3374
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 85

SECOND SCHEDULE.
RATES OF DUTY IMPOSED.

(1) Moquette and tapestry, of wool, or containing wool
(2) N.e.i. .. | 15% ad val.
20% ad val. | 40% ad val.
45% ad val. |

THIRD SCHEDULE.
EXEMPTIONS FROM PRIMAGE DUTY CREATED.

Textile piece-goods, namely, moquettes, tapestry and tickings, composed of cotton, linen, jute, hemp, other vegetable fibre, or of combinations of these materials with one another, or with any other material (except wool or hair), whether plain, hemmed, whipped, or similarly worked, provided that such piece-goods do not contain more than 50 per cent. by weight of silk, of imitation silk, of artificial silk, or of combinations of the same.

Rubber, manufactures of, viz. :—
Rubber tires, viz. :—Bicycle, tricycle, perambulator, and similar, and inner tubes of rubber for pneumatic tires, not exceeding 1¾ in. in diameter.

Glass, sheet, common window or plate, whether polished, coloured, bent or otherwise, cut to any size or shape, n.e.i.
Glass, plate or sheet, in sizes not exceeding 20 superficial feet, only on declaration that it will be used in the manufacture of bevelled or silvered glass.

Sensitized surfaces, and albumenized paper, plain, not being post-cards or other stationery.

Paper, unprinted—viz. :—
True vegetable parchment.

Firearms and fittings therefor, viz. :—
Rifles, ·22 calibre; rifles, ·303 calibre (including service fittings therefor); rifles, n.e.i., of such calibres as may be authorized by the Minister of Defence (including service fittings therefor).

Metal, viz. :—
Lead and zinc, in bars or rods.
Lead and zinc, viz. :—Foil, leaf; hoop, plate or sheet, plain, whether in the rough, polished, enamelled, galvanized, plated, tinned, or otherwise coated with metal.

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

Board of Trade (Wheat) Regulations, 1933–34.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 15th day of December, 1933.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section twenty-six of the Board of Trade Act, 1919, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, and on the recommendation of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, and deeming the provisions hereinafter contained to be necessary in the public interest for divers of the purposes set out in the said section, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Act.

REGULATIONS.

REGULATION 1.—PRELIMINARY.

(1) These regulations may be cited as the Board of Trade (Wheat) Regulations, 1933–34.
(2) These regulations shall come into force on the day after the publication thereof in the Gazette.

(3) In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,—
“Board” means the “Wheat Purchase Board” hereinafter constituted :
“Wheat” means wheat of any kind or quality grown in New Zealand during the season 1933–34 or in any season previous to the season 1933–34 :
“Free wheat” means—
(a) Any wheat which has been purchased by the Board and resold for gristing into wheat-products for human consumption only :
(b) Any wheat which has been purchased by the Board and resold to an intending grower or an authorized broker or a seed-merchant approved by the Board, such resale being for seed purposes only :
(c) Any wheat which has been offered to the Board for purchase and has been rejected as being not f.a.q. milling wheat.
“F.a.q. milling wheat” means wheat in good dry condition, sound and sweet, free from smut, reasonably free from broken, shrivelled, and sprouted grains and from weed seeds and other extraneous matter, and weighing not less than 61 lb. per Imperial bushel measure :
“Minister” means the Minister of Industries and Commerce :
“Authorized broker” means a broker appointed pursuant to Regulation 4 hereof :
“Authorized Grader” means a grader nominated by the Wheat Purchase Board for the purposes of these regulations.

REGULATION 2.—THE WHEAT PURCHASE BOARD.

(1) There is hereby established a Board, to be known as the Wheat Purchase Board.
(2) The Board shall consist of—
(a) Four members to be appointed by the Minister as representatives of wheat-growers :
(b) Four members to be appointed by the Minister as representatives of flour-millers :
(c) A member to be appointed by the Minister as Chairman of the Board.
(3) Every member shall hold office during the pleasure of the Minister.
(4) The powers hereinafter conferred on the Board shall be exercisable as soon as the total number of members hereinbefore specified has been appointed and shall not thereafter be affected by any vacancy in the membership thereof.
(5) The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and power to hold real and personal property and to do and suffer all that bodies corporate may do and suffer.
(6) The Board shall establish and maintain in the City of Christchurch a public office on the outside of which the name of the Board shall be conspicuously displayed.
(7) Service at the public office during ordinary business hours on any person appearing to have the control thereof of any writ, notice, proceeding, or other document shall be good service thereof on the Board.
(8) The Board shall hold its first meeting at a place and time to be fixed by the Chairman and notified by him to the other members.
(9) The Board may from time to time elect one of its members to be Deputy Chairman, and the member so elected shall discharge the duties of Chairman in the absence of the member appointed by the Minister as Chairman.
(10) In all matters not hereby provided for the Board may by resolution or by-law regulate its procedure.
(11) The Board may engage such officers as it deems necessary for the efficient carrying-out of its functions under these regulations.
(12) The members of the Board shall not be personally liable for any act or default of the Board done or omitted to be done in good faith in the course of the operations of the Board.
(13) The position of a member of the Board shall not be affected by the fact that he is directly or indirectly concerned either as vendor or purchaser or agent of a vendor or purchaser in any contract made by the Board, nor shall such contract be liable to be avoided so long as such member does not vote or take part in the deliberations of the Board upon any particular contract in which he is so concerned.
(14) Any contract which if made between individuals must be by deed shall, if made by the Board, be in writing under the seal of the Board.
(15) Any contract which if made between individuals must be in writing signed by the parties to be charged therewith shall, if made by the Board, be either under the seal of the Board or be signed by two members of the Board on behalf of and by direction of the Board.