SEPT. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2769

REGULATIONS.

1. (1) THESE regulations may be cited as “The Tobacco
   Export Regulations, 1931.”
   (2) For the purposes of these regulations, unless inconsistent
   with the context,—
   “ Director” means the Director of the Horticulture
   Division of the Department of Agriculture :
   “ Grader ” means any tobacco-grader appointed under the
   said Act :
   “ Owner ” means any owner, shipper, or consignor of
   tobacco, and includes the agent of any such owner,
   shipper, or consignor, and also includes in the case
   of a company, the managing director, manager,
   secretary, or other principal officer of the company
   in New Zealand :
   “ Standard export package ” means a package bound
   with wires at both ends and in the middle, and of
   the following dimensions :—
   Outside Measurements : Length, 4 ft.; width,
   2 ft. 6 in.; depth, 2 ft. 6 in.
   Inside Measurements : Length, 3 ft. 9 in.; width,
   2 ft. 4½ in.; depth, 2 ft. 4½ in.
   “ Tobacco ” means any tobacco intended for export in
   the leaf.
   (3) Nothing in these regulations shall be deemed to affect
   the provisions of the Tobacco Act, 1908, or any regulations
   made thereunder.
   •2. No tobacco shall be exported from the Dominion unless
   it has been graded for export as hereinafter provided, and
   unless all the provisions of these regulations have been com-
   plied with.

EXPORT BRAND.

3. Every person who exports, or who intends to export,
   tobacco from the Dominion shall apply to the Director for
   the registration of an export brand, enclosing with his applica-
   tion a facsimile of the brand he desires to register.
4. (1) Every export brand shall contain the particulars
   set out in the First Schedule hereto.
   (2) The prescribed particulars shall be displayed in
   characters of not less than 1 in. block type.
   (3) There may be used in conjunction with the prescribed
   particulars a design or other particulars.
5. If the application for registration of an export brand is
   in order, and if in his opinion the use of such export brand
   is not likely to lead to mistakes or confusion and is not for
   any other reason undesirable, the Director shall register
   such export brand, allot thereto a registered number, and
   shall notify the applicant accordingly.
6. No fee shall be payable for the registration of any export
   brand.
7. No person shall use any export brand unless and until
   he has been notified in writing by the Director that it has
   been registered.
8. No person shall alter by addition, deletion, or in any
   other way the particulars of a registered export brand without
   the consent of the Director first had and obtained in writing.
9. The Director may at any time, after giving one month’s
   notice in writing to the owner thereof, cancel the registration
   of any export brand, if satisfied that it has not been used
   during the period of two years immediately preceding the date
   of such notice.

CLASSES AND GRADES OF TOBACCO.

10. All tobacco for export shall be either of the class herein
    called the “ cigarette class ” or of the class herein called the
    “ pipe class.”
11. (1) The classes shall be determined by reference to the
    texture of tobacco in any consignment.
    (2) All tobacco shall, in the case of the cigarette class, be of
    fine texture and, in the case of the pipe class, be of full-bodied
    to heavy texture.
12. The following are the grades of tobacco of the cigarette
    class which may be exported from the Dominion :—
    No. 1A—Fine condition, bright lemon colour.
    1B—Medium condition, bright lemon colour.
    1c—Good condition, bright lemon colour.
    No. 2A—Fine condition, bright yellow colour.
    2B—Medium condition, bright yellow colour.
    2c—Good condition, bright yellow colour.
    No. 3A—Fine condition, bright orange colour.
    3B—Medium condition, bright orange colour.
    3c—Good condition, bright orange colour.
    No. 4A—Fine condition, orange colour mottled.
    4B—Medium condition, orange colour mottled.
    4c—Good condition, orange colour mottled.
    No. 5A—Fine condition, orange colour with greenish tinge.
    5B—Medium condition, orange colour with greenish
    tinge.
    5c—Good condition, orange colour with greenish tinge.

13. The following are the grades of tobacco of the pipe

class which may be exported from the Dominion.
No. 1A—Fine condition, bright lemon colour, full-boded
texture.
1B—Medium condition, bright lemon colour, full-bodied
texture.
1c—Good condition, bright lemon colour, full-bodied
texture.
No. 2A—Fine condition, bright yellow colour, full-bodied
texture.
2B—Medium condition, bright yellow colour, full-bodied
texture.
2c—Good condition, bright yellow colour, full-bodied
texture.
No. 3A—Fine condition, bright orange colour, heavy body.
3B—Medium condition, bright orange colour, heavy
body.
3c—Good condition, bright orange colour, heavy body.
No. 4A—Fine condition, reddish-orange colour, mottled
heavy body.
4B—Medium condition, reddish-orange colour, mottled
heavy body.
4c—Good condition, reddish-orange colour, mottled
heavy body.
No. 5A—Fine condition, brown colour, mottled heavy body.
5B—Medium condition, brown colour, mottled heavy
body.
5c—Good condition, brown colour, mottled heavy body.

14. (1) The grade of tobacco of either class shall be deter-

mined by reference to the colour, texture, and condition of
any consignment.
(2) All tobacco of either class or any grade shall be clean,
ripe, sound, properly cured, and neatly tied in hands of even
grade.
(3) The moisture-content of tobacco in any consignment
shall be even, and shall not be less than 12 per centum nor
more than 14 per centum of the net weight of each package.

GRADING OF TOBACCO.

15. Subject to the provisions of the Tobacco Act, 1908,
    all tobacco for export shall be inspected, classified, graded,
    and packed only in premises approved for the purpose by
    the Director.
16. The classing, grading, and packing of tobacco for export
    shall be carried out to the satisfaction of the Grader.
17. If, in the opinion of the Grader, any consignment of
    tobacco for export does not conform to any of the standards
    and grades hereinbefore set out, he shall reject such consign-
    ment for export.
18. Notification of any rejection of tobacco for export shall
    forthwith be made by the Grader to the owner of such tobacco.
19. The decision of the Grader as to the grade of any
    consignment of tobacco shall be conclusive, and no action or
    other proceeding shall lie against the Crown or against any
    Grader or against any other officer of the Crown in respect of
    any erroneous decision of the Grader.
20. The operation of packing tobacco for export shall be
    carried out in the presence of the Grader immediately after
    such tobacco has been classified and graded; and the moisture
    content satisfactorily determined.
21. As soon as possible after any tobacco has been classified,
    graded, and packed in any package, and before any such
    package is sealed the Grader shall stamp or cause to be
    stamped each package with the appropriate grade-mark of
    the tobacco in the package, determined in accordance with
    clauses 12 and 13 hereof.
22. The Grader shall also as soon as possible send to the
    owner of the tobacco a certificate of the said grade in the form
    set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.
23. No person shall pack or attempt to pack for export any
    tobacco unless and until it has been classified and graded.
24. No person shall seal or attempt to seal for export any
    package containing any tobacco which has been duly graded
    and packed unless and until such package has been stamped
    with the appropriate grade-mark of the tobacco in the package.
25. No person shall export or attempt to export or be
    concerned in exporting any tobacco unless it has the grade-
    mark stamped on the package and is otherwise in accordance
    with the provisions of these regulations.

EXPORT PACKAGES.

26. All tobacco for export shall be packed in standard export
    packages.

BRANDING OF PACKAGES OF TOBACCO.

27. Every package of tobacco for export shall be branded
    with the registered export brand of the owner of such tobacco.
28. The particulars in the export brand placed on any
    package of tobacco shall accurately describe the contents
    of such package.