JULY 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1865

Auckland University College Council declared a Leasing Authority under the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of July, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Auckland University College Council (a body corporate constituted under the Auckland University College Act, 1882) is a body of persons having power to lease lands held in trust, reserved, or set apart for educational purposes, and has requested the Governor-General in Council to declare it to be a leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in compliance with such request, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred by the above-mentioned Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the Auckland University College Council is a leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

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

Amending Regulations governing the Grading and Export of New Zealand Hemp.—Notice No. Ag. 2277.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of July, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Products Export Act, 1908, 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; and doth also declare that the said regulations shall come into force on the date of publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. THESE regulations shall be read together with and be deemed to be part of the regulations (relating to the grading and export of hemp) made under the Products Export Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the general regulations”), by Order in Council on the 21st day of December, 1908, and gazetted on 23rd December, 1908, and by Order in Council on the 13th day of January, 1913, and gazetted on 23rd January, 1913.

2. For the purposes of these regulations, “stripper-tow” means the waste fibre produced during the process of stripping Phormium tenax, and which has been carded.

3. All stripper-tow for export shall be packed in bales approximately of the following dimensions and weight after leaving the press, and each bale shall be securely bound with either four or five bands neatly made of hemp, tow, or stripper-tow :—
   Length, 4 ft.
   Width, 2 ft.
   Depth, 3 ft.
   Weight, not exceeding 2¾ cwt.

4. Every miller shall cause each bale of stripper-tow to be tagged and marked in the manner prescribed in respect of bales of tow submitted for grading for export.

5. Clauses 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 of the general regulations, and clause 11 of the regulations made on the 13th day of January, 1913, are hereby amended by inserting the words “stripper-tow” after the word “tow” wherever it occurs in the phrase “hemp, tow, or stripper-slips.”

6. (1.) The following will be the standards on which the grades of stripper-tow will be determined :—
   No. 1, 80 to 100 points, both inclusive.
   No. 2, 60 to 79 points, ,,
   No. 3, 40 to 59 points, ,,

(2.) No grader’s certificate as provided for in clause 7 hereof shall be issued in respect of any stripper-tow scoring less than 40 points.

7. As soon as possible after grading any stripper-tow the grader shall stamp the tag attached to each bale thereof with a mark as shown in the First Schedule hereto, indicating the grade of such stripper-tow as determined in accordance with clause 6 hereof; and shall also, if he is satisfied that the stripper-tow is intended for export, sign and deliver to the owner a certificate of the said grade in or to the effect of the form set out in the Second Schedule hereto. He shall also, if requested, sign and deliver a report on the stripper-tow to the miller whose brand it bears.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

For No. 1 Grade stripper-tow .. .. [N.Z. Govt.
Stripper-tow
No. 1 Grade.]

For No. 2 Grade stripper-tow .. .. [N.Z. Govt.
Stripper-tow
No. 2 Grade.]

For No. 3 Grade stripper-tow .. .. [N.Z. Govt.
Stripper-tow
No. 3 Grade.]

SECOND SCHEDULE.

(Arms.)

New Zealand.

Department of Agriculture, Fields Division.

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GRADER’S CERTIFICATE.

I HEREBY certify that I have graded the undermentioned [Number in words] bales of stripper-tow, and have stamped, according to grade, the tag attached to each :—

……………, Hemp Grader.

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

Amending the License authorizing Henry Bodley to use Water from the Tributary of the Mangaone Stream for the Purpose of generating Electricity and to erect Electric Lines.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of July, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and of every other power in anywise enabling him in that 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 clause ten of the conditions set forth in the Schedule to the Order in Council dated the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, authorizing Henry Bodley, of Te Pohue, Hotelkeeper, to use water from a tributary of the Mangaone Stream in Section 5, Block XIII, Maungaharuru Survey District, for the purpose of generating electricity, and to erect electric lines, and substitute therefor the following clause :—

10. RENTAL.

The licensee shall, in respect of this license, pay to the Public Works Engineer for the district, or otherwise as the Minister may from time to time require, a rental of 5s. per annum, payment to be made yearly on the 1st day of April in each and every year.

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