Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed in the Dannevirke
County.—(Notice No. Ag. 3400.)
Department of Agriculture,
20th July, 1936.
THE following special order made by the Dannevirke
County Council on the 9th day of July, 1936, is pub-
lished in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious
Weeds Act, 1928.
W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.
SPECIAL ORDER.
THAT, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the
Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, the Dannevirke County Council
hereby resolves and declares by way of special order that the
plant mentioned in the Schedule hereto is a noxious weed
within the County of Dannevirke.
SCHEDULE.
Silybum (variegated or milk thistle).
Deer-skins.
THERE is no protection on deer in any part of New Zealand.
The animals may be destroyed at any time, but it is,
of course, necessary to have the consent of the owner or
controlling authority to go on land.
Deer-skins are marketable, and, where private persons
experience any difficulty in otherwise disposing of such skins,
the Department of Internal Affairs will accept and pay for
those skins coming up to requirements. Chamois-skins are
accepted under the same conditions.
The price which will be paid for deer-skins accepted as first
grade will be ls. 7d. per lb. dry weight.
Where skins do not come up to first grade requirements they
will, where considered by the Department’s Inspector to
be marketable, be accepted at a lower rate, or the skins may
be entirely rejected. The Inspector’s decision will be final,
and it must be clearly understood that skins are submitted
on this understanding, and that any skins absolutely rejected
will be destroyed.
Persons desiring to submit skins should first communicate
with the Under-Secretary, Department of Internal Affairs,
P.O. Box 7, Government Buildings, Wellington, when state-
ment forms and advice as to the destination to which skins are
to be sent will be forwarded. Statements must be prepared
in duplicate (two copies) and sent to the same destination and
at the same time as the skins. Skins received at the depots,
for which there are no statement forms, will not be examined
or any payment made until such statements are received.
The Department will not be responsible for losses of skins.
The possibility of loss of skins in transit can be minimized by
ty ing bundles securely and putting the name on each skin,
when green, with indelible pencil.
The Department’s Inspector will visit receiving depots
about the end of February, April, June, September, and
December.
Any freight charges not paid by the person sending in
skins will be deducted from the amount payable.
Skins taken from August to December (inclusive) are
lighter and of poorer quality than those taken from January
to July (inclusive). Those taken during March, April, and
May are the best quality and greatest weight, and every effort
should be made to secure skins during these months.
The continuance of deer-skin markets is entirely dependent
upon the skins being submitted in the best possible condition
and so trimmed that every portion of each skin is of full value
to those using the leather made therefrom.
The Department reserves the right to vary the conditions
or to discontinue acceptance of skins at any time.
The following directions as to skinning, curing, pack-
ing, &c., are supplied :—

1. Skins must be dried by hanging over a tightly stretched
   wire or a pole, with the flesh side out, and thereafter folded
   only along the crease made from neck to tail. They must not
   be stretched by pegging out flat. During drying, which should
   be done in the shade in warm weather, edges must be prevented
   from rolling or sticking back, and frequent attention in this
   respect is essential. Spring clothes-pegs should be used to
   keep skins straight and prevent wrinkling and edges rolling.
2. Bleaching is caused by leaving out skins in alternate
   rain and sunshine. Bleached skins will be rejected.
3. Skins that are badly wrinkled, knife-marked, dirty, damp,
   moth or weevil infested, stale, torn, rat-eaten, rock-bruised,
   or otherwise damaged, or with fat or flesh left on, or with
   excessive bullet-holes, will be rejected. It is imperative that
   all skins be thoroughly dry before being bundled, as one damp
   skin will ruin many others. Any damp skins will be
   immediately destroyed on receipt at the depot. No fat or
   flesh should be on the skins. The Department’s deer-
   destruction parties recover some thousands of skins annually,
   and the “First Grade” standard adopted in the grading of
   skins submitted by private commercial hunters is one which
   experience has shown to be readily attainable by men of
   average skill with reasonable care.
4. Deer must be so skinned and skins so trimmed that
   front shanks (leg-skins), all points, hind shanks lower than
   half-way down to hocks, and neck shanks higher than the
   throat-line, are not included. The neck-skins of heavy stags
   must be cut off not higher than half-way between the shoulder
   and the ears and in all cases the ends of neck-skins must be
   cut square. In trimming, any bullet-holes near edges must
   be cut through to avoid leaving any narrow portions between
   the holes and the edges. Skins not trimmed to requirements
   will be further trimmed before weighing and the cost of labour
   so involved deducted from the amount payable.
5. Bundles must be securely tied with light rope. Wire
   must not be used. Skins must be treated with powdered
   napthalene on hair side, after being dried, to keep away moth,
   &c. The greatest care should be exercised to see that deer-
   skins are at no time dried or stored in sheds where old sheep-
   or deer-skins, or pieces thereof, are stored or lying about, as
   these may be infested with moth or weevil, or both, and are
   therefore sources of danger to the deer-skins. Skins must be
   kept flat, folded along the back-bone line as they come off the
   drying line, and bundles must contain as near as possible
   twenty skins each. Each bundle must show on the left-hand
   bottom corner of the address tag the name and address of the
   sender and the number of skins in the bundle.
6. Recent investigations in connection with tanned deer-
   skins have revealed the fact that one of the main points which
   detrimentally affect their value is that of damage to the
   “grain ” surface (the outside) by rocks. As the maintenance
   of satisfactory markets can only be achieved by hunters
   doing all possible to eliminate all conditions that detract from
   the value of skins, it is imperative that rock-damage be
   obviated as much as possible. While it is realized that in
   some cases some such damage is unavoidable, much can be
   done during skinning to prevent further damage, and any
   seriously damaged skins must not be submitted.
   NOTE.-With a view to further assisting persons desirous
   of shooting deer for commercial purposes, the Department of
   Internal Affairs will supply .303 Mark VII military ammu-
   nition at 10s. 6d. per hundred rounds, freight payable by the
   purchaser. The purchase-price must accompany all orders
   for this ammunition, which may be obtained from the
   Conservator of Fish and Game, Rotorua, or the Custodian,
   Government Buildings, Wellington, Christchurch, Blenheim,
   Nelson, Hokitika, Dunedin, or Invercargill.
   J. W. HEENAN, Under-Secretary.
   Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 22nd July, 1936.
   Law Practitioners Amendment Act, 1935.
   NOTICE is hereby given that on the 29th day of June,
   1936, there were filed in the office of the Supreme
   Court at Wellington orders made by the Disciplinary Com-
   mittee of the New Zealand Law Society on the 26th day of
   June, 1936, ordering the names of Archibald Henderson
   William Aitken and William Philip McCarthy to be struck
   off the Rolls of Barristers and Solicitors of the Supreme
   Court of New Zealand, and the name of William Lancelot
   Aynsley to be removed from the Roll of Solicitors of the
   Supreme Court of New Zealand.
   Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of July, 1936.
   W. W. SAMSON,
   Registrar, Supreme Court of New Zealand, at Wellington.
   Branch of Friendly Society registered.
   Friendly Societies Department,
   Wellington, 17th July, 1936.
   THE Court Robin Hood, No. 9965, with registered office
   at Dairy Flat, is registered as a branch of The Auckland
   District Branch of the Ancient Order of Foresters of New
   Zealand Friendly Society, No. 356, under the Friendly
   Societies Act, 1909, this 17th day of July, 1936.
   C. GOSTELOW,
   Registrar of Friendly Societies.