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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Allotment 87, Waitakerei Parish; thence along the south-western boundary of the Waipareira Parish to a public road through Subdivision 21, eastern portion Taupaki Block, along that road through or adjoining Subdivisions 21, 20, 7, 14, 15, 13, 12, 5, and 2 and its continuation to the point of commencement.

PART OF ALBANY DISTRICT.

All that area in the North Auckland Land District being the boroughs of Takapuna, Devonport, and Northcote, and part of Birkenhead and part of the County of Waitemata, bounded by a line commencing at the mouth of the Wairau Creek, and proceeding thence southerly along the high-water mark of Rangitoto Channel and westerly along the high-water mark of Waitemata Harbour to Little Shoal Bay; thence up the stream at the head of that bay to the Great North Road; thence northerly along that road to and along the road forming the north-western boundaries of Allotments 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, and 104, Takapuna Parish; thence along the northern boundary of the Borough of Takapuna to the mouth of the Wairau Creek, the point of commencement.

PART OF HAWKE’S BAY DISTRICT.

All that area in the Hawke’s Bay District comprising the Borough of Napier.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

The Te Kauwhata District, the Palmerston North District, and the following parts of the Waitemata, Albany, and Hawke’s Bay districts respectively.

PART OF WAITEMATA DISTRICT.

All that area in the North Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at the mouth of Lawson’s Creek, and proceeding thence along the shores of the Waitemata Harbour to and along the eastern boundary of the Avondale Borough to the Manakau Harbour; thence along the shores of that harbour to Big Muddy Creek, and up that creek and Nihotupu River to Allotment 38, Waikomiti Parish; northerly along the eastern boundary of that section, and along the north-eastern boundary generally of the Auckland Water-supply Reserve to its north-eastern corner; thence along public roads fronting or passing through Allotments 7A, 283, 128, 9, 125, 124, 121, 114, 160, 162, and 6A, Waipareira Parish, to Taikata Creek, and down that creek and Lawson’s Creek to the point of commencement.

PART OF ALBANY DISTRICT.

All that area in the North Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at the mouth of Lucas Creek, and running up that creek to a public road running through Allotment 28, Paremoremo Parish; thence along that road running through or fronting Allotments 28, 76, 175, 176, 177, 319, and 198 to main Waiwera Road, south-easterly along said main road to the north-western boundary of Allotment 259, Takapuna Parish, and along the north-western boundaries of Allotments 259, 258, 265, 263, 262, and 260, all of said Takapuna Parish, to the sea; thence bounded on the east by the sea to the mouth of the Wairau Creek; thence along the northern boundary of the Borough of Takapuna; thence along the road forming the north-western boundaries of Allotments 104, 102, 101, 100, 99, and 98 to the Great North Road; thence southerly along that road to the stream at the head of Little Shoal Bay, and down that stream to Little Shoal Bay; thence bounded on the south by the Waitemata Harbour to Lucas Creek, the point of commencement.

PART OF HAWKE’S BAY DISTRICT.

All that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, being the whole of the Hawke’s Bay District described in the First Schedule hereto with the exception of that part thereof comprising the Borough of Napier.

J. W. BLACK,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations relating to the Importation of Grass-seed from the Commonwealth of Australia.—Notice No. Ag. 2654.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 16th day of May, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Stock Act, 1908, and of all other powers enabling him in this 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 revoke the regulations relating to the importation of grass-seed from the Commonwealth of Australia made by Order in Council on the twenty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the fourteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, at page 68, and doth make the following regulations in lieu thereof, and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall come into force on the date of publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. For the purpose of these regulations—
   The term “grass-seed” includes lucerne seed, clover seed, and millet seed;
   “Statutory declaration” means a declaration made in accordance with the provisions of the Imperial Act now known by the short title of “The Statutory Declarations Act, 1835,” or of any Act passed in substitution for or replacing that Act, or containing similar provisions to that Act, and for the time being in force in the State in which such declaration is made.

2. The introduction of grass-seed grown in the State of Queensland, or the tick-infestation quarantine-area of New South Wales, is prohibited.

3. Grass-seed grown in the State of New South Wales, elsewhere than in the tick-infestation quarantine-area, may be imported into New Zealand subject to the following conditions:—
   (a) That prior to shipment to the Dominion it has been subjected to fumigation by carbon bisulphide, at a strength of 10 lb. to 1,000 cubic feet of chamber-space, for a period of not less than twenty-four hours, and
   (b) That it is accompanied by a statutory declaration made by the consignor, in the form or to the effect of the First Schedule hereto, and also by a certificate appended thereto, signed by an officer of the Department of Agriculture of that State, in the form of the Second Schedule hereto.

4. Grass-seed grown in the States of Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania may be imported into New Zealand, subject to the following condition:—
   That it is accompanied by a statutory declaration made by the consignor, in the form or to the effect of the Third Schedule hereto.

5. No person shall introduce or import or attempt to introduce or import grass-seed into New Zealand in contravention of these regulations.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

THE STOCK ACT, 1908 (NEW ZEALAND).

Consignor’s Declaration to accompany Grass-seed imported from New South Wales into New Zealand.

I [Full name and address of consignor] do solemnly and sincerely declare that the whole of the grass-seed contained in the consignment, comprising [State number and kind of packages] of [State kind of grass-seed], to be shipped by [Name and address of consignor] to [Name and address of consignee] per [Name of vessel] and marked , is the produce of New South Wales, and was grown at [State exact locality], which is not in the tick-infestation quarantine-area.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and, by virtue of the provisions of [State here under what statutory provisions the declaration is made].

Signed:

Declared at this day of , 192 .
Signed:

SECOND SCHEDULE.

THE STOCK ACT, 1908 (NEW ZEALAND).

Inspector’s Certificate to accompany Grass-seed imported from New South Wales into New Zealand.

I HEREBY certify that the grass-seed referred to above has been subject to carbon-bisulphide fumigation at a strength of 10 lb. to 1,000 cubic feet of chamber-space for a period of not less than twenty-four hours.

Signature of Officer of Department of Agriculture:

Date:

Official Designation: