge crossing Rangitaiki River on the Taupo-Napier Road at Rangitaiki.
10. Bridge crossing the Rangitaiki River at Murupara on the Rotorua - Murupara - Te Whaiti Road.
11. Crossing at roads-junction at Rakauroa.
12. Crossing at road-junction at south-east corner of Section 1, Block XII, Motu Survey District, at Rangiriri Stream.
13. On the Cape Runaway Road where it crosses the Opotiki County boundary near Cape Runaway.
    F. D. THOMSON, Clerk of the Executive Council.
    Regulations relating to the Export of Honey from New Zealand.-Notice No. 2143.
    JELLICOE, Governor-General. ORDER IN COUNCIL.
    At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of February, 1922.
    Present : HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
    IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section nine of the Apiaries Amendment Act, 1913, 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 the regulations relating to the export of honey made on the twenty-second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and also all amendments thereto, and doth make the following regulations for the purpose aforesaid; and doth declare that the said revocation and the regulations hereby made shall come into force on the date of publication of this Order in the New Zealand Gazette.
    REGULATIONS.
14. For the purposes of these regulations— "Director" means the Director of the Horticulture Division of the Department of Agriculture : "Dominion" means the Dominion of New Zealand, exclusive of the Cook Islands : "Owner" means any owner, shipper, or consignor of honey, and includes the agent of any such owner, shipper, or consignor, and also includes, in the case of a company, the managing director, manager, secretary, or other principal officer of the company in New Zealand.
15. No honey shall be exported from the Dominion until it has been graded as hereinafter provided, and until the other provisions of these regulations have been complied with.
16. Honey shall not be exported from the Dominion excepting at the ports of Auckland, Wanganui, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin, and Bluff, and at such other ports as the Director may authorize and publicly notify from time to time.
17. The Director shall from time to time appoint and publicly notify stores as grading-stores for the purpose of grading honey.
18. (1.) The owner of the honey intended for export shall forward it to one of the appointed grading-stores not less than seven days before shipment.
    (2.) He shall at the same time give to the Grader at the grading-store to which the honey has been sent an advice-note in the form set out in the First Schedule hereto, or to the effect thereof.
    (3.) Where there is any noticeable difference in the class or standard of honey forwarded to an appointed grading-store in one lot and under one brand, the owner shall submit such honey in separate parcels, each parcel containing honey of a uniform class and standard, with a distinguishing mark on each package of honey in each such parcel, and the advice-note to the Grader shall show the distinguishing mark of each such parcel.
    (4.) Every person who wilfully supplies false information on any advice-note as aforesaid commits a breach of these regulations.
    (5.) Every owner of honey sending the same to any of the appointed grading-stores must make his own arrangements for the transit of the honey to and from the store, and also for its receipt, storage, opening-up for grading, repacking, delivery, shipment, and any other service, including insurance and protection from damage and loss of any kind.
    (6.) All honey submitted for grading must be granulated, and no honey will be graded unless it is granulated.
19. (1.) Honey intended for export shall be contained in clean strongly constructed tins or other containers approved by the Director. The tins shall not have been used for any other purpose, and shall be lacquered or oiled on the outside to prevent rusting.
    (2.) Each tin shall be provided with a leak-proof lid, not more than 3 in. in diameter, which is capable of being easily removed and replaced. After grading and prior to export all
    lids, except those known as screw tops, shall be secured by means of soldering or other method approved by the Director.
    (3.) The tins shall be packed in clean cases which shall have planed ends, and be constructed of strong well-seasoned timber, and strapped with metal strapping or wire.
    (4.) The weight of honey in any one case when contained in tins shall not exceed one hundred and twenty pounds.
20. (1.) The owner of honey for export shall, before sending it to an appointed grading-store, cause the packages to be clearly and indelibly branded with an export brand to be approved and registered by the Director as hereinafter provided.
    (2.) The brand shall contain the words “New Zealand Produce--Pure Honey,” and the name of the owner ; provided that either in lieu of or in combination with the name of the owner there may be used such other words or such designs as the Director may approve for the purpose.
    (3.) The net weight of the honey shall also be branded on the packages.
    (4.) A shipper's brand or mark may also be branded upon the packages.
    (5.) One end of each package shall be kept clear for the grade-mark to be placed thereon by the Grader.
21. (1.) Every person intending to ship honey for export shall make application to the Director, in the form set out in the Second Schedule hereto, or to the effect thereof, for the registration of the export brand prescribed in clause 7 of these regulations.
    (2.) The Director may, if in his opinion the use of the brand to which the application relates is not likely to lead to mistakes or confusion, approve and register the brand, and shall forthwith notify the applicant of the result of his application.
    (3.) No person shall use any export brand unless and until he has been notified by the Director that it has been registered.
    (4.) The Director may at any time, after giving one month's notice in writing to the owner thereof, cancel the registration of any export brand if satisfied that it has not been used during the preceding two years in connection with the export of honey.
22. For the purposes of grading, honey will be divided into five classes according to colour-viz., water white, white, light amber, medium amber, and dark.
23. For the purposes of the grading of honey the maximum number of points that may be allotted in respect of the several qualities is as follows :
    Quality. Points.
    Flavour .. 50
    Colour ... 10
    Condition... 15
    Grain or texture ... 15
    Freedom from scum and froth .
    Total ... 100
24. (1.) The following will be the standards upon which the grades of honey will be determined :- Special Grade : 94 to 100 points, both inclusive. A or Prime Grade : 88 to 93 points, both inclusive. B or Good Grade : 80 to 87 points, both inclusive.
    (2.) No charge will be made for grading, except in the case of honey withdrawn from the grading-store after having been graded and approved for export, in which case a charge of one-tenth of a penny per pound will be charged.
25. As soon as possible after grading any honey the Grader shall stamp on the packages containing the honey a mark (herein called the “grade-mark”) indicating the grade of such honey, determined in accordance with these regulations ; and shall also sign and deliver to the owner a certificate of the grade (herein called the “grade-certificate”), in the form set out in the Third Schedule hereto ; provided, however, that no grade-certificate shall be issued in respect of honey scoring less than 80 points in the grading, and no grade-mark shall be placed on any case containing any such honey, but in any such case a notification of the result of the grading shall be sent by the Grader to the owner of the honey.
26. No person shall remove from any appointed grading-store, except for the purpose of immediately shipping it for export beyond the Dominion, any honey for which a grade-certificate has been issued unless the grade-certificate is surrendered to the Grader and the grade-mark upon the package has been erased.
27. If any honey, after being graded and prior to its export from the Dominion, is damaged or, in the opinion of any Grader, deteriorates, the owner of such honey shall, if and when directed by the Grader to do so, submit such honey for re-examination, and shall surrender to the Grader the grade-certificate issued in respect thereof.
28. No honey in respect of which the grade-certificate has been or ought to have been surrendered in accordance with the two last preceding regulations shall be exported until it has been resubmitted for grading and a new certificate has been issued in respect thereof.