Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3011

Date on which the Honey-export Control Act, 1924, is to come into Operation.—Notice No. Ag. 2450.

[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON.
Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section two of the Honey-export Control Act, 1924, it is enacted that the said Act shall come into operation on a date to be specified in that behalf by the Governor-General by Proclamation approved in Executive Council; but that a Proclamation shall not issue unless and until a proposal to that effect has been carried at a poll of producers to be taken for the purpose as therein provided:
And whereas it appears from a notice published in the Gazette of the nineteenth December now instant that a majority in number of the producers voted in favour of the proposal that the said Act should be brought into operation:
And whereas it is further enacted by the said section that a notice published in the Gazette as aforesaid shall be conclusive evidence of the result of the poll:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the aforesaid section two, I, Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Honey-export Control Act, 1924, shall come into operation on the twenty-third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 22nd day of December, 1924.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Agriculture.

Approved in Council:
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Date on which Part I of the Fruit Control Act, 1924, is to come into Operation.—Notice No. Ag. 2451.

[L.S.] CHARLES FERGUSSON.
Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section three of the Fruit Control Act, 1924, it is enacted that Part I of the said Act shall come into operation on a date to be specified in that behalf by the Governor-General by Proclamation approved in Executive Council; but that a Proclamation shall not issue unless and until a proposal to that effect has been carried at a poll of producers to be taken for the purpose as therein provided:
And whereas it appears from a notice published in the Gazette of the nineteenth December now instant that a majority in number of the producers voted in favour of the proposal that Part I of the said Act should be brought into operation:
And whereas it is further enacted by the said section that a notice published in the Gazette as aforesaid shall be conclusive evidence of the result of the poll:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the aforesaid section three, I, Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that Part I of the Fruit Control Act, 1924, shall come into operation on the twenty-third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 22nd day of December, 1924.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Agriculture.

Approved in Council.
F. D. THOMSON.
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Regulations prescribing the Manner of taking the Votes of Producers for the Purpose of the Election of Members of the New Zealand Honey Control Board.—Notice No. Ag. 2452.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Honey Export Control Act, 1924 (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 that Dominion, doth hereby make the regulations hereinafter set forth.

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REGULATIONS.

ELECTION OF PRODUCERS’ REPRESENTATIVES.

1. In these regulations—
   “ The Board ” means the New Zealand Honey Control Board:
   “ The Minister ” means the Minister of Agriculture:
   “ Producer ” means a person carrying on business as a producer of honey for sale and being the occupier of an apiary registered under the Apiaries Amendment Act, 1913, and from which at least two hundredweights of honey, the produce of that apiary, were exported in any one of the three years immediately preceding the year commencing on the 1st day of October, 1924.

2. For the purpose of taking the votes of producers there shall be appointed a Returning Officer, who shall make all necessary arrangements.

3. (1.) For the purpose of the election of producers’ representatives the Minister shall direct the preparation of a roll of producers.
   (2.) Such roll shall be compiled from the nominal roll of exporters of honey in the possession of the Department of Agriculture.

4. The election of members to the Board shall close on the 27th day of January, 1925, at noon, and shall be by a system of postal voting. No voting-paper shall be valid which is not received before noon on that day.

5. No person shall be eligible for election as a producers’ representative unless he has been nominated by one or more producers, and he has accepted nomination in writing, or by telegraph.

6. Nothing in the foregoing regulations shall prevent the Returning Officer from accepting a nomination-paper in such manner as, in his opinion, is sufficient to identify the candidate and nominator or nominators.

7. No producer shall be entitled to nominate more persons for election than the number of producers’ representatives required.

8. The form of nomination shall be in the form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto, or to the effect thereof.

9. The last day and hour for receiving nominations shall be the 12th day of January, 1925, at noon.

10. If no more persons are so nominated as producers’ representatives than are required to fill the vacant positions on the Board, such persons shall be deemed to have been duly elected.

11. If more persons are so nominated than are required to fill the vacant positions on the Board, the Returning Officer shall cause voting-papers to be printed, in the form No. 2 in the Schedule hereto.

12. At such ballot no voting-paper shall be valid unless votes are recorded for the full number of persons required to be elected.

13. Where there is an equality of votes between any candidates and the addition of a vote would entitle one of such candidates to be declared elected, the Returning Officer shall give a casting vote.

14. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the candidates required to be elected who have received the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected by the Returning Officer by notice in the Gazette.