JUNE 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1619
Grading of Pigs slaughtered for Export or Local Consumption in
Meat-export Slaughterhouses and Bacon-curing Works.
(Notice No. Ag. 3115.)
AS from 1st July, 1933, all pigs slaughtered in meat-export
slaughterhouses and bacon-curing works in the North
Island and passed as fit for human consumption will be graded
by grading officers approved by the Department of Agriculture
in co-operation with the New Zealand Meat-producers Board.
In carrying out this duty graders will give consideration to
the specifications stated hereunder as constituting the types
of carcass most exactly suited for both the export and the
local trade, but will carry out their duties on such lines as may
be from time to time determined by instructions issued by
the Department in co-operation with the Board.
PORKERS.
First Grade.-Prime barrows and maiden sows, well finished,
satisfactory length, light shoulders, well finished leg to hock.
Fat flare must be white and firm.
Second Grade.-Any pigs of sufficiently good quality not
passing as first.
Other Pigs.-Pigs passed as fit for human consumption
to be classified by the grader and approved by the Inspector
as suitable for the export trade or otherwise.
Freedom from taint imperative in all grades.
Porkers to be classed on weight in three divisions as follows:
60 lb. to 80 lb.; 81 lb. to 100 lb.; 101 lb. to 120 lb.
BACONERS.
First Grade.-Prime barrows or maiden sows. Length:
The minimum length from aitch-bone to first rib-26 in.
for pigs weighing from 121 lb.-130 lb., 27 in. for pigs
131 lb.-140 lb., 28 in. for pigs 141 lb.-160 lb., 30 in. for
pigs 161 lb.-180 lb. (dead-weight). Fatness: The maximum
thickness of back fat at shoulder not to exceed 1 1/4 in. in pigs
weighing 121 lb.-130 lb., 1 1/2 in. in pigs weighing 131 lb.-140 lb.,
1 3/4 in. in pigs weighing 141 lb.-160 lb., and 2 in. in pigs weighing
161 lb.-180 lb. (dead-weight). Finish and conformity: Neck
and shoulders not too heavy; well finished from leg to hock;
satisfactory thickness of flank. Fat to be white and firm,
free from any oil, fish, or meat taint.
Second Grade.-Lacking in above good points, e.g., overfat,
heavy neck and shoulders, short loin, bad conformity, thickness
of bone.
Other Pigs.-Pigs passed as fit for human consumption to be
classified by the grader and approved by the Inspector as
suitable for the export trade or otherwise.
CHAS. E. MACMILLAN,
Minister of Agriculture.
Notice of Intention to take Land for Historic Purposes in
Block IV, Kawakawa Survey District.
NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, the Scenery
Preservation Act, 1908, and the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1910, to take the land described in the Schedule
hereto for historic purposes: And notice is hereby further
given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is
deposited in the post-office at Paihia, and is there open for
inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of
the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing
and send such writing, within forty days from the first
publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works
at Wellington.
SCHEDULE.
Approximate Areas of the Pieces of Land required Being Coloured on Plan.
A. R. P.
0 1 0 Lot 1, Block I .. .. .. Blue.
0 1 0 Lot 2, Block I .. .. .. Yellow.
0 1 0 Lot 3, Block I .. .. .. Red.
1 0 28'6 Lots 4, 15, 16, and 17, Block I .. Purple.
0 1 0 Lot 5, Block I .. .. .. Sepia.
0 1 0 Lot 6, Block I .. .. .. Blue.
1 3 13'45 Lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 20, 21, and 23, Red.
Block I
0 1 0'1 Lot 12, Block I .. .. .. Blue.
0 0 39'3 Lot 14, Block I .. .. Neutral.
0 2 0'3 Lots 18 and 19, Block I .. Yellow.
0 0 30'9 Lot 22, Block I .. .. Sepia.
0 2 11'4 Lots 24 and 25, Block I .. Yellow.
All being Part Allotment 4, Waitangi Parish.
Situated in Block IV, Kawakawa Survey District. (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 27307.)
In the North Auckland Land District. As the same are
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
85739, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works
at Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.
As witness my hand at Wellington, this 13th day of June,
1933.
JOHN BITCHENER, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 52/118.)