JUNE 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1157

Altering and Redefining the Boundaries of the Awatere Rabbit District.—(Notice No. Ag. 3391.)

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of June, 1936.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section thirty-one of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, it is enacted that the Governor-General, at the request of the Board of any Rabbit District, may by Order in Council alter and redefine the boundaries of its district:

And whereas the district known as the “Awatere Rabbit District” has been constituted under and for the purposes of the said Act:

And whereas the Board of the said district has, pursuant to the said section thirty-one of the said Act, requested that the boundaries of its district be altered and redefined, and it is deemed expedient to give effect to such request:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby alter and redefine the boundaries of the said district so constituted as aforesaid, and doth hereby declare that the boundaries of the said district shall be those set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth further declare that this Order in Council shall take effect on the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE AWATERE RABBIT DISTRICT.

All that parcel of land in the Marlborough Land District, containing an area of 261,600 acres, more or less, bounded as follows: Commencing at the south-western boundary of Run 116 in Block I, Upcot Survey District; thence in a northerly direction along the Main Range between the Waihopai and Awatere Rivers to Pudding Hill in Block XI, Spray Survey District; thence in an easterly direction along the Main Range to the north-western corner of Block 1X, Hodder Survey District; thence along the western boundary of Run 148 to the Omaka River; thence along the northern boundary of Blairich Freehold to the Awatere River; thence in a south-westerly direction by the Awatere River to Small Grazing Run 161, and by the south boundary of that run to the Jordan River; thence in a south-easterly direction by the eastern boundaries of Small Grazing Run 193 to a Trig. marked Ref. Whornside, on the Chalk Range in Block II, Whernside Survey District; thence in a westerly direction generally by the southern boundaries of Small Grazing Runs 193 and 194 and Pastoral Run 118 to Mitre Peak; thence in a south-westerly direction along the northern boundary of part Run 120 (Muller Run) to Section 68, Block III, Barefell Survey District; thence in a north-easterly direction along the southern boundaries of Sections 66 and part 69, Block III, Barefell Survey District, to the boundary between the Molesworth and Muller Freeholds; thence along the boundary of the said freehold estates to the Awatere River; thence in an easterly direction along the Awatere River to the south-western corner of Section 13, Block XXII, Molesworth Survey District; thence in a north-westerly and north-easterly direction generally along the said Section 13 and Run 117 (Langridge Run) to the point of commencement.

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

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Revoking Orders in Council declaring certain Animals to be Natural Enemies of the Rabbit.—(Notice No. Ag. 3392.)

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of June, 1936.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section ninety-five of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby revoke the Orders in Council specified in the Schedule hereto declaring the several animals mentioned in the said Schedule to be natural enemies of the rabbit, and doth hereby declare that such revocation shall take effect on the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

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

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Regulations under the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Act, 1934.—(Notice No. Ag. 3394.)

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 16th day of June, 1936.

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. M. J. SAVAGE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Act, 1934, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby make the following regulations for ensuring the proper feeding and maturity of calves sold or offered for sale for slaughter for human consumption.

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REGULATIONS.

1. (1) These regulations may be cited as the Calves (Sales for Slaughter) Regulations, 1936.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the date of the publication hereof in the Gazette.

2. These regulations shall apply to all calves sold or intended for sale for the purpose of being slaughtered for human consumption the live weight of which is less than 100 lb.

3. (1) No person, whether as principal or agent, shall sell or offer for sale any calf to which these regulations apply unless such calf has been properly and sufficiently fed daily from birth and has been so fed not earlier than four hours before the time of its actual removal from his premises in pursuance of a sale or a contract or intended contract of sale.

(2) For the purposes of this clause the act of any person in placing any calf to which these regulations apply at or adjacent to any entrance to his land or premises or other customary place (whether on his own land or premises or not) at which calves are exposed for sale shall be deemed to be an offer to sell that calf.

4. In any proceedings brought against any person for failing properly and sufficiently to feed any calf to which these regulations apply the burden of proof that such calf has been fed as required by these regulations shall lie on the defendant.

5. No person, whether as principal or agent, shall purchase, drive, or convey any calf to which these regulations apply which appears to be unfit by reason of weakness or immaturity to be driven or conveyed to the place at which it is intended to be slaughtered for human consumption.

6. Proceedings for any offence against these regulations may be instituted by any constable or any Inspector appointed under the Stock Act, 1908, or under the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, or by any person acting on behalf of any society established for the prevention of cruelty to animals.

7. Every person who commits a breach of these regulations shall be liable to a fine of £5.

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