Arbor Day 1956

IT is hereby notified that Wednesday, 1 August 1956, is to be observed as Arbor Day and, in view of the national importance of tree planting, local bodies throughout New Zealand are requested to organise suitable celebrations on that date. Where, on account of local climatic conditions in any district, the first day of August is deemed unsuitable the local bodies affected are invited to observe some other suitable day in the the month.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of July 1956.

S. W. SMITH, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Import Control Exemption Notice (No. 4) 1956

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. 4) 1956.

(2) This notice shall come into force on the 20th day of July 1956.

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 Classes of Goods No.

268 (2) Drinking straws of any material; cardboard tubes.

362 (7) Knees, bends, elbows, junction or inspection boxes, including covers therefor, and other fittings, n.e.i., for pipes, piping, tubes, or tubing, viz:

(a) Of brass or other copper alloy.

363 (2) Stereotypes, electrotypes, matrices, half-tone and line blocks.

SECOND SCHEDULE

BOLIVIA, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Korea, Liberia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, United States of America, Venezuela.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of July 1956.

E. H. HALSTEAD, Minister of Customs.

*S.R. 1938/161

Land Acquired as a Public Reserve

NOTICE is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule hereto has been acquired under the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 as a scenic reserve.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT--MANAIA RIDGE SCENIC RESERVE

ALLOTMENTS 53, 54, and 55, Parish of Manaia, situated in Block IV, Ruakaka Survey District. Total area, 170 acres, more or less. All certificate of title, Volume 550, folio 143, limited as to parcels. (S.O. Plan 734.)

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of July 1956.

D. M. GREIG, Director-General of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 4/101; D.O. 13/54)

Land Surveyors' Examination, August 1956--Australia and New Zealand

IT is hereby notified for general information that the Survey Board, in conjunction with the Australian Surveyors' Boards, will conduct an examination of candidates for registration as surveyors, commencing at 9 a.m. on Monday, 20 August 1956, at Wellington.

Candidates are notified that their applications, on the proper form, must reach the Secretary of the Board not later than Monday, 23 July 1956, and that the examination fee must be paid at the same time to the Secretary, from whom application forms and other particulars may be obtained.

Candidates presenting themselves for examination in any written subject or subjects may present themselves for examination at any Chief Surveyor's office, or at Rotorua, Whangarei, or Hamilton.

Candidates for the oral and practical portion of the examination must sit in Wellington. Plans for this portion of the examination, the certificate, and other evidence required by regulation No. 31 of the Survey Examination Regulations 1953, must be forwarded not later than 10 September 1956.

The fees for examination are as follows: £ s. d. Full examination 5 5 0 Part examination 3 3 0 Each subsequent part of examination 2 2 0 For each written paper in addition 0 10 6

Dated this 16th day of July 1956.

R. C. AIREY, Secretary, Survey Board.

Government Buildings, Wellington.

Notice Under the Regulations Act 1936

PURSUANT to the Regulations Act 1936, notice is hereby given of the making of regulations as under:

Authority for Enactment Short Title or Subject Matter Serial Number Date Price of Enactment (Postage Free)

Customs Amendment Act 1921 .. Customs Tariff (Pipes) Order 1956 1956/105 18/7/56 6d. Customs Amendment Act 1921 and Trade Agreement with Australia (Pipes) Order 1956 1956/106 18/7/56 6d. Trade Agreement (New Zealand and Australia) Ratification Act 1933 Customs Amendment Act 1921 and Trade Agreement with Canada (Pipes) Order 1956 1956/107 18/7/56 6d. Trade Agreement (New Zealand and Canada) Ratification Act 1932 Customs Acts Amendment Act 1932 Customs Surtax (Drinking Straws and Cardboard Tubes) Exemption Order 1956 1956/108 18/7/56 6d. Customs Acts Amendment Act 1930 Customs Surtax (Stereotypes) Exemption Order 1956 1956/109 18/7/56 6d. Maori Trustee Act 1953 .. Maori Trust Office Regulations 1954, Amendment No. 1 1956/110 18/7/56 6d. Local Authorities (Members' Contracts) Act 1954 Local Authorities (Members' Contracts) Order 1956 1956/111 18/7/56 6d. Municipal Corporations Act 1954 .. Municipal Corporations Regulations 1956 .. 1956/112 18/7/56 9d.

Copies can be purchased from the Government Printer, Publications Branch, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Prices for quantities supplied on application. Copies may be ordered by quoting serial number.

R. E. OWEN, Government Printer.