JUNE 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1427

the regulations relating to the importation of grass-seed from
the Commonwealth of Australia made by Order in Council
on the sixteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-seven, and published in the Gazette on the nineteenth
day of the same month, at page 1472, and doth hereby make
the following regulations in lieu thereof; and doth hereby
declare that the regulations hereby made shall come into
force on the date of the publication of this Order in Council
in the Gazette.

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R E G U L A T I O N S.

1. For the purposes of these regulations—
   “Agricultural seed” means grass-seed, clover, lucerne,
   or millet seed, and includes the seed of any root,
   pulse, or other forage crops:
   “Prohibited area” means all that portion of the State of
   New South Wales within the boundaries set forth in
   the First Schedule hereto:
   “Statutory declaration” means a declaration made in
   accordance with the provisions of the Imperial Act
   now known by the Short Title of “The Statutory
   Declarations Act, 1835,” or of any Act passed in
   substitution for or replacing that Act or containing
   similar provisions to that Act and for the time being
   in force in the State in which such declaration is
   made.

2. Subject to the provisions of these regulations, agricultural
   seed grown in the Commonwealth of Australia elsewhere
   than in the State of Queensland or in the prohibited area of
   the State of New South Wales may be imported into New
   Zealand.

3. Agricultural seed grown in the State of New South Wales
   elsewhere than in the prohibited area of that State may be
   imported into New Zealand, subject to the following con-
   ditions:—
   (a) That prior to shipment to the Dominion it has been
   subjected to fumigation by carbon bisulphide, at a
   strength of 10 lb. to 1,000 cubic feet of chamber-
   space, for a period of not less than twenty-four hours;
   (b) That it is accompanied by a statutory declaration made
   by the consignor in or to the effect of the form in the
   Second Schedule hereto, and also by a certificate
   appended thereto, signed by an officer of the Depart-
   ment of Agriculture of that State, in the form in the
   Third Schedule hereto; and
   (c) That on arrival in the Dominion it is subjected to
   fumigation by carbon bisulphide at the strength and
   for the period specified in paragraph (a) hereof.

4. Agricultural seed grown in the States of Victoria, South
   Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania may be imported
   into New Zealand, subject to the following condition:—
   That it is accompanied by a statutory declaration made
   by the consignor in or to the effect of the form in the
   Fourth Schedule hereto.

5. The charges payable by the importer for the fumigation
   of agricultural seed imported into New Zealand pursuant to
   clause 3 hereof shall be as follows:—

   Use of fumigator .. .. .. 3 0
   For each package comprised in any consign-
   ment .. .. .. 1 0

6. No person shall introduce or import or attempt to
   introduce or import agricultural seed into New Zealand in
   contravention of these regulations.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the State of New South Wales, bounded,
commencing at the town of Port MacQuarie on the sea-coast,
thence in a westerly and north-westerly direction generally
along the main road through the towns of Wauchope, Yarras,
Yarrowitch, and Walcha to the town of Uralla; thence in a
northerly direction generally along the Sydney–Brisbane
railway-line to a point where the said railway-line crosses the
New South Wales–Queensland State boundary; thence in a
north-easterly direction generally along that boundary to the
sea-coast; thence in a southerly direction generally along the
sea-coast to the town of Port MacQuarie, the place of com-
men cement.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

THE STOCK ACT, 1908 (NEW ZEALAND).

Consignor’s Declaration to accompany Agricultural Seed
imported from New South Wales into New Zealand.

I, [Full name and address of consignor], do solemnly and
sincerely declare that the whole of the agricultural seed
contained in the consignment comprising [State number and
kind of packages] of [State kind of agricultural seed], to be
shipped by [Name and address of consignor] to [Name and
address of consignee], per [Name of vessel], and marked
, is the produce of New South Wales, and was grown at [State
exact locality], which is not in the prohibited area of that
State as defined in the regulations under the Stock Act, 1908
(New Zealand), relating to the importation of agricultural
seed from the Commonwealth of Australia.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously
believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions
of [State here under what statutory provisions the declaration is
made].

Signed:

Declared at , this day of , 19 .
Signed:

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THIRD SCHEDULE.

THE STOCK ACT, 1908 (NEW ZEALAND).

Inspector’s Certificate to accompany Agricultural Seed imported
from New South Wales into New Zealand.

I HEREBY certify that I have no reason to doubt the correct-
ness of the above declaration in any particular.

I further certify that the agricultural seed to which such
declaration relates has been subjected to carbon-bisulphide
fumigation at a strength of 10 lb. to 1,000 cubic feet of
chamber-space for a period of not less than twenty-four hours.

Signature of Officer of \
Department of Agriculture: }

Official Designation:

Date:

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FOURTH SCHEDULE.

THE STOCK ACT, 1908 (NEW ZEALAND).

Consignor’s Declaration to accompany Agricultural Seed
imported from [Name of State] into New Zealand.

I, [Full name and address of consignor], do solemnly and
sincerely declare that the whole of the agricultural seed
contained in the consignment, comprising [State number and
kind of packages] of [State kind of agricultural seed], to be
shipped by [Name and address of consignor] to [Name and
address of consignee], per [Name of vessel], and marked
, is the produce of [Name of State].

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously
believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions
of [State here under what statutory provisions the declaration is
made].

Signed:

Declared at , this day of , 19 .
Signed:

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

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Regulations under Part I of the National Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1932.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 31st day
of May, 1932.

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him
by section thirteen of the National Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1932 (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 for the purposes of the said Act.

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REGULATIONS.

1. For the purpose of the adjustment of anomalies or for
   the relief of cases of hardship arising from the operation of
   the said Act, there is hereby established a Committee (herein-
   after referred to as “the Adjustment Committee”) consisting
   of the following persons:—
   (a) The President of the Arbitration Court.
   (b) The Public Service Commissioner.
   (c) The President of the New Zealand Public Service
   Association (Incorporated).

2. The President of the Arbitration Court shall be the
   Chairman of the Adjustment Committee, and shall have a
   deliberative vote, and in the case of an equality of votes
   shall have the casting-vote also.