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the purchase of wheat of the harvest of the season 1925–26 in
New Zealand if in accordance with the terms thereof any wheat
of that description could be delivered in due fulfilment of
the agreement. The provisions of these regulations as to
offers, options, or right of purchase shall be construed in like
manner.

7. In granting a permit under these regulations the
   Secretary of Industries and Commerce may impose such
   terms and conditions as to the purchase and as to the
   disposition or use of the wheat so purchased as he thinks
   advisable for the due regulation and maintenance of industries
   essential for the public welfare.

8. Any such permit may be granted or refused in the
   absolute discretion of the Secretary of Industries and Com-
   merce, and shall be revocable at the will of the Secretary.

9. When any wheat has been purchased under any such
   permit, it shall not be lawful for the purchaser or any
   subsequent purchaser to deal with it otherwise than in
   accordance with the terms and conditions on which the permit
   was granted.

10. The Secretary of Industries and Commerce, or his
    duly authorized representative, may require any person to
    give to him any information in such person's possession, and to
    produce any books or documents in his possession or under
    his control, relating to the sale or purchase of any wheat,
    whether grown in New Zealand or not, and of whatever
    season's crop, and whether such person is a party to such
    sale or purchase or not. Any person withholding any such
    information, or failing to produce such books or documents,
    shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations, and
    shall be liable accordingly.

11. Any person who makes any false representations with
    intent thereby to obtain any permit under these regulations
    (either for himself or for any other person), or who in any
    manner deceives or attempts to deceive the Secretary of
    Industries and Commerce in the exercise of the powers con-
    ferred by these regulations, shall be guilty of an offence
    against these regulations, and shall be liable accordingly.

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

Rates of Duty on "Hervea" or Paraguay Tea or Yerba de Mate. (C. No. 36.)

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 30th day of November, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon him by section one hundred and thirty-
five of the Customs Act, 1913, and of all other powers and
authorities enabling him in that behalf, 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 declare that “Hervea”
or Paraguay tea or Yerba de Mate, being goods which are
not specifically enumerated in the Tariff and which are, in
the opinion of the Minister of Customs, a substitute for tea,
shall, in addition to the primage duty imposed by section
fifteen of the Customs Amendment Act, 1921, be charged
with duty at the rates (if any) set forth in the Schedule
hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Rates of Duty.

Kind of Goods,

When admissible under the British Preferential
Tariff.

When admissible under the Intermediate
Tariff.

When admissible under the General
Tariff.

"Hervea" or Paraguay tea or Yerba de Mate,
in bulk—viz., in packages of 5 lb. or over net
weight of tea

Free. ..

2d. per lb.

2d. per lb.

"Hervea" or Paraguay tea or Yerba de Mate,
n.e.i.

2d. per lb.

4d. per lb.

4d. per lb.

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

[No. 85

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Waitahuna Domain.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of
December, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by
section forty of the Public Reserves and Domains 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
appoint

Hugh Crozier,
Frederic Ellis,
William McKenzie,
David Murdock, and
Robert Murray

to be the Waitahuna Domain Board, having control of the
land described in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby
appoint Monday, the seventh day of December, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-five, at eight o'clock p.m., as the
time when, and the office of Mr. W. McKenzie, Waitahuna,
as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be
held.

SCHEDULE.

WAITAHUNA DOMAIN.—OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 21, Block XXXII, Town of Havelock: Area, 5 acres
1 rood 32 perches, more or less.

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

Whangarei Borough Council declared a Leasing Authority under
the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 14th day of
December, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Whangarei Borough Council is a body of
persons having power to lease lands held in trust,
reserved, or set apart for public purposes, and has requested
the Governor-General in Council to declare it to be a leasing
authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies' Leases
Act, 1908.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in compliance with such request,
and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred by the
above-mentioned Act, and acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth
hereby order and declare that the Whangarei Borough Council
is a leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies'
Leases Act, 1908.

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

Extending Time for giving Public Notice of a Day for hearing Appeals against Classification List of Te Rapa Drainage Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day
of December, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided, inter alia, by subsection five
of section thirty-four of the Land Drainage Act,
1908, as amended by the Land Drainage Amendment Act,
1922 (hereinafter together referred to as “the said Acts”),
that within three days after the expiration of the time allowed
for giving notice of appeal against the classification list of a
Drainage Board the Magistrate shall give public notice of a
day for the hearing of such appeals, and such appeals may
be heard at the Magistrate’s Court named in such notice: