Prices for Butter and Cheese Intended for Export

NOTICE is hereby given that the New Zealand Dairy Products Marketing Commission, pursuant to the Dairy Products Marketing Commission Act 1947, has fixed the prices to be paid for all butter and cheese manufactured from milk or cream delivered to a dairy factory in the season commencing on the 1st day of August 1954, and acquired by the Commission, pursuant to Part II of the said Act, at the several prices and upon the terms, stipulations, and conditions following, that is to say:

1. In the case of creamery butter to which is assigned one or other of the following respective grades and which is allotted points in grading within the range of the following respective grade points under the Dairy-produce Regulations 1938-
   (a) For "Finest" grade, 94 points or over, the price of 34·0675d. per pound :
   (b) For "Finest" grade, 93 points or over but under 94 points, the basic price of 33·9425d. per pound :
   (c) For "First" grade, 92 points or over but under 93 points, the price of 33·8800d. per pound :
   (d) For "First" grade, 90 points or over but under 92 points, the price of 33·6925d. per pound :
   (e) For "Second" grade, the price of 33·1925d. per pound.

2. In the case of whey butter to which is assigned one or other of the following grades under the said regulations
   (a) For "First" grade, the price of 32·4979d. per pound :
   (b) For "Second" grade, the price of 31·9979d. per pound.

3. In the case of N.Z. cheddar cheese to which is assigned one or other of the following respective grades and to which is allotted points in grading within the range of the following respective grade points under the said regulations-
   (a) For "Finest" grade, 94 points or over, the price of 19·0562d. per pound :
   (b) For "Finest" grade, 93 points or over but under 94 points, the price of 18·9587d. per pound :
   (c) For "First" grade, 92 points or over but under 93 points, the basic price of 18·7437d. per pound :
   (d) For "First" grade, 91 points or over but under 92 points, the price of 18·6812d. per pound :
   (e) For "Graded," 88 points or over but under 91 points, the price of 18·0187d. per pound :
   (f) For "Seconds," 87 points and under the price of 17·5437d. per pound.

4. From the appropriate price payable by the Commission for any such butter or cheese there shall be deducted for each box of butter or crate of cheese the portion of the insurance premium paid or payable in respect of such box of butter or crate of cheese pursuant to any contract of insurance effected and in force covering such butter or cheese whilst in the process of manufacture or in transit. The portion of insurance premium to be so deducted shall be computed by the Commission, and the computation of the Commission shall be final.

5. Butter shall be packed in boxes each containing a net weight of 56 lb. 2 oz. of actual butter, excluding wrapping-paper. Cheese shall be packed two cheese to each crate. Every cheese shall weigh not less than 70 lb. and not more than 90 lb.

6. In computing the weight of butter for which payment is to be made by the Commission the weight of all butter comprised in any consignment submitted for grading under the said regulations shall be ascertained as follows :
   (a) Each box of butter containing a net weight of 56 lb. 2 oz. of actual butter, excluding wrapping-paper, shall, subject as hereinafter provided, be computed at 56 lb. :
   (b) The weight of all butter in any such consignment shall be determined on the basis of the weight as ascertained by the grader of the several boxes selected by him for weighing and set out in the Grader's Certificate issued in respect of that consignment, and the boxes of butter so weighed shall be taken as fixing the average weight for the whole quantity of butter comprised in such certificate, overweights being averaged with underweights in each such certificate in relation to the prescribed weight of 56 lb. 2 oz. per box:

(c) If the average weight ascertained as aforesaid of the butter comprised in any Grader's Certificate be less than 56 lb. 2 oz. per box, such deficiency shall be deducted from a weight of 56 lb. per box for the purpose of computing payment therefor :
(d) If the average weight ascertained as aforesaid of the butter comprised in any Grader's Certificate exceeds the prescribed weight of 56 lb. 2 oz. per box, then the amount of such excess shall not be taken into account for the purpose of computing payment therefor.

7. In computing the weight of cheese for which payment is to be made by the Commission, the weight of all cheese comprised in any consignment submitted for grading under the said regulations shall be ascertained as follows :
   (a) The weight of all cheese in any such consignment shall be determined on the basis of the weight as ascertained by the grader of several crates of cheese selected by him for weighing and set out in the Grader's Certificate issued in respect of that consignment, and the crates of cheese so weighed shall be taken as fixing the average weight for the whole quantity of cheese comprised in such certificate, overweights being averaged with under-weights in relation to the respective packed weights as set out in such certificate :
   (b) If the average weight ascertained as aforesaid of the crates of cheese comprised in any Grader's Certificate be less than the average of the marked weights thereof as set out in such certificate, then payment shall be made for the cheese comprised in that certificate on the basis of the average weight so ascertained :
   (c) If the average weight ascertained as aforesaid of the crates of cheese comprised in any Grader's Certificate exceeds the average of the marked weights thereof as set out in such certificate, then the amount of such excess shall not be taken into account for the purpose of computing payment therefor :
   (d) From the total weight computed as aforesaid of the cheese comprised in any Grader's Certificate there shall be deducted by way of shrinkage allowance an amount equal to 2½ per centum thereof, or such greater or lesser amount in respect of any particular brand or class of cheese as the Commission may from time to time determine.

8. Ownership of butter and cheese to which Part II of the Dairy Products Marketing Commission Act 1947 applies, shall pass to the Commission on the 20th day of the month next following the month in which the butter or cheese was graded.

9. Payment of the appropriate price of any butter or cheese which has become the property of the Commission will be made on the 20th day of the month next following the month in which that butter or cheese was graded.

10. The prices fixed by the Commission shall not be paid for any butter or cheese manufactured otherwise than in compliance with the said regulations.

11. The price to be paid by the Commission for any butter or cheese which, with the approval or at the request of the Commission, is manufactured, prepared, or packed in special containers, or in special quantities or otherwise in any special manner shall be the appropriate price payable for that butter or cheese as hereinbefore provided increased by the additional cost incurred in such special manufacture, preparation, or packing. Any such approval or request of the Commission may include a stipulation limiting the additional cost to be incurred and may dispense with the requirements of paragraphs 5, 6, and 7 hereof, and, in that event, payment shall be made for the actual net weight of the butter or cheese exported. The additional cost referred to in this paragraph shall be computed by the Commission and the computation of the Commission shall be final.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of September 1954.

W. MARSHALL, Chairman,

New Zealand Dairy Products Marketing Commission.

Declaring Land to be Subject to the Provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 (Bay of Islands Development Scheme)

PURSUANT to section 330 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby declares that on and from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Land Block and Area
Survey District A. R. P.
Maungaturoto H 2B IX, Kawakawa 22 3 26
Maungaturoto H 2c IX and XII, Kawakawa 40 1 12

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of September 1954.

For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs

M. SULLIVAN,
Assistant Secretary for Maori Affairs.

Releasing Land from the Provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 (Hokianga Development Scheme)

PURSUANT to section 332 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby declares that on the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette the land described in the Schedule hereto shall cease to be subject to the provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the said land being so subject by virtue of a notice dated 15th September 1930 and published in the Gazette on 25 September 1930, at page 2850.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Land Block and Area
Survey District A. R. P.
Mangamuka West 3D D 4A XIV, Maungataniwha 91 2 5

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of August 1954.

For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs.

M. SULLIVAN,
Assistant Secretary for Maori Affairs.