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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69

Regulations under the Seeds Importation Act, 1927, governing the Importation into New Zealand of Seeds.—(Notice No. Ag. 2863.)

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 14th day of October, 1929.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Seeds Importation Act, 1927 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), and of all other powers and authorities 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, and doth hereby revoke, as from the date of the coming into force of the regulations hereby made, but so that such revocation shall not have effect in respect of any seed that may then be in transit to the said Dominion, the regulations made under the said Act on the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, and published in the Gazette on the same day at page 1192.

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REGULATIONS.

1. (1) THESE regulations may be cited as “The Seeds Importation Regulations, 1929.”

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the date of publication in the Gazette, but shall not apply to any seed that may then be in transit to the Dominion.

(3) For the purposes of these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“Import” includes attempting to import or being concerned in importing:

“Seed” means cockfoot (Dactylis glomerata), lucerne (Medicago sativa), or white clover (Trifolium repens) seed, or any other seed declared by the Governor-General in Council to be subject to the provisions of the said Act:

“Inspector” means any person appointed as Inspector for the purposes of the said Act.

2. (1) Not less than one per centum of each package of cockfoot seed and not less than ten per centum of each package of all other seed imported into New Zealand shall be stained prior to importation with a red colouring-matter.

(2) The colouring-matter to be used shall be either an alcoholic solution of saffranin or a specially prepared and effective fluid seed-staining dye.

(3) Staining shall be done in the case of cockfoot seed by mixing not less than one per centum of the bulk and in the case of all other seed by mixing not less than ten per centum of the bulk with the stain, and then blending the stained parcel with the bulk lot.

3. (1) The form of certificate required by subsection (2) of section 5 of the said Act shall be in the form set out in the First Schedule hereto.

(2) The certificate shall be in duplicate. One copy shall be retained by the importer at the port of entry, and the other shall be supplied by him to the Inspector, who shall, on being satisfied that the seed covered by the certificate has been effectively stained in the manner prescribed in these regulations, issue a permit in the form set out in the Second Schedule hereto for the seed to be landed.

4. The following shall be the only ports of entry for seed:—

Auckland. New Plymouth. Wairau (including Picton).
Wellington. Dunedin. Oamaru.
Lyttelton. Port Chalmers. Wanganui.
Gisborne. Bluff.
Napier. Timaru.

5. Every person who imports or attempts to import, or is concerned in importing, any seed in contravention of these regulations commits an offence, and is liable to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.

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SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Seeds Importation Act, 1927.

Shipper’s Certificate to accompany Stained Seed to New Zealand.

I [We] HEREBY certify that the shipment of tons cwt. qr. of seed, branded , and consigned to , of , to be entered at the Port of ,

New Zealand, has been stained to conform with the New Zealand Seeds Importation Act, 1927, and the regulations thereunder.

Signed : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exporter.

Address :
Date : , 19 .

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

Seeds Importation Act, 1927.

Permit to Land Stained Seed.

To the Collector of Customs.

Address :
Date : , 19 .

PLEASE allow to be landed and delivered to the following packages of seed, ex .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inspector under the Act.

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

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Extending Time for Closing a Poll, Waitemata Electric-power District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 14th day of October, 1929.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1925, 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 extend the hour at which a poll to be held and taken in the Waitemata Electric-power District on the twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, shall close, to seven o’clock in the afternoon of the day appointed.

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

(I.A. 19/28/37.)

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Members of Prisons Board reappointed.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 14th day of October, 1929.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section nine of the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, it is enacted that there shall be constituted a Board, to be called “the Prisons Board,” consisting of not less than three nor more than seven persons: And whereas by the said section it is provided that the members of the Board shall be appointed from time to time by the Governor-General in Council:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, and of every other power and authority enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby reappoint—

John Alexander, Esquire, C.M.G., Auckland,
Berkeley Lionel Dallard, Esquire, Wellington,
Daniel George Arthur Cooper, Esquire, Wellington,

to be members of the Prisons Board constituted under the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, as aforesaid.

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