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2. TRAVELLING-EXPENSES.

(1) There may be paid to every member of the Board all travelling and locomotion expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in respect of his attendance on the business of the Board, including the provision of first-class accommodation by rail, steamer, motor-vehicle, or other public conveyance and including sleeping-berths on trains and deck-cabins on steamers.

(2) There may be paid to any officer of the Board all travelling and locomotion expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in respect of his attendance on the business of the Board.

3. FEES.

(1) There may be paid to every member of the Board other than the Chairman for each day or part of a day on which he is travelling or occupied in respect of his attendance at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof a fee not exceeding the sum of £1 1s.

(2) There may be paid to the Chairman of the Board for each day or part of a day on which he is travelling or occupied in respect of his attendance on the business of the Board a fee not exceeding the sum of £1 1s.

4. TRAVELLING-ALLOWANCE.

(1) There may be paid to every member of the Board other than the Chairman for each day or part of a day on which he is travelling in respect of his attendance at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof a travelling-allowance not exceeding the sum of £1 1s.

(2) There may be paid to the Chairman of the Board for each day or part of a day on which he is travelling in respect of his attendance on the business of the Board a travelling-allowance not exceeding the sum of £1 1s.

(3) There may be paid to any officer of the Board for each day or part of a day on which he is travelling in respect of his attendance on the business of the Board a travelling-allowance not exceeding the sum of 17s. 6d.

5. REMUNERATION OF CHAIRMAN OF BOARD.

The amount of remuneration or honorarium which may be paid to the Chairman of the Board in respect of his services shall not exceed the sum of £50 per annum.

6. SALARY OF OFFICERS OF BOARD.

The amount of salary which may be paid to any officer of the Board shall not exceed the sum of £350 per annum.

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

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Poultry-runs Registration Regulations, 1934.—(Notice No. Ag. 3191.)

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 16th day of May, 1934.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section fifteen of the Poultry-runs Registration Act, 1933, and of all other powers 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 make the following regulations governing the registration of poultry-runs for the purposes of the said Act, and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall come into force on the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four.

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REGULATIONS.

PRELIMINARY.

1. (1) THESE regulations may be cited as the Poultry-runs Registration Regulations, 1934.

(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“ The said Act ” means the Poultry-runs Registration Act, 1933 :

“ Board ” means the New Zealand Poultry Board established under the said Act :

“ Occupier ” means the person by whom or on whose behalf any premises are actually occupied :

“ Poultry ” means hens and ducks not less than six months old :

“ Poultry-run ” means any land used for the keeping of not less than twenty-five head of poultry and the production of eggs for sale. Two or more poultry-runs occupied and used as such by the same occupier shall be deemed to be one poultry-run for the purposes of the said Act and of these regulations :

“ Registration year ” means the period of twelve months commencing on the 1st day of June, 1934, or on the corresponding day in any subsequent year.

THE REGISTER.

2. (1) For the purpose of the registration of poultry-runs a Register of Poultry-runs shall be kept by the Secretary of the Board at the office of the Board in Wellington.

(2) The register may be kept book-wise or in card form or in such other manner as may be deemed convenient, and applications for registration in the prescribed form may be incorporated with and form part of the register.

(3) The entries in the register may be arranged in order of localities and in sub-order of names of occupiers arranged alphabetically, or in such other order as may be deemed convenient, and may from time to time be rearranged in different order.

(4) The particulars to be entered in the register shall be those set out in the form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto.

(5) No person shall be entitled to inspect or search the register except by permission of the Secretary or of a member of the Board.

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.

3. (1) Every application for the registration of a poultry-run pursuant to section 11 of the said Act shall be made in writing addressed to the Board in or to the effect of the form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto.

(2) Any such application (accompanied by the appropriate fee) may be either posted to the Secretary of the Board at Wellington or delivered to a Post officer at a money-order office.

EVIDENCE OF REGISTRATION.

4. (1) Every receipt for the payment of registration fees under the said Act shall be in triplicate in the form No. 2 in the Schedule hereto. The original receipt shall be issued to the occupier, and one copy shall be attached to the relative application for registration and filed therewith in the office of the Board.

(2) A receipt in the form No. 2 for the payment of the appropriate registration fee for a poultry-run for any registration year, purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the Board or by any Post officer, shall be prima facie evidence of the registration of the poultry-run for that registration year, and it shall not be necessary to issue to the occupier a certificate of registration.

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SCHEDULE.

[Form No. 1.

(The Poultry-runs Registration Act, 1933.)

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF A POULTRY-RUN.

Receipt No. .

The Secretary, New Zealand Poultry Board, Wellington.

I hereby apply in pursuance of the above Act for the registration for the year ending 31st May, 19 , of the under-mentioned poultry-run of which I am the occupier :—

1. Name of applicant (in full) : [Surname], [Christian name].

2. Address :

3. Situation of poultry-run : , County [or Borough] of

4. Number of poultry kept on 1st June, 19 :

(N.B.—Total number of poultry kept to include only hens and ducks six months old and over.)

5. The appropriate registration fee calculated at the rate of two shillings and sixpence (2s. 6d.) per 100 head of poultry or portion thereof is forwarded herewith, viz. :

Signature of Applicant : . . . . . . . . . . . .

Date : . . . . . . . . . . . .

(N.B.—Payment of appropriate registration fee may be made at any money-order office on presentation of this form duly completed as required.)