Dec. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4121

Modifying the Duties provided in the Trade Arrangement (New Zealand and Belgium) Ratification Act, 1933.—(C. No. 128.)

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of December, 1934.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Customs Amendment Act, 1921, the Trade Arrangement (New Zealand and Belgium) Ratification Act, 1933, 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 suspend the duties set out in Part II of the Appendix to the last-mentioned Act relating to the respective classes of goods mentioned in Column No. 2 of the Schedule hereto, and in lieu thereof doth hereby impose on those classes of goods, being the produce or manufacture of the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxemburg, the duties set forth in Column No. 3 of that Schedule; and doth hereby further declare that all duties of Customs that have become due and payable, and all penalties and forfeitures that have been incurred prior to the coming into force of this Order in Council, shall be recovered and enforced as if this Order in Council had not been made.

This Order in Council shall be deemed to have come into force on the fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four.

SCHEDULE.

(1) Wax, in boxes containing not more than 60 matches or vestas—
Up to and including 31st October, 1934 .. ..
On and after 1st November, 1934 .. ..
(2) Wax, in boxes containing more than 60 matches or vestas, but not more than 100—
Up to and including 31st October, 1934 .. ..
On and after 1st November, 1934 .. ..
(3) Wax, in boxes containing over 100 matches or vestas, for each 100 matches or vestas or fraction thereof contained in one box—
Up to and including 31st October, 1934 .. ..
On and after 1st November, 1934 .. ..
(4) Wooden, in boxes containing not more than 60 matches or vestas—
Up to and including 31st October, 1934 .. ..
On and after 1st November, 1934 .. ..
(5) Wooden, in boxes containing over 60 matches or vestas, for every 100 matches or vestas or fraction thereof contained in one box—
Up to and including 31st October, 1934 .. ..
On and after 1st November, 1934 .. ..
(6) Matches or vestas, of any material other than wood or wax, in boxes, shall be charged with a duty corresponding to the duty payable on wooden matches. | 2s. per gross of boxes.
1s. 9d. per gross of boxes.
3s. per gross of boxes.
2s. 7½d. per gross of boxes.
4s. per gross of boxes.
3s. 6d. per gross of boxes.
2s. per gross of boxes.
1s. 9d. per gross of boxes.
4s. per gross of boxes.
3s. 6d. per gross of boxes. |
| 159 | Floor coverings, viz. :—
(1) Carpets, floor coverings, floor rugs, mats, and matting, n.e.i. | 40 per cent. ad valorem. |

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

Re-enacting Provisions as to Exemption of certain Types of Passenger-service Vehicles from Requirements as to Certificate of Fitness.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of December, 1934.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section twenty-seven of the Transport Law Amendment Act, 1933, and of all other powers enabling him in that 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 under the said section on the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, and published in the Gazette on the fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, at page 884, and doth hereby exempt passenger-service vehicles of the classes set out in the Schedule hereto from the requirements of section thirty-eight of the Transport Licensing Act, 1931, as to a certificate of fitness being in force with respect to such vehicles while the same are used in connection with a passenger service.

SCHEDULE.

CLASSES OF EXEMPTED VEHICLES.

1. Any passenger-service vehicle used as such solely for the carriage to or from school of school-children with or without their teachers.

2. Any passenger-service vehicle which is—
   (i) Licensed pursuant to a by-law of a local authority made for the licensing or regulating of vehicles plying or otherwise available for hire for the carriage of passengers; and
   (ii) For the time being used in the course of a passenger-service carried on pursuant to a passenger-service license issued under the Transport Licensing Act, 1931, if such last-mentioned license is either—
   (a) A temporary license; or
   (b) A continuous or seasonal license for a service of an intermittent character—that is to say, a service in which passengers are not required by the license to be carried otherwise than in respect of special events recurring at intervals during the year.

3. Any vehicle designed chiefly for the carriage of goods while it is being used for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward in the course of a goods-service carried on pursuant to a goods-service license endorsed in terms of section twenty-eight of the Transport Law Amendment Act, 1933.

(TT. 19/2.)

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