JUNE 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1899

in pursuance of section four of the Public Reserves and Do- mains Act, 1908, but a certificate of title has not been issued in respect of the said reserve:
And whereas it is expedient that the said Order in Council should be revoked in so far as it relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto, and the Akitio County Council has duly consented to such revocation:
Now, therefore, 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, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by subsection one of section ten of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, doth hereby revoke the Order in Council hereinbefore referred to in so far as it relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that area in the Wellington Land District containing by admeasurement 2 acres 2 roods 29·7 perches, more or less, being portion of Section 15, Block IX, Mount Cerberus Survey District; as the same is delineated on plan numbered 130/25 deposited in the Wellington District Office, Department of Lands and Survey, and thereon coloured yellow.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. 6/5/180.)

Increasing Borrowing Powers of Auckland Fire Board.
BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this 28th day of May, 1930.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS it is provided by section thirty-one of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926 (hereinafter called the said Act), that the Governor-General in Council may, on the application of any Fire Board established under the said Act, extend the powers of that Board to borrow moneys in excess of the limits fixed by the said section:
And whereas by Order in Council dated the tenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, and published in the Gazette on the thirteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, at page 3485, the powers of the Auckland Fire Board to borrow moneys were extended, but so as not to exceed the sum of forty thousand pounds:
And whereas application has been made by the said Auckland Fire Board for further extension of borrowing powers, and it is desirable to grant such application:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Act, doth hereby declare that the powers of the said Auckland Fire Board to borrow moneys under the said section thirty-one are hereby extended so that as regards the said Board in lieu of the sum of twenty thousand pounds mentioned in the said section thirty-one shall be substituted the sum of forty-five thousand pounds: Provided that no moneys as aforesaid shall be borrowed except subject to the provisions of the said Act.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 11/15/21.)

Regulations under the Orchard-tax Act, 1927.—(Notice No. Ag. 2900.)
BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of May, 1930.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Orchard-tax Act, 1927 (hereinafter termed “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 for the purposes of the said Act; and doth hereby declare that the regulations hereby made shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette.
REGULATIONS.

1. (a) These regulations may be cited as the Orchard-tax Regulations, 1930.
   (b) For the purposes of these regulations—
   “Federation” means the New Zealand Fruit-growers’ Federation, Limited;
   “Director” or “Assistant Director” means the Director or the Assistant Director of the Horticulture Division of the Department of Agriculture.
2. The moneys paid to the Federation pursuant to the said Act may be expended by the Federation for all or any of the following purposes :—
   (a) The maintenance of the registered office of the Federa-tion;
   (b) The payment of salaries and travelling-expenses of officers in the employ of the Federation;
   (c) The purchase of orchard requisites required by the Federation for testing purposes;
   (d) The investigation, testing, and opening-up of new markets for the export of fruit;
   (e) The organization and improvement of local fruit markets;
   (f) Payments to any institution or body conducting re-searches into or in connection with the fruit-production industry for the purposes of such researches;
   (g) The payment of expenses incurred in connection with executive meetings of the Federation, and the annual conference of fruitgrowers:
   Provided that, save with the approval in writing of the Minister of Agriculture first had and obtained to the general policy of the Federation in relation to the purposes mentioned in paragraphs (d), (e), and (f) of this clause, no expenditure of moneys received from the Government in pursuance of the said Act shall be incurred by the Federation with respect to any such purpose:
   Provided also that the Federation shall not be required to see to the application or be responsible for the misapplication or non-application by any such institution or body as is referred to in paragraph (f) of this clause of any payments made by the Federation pursuant to the said paragraph (f).
3. All books necessary for keeping an account of moneys received and expended by the Federation under the said Act and these regulations shall be kept at the registered office of the Federation, and shall be open at all times for inspection by a duly authorized Government officer. All such books shall be carefully and correctly kept in a form to be approved by the Director, and an audited balance-sheet for the preceding year shall be furnished to the Director not later than the 30th day of April in each year.
4. The Director, or in his absence the Assistant Director, shall have the right to be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors of the Federation, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Federation or other officer acting in that capacity, to give to the Director or Assistant Director reasonable notice of every such meeting.
5. In the event of a dispute arising as to the boundaries or area of any orchard for the purposes of the said Act, the Director, or other duly authorized officer acting on his behalf, shall determine such boundaries or area, and his determination shall be final.
   F. D. THOMSON,
   Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Trout, Perch, or Tench Fishing and Netting in the Lakes District Acclimatization District.
BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of May, 1930.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.
IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Fisheries Act, 1908, and its amendments, 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 for all that part of the Dominion known as the Lakes District Acclimatization District and the waters thereof, as the same is defined in the First Schedule hereof; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall, as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, supersede all other regulations for the said district, and such regulations are hereby revoked.