Pursuant to section 47 of the Judicature Act 1908, the Honourable Harold Eric Barrowclough, Chief Justice of New Zealand, has this day appointed
James Louis Florance, Esquire, of Sydney, New South Wales, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales,
to be a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in New South Wales for the purpose of administering and taking of such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of December 1953.
W. PARKER, Registrar, Supreme Court.
Member of the Otaio Rabbit Board Appointed
(Notice No. Ag. 5561)
Pursuant to section 50 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint on the 16th day of December 1953
William James McKeown
to be a member of the Otaio Rabbit Board.
Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of December 1953.
E. J. FAWCETT, Director-General of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/1/150)
Member of the Buscot Rabbit Board Appointed
(Notice No. Ag. 5562)
Pursuant to section 50 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint on the 11th day of December 1953
William Ogilvy Ross
to be a member of the Buscot Rabbit Board.
Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of December 1953.
E. J. FAWCETT, Director-General of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/1/175)
Member of the Veterinary Services Council Appointed
(Notice No. Ag. 5563)
Pursuant to subsection (2) of section 5 of the Veterinary Services Act 1946, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint on the 15th day of December 1953
Alfred Arnold Blakely, Esquire, B.V.Sc. B.Agr.Sc.,
to be a member and the representative of the New Zealand Veterinary Association (Incorporated) on the Veterinary Services Council established under the said Act vice Michael Graham Niven, Esquire, resigned.
Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of December 1953.
E. J. FAWCETT, Director-General of Agriculture.
(Ag. 62/8/264)
Appointments to the Public Service
The Public Service Commission has made the following appointment:
Jock Malcolm McEwen
to be Resident Commissioner of Niue on and from the 31st day of December 1953.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of December 1953.
V. W. THOMAS, Secretary.
Plant Declared Noxious Weeds in Portion of the Taupo County
(Notice No. Ag. 5564)
Pursuant to section 3 (2) of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Minister of Agriculture hereby declares the plants described in the First Schedule hereto to be noxious weeds within that portion of the Taupo County described in the Second Schedule hereto.
FIRST SCHEDULE
Bathurst bur (Xanthium spinosum).
Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea).
Gorse (Ulex, any species).
Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus and Rubus laciniatus).
St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum).
Tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum).
Silver poplar (Populus alba var. nivea).
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes).
Winged thistle (Carduus tenuiflorus and Carduus pycnocephalus).
Common broom (Cytisus scoparius).
SECOND SCHEDULE
All that area of approximately 565 square miles in the Taupo County, bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the right bank of the Waipapa Stream and the left bank of the Waikato River in Block XVI, Wharepapa Survey District, and running easterly and southerly generally up the left bank of the Waikato River aforesaid to the shores of Lake Taupo; thence westerly along the northern shores of the said lake to the south-western corner of Tihoi No. 1 Block, in Block XIV, Marotiri Survey District; thence northerly generally along the western boundaries of Tihoi No. 1 Block and part Tihoi No. 3B Block, the generally south-western boundary of Tihoi No. 3B 8A Block, and again the western boundary of part Tihoi No. 3B Block aforesaid to Trig. Station 1390 (Pureora) in Block III, Hurakia Survey District; thence along a right line to the source of the Ongarue River; thence along another right line between that source and Trig. Station 1641 (Rangitoto) in Block IV, Pakaumanu Survey District, to the southern boundary of Maraeroa A No. 3B 2 Block; thence easterly and then northerly along the southern and eastern boundaries of the said A No. 3B 2 Block, the eastern boundary of Maraeroa A No. 1 Block, and the south-eastern boundary of Pouakani B No. 7 Block and a right line, being the last-mentioned boundary produced, to the right bank of the Waiteti Stream; thence down that right bank to and down the right bank of the Waipapa Stream aforementioned, to the point of commencement.
Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of December 1953.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 70/10/77)
Import Control Exemption Notice (No. 17) 1953
Pursuant to regulation 15 of the Import Control Regulations 1938,* the Minister of Customs hereby gives notice as follows:

1. (1) This notice may be cited as the Import Control Exemption Notice (No. 17) 1953.
   (2) This notice shall be deemed to have come into force on the 22nd day of December 1953.
2. Goods of the classes specified in the First Schedule hereto, imported from and being the produce or manufacture of any country other than the countries specified in the Second Schedule hereto, are hereby exempted from the requirement of a licence under the said regulations.
   FIRST SCHEDULE
   Tariff Item No. Classes of Goods
   Ex 239 (2) Kit sets for the construction of model toy vehicles.
   300 (2) (a) Paper n.e.i., including tin-foil paper, and gummed paper, n.e.i., in sheets of size less than 20 in. by 15 in. or the equivalent.
   Ex 357 (10) (a) Plain fencing wire.
   SECOND SCHEDULE
   ALBANIA, Argentina, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Somaliland, Germany (Russian Zone), Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Japan, Korea, Liberia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Roumania, Tangier, United States of America, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Venezuela.
   Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of December 1953.
   JACK T. WATTS,
   For the Minister of Customs.

• Statutory Regulations 1938, Serial number 1938/161, page 695.
  Applying Board of Trade (Gas) Regulations 1924 to Certain Companies
  Pursuant to clause 27 of the Board of Trade (Gas) Regulations 1924,* the Minister of Industries and Commerce hereby adds to the Schedule to the said regulations the name of the following company:
  The Westport Borough Council.
  Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of December 1953.
  JACK T. WATTS, Minister of Industries and Commerce.
• Gazette, 25 September 1924, Vol. III, page 2203.
  Amending regulations: Gazette, 25 March 1926, Vol. I, page 712.
  Gazette, 3 May 1928, Vol. II, page 1418.
  Amendment No. 2: Statutory Regulations 1953, Serial number 1953/36.