FEB. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 263
Approval of Testing Officers under the Motor-drivers' Regulations 1940.
IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers' Regulations 1940, the Minister of Transport does hereby approve, until further notice, of the persons named in Column 2 of the Schedule hereunder being Testing Officers under the said regulations for the authority specified in Column 1 of the said Schedule.
SCHEDULE.
Column 1. Christchurch City Council
Column 2. Linton Archibald Douglas Barnard, of Christchurch, Traffic Inspector. Joseph Brown, of Christchurch, Traffic Inspector. Walter Arthur Howell, of Christchurch, Traffic Inspector. Ernest Andrew Lapslie, of Christchurch, Traffic Inspector. Ernest James Sullivan, of Christchurch, Traffic Inspector. Ernest James McJarrow, of Christchurch, Traffic Inspector. Lester Francis Smith, of Christchurch, Traffic Inspector. Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of February, 1941. R. SEMPLE, Minister of Transport. (T.T. 9/4/3.)
The Apple and Pear Marketing Regulations 1940.—Prices and Grading Notice. Office of the Minister of Marketing, Wellington, 11th February, 1941. PURSUANT to the Apple and Pear Marketing Regulations 1940, I hereby revoke the notice under the said regulations published in the Gazette of the 22nd February, 1940, page 315, and do hereby fix the following prices as the prices to be paid for apples and pears delivered to the Marketing Department under the said Regulations on or after the 1st day of December, 1940, and until further notice :— APPLES. STANDARD PACKING AS REQUIRED BY DEPARTMENT FOR Local Consumption. Per Half Case. s. d. Per Bushel Case. s. d. Per Bushel Case. s. d. Group 1— Extra-fancy grade 3 4½ 6 3 6 7 Fancy grade 3 1½ 5 9 6 1 Commercial grade 2 7½ 4 11 5 3 Group 2— Extra-fancy grade 3 11½ 5 9 6 1 Fancy grade 2 10½ 5 3 5 7 Commercial grade 2 4½ 4 5 4 9 Group 3— Extra-fancy grade 2 11½ 5 5 5 9 Fancy grade 2 8½ 4 11 5 3 Commercial grade 2 2½ 4 1 4 5 PEARS. STANDARD PACKING AS REQUIRED BY DEPARTMENT FOR Local Consumption. Per Half Case. s. d. Per Bushel Case. s. d. Per Bushel Case. s. d. Group 1— Fancy grade 3 2½ 5 11 6 3 Commercial grade 2 8½ 5 1 5 5 Group 2— Fancy grade 2 10½ 5 3 5 7 Commercial grade 2 4½ 4 5 4 9 APPLES. VARIETY GROUPS—GROUP 1. Cleopatra. Golden Delicious. Cox's Orange Pippin. Granny Smith. Dougherty. Tasma. APPLES—continued. GROUP 2. Albany Beauty. Newtown Pippin. Ballarat. Prince Alfred. Beauty of Bath. Red Astrachan. Brighton. Red Delicious. Delicious. Red Statesman. Duchess of Oldenburg. Richared Delicious. Frimley Beauty. Rokewood. Giant Jeniton. Rome Beauty. Gravenstein. Stayman Winesap. Irish Peach. Sturmer Jonathan. Wolseley. Kidd's Orange Red. Yates. GROUP 3. Alfriston. Northern Spy. Baldwin. Peasgood Nonsuch. Blenheim Orange. Premier. Brownlee's Russet. Parlin's Beauty. Celo. Rainer. Dunn's Favourite. Reinette du Canada. Ecklinville Seedling. Rymer. Edward Lippiatt. Salome. Glengyle Red. Scarlet Nonpareil. Golden Pippin. Scarlet Pearmain. Hoover. Symmonds Winter. Kentish Fillbasket. Statesman. Keswick Codlin. Washington. London Pippin. Willie Sharp. Lord Suffield. Worcester Pearmain. McLiver's Winesap. Various. Mobbs Royal. PEARS. VARIETY GROUPS—GROUP 1. Beurre Bosc. Packhams Triumph. Doyenne de Comice. William Bon Chretien. Josephine. Winter Cole. Louise Bon de Jersey. Winter Nelis. Marie Louise. GROUP 2. Beurre Clairgeau. Harrington's Victoria. Beurre Diel. Keiffer. Beurre Easter. L'Inconnue. Capiaumont. P. Barry. Conference. Vicar of Winkfield. Fertility. Winter Bartlett. Glou Morceau. Various. And, in further pursuance of the said regulations and for the purpose of assessing the prices to be paid as aforesaid, I hereby declare that the grading standards of the following grades of apples—namely, Extra Fancy, Fancy, and Commercial—shall be as specified in the New-Zealand-grown Fruit Regulations 1940, and the minimum sizes shall be as specified in the said regulations but modified in respect of the varieties set out in the following table to the extent indicated therein :— APPLES. Variety— Minimum Count. Dougherty … 216 Yates Rokewood Brighton And that the grading standards of the following grades of pears—name Fancy and Commercial—shall be as specified in the New-Zealand-grown Fruit Regulations 1940, and the minimum sizes shall be as set out in the following table :— PEARS. Variety— Minimum Count. Sugar Pear Jargonelle 228 Doyenne d'Ete. For commercial grade of the above three varieties a minimum of 1¼ in. will be accepted. Winter Cole 228 Winter Nelis Josephine de Malines Louise Bon de Jersey Other long types 180 Other short types 210 J. G. BARCLAY, Minister of Marketing.