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(c) The Chairman shall preside, and have a deliberative vote, and, in the event of equality of voting, a casting-vote:
(d) In the absence of the Chairman from any meeting the members present shall elect one of their number to act as chairman at that meeting, and whilst so acting he shall have all the powers of the Chairman.
(5) Subject to the provisions of the said Act and these regulations, the Committee may from time to time, by standing orders or otherwise, make such provisions as it thinks fit for the conduct of its proceedings and business.
5. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES.
(1) The duties of the Committee shall be-
(a) To expend all moneys paid to it pursuant to subsection (1) of section 8 of the said Act in terms of subsection (2) of the said section 8 and of the following provisions of these regulations:
(b) To exercise supervision over such expenditure with a view to reasonable economy:
(c) To advise the Minister as to what portion, if any, of the orchard-tax of 5s. per acre provided for under section 4 of the said Act should from time to time be levied.
(2) All moneys received from the Government in pursuance of the said Act shall be applied as follows:-
(a) In payment of the wages and expenses of officers, servants, agents, and contractors of the committee employed for any purpose directly or indirectly associated with fireblight:
(b) In payment or reimbursement of the expenses incurred by any occupier of land in the district or any Inspector under the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, or other authorized officer, in the cutting down or destruction of hawthorn hedges in the district, and the trimming, cutting-down, removal, or destruction of hawthorn trees in the district so far as such payment or reimbursement is approved by the committee:
(c) In payment of any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any member of the committee in connection with his duties as a committeeman:
(d) So far as such moneys shall not be required for the purposes aforesaid, in payment to any institution or body conducting researches into the control of fireblight and approved for that purpose by the Governor-General in Council.
(3) The committee shall cause to be kept full and accurate accounts of all its receipts and disbursements, and all books necessary for the keeping of such accounts shall be open at all times for inspection by a duly authorized Government officer.
SCHEDULE.
[Form No. 1.
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE FIREBLIGHT COMMITTEE OF THE [Name of District].
To the Returning Officer Fireblight Committee Election.
The society, which is duly affiliated with the New Zealand Fruitgrowers' Federation, Ltd., hereby nominates the following persons as candidates at the election of the Fireblight Committee:-
[Insert Names of Candidates.]
Dated at this day of , 192 .
, Chairman.
, Secretary.
[Form No. 2.
ELECTION OF THE FIREBLIGHT COMMITTEE OF THE [Name of District].
…… Society.
Armstrong, Thomas.
Burton, Gerald.
The society shall leave uncancelled the names of the candidates for whom it desires to vote, and must strike out the name of each candidate not voted for.
Should the society leave uncancelled more or less than five names then its voting-paper is invalid.
After voting in the manner aforesaid the society shall return this voting-paper by post to the Returning Officer so as to be delivered at his office on or before noon on the [Date].
An addressed envelope is enclosed for use in transmitting the voting-paper.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Amending Regulations under the Products Export Act, 1908, governing the Grading and Export of New Zealand Hemp and other Phormium Products.-Notice No. Ag. 2744.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of October, 1928.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.
WHEREAS by Order in Council (No. Ag. 2657) dated the sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the ninth day of June, then instant, at page 1983, regulations (hereinafter referred to as the "principal regulations") under the Products Export Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act"), were made governing the grading and export of New Zealand hemp and other phormium products:
And whereas it is deemed expedient to amend the said principal regulations to the extent and in the manner as hereinafter provided:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, and of all other powers in that behalf enabling, 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 make the following regulations amending the said principal regulations governing the grading and export of New Zealand hemp and other phormium products in the manner and to the extent set forth in the regulations hereunder, and doth hereby declare that such amending regulations shall come into force on the first day of of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.
REGULATIONS.

1. THESE regulations may be cited as the Hemp Grading Regulations Amendment No. 1, and shall be read together with and be deemed to be part of the principal regulations.
2. Clause 2 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the whole of subclause (1) and substituting the following subclause in lieu thereof:-
3. (1) All phormium products for export shall be packed in bales of the following weight after leaving the press, and of approximately the following dimensions:-
   Weight not Length. Width. Depth.
   exceeding
   Hemp .. .. 4 cwt. 4 ft. 2 ft. Optional.
   Tow .. .. 3 cwt. 4 ft. 2 ft. 3 ft.
   Stripper-slips .. 3 cwt. 4 ft. 2 ft. Optional.
   Stripper-tow .. 3 cwt. 4 ft. 2 ft. 3 ft.
4. Subclause (1) of clause 3 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by deleting the figures "16," after the words "not lighter than," and substituting therefor the figures "18."
5. Clause 5 of the principal regulations is hereby revoked and the following clause substituted in lieu thereof:-
6. The stores specified in this clause (herein called "appointed grading stores") are hereby appointed the only stores in New Zealand for the examination and grading therein of phormium products-that is to say, the stores occupied by the following persons, companies, or bodies at the respective ports indicated below:-
   At Auckland-
   The New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd.
   The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Co., Ltd.
   At Napier-
   The New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd.
   At Wairoa-
   The New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd.
   At Foxton-
   The New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd.
   At Wellington-
   The Wellington Harbour Board.
   The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Co., Ltd., Kaiwarra Store.
   At Picton-
   The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.
   At Blenheim-
   The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Co., Ltd.
   The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.