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of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby extend for a
further period of eighteen months the Order in Council dated
the sixteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-eight, and gazetted the twenty-fifth day of October,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, prohibiting all
alienation of the land specified in the Schedule hereto, other
than alienation in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

COROMANDEL AND HASTINGS SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Block. Approximate
Area.
A. R. P.
MANAIA 1B and 2B, Section E No. 2A .. 666 0 21
,, 1B and 2B, Section E No. 2B .. 246 1 32
,, 1B and 2B, Section E No. 2C .. 272 1 6
,, 1B and 2B, Section E No. 2D .. 199 3 9
,, 1B and 2B, Section E No. 2E .. 2,042 1 12

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

Extending Prohibition of Alienation of certain Native Lands
other than Alienations in favour of the Crown.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of
March, 1930.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase
Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-
three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the
power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section,
His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New
Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council thereof, doth hereby extend for a further
period of six months the Order in Council dated the third
day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine,
and gazetted the eleventh day of April, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-nine, prohibiting all alienation of the
Native land specified in the Schedule hereto, other than
alienation in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

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

Regulations under the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908,
relating to the Inspection of Meat.—(Notice No. Ag. 2889.)

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of
March, 1930.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon him by the Slaughtering and Inspection
Act, 1908 (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 the said Dominion, doth
hereby make the following regulations under the said Act
relating to the inspection of meat, and doth hereby revoke
the Order in Council mentioned in the Schedule hereto,
and doth hereby declare that the regulations hereby made
shall be read together with and form part of the regulations
made under the said Act by Order in Council on the fifth day
of June, one thousand nine hundred and two, and published
in the Gazette on the same day at page 1221, and doth further
declare that such revocation shall take effect and the regula-
tions hereby made shall come into force on the date of the
publication of this Order in Council in the Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,—
   “Carcass” of stock includes the whole or any part of
   the flesh, wool, skin, hide, bones, hair, horns, hoofs,
   and viscera of the stock :
   “Department” means the Department of Agriculture :
   “Disease” means any disease within the meaning of the
   Stock Act, 1908, and includes advanced pregnancy,
   recent parturition, and any such other defect or
   inferiority in the condition of any stock or meat as
   in the opinion of the Inspector renders it unfit for
   human consumption :
   “Inspector” means an Inspector under the said Act :
   “Slaughtering-place” includes abattoir, slaughterhouse,
   and meat-export slaughterhouse :
   “Stock” means cattle, sheep, swine, or goats of either
   sex or any age; and includes such other animals
   as the Governor-General from time to time, by
   notice in the Gazette, declares to be stock for the
   purposes of the said Act.

2. No stock slaughtered in any abattoir or meat-export
   slaughterhouse shall be passed by the Inspector as food for
   human consumption unless the Inspector appointed to such
   abattoir or meat-export slaughterhouse is satisfied after con-
   ducting ante-mortem and post-mortem examinations of such
   stock in accordance with the provisions of these regulations
   that such stock are sound, healthy, and in every way suitable
   for human consumption.

ANTE-MORTEM INSPECTION.

3. Ante-mortem inspection of all stock shall include :—
   (a) Examination of the loading bank and yards of any
   abattoir or meat-export slaughterhouse for dead or
   dying animals :
   (b) Examination for any evidence of cruelty to animals by
   over-trucking, over-driving, or by any other act :
   (c) Examination for the detection of animals in an
   emaciated condition or affected with disease in any
   form.

4. All stock found upon inspection to be in an advanced
   stage of pregnancy shall be reported by the Inspector to the
   manager of the abattoir or meat-export slaughterhouse, as the
   case may be, who may, if he so desires, have such stock
   removed alive.

5. No stock in a febrile condition shall be slaughtered for
   human consumption in any slaughtering-place.

6. Unless with the specific authority of the Inspector, no
   stock showing ante-mortem symptoms of disease shall be
   slaughtered until all other stock intended to be slaughtered
   at the abattoir or meat-export slaughterhouse, as the case
   may be, on the same day have been slaughtered.

7. All cases of cruelty to stock shall be reported by the
   Inspector either verbally or in writing to the manager of the
   abattoir or meat-export slaughterhouse, as the case may be,
   and in writing to the supervising officer of the Live-stock
   Division of the Department.

8. All stock in any abattoir or meat-export slaughterhouse
   shall be slaughtered expeditiously by approved methods, and
   any action which, in the opinion of the Inspector, constitutes
   cruelty, shall be reported in writing to his immediate officer
   in charge and to the manager of such abattoir or meat-export
   slaughterhouse.