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the power and authority conferred upon him by section two hundred and eighty-seven of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby prescribe that the minimum amount of lighthouse dues payable by a vessel on each arrival at any place in New Zealand shall, notwithstanding the rates specified in the Schedule of the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council, be one shilling.

And, in further pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, His Excellency the Governor-General doth hereby order that the lighthouse dues specified in the third column of the Schedule hereto shall be collected on arrival at Port Craig.

And, with the like advice and consent, His Excellency the Governor-General doth further order that this Order in Council shall come into force on and after the date of publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

Minimum payment in any case, 1s.

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

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Amending Regulations under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of September, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), 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 amend, in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto, the regulations under the said Act made on the fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.

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SCHEDULE.

CLAUSE 20, paragraph (a), of the said regulations is hereby amended by adding the following additional proviso, viz.:

Provided further that the Minister may, on the production of evidence that the advances as aforesaid are insufficient for the successful working of a farm, authorize advances up to such limits and for such purposes as he deems fit.

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

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Amending Regulations under the Stock Act, 1908, for the Prevention of the Spread of Ticks (Ixodidae) among Cattle.

—Notice No. Ag. 2293.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of September, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Stock 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.

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REGULATIONS.

1. THESE regulations shall be read together with and be deemed part of the regulations (hereinafter termed “the principal regulations”) for the prevention of the spread of ticks (Ixodidae) among stock made under the Stock Act, 1908, by Order in Council on the 13th day of February, 1922, and gazetted on the 16th February, 1922.

2. Clause 7 of the principal regulations is hereby revoked and the following substituted therefor:

3. (1.) It shall be the duty of every stockowner in Area A to do all that is reasonably possible to keep his stock free from cattle-tick by—

(a.) Dipping by complete immersion in an effective cattle-tick-destroying solution, which shall contain not less than 7 lb. of arsenious oxide in each 400 gallons of water; or

(b.) Treating by some other effective method authorized by the Inspector.

(2.) In any case where a stockowner fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (1) hereof to the satisfaction of the Inspector, that officer may give to such stockowner notice to dip or otherwise treat his stock so as to ensure the destruction of all cattle-ticks upon them, and it shall be the duty of such stockowner to comply with such notice within the time stated therein.

(3.) The provisions of subsections (1) and (2) hereof shall also apply in the case of stockowners in Area B upon whose property ticks have been found to be present.

3. Clause 10 of the principal regulations is hereby revoked.

4. Clause 12 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by the insertion of the figure “1” after the word “subclause” in line four.

5. (1.) Any person desiring to remove sheep from Area A must first obtain a permit in the following form from an Inspector, or some other person authorized by an Inspector, authorizing their removal, and such sheep may thereafter leave Area A only at the place and within the time specified in such permit.

(2.) If sheep intended to be removed from Area A are found to be harbouring ticks, a permit shall not be issued unless and until such sheep have been so treated as to ensure the complete destruction of all cattle-ticks upon the legs by immersion in an effective tick-destroying fluid, or by some other effective method at the discretion of the Inspector, or on the head by spraying or sponging with the same fluid; provided that the provisions of this subsection shall not operate where sheep are being removed for immediate slaughter at a duly licensed slaughtering-place.

Dominion of New Zealand.

Department of Agriculture, Live-stock Division.

PERMIT TO REMOVE SHEEP FROM INFESTED AREA “A.”

IN pursuance of the regulations for the prevention of the spread of cattle-tick amongst stock, you are hereby authorized to remove from Area “A” at

head of sheep, not later than the day of , 192 .

Immediately before the sheep are removed this permit must be delivered to

Dated at this day of , 192 .

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Authorizing Officer.

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

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Consenting to the Raising of Loans by certain Local Authorities.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of September, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made under section twenty, subsection one, of the Finance Act, 1919, for the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council to enable the several local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto to borrow the sums set out therein, and it is expedient that such consent should issue: