SEPT. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2575

“ The portion deemed to belong to any grade shall bear the same proportion to the total quantity of milk that the number of occasions on which that grade was assigned to the milk from such supplying dairy during the said period bears to the total number of occasions on which milk received from that supplying dairy was actually graded during the said period.”

12. Clause 55 of the principal regulations, as replaced by clause 2 of Amendment No. 2, is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the words “ or during the period from the 1st day of November in any year until the 31st day of August in the next succeeding year in the South Island,” and substituting therefor the following words “ or during the period from the 1st day of October, 1935, or until the 30th day of June, 1936, in the South Island, and thereafter from the 1st day of September in any year until the 30th day of June in the next succeeding year in the South Island.”

13. Clause 58 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by revoking subclause (3) thereof.

14. The principal regulations are hereby amended by inserting therein, following clause 58 thereof, the following additional clauses :—

“ 58A. (1) No person, being the owner or manager of any dairy registered as a cheese-factory, shall coat any cheese in his dairy with wax or any other substance or permit any cheese to be so coated except on premises which comply with these regulations.

“ (2) No plant intended for use in the coating of any cheese with wax or any other substance shall be erected on premises which form part of the curing-room or the packing-room of any dairy registered as a cheese-factory.

“ (3) Where any such plant is erected on premises to which access is provided by means of a door from either the curing-room or the packing-room of any such dairy, such door shall be so fitted as to be airtight, and if the curing-room or packing-room (as the case may be) is in any way insulated, such door shall be insulated with not less than 2 in. of cork-board or its equivalent.

“ 58B. No person, being the owner or manager of any dairy registered as a cheese-factory, shall coat with wax or any other substance or permit any cheese to be so treated which has developed acidity to a marked degree or shows excessive weakness in body or any mould growth on the rinds.”

15. Clause 67 of the principal regulations is hereby amended as follows :—

(a) By deleting, following the words “ whether the butter,” in subclauses (1) and (2) thereof respectively, the words “ was included in,” and substituting therefor in each case the words “ was obtained from.”

(b) By deleting, following the words “ whether the cheese,” in subclause (3) thereof, the words “ was included in,” and substituting therefor the words “ was obtained from.”

16. Clause 72 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by deleting therefrom paragraph (d) thereof, and substituting therefor the following paragraph :—

“ (d) Except in the case of butter which is intended for export in the form of pats and which is graded as finest pursuant to the provisions in that behalf of these regulations, for the owner of a registered dairy to include in his registered brand or for any person to stamp or mark on dairy-produce intended for export any words indicative of high quality such as ‘ Choicest,’ ‘ Choice,’ ‘ Superfine,’ or ‘ Superior.’ ”

17. Clause 74 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by deleting therefrom paragraph (b) thereof, and substituting therefor the following paragraph :—

“ (b) All boards shall be of sawn timber cut true to shape and free from bark, cracks, loose knots, pockets of resin, sap-stain, mould, and other defects capable of materially lessening the strength of the boards or of allowing the contents of the box to suffer damage or contamination. Cross-cut surfaces shall be finished smooth and neat. The ends of all boxes shall be planed smooth inside and outside. The outer surfaces of the sides, tops, and bottoms of boxes may be cut with a fine band-saw and the inner surfaces shall be planed smooth.”

18. Clause 75 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by deleting from paragraph (b) thereof the words “ in thickness ” wherever those words occur, and substituting therefor the following words “ dry-finished thickness.”

19. Clause 76 of the principal regulations is hereby amended as follows :—

(i) By deleting from paragraph (b) thereof the words “ in thickness ” wherever those words occur, and substituting therefor the following words “ dry-finished thickness.”

(ii) By deleting from paragraph (c) thereof the figures and words “ 10¾ in. in width,” and substituting therefor the figures and words “ 11 in. in width.”

(iii) By adding to paragraph (f) thereof the following words “ and to the boards for the sides by not less than two nails per nailing-edge, evenly spaced between the metal bindings or between the metal bindings and the ends of the box according to whether one or two metal bindings are used for securely binding the box pursuant to paragraph (h) hereof.”

20. Clause 77 of the principal regulations is hereby amended as follows :—

(i) By deleting paragraph (c) thereof, and substituting therefor the following paragraph :—

“ (c) The boards for the ends, sides, top, and bottom shall be not less than ¼ in. dry-finished thickness.”

(ii) By deleting paragraph (g) thereof, and substituting therefor the following paragraph :—

“ (g) Both side edges of each top and bottom board shall completely cover the side edges of both the adjoining side boards, and the wires shall be in tension when the several sections are folded for the purpose of obtaining a square, tight corner.”

(iii) By deleting from paragraph (h) thereof the words “ not less than three,” and substituting therefor the words “ not less than four.”

21. Clause 78 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by inserting following the words “ of sawn timber ” in sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (c) thereof the words “ of approved species.”

22. Clause 84 of the principal regulations is hereby revoked, and the following clause substituted therefor :—

“ 84. (1) No person shall deliver any cheese for export from a grading store (being cheese received into such store on or after the 1st day of August in any year), or permit any such cheese to be so delivered if the temperature thereof at the time of delivery—

“ (a) Being any time on or before the 31st day of December in any year is less than 47 degrees or more than 49 degrees Fahrenheit ;

“ (b) Being any time on or after the 1st day of January in any year is less than 42 degrees or more than 44 degrees Fahrenheit.

“ (2) No person shall deliver any cheese for export from a grading store (being cheese received into such store at any time before the 1st day of August in any year), or permit any such cheese to be so delivered if the temperature thereof at the time of delivery is less than 42 degrees or more than 44 degrees Fahrenheit.”

23. The principal regulations are hereby amended by inserting therein, following clause 98 thereof, the following additional clause :—

“ 98A. Where any butter in the form of pats is submitted for grading in any package which bears thereon or on any vegetable-parchment paper or other paper enclosed therewith or attached thereto any words indicative of high quality such as ‘ Choicest,’ ‘ Choice,’ ‘ Superfine,’ or ‘ Superior,’ and in the opinion of the Grader is not of the standard of quality prescribed for finest pursuant to clause 93 hereof, the Grader shall decline to furnish particulars of the grade or to issue a Grader’s Certificate until the words indicative of high quality have to his satisfaction been removed from such package.”

24. Clause 101 of the principal regulations is hereby revoked, and the following clause substituted therefor :—

“ 101. The Grader shall also as soon as possible send to the person being the owner of the butter or cheese at the time when it was graded, and also if such person is not the owner of the manufacturing dairy in which the butter or cheese was manufactured then to such last-mentioned owner, a certificate of the said grade (hereinafter called a ‘ Grader’s Certificate ’) in such one of the forms numbered 23 to 28 in the Schedule hereto as is appropriate to the said grade.”

25. Clause 103 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the words “ Not for export,” and substituting therefor the word “ Cancelled.”

26. The principal regulations are hereby amended by inserting therein, following clause 103 thereof, the following additional clause :—

“ 103A. No person shall export or attempt to export or be concerned in exporting any butter in the form of pats to which is assigned a grade lower than that of finest in any package which bears thereon or on any vegetable-parchment paper or other paper enclosed therewith or attached thereto any words indicative of high quality such as ‘ Choicest,’ ‘ Choice,’ ‘ Superfine,’ or ‘ Superior,’ or any word or words of similar import.”

27. Clause 107A of the principal regulations, as inserted by clause 11 of Amendment No. 1, is hereby revoked, and the following clause substituted therefor :—

“ 107A. No person shall export or attempt to export or be concerned in exporting directly to the United Kingdom any cheese which has been coated with wax or any other substance and which, at the time of grading, shows any mould growth on the rinds of such cheese, or which in the opinion of the Grader shows excessive acidity or weakness in body.”

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.