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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 62

Prohibiting the Importation into the Cook Islands of certain Goods.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 22nd day of September, 1924.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section fifty-seven of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, it is provided that the Governor-General in Council may by regulations impose such conditions, restrictions, and prohibitions upon the export or import of goods from or into the Cook Islands as he thinks necessary:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to make the regulations hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on him as aforesaid and of every other power and authority enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations.

REGULATIONS.

1. THE importation into Cook Islands either directly or indirectly from the United States of America of the following goods grown or produced in that country is hereby prohibited:—

(a.) Plants or portions of plants, all fruit and vegetables (other than dried, canned, pickled, pulped, or bottled fruit and vegetables), and all grain and farm produce, including oats, barley, maize, hay, straw, and chaff:

Provided that in the case of all goods the importation of which is prohibited under this paragraph and not grown in any of the States of California, Oregon, and Washington, or directly handled or exposed within any of those States otherwise than is necessary for through transportation to the Cook Islands, importation shall be permitted if the goods are accompanied by a certificate signed by a person appointed in that behalf by the Government of the State concerned, and countersigned by a responsible officer of the Federal Department of Agriculture certifying,——

(i.) The name of the State in which grown;

(ii.) That such State is, and has been for not less than twelve months, free from foot-and-mouth disease;

and

(iii.) That the goods under certification have not been directly handled or exposed within any of the States of California, Oregon, and Washington otherwise than is necessary for through transportation to the Cook Islands:

(b.) All hay, straw, chaff, or husks used as packing-material for goods of any kind, unless accompanied by a certificate signed and countersigned as aforesaid certifying such material to be the produce of a State other than the States of California, Oregon, and Washington, and that it has not been directly handled or exposed within any of those States otherwise than is necessary for through transportation to the Cook Islands.

2. The importation into the Cook Islands either directly or indirectly of oats, barley, maize, hay, straw, and chaff from the States of Queensland and Western Australia in the Commonwealth of Australia is hereby prohibited.

3. Save with the precedent consent of the Resident Commissioner, the importation into the Cook Islands of oats, barley, maize, hay, straw, and chaff from any State in the Commonwealth of Australia, other than Queensland and Western Australia, is hereby prohibited.

4. In every case where goods of any kind are imported, either direct or by way of any other country, into the Cook Islands from Great Britain, Ireland, or any part of the Continent of Europe, or from the States of Queensland or Western Australia in the Commonwealth of Australia, and where any hay, straw, or chaff is received with such goods as packing or otherwise, the importer of such goods