Lands Vested in the Cambridge Borough Council Declared to be a Public Reserve

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th April, 1949.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following resolution was passed by the Cambridge Borough Council pursuant to section 5 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, on the 9th day of March, 1949, due notice of intention to pass such resolution having been given in terms of the said section, and no objections thereto received:

" That, pursuant to section 5 (1) of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, the Cambridge Borough Council hereby declares those parcels of land in the South Auckland Land District, situated in the Borough of Cambridge, containing by admeasurement a total area of 6 acres and 20 perches, more or less, being Allotments 429, 429A, 430, 430A, 431, 431A, 432, 432A, 433, 433A, 434, 434A, and part of Allotment 587, Town of Cambridge East, and being the whole of the lands comprised and described in certificate of title, Vol. 500, folio 80, and Vol. 13, folio 293 (Auckland Registry), to be a reserve for municipal purposes within the meaning of the aforementioned Act."

The lands to which the foregoing resolution relate are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 30/228/48, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

EDWARD CULLEN,
For the Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 30/228/48; D.O. 14/47.)

Social Security Act, 1938.-Notice Regarding Amendments to Prescription Prices in New Zealand Formulary

ADDENDUM, April, 1949, to the New Zealand Formulary:-

NEW ZEALAND FORMULARY, PART 2

The reference in this part of the New Zealand Formulary to the First Schedule to the Rules of Prescription Pricing shall, where applicable, be deemed to be to the Prescription Pricing Supplement 1949/3, issued by the Pharmacy Plan Industrial Committee. This amendment shall take effect with respect to all medical prescriptions and midwifery orders (whatever the date thereof) that are presented to a contractor for fulfilment on or after the lst May, 1949.

M. B. HOWARD, Minister of Health.

(H. 208/2.)

Withdrawal of Dangerous Drugs Prohibition in Respect of Registered Medical Practitioner

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1927, and clause (11) of Regulation 7 of the Dangerous Drugs Regulations 1928, I, Mabel Bowden Howard, Minister of Health, acting on the recommendation of the Medical Council, do hereby withdraw the prohibition dated the 5th day of June, 1948, and published in the Gazette on the 17th day of June, 1948, at page 759, whereby Robert Lanktree Withers, registered medical practitioner of Kaikoura, was prohibited from issuing prescriptions for the dispensing of dangerous drugs.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 28th day of April, 1949.

M. B. HOWARD, Minister of Health.

Exemption Order Under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940

PURSUANT to the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940,* the Minister of Transport doth hereby order and declare that the provisions of clause (1) of Regulation 7 of the said regulations so far as they relate to the driving of heavy trade motors, shall not apply to the person hereinafter mentioned, but in lieu thereof the following provision shall apply:-

A motor-driver's licence issued under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940 to the person described in Column 1 of the Schedule hereunder may authorize him to drive a heavy trade motor in the course of his employment on a farm or market garden of the respective employer described in Column 2 of the said Schedule, but shall not authorize him, while he is under the age of eighteen years, to drive a heavy trade motor for any other purpose.

SCHEDULE
Column 1 (Driver). Column 2 (Employer).
Peter John Donald... ... ... Father.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of April, 1949.

F. HACKETT, Minister of Transport.

• Statutory Regulations, 1940, Serial number 1940/73, page 211. Amendment No. 1: Statutory Regulations, 1943, Serial number 1943/101, page 199. Amendment No. 2: Statutory Regulations, 1945, Serial number 1945/199, page 527. Amendment No. 3: Statutory Regulations, 1947, Serial number 1947/112, page 440. Amendment No. 4: Statutory Regulations, 1947, Serial number 1947/182, page 619.

Declaring Area to be a Closely Populated Locality for the Purposes of the Motor-vehicles Amendment Act, 1936, Section 3

IN terms of section 3 of the Motor-vehicles Amendment Act, 1936, the Minister of Transport doth hereby declare the area described in the Schedule hereto to be a closely populated locality for the purposes of the said section to the intent that a person driving any motor-vehicle on any road, street, or other place to which the public have access therein shall be subject to the maximum speed limit of thirty miles an hour fixed by the said section.

SCHEDULE
SITUATED within Vincent County-
All that area adjacent to Alexandra Borough consisting of that portion of the Alexandra-Springvale Main Highway No. 127, commencing at the north-eastern boundary of Alexandra Borough as now constituted, and terminating at the junction of the said main highway with Coal Pit Road, a distance of approximately 25 chains.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of April, 1949.

F. HACKETT, Minister of Transport.

Price Order No. 995 (Amendment No. 1 of Price Order No. 972)
(Beeswax)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act, 1947, the Price Tribunal, acting with the authority of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, doth hereby make the following amending Price Order:-

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 995, and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 972* (hereinafter referred to as the principal Order).
2. This Order shall come into force on the 9th day of May, 1949.
3. Clause 8 of the principal Order is hereby amended by inserting after the word "where" the words "special circumstances exist, or".

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of April, 1949.

The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of--

H. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
P. N. HOLLOWAY, Member.

*Gazette, 3rd February, 1949, Vol. I, page 164.

Price Order No. 996 (Raw-leaf Tobacco)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act, 1947, the Price Tribunal, acting with the authority of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, doth hereby make the following Price Order:-

1. This Order may be cited as Price Order No. 996, and shall come into force on the 5th day of May, 1949.
2. In this Order-

"Flue-cured leaf" means leaf that has been treated in the kiln for at least three successive days immediately after picking for the purpose of yellowing, fixing colour, drying, and drying mid-ribs:
"Air-dried leaf" means leaf other than flue-cured leaf.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This Order applies with respect to all raw-leaf tobacco grown in New Zealand during the 1948-49 season: Provided that the Tribunal may, in any case where it considers it proper so to do and subject to such conditions (if any) as it thinks fit, exempt any such tobacco from the operation of this Order.

FIXING AVERAGE PRICES OF RAW-LEAF TOBACCO TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

4. (1) The average price to be paid by any tobacco-manufacturer for raw-leaf tobacco to which this Order applies shall not be less than-
   (a) For flue-cured leaf 2s. 5½d. per pound.
   (b) For air-dried leaf 2s. 2½d. per pound.
   (2) For the purposes of this clause the weight of any raw-leaf tobacco shall be deemed to be its weight at the time and place of delivery by the grower to the manufacturer or to his agent in the district in which it is grown: Provided, however, that in any case where the grower and the manufacturer or his agent agree that the moisture-content of the leaf in any lot of tobacco is excessive, then for the purpose of calculating the value of the lot the weight of the lot shall be deemed to be reduced by a reasonable amount to make allowance for the excessive moisture.
5. This Order shall be read subject to the provisions of the Board of Trade (Raw Tobacco Price) Regulations 1943.*

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of May, 1949.

The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of--

W. J. HUNTER (Judge), President.
P. N. HOLLOWAY, Member.

• Statutory Regulations 1943, Serial number 1943/59, page 124.