May 3.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

auctioneer to sell by auction, any second-hand clothing or
bedding unless such clothing or bedding has previously been
cleansed by an approved process and disinfected.

3. It shall not be lawful for any second-hand dealer to store
   any article of trade in any sleeping-room or living-room, or
   in any place in which food is stored or prepared for human
   consumption.

4. It shall not be lawful for any second-hand dealer to
   permit the premises in which he carries on the trade of a dealer
   to be so crowded with second-hand articles as to be dangerous
   to health or offensive.

5. It shall not be lawful for any person in reconstructing
   or making any bedding, cushion, or other furnishing intended
   for human use to employ in such reconstruction or making
   any second-hand material, unless such material has been
   cleansed by an approved process and disinfected.

6. Any person who commits a breach of any of these
   regulations shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine
   of £20.

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

Regulations under the Health Act, 1920, governing the Importa-
tion of certain Articles into New Zealand.—(H. 84.)

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of
April, 1923.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him
by the Health Act, 1920, 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 several Orders in Council
set out in the Schedule hereto, and doth hereby make in lieu
thereof the following regulations governing the importation
of certain articles into New Zealand.

REGULATIONS.

1. It shall not be lawful for any person to import into New
   Zealand any rags or any clothing of any kind which has
   ceased to be in actual wear (and not forming part of the
   personal effects of a person arriving in the Dominion from
   overseas), unless—

(a.) He can produce a certificate from a responsible officer
of the Public Health Service of the country of
origin that the said rags or clothing have been
effectively cleansed and disinfected; or

(b.) The rags or clothing are cleansed and disinfected to
the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health at
the port of entry; such cleansing and disinfection
to be at the expense and risk of the importer.

2. It shall not be lawful for any person to import any flock
   into New Zealand unless the importer satisfies the Medical
   Officer of Health at the port of entry by a declaration or
   otherwise that such flock has been wholly manufactured from
   clean “mill puff” or “mill waste.”

3. It shall not be lawful for any person to import into New
   Zealand from overseas any of the following articles, that is to
   say :—

(a.) Any shaving-brush wholly or partially manufactured
in Japan or exported from Japan, if it contains or
is made from the hair of any animal.

(b.) Any wool or hair (including “drafts” or “drawn”
hair or bristles of animals)—

(i.) If grown in Eastern or South-eastern Asia,
India, Ceylon, Japan, the East Indian Islands, and
the Philippine Islands ; or

(ii.) If grown in other countries, and deemed in
the opinion of the Collector of Customs likely to
convey anthrax;
unless such wool or hair is accompanied by a certifi-
cate from a responsible officer of the Public Health
Service of the country of origin that such goods
have been effectively disinfected, or unless such wool
or hair is disinfected at the port of entry at the
expense and risk of the importer to the satisfaction
of the Medical Officer of Health.

(c.) Any toilet brushes or toilet articles containing or made
from the hair of animals—

(i.) If manufactured in Eastern or South-
eastern Asia, India, Ceylon, Japan, the East
Indian Islands and the Philippine Islands ; or

(ii.) If manufactured in other countries and
deemed in the opinion of the Collector of Customs
likely to convey anthrax;

unless such brushes or articles are accompanied by
a certificate from a responsible officer of the Public
Health Service of the country of origin that such
goods have been effectively disinfected; or unless
such brushes or articles are disinfected at the port
of entry at the expense and risk of the importer to
the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health.

SCHEDULE.

Date of Order in
Council.

Subject.

Date of Gazette.

25th April, 1904
Importation of flock re-
stricted
28th April,
1904.

5th March, 1920
Prohibiting the importation
into New Zealand of cer-
tain articles
11th March,
1920.

14th May, 1920
Prohibiting the importation
into New Zealand of cer-
tain shaving-brushes
20th May,
1920.

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

Regulations under the Health Act, 1920, relating to the
Manufacture and Sale of Flock.—(H. 85.)

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of
April, 1923.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him
by the Health Act, 1920, 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 make the following regulations
relating to the manufacture and sale of flock.

REGULATIONS.

1. (1.) In these regulations “flockmaker” means any person
   who makes into flock any rags, clothing, or other textile
   materials. “Rags” means clothing and fragments of clothing
   which have been worn, bedding and furnishings which have
   been in domestic use, and all other second-hand fabrics.

(2.) These regulations shall be read together with the
regulations under the Health Act, 1920, dated the 10th May,
1921, and published in the Gazette of 19th May, 1921, relating
to the registration of premises by local authorities.

2. (1.) No premises shall be registered for the purpose of
   carrying on therein the trade of flock manufacturing, and no
   existing registration of any such premises shall be renewed,
   unless the following requirements are complied with :-

(a.) The floors of every room in which flock is manufactured,
or in which any material is cleansed or disinfected
before manufacture, shall be properly covered with
a layer of concrete at least four inches in thickness,
rendered smooth with cement, or with other approved
impervious materials having a smooth surface and
properly laid.

(b.) The floor of every room in which the cleansing or
disinfection of rags is carried out shall be properly
graded so as to conduct any fluids falling thereon to
an adequate drain so constructed and discharging
as not to cause a nuisance.

(c.) The internal surface of the walls of every room in which
flock or any material used in making flock is stored
or handled shall be smooth and free from ledges and
crevices. The wall surfaces shall be carried up
to the roof or ceiling without offering any lodgment
for dust, and roof or ceiling shall be constructed so
as to avoid as far as possible crevices and ledges.

(d.) The premises shall be well ventilated in every part.

(e.) All teasing-machines, shakers, and other machinery
shall be supplied with such appliances as will
effectually catch and collect, to the satisfaction of
the Inspector appointed for the purpose of enforcing
these regulations by the local authority registering
the premises, all dust arising in every process of
rag-tearing, rag-disintegration, or flockmaking gen-
erally. The dust collected shall be destroyed or dealt
with so as not to cause a nuisance.

(2.) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the fore-
going provisions, the occupier of any premises registered
before the coming into force of these regulations shall be
allowed twelve months in which to take any steps necessary

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