May 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1369

Revoking the Prohibition of the Importation of certain Goods from the United States of America.—(C. No. 99.)

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day of May, 1933.
Present:
RIGHT HON. J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section forty-six of the Customs Act, 1913, as amended by the Customs Amendment Act, 1921, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, 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 revoke the Order in Council made on the twenty-nine day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, and published in the Gazette on the seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, at page 1596, which prohibited to the extent specified therein the importation of grass-seed (including lucerne-seed, clover-seed, and millet-seed), ground fruits, plants, onions, and other vegetables, from the United States of America; and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall take effect on the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette.

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

(NOTE.—With reference to the above Order in Council, attention is drawn to the fact that the importation from California of cattle, hay, straw, or chaff (whether used as packing for goods imported into New Zealand or otherwise howsoever) is prohibited by Orders in Council under the Stock Act, 1908. The importation of sheep, goats, swine, and dogs from any State in the United States is similarly prohibited.)

Revoking the Vesting in the Wanganui River Trust of the Control of a Landing Reserve, Town of Taumarunui Extension No. 1, Auckland Land District.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day of May, 1933.
Present:
RIGHT HON. J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the control of the land described in the Schedule hereto was vested in the Wanganui River Trust as a reserve for landing purposes by an Order in Council dated the seventeenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, and published in Gazette of the twentieth day of that month, in pursuance of section seventeen of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928:

And whereas it is expedient that the said Order in Council should be revoked:

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 section seventeen of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, doth hereby revoke the Order in Council hereinbefore referred to.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALLOTMENT 10 of Block II, on D.P. 4980, Town of Taumarunui Township Extension No. 1: Area, 1 acre 0 roods 19·5 perches, more or less.

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

(L. and S. 6/9/56.)

Validating Proceedings in connection with Poll taken to decide Statutory Closing-day for Shops in Borough of Tauranga.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day of May, 1933.
Present:
RIGHT HON. J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS pursuant to the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1925 (hereinafter called the “said Act”), a poll of electors was taken in the Borough of Tauranga on the third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, to decide which working-day in each week should be the statutory closing-day for shops in the Borough of Tauranga:

And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said poll were irregular in that, although public notice of the said poll was given by the Returning Officer, such notice was given after the time required by section fifty-four of the said Act:

And whereas it is desirable to validate the irregularity aforesaid:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section seventy-one of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings in connection with the said poll shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the Returning Officer had given public notice thereof not later than the time prescribed by section fifty-four of the said Act; and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said poll shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

(I.A. 1933/145/2.)

Appointment as Chairman, Government Railways Appeal Board.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

PURSUANT to section nine of the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1927, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, hereby appoint as a member and as Chairman of the Government Railways Appeal Board John George Lewis Hewitt, of Marton, Stipendiary Magistrate, to hold office for a term of two years from and including the fifteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 12th day of May, 1933.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Railways.

Declaring Aldermen Islands to be a Sanctuary under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by section six of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare the area described in the Schedule hereto to be a sanctuary for the purposes of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that group of islands and reefs situated in the North Auckland Land District and in the Bay of Plenty, known as the Aldermen Islands, and being delineated on plan marked I.A. 1933/37/15, deposited in Head Office, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 12th day of May, 1933.

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 1933/37/15.)

Warrant appointing Conciliation Commissioner under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925, and its Amendments.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by subsection four (a) and subsection six of section forty of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

Ernest William Frederick Gohns

to be a Conciliation Commissioner under and for the purposes of Part II of the said Act, for a period of three months from the fifteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 11th day of May, 1933.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Labour.