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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT it be resolved by way of special resolution, to operate as a special order, that Canadian or Californian thistle shall be deemed not to be a noxious weed within the Waihemo County.

The above special order was made at a special meeting of the Waihemo County Council held on the 15th day of December, 1923, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 19th day of January, 1924.

Government Representatives on the New Zealand Dairy-produce Control Board appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2343.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24th January, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Oswald James Hawken, Esq., M.P., and
William Eric Reynolds, Esq.,

to be Government representatives on the New Zealand Dairy-produce Control Board, the appointments to date from the 19th day of January, 1924.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Imposition of Depreciated-currency Duty.—Felt Hats.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 29th January, 1924.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Minister of Customs has been requested to determine whether or not depreciated-currency duty should be imposed on the following class or kind of goods when imported from countries having depreciated currencies (other than Germany, Austria, and Hungary)—viz., hats of felt (including felt hoods, blocked, sewn, or otherwise worked), whether of wool, fur, or other material or mixtures of the same—which are at present subject to depreciated-currency duty.

Before deciding the matter the Minister hereby invites any person who considers that the importation of such goods without such duty being charged thereon would prejudicially or injuriously affect his industry or business, or who would be aggrieved if such duty were not charged on such goods, to make a complaint in the prescribed form.

The Minister also invites any person who considers that the imposition of depreciated-currency duty on such goods does prejudicially or injuriously affect his industry or business, or who is aggrieved by the imposition of such duty, to state in the prescribed form any reasons he may desire to offer why such duty should not be imposed.

Such complaint or statement will be regarded as strictly confidential. It must reach this office not later than one month from the date of the publication of this notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

Any complaint or statement already received in connection with the class or kind of goods referred to above will receive full consideration before the matter is decided.

GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.

Temporary Admission of Students to the United States of America.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 28th January, 1924.

THE following copy of General Order No. 17, dated 25th September, 1923, issued by the United States Department of Labour, with respect to the temporary admission of students under the Immigration Act of 19th May, 1921, is published for general information.

GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.

U.S. Department of Labour,
Bureau of Immigration,
Washington, 25th September, 1923.

GENERAL ORDER NO. 17.

Subject: Status of Students under the Percentum Limit Immigration Act of 19th May, 1921, as amended.

(1.) AN otherwise admissible alien who seeks temporary admission to the United States for the purpose of attending a recognized institution of higher education as a regularly matriculated student, and who at the time of arrival at a United States port is in excess of a monthly or annual quota allotted under the Act of 19th May, 1921, as amended, may be temporarily admitted by the examining inspector under the following conditions:—

(a.) Upon presentation of satisfactory evidence that such alien is qualified to enter, and has definitely arranged to enter, a recognized institution of higher education in the United States as a student.

(b.) When such alien is the holder of a scholarship in a recognized institution of higher education in the United States, issued by a foreign Government or otherwise.

(c.) Upon presentation of proper credentials showing that such alien is coming to the United States under the auspices of a foreign Government for the purpose of pursuing studies in a recognized institution of higher education.

(2.) The question of whether an alien is admissible as a student under this Order may be determined prior to his arrival at a United States port upon the presentation to the Secretary of Labour of sufficient documentary or other evidence. Where an applicant presents satisfactory evidence of his education qualifications and the arrangements he has made to enter an institution of higher education in the United States to an American Consular officer in the country of his residence, and such officer certifies through official channels, that upon investigation he is convinced that such applicant is a bona fide student, and recommends his temporary admission as such, such certificate and recommendation will be accepted by the Secretary of Labour as prima facie evidence that such alien is a bona fide student.

(3.) For the purpose of this order the term “institution of higher education” shall be considered to mean any university, college, seminary, or other institution affording advanced academic or technical training, which is so recognized and approved by the Secretary of Labour, and the term “student” shall be considered to mean a person who is qualified to enter and has definitely arranged to enter a particular institution for a definite course of study.

(4.) “Temporary admission” as used in this Order shall mean not more than one year, with the understanding that such period may be extended if an alien maintains the status of a student. Where an alien is temporarily admitted under this Order he shall be paroled to the institution he enters or to its accredited representative, or to an accredited representative of his government, and such institution, or person, shall undertake to advise the Commissioner-General of Immigration whenever an alien temporarily admitted under this Order ceases to be a student at the institution entered.

(5.) Officers in charge shall immediately advise the Commissioner-General of Immigration whenever a student is admitted under this Order, giving his name, nationality, date of admission, the name and location of institution entered, to whom paroled, and other facts which he may consider to be essential.

(6.) General Order No. 16 of 23rd August, 1923, is hereby repealed.

H. H. HUSBAND,
Commissioner-General.

Approved—Robe Carl White, Second Assistant Secretary.

Notice by the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II), and its Amendments.—Unclaimed Lands.

To the owner of the following land, that is to say: All that piece or parcel of land situate in the Provincial District of Taranaki, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 18 perches, more or less, being Subdivisions 137 and 138 of Section 62, Hua and Waiwakaiho, Block III, Egmont Survey District. Bounded on the north by Subdivision 136, on the west by Boswith Street, and on the south by Junction Road, and being part of the land contained in certificate of title, Volume 1, folio 43, Taranaki Registry, vested in His Majesty the King by virtue of the Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875, and held by the registered proprietor on behalf of Charles Gordon Ralph Gore of New Plymouth, Clerk, under and by virtue of the Special Powers and Contracts Act, 1885.

WHEREAS, after due inquiry, the owner of the above-described land cannot be found: And whereas the said owner has no known agent in New Zealand:

Now, the Public Trustee hereby calls upon such owner within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his title to the said lands, and, if he fails or neglects to do so, the Public Trustee will exercise as regards the said lands the powers and authorities granted to him in and by the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II), and its amendments.

Dated this 24th day of January, 1924.

E. O. HALES, Deputy of the Public Trustee.