Rules of Stratford Acclimatisation Society Approved
PURSUANT to section 29 (4) of the Wildlife Act 1953, the
Minister of Internal Affairs hereby gives notice that the rules
of the Stratford Acclimatisation Society have been approved
by him under that subsection.
Dated at Wellington this 6th day of December 1956.
S. W. SMITH, Minister of Internal Affairs.
Date of Election of Members of Fire Boards by
Fire Insurance Companies
PURSUANT to the Fire Services Act 1949, it is hereby notified
that an election by the fire insurance companies carrying
on business in New Zealand of members of the
under-mentioned Fire Boards will be held on Tuesday, the
12th day of February 1957, at 12 noon, in the manner prescribed by the said Act. The number of members to be
elected in the case of the Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board,
the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board, and the North Shore
Fire Board shall be four. In the case of Christchurch, Hastings,
Napier, Nelson, Wanganui, and Wellington Fire Boards, the
number shall be three, and in all others two members.
Auckland Metropolitan Fire New Plymouth Fire Board.
Board. North Shore Fire Board.
Balclutha Fire Board. Oamaru Fire Board.
Cambridge Fire Board. Ohakune Fire Board.
Carterton Fire Board. Opotiki Fire Board.
Christchurch Fire Board. Otaki Fire Board.
Dannevirkc Fire Board. Pahiatua Fire Board.
Dargaville Fire Board. Palmerston North Fire Board
Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Patea Fire Board.
Board. Petone Fire Board.
Eltham Fire Board. Pukekohe Fire Board.
Feilding Fire Board. Rotorua Fire Board.
Foxton Fire Board. Stratford Fire Board.
Gisborne Fire Board. Taihape Fire Board.
Greymouth Fire Board. Taumarunui Fire Board.
Hamilton Fire Board. Tauranga Fire Board.
Hastings Fire Board. Te Aroha Fire Board.
Hawera Fire Board. Te Awamutu Fire Board.
Hikurangi Fire Board. Timaru Fire Board.
Hokitika Fire Board. Upper Hutt Fire Board.
Invercargill Fire Board. Waihi Fire Board.
Kaiapoi Fire Board. Waipukurau Fire Board.
Kaitangata Fire Board. Wairoa Fire Board.
Lawrence Fire Board. Waitara Fire Board.
Levin Fire Board. Wanganui Fire Board.
Lower Hutt Fire Board. Wellington Fire Board.
Masterton Fire Board. Westport Fire Board.
Milton Fire Board. Whakatane Fire Board.
Morrisville Fire Board. Whangarei Fire Board.
Napier Fire Board. Woodville Fire Board.
Nelson Fire Board.
Dated at Wellington this 6th day of December 1956.
S. W. SMITH, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 76/4/1)
Date of Election of Members of Fire Committees by
Fire Insurance Companies
PURSUANT to the Fire Services Act 1949, it is hereby notified
that an election by the fire insurance companies carrying
on business in New Zealand of two members of each
of the fire committees for the under-mentioned fire districts
will be held on Tuesday, 12 February 1957, at 12 noon, in the
manner prescribed by the said Act:
Akaroa. Kaikohe. Papatoetoe.
Alexandra. Kaikoura. Picton.
Ashburton. Kaitaia. Point Howard.
Blenheim. Kawakawa. Putaruru.
Bluff. Kawerau. Queenstown.
Cromwell. Lyttelton. Rangiora.
Days Bay. Manurewa. Reefton.
Eastbourne. Marton. Richmond.
Eketahuna. Matamata. Runanga.
Geraldine. Mataura. Te Kuiti.
Gore. Opunake. Te Puke.
Greytown. Otorohanga. Thames.
Huntly. Paeroa. Waimate.
Inglewood. Papakura. Waipawa.
Dated at Wellington this 6th day of December 1956.
S. W. SMITH, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 76/4/1)
Import Control Exemption Notice (No. 10) 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. 10) 1956.
   (2) This notice shall come into force on the 14th day of
   December 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
   No. Classes of Goods
   275 Envelopes and bags made of plastic material,
   including celluloid, n.e.i.
   276 Handbills n.e.i., circulars, programmes, play-
   bills, printed posters, trade catalogues,
   price lists, and fashion plates.
   297(1) Plastic materials, including celluloid, in
   sheets and rolls, printed, lithographed, or
   ruled, as may be approved by the Minister.
   (2) Paper, and plastic materials, including celluloid, and wrappers made therefrom or from combinations thereof, printed, lithographed, or ruled, n.e.i.
   304 Stationery, viz.-
   Ex (1) Printers' cards in blank form whether or not edged or embossed, but not printed.
   Ex (2) N.e.i., viz.--
   (b) Other kinds.
   Revokes exemption in Gazette, No. 63, of 2 August 1951, covering stationery n.e.i. (excluding cards, printers' menu, etc.) under Tariff item 305.
   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 8th day of November 1956.
   E. H. HALSTEAD, Minister of Customs.
   *S.R. 1938/161
   Declaring Land Taken for a Government Work at Heretaunga and Not Required for That Purpose to be Crown Land
   PURSUANT to section 35 of the Public Works Act 1928, the
   Minister of Railways hereby declares the land described in
   the Schedule hereto to be Crown land subject to the Land
   Act 1948 as from the 17th day of December 1956.
   SCHEDULE
   APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land declared Crown land:
   3 roods.
   Being part railway land in Memorial of Proclamation 23907,
   being part Section 96, Hutt District.
   Situated in Block I, Rimutaka Survey District, Borough of Upper Hutt. (S.O. 23648.)
   In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L.O. 14457 deposited in the office of the New Zealand Railways Commission at Wellington, and thereon coloured orange.
   Dated at Wellington this 11th day of December 1956.
   JOHN MCALPINE, Minister of Railways.
   (L.O. 3364/102)
   Conscience Money Received
   I hereby acknowledge receipt of the following amounts forwarded by persons unknown, as conscience money, to the New Zealand Government:
   £4 8s. to the Army Department.
   £15 to the Department of Health.
   £25, £15, £6, £25, £50, and £150 to the Inland Revenue Department.
   £5 to the Department of Justice.
   15s. to the Navy Office.
   £3, 11s., and £1 2s. 6d. to the Post and Telegraph Department.
   £2, £20, and £20 to the Ministry of Works.
   £47 10s. and £5 to the Treasury Department.
   Dated at Wellington this 10th day of December 1956.
   E. L. GREENSMITH, Secretary to the Treasury.