Oct. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2287

Revoking Order in Council licensing Otamatea Lime Company (Limited) to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore and Land below Low-water Mark of Pahi River, Kaipara Harbour, as a Site for a Wharf.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of October, 1924.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.
WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 10, of the thirtieth day of the same month, the Otamatea Lime Company (Limited), (hereinafter called “the company”) was licensed to use and occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark of the Pahi River, Kaipara Harbour, as a site for a wharf :
And whereas the said company has applied to have the hereinbefore-recited license revoked, and it is desirable to revoke the same :
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority vested in him by the Harbours Act, 1923, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council of the twenty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, as from the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations providing for the New Zealand Royal Naval Reserve (Men).

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this 6th day of October, 1924.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by section twenty-five of the Naval Defence Act, 1913, and section five of the Naval Defence Amendment Act, 1922, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby amend the regulations referred to in the Schedule hereto as shown therein.

SCHEDULE.
REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE (MEN).

1. In regulation No. 1, for “three,” substitute “four” classes ; for “Class C,” substitute “Classes C and D.”

2. In regulation No. 7, in heading and in line 1, cancel “Class C,” and substitute “Classes C and D.”

3. In regulation No. 12, in line 1, cancel “and C,” and substitute “C; and D.”

4. In heading above regulation No. 30, cancel “Class C,” and substitute “Classes C and D.”

5. Add new regulation No. 42A :—

Class D.
“42A. Men in Class D will be required to undergo training as laid down from time to time by the Naval Board, the minimum periods of training being those laid down by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments.”

6. In regulation No. 45, in last line, cancel “Class C,” and substitute “Classes C and D.”

7. In regulation No. 48, in line 11, after the words “H.M. Ships,” insert “when attending drills.”

8. In regulation No. 56, in line 1, cancel “Class C,” and substitute “Classes C and D.”

9. In regulation No. 59, in line 2, cancel “and C,” and substitute “C and D.”

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

Regulations as to the Grading of Fruit-trees for Sale from Nurseries.-Notice No. Ag. 2415.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this 6th day of October, 1924.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, as amended by the Orchard and Garden Diseases Amendment Act, 1914, 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 regulations relating to the grading of fruit-trees made by Order in Council dated the ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and gazetted on the eighteenth day of the same month and year, and in lieu thereof doth make the following regulations ; and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall come into force on the date of the publication hereof in the Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,- "Diameter" means the diameter of a fruit-tree measured 2 in. above the union :
   "Fruit-tree" means any variety of apple, pear, apricot, peach, or nectarine tree :
   "Nursery" means any land which is used for the raising or growing of any fruit-trees, if such fruit-trees or any of them are intended for sale for replanting :
   "Sale" or "sell" includes barter, and also includes offering or attempting to sell or exposing for sale, or sending or delivering for sale, or causing or allowing to be sold, offered, or exposed for sale :
   "Sub-package" means one of two or more packages enclosed in one cover.

2. (1.) On every sale of fruit-trees from a nursery, whether direct or through an agent, there shall be issued, by or on behalf of the occupier of such nursery to the purchaser or intending purchaser, a statement of the grade of such fruit-trees determined as hereinafter set out; provided that nothing in these regulations shall apply to the sale of fruit-trees in the execution of an order for not more than fifty trees or to the sale of lots of not more than ten trees of any one variety.
   (2.) Such statement as to grade shall be set out in the invoice, also on a tag or label attached to each package of fruit-trees.
   (3.) It shall not be lawful to pack trees of different grades together unless the trees constituting each grade form a distinct sub-package; each such sub-package shall bear a tag or label in accordance with the requirements of the last preceding subclause.

3. The grading of fruit-trees from a nursery shall be done by or on behalf of the occupier of such nursery prior to the sale of such fruit-trees.

4. The following are the standards by which the grade of apple or pear trees shall be determined:-
   (1.) "A (or commercial) grade" shall consist of trees the diameter of which is not less than 7/16 in. nor more than 10/16 in. : Provided that trees which are more than 10/16 in. in diameter may be included in this grade if such trees are not more than one year from the bud or graft : Provided further that in the case of the following varieties of pear-trees-viz., Winter Nelis, P. Barry, Marie Louise, and Josephine de Malines—trees may be included in this grade the diameter of which is not less than 6/16 in.
   "B (or nursery) grade" shall, subject to the last preceding proviso, consist of trees the diameter of which is less than 7/16 in.
   "C (or special) grade" shall, subject to the first proviso in the case of A grade, consist of trees the diameter of which is more than 10/16 in.
   (2.) Apple or pear trees of all grades shall be well rooted, and if branched shall be of fair shape, and shall have not less than three branches averaging 18 in. in length.

5. The following are the standards by which the grade of apricot, peach, and nectarine trees shall be determined :-
   (1.) "Commercial grade" shall consist of trees the diameter of which is not less than 8/16 in.
   "Nursery grade" shall consist of trees the diameter of which is less than 8/16 in.