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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 45

Price of Copy (Post Free): 3s. 6d.

Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag, Wellington C.1, or to the Government Bookshops at Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of August 1965.

V. FAIRHALL,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.

(S.I. 114/2/2:2689)

The Standards Act 1941—Specification Declared to be a Standard Specification

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 27 July 1965, declared the under-mentioned specification to be a standard specification:

Number and Title of Specification: NZSS 1983:1965 Size designations and body measurements for the sizing of babies’ and infants’ ready-to-wear apparel.

Price of Copy (Post Free): 3s.

Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag, Wellington C.1, or to the Government Bookshops at Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of August 1965.

V. FAIRHALL,
Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.

(S.I. 114/2/2:2711)

Plant Declared Noxious Weed in the County of Rangitikei (Notice No. Ag. 8225)

PURSUANT to section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 and to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture under section 9 of the Department of Agriculture Act 1953 for the purpose of the said section, the following special order, made by the Rangitikei County Council on the 10th day of June 1965, is hereby published.

SPECIAL ORDER

THAT in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by section 3 (1) of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Rangitikei County Council hereby resolves and declares, by way of special order, that Inkweed (Phytolacca octandra) is a noxious weed within the county and that such special order shall take effect as from the 1st day of August 1965.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of August 1965.

G. J. ANDERSON, Director (Administration).

(Ag. 20649)

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in the County of Eyre (Notice No. Ag. 8226)

PURSUANT to section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 and to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture under section 9 of the Department of Agriculture Act 1953 for the purpose of the said section, the following special order, made by the Eyre County Council on the 13th day of April 1965, is hereby published.

SPECIAL ORDER

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 and all other enabling powers vested in it, the Eyre County Council hereby resolves and declares by way of special order that all the plants named in the First Schedule of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 are noxious weeds as defined by that Act within the County of Eyre.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of August 1965.

G. J. ANDERSON, Director (Administration).

(Ag. 20649)

Tariff and Development Board Notice No. 38—Public Inquiry Into Import Duties and Import Licensing Affecting Pumps for Use in the Manufacture or Repair of Agricultural or Horticultural Motor-driven Spray Units

1. The Tariff and Development Board proposes to inquire into and report on the question of what rates of import duty should be imposed on pumps suited for use in the manufacture or repair of agricultural or horticultural motor-driven spray units and whether the present provisions allowing entry at concessionary rates of duty for certain specified types of pumps should be withdrawn or amended to cover only certain of such pumps. The inquiry will also include import licensing as affecting such goods. These pumps are included in the following tariff item:

Item No.
719.210.9 Other pumps and liquid elevators.

The present rates of import duty in respect of this item are:

British Preferential: 25 per cent.
Australian Agreement: 35 per cent.
Canadian Agreement: 35 per cent.
General Tariff: 60 per cent.

Concessionary entry free of duty from all sources is at present provided under Part II of the Tariff, Reference 10.3, for the following pumps:

Pumps, piston, and diaphragm types, as may be approved, when declared by:

(a) A manufacturer that they will be used by him only in the manufacture or repair of motor-driven spray units; or

(b) By an importer that they will be sold by him only for use in the manufacture or repair of motor-driven spray units.

Ace diaphragm
Blue Twin
Blue Quad
Myers Bulldozer
Myers Du-all
Friend K, KA, NX, FX, AXB, GXA, YX, NT, FT, ATB, GTA, YT
Hardie 99, SCDA
John Bean 61, Royal, Royalette, Royalier

2. For the purpose of taking evidence on this subject the Board will hold a public inquiry commencing on Tuesday, 16 November 1965, at 10 a.m., in the Boardroom, First Floor, Law Society Building, 26 Waring Taylor Street, Wellington.

3. Any person who intends to tender evidence should comply with the “Notes for the Guidance of Witnesses”, which have been prepared by the Board. A copy of these notes may be obtained from the under named.

4. Twelve copies of a typewritten statement of the evidence to be tendered, compiled in accordance with these notes, should be lodged with the under named not later than Tuesday, 2 November 1965. Each statement will need to be presented under oath at the public inquiry by the person tendering it.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of August 1965.

N. V. FARRANT,
Secretary, Tariff and Development Board.

P.O. Box 5070, Wellington.

Land Acquired as a Public Reserve

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, notice is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule hereto has been acquired under the said Act to form part of the Mokau River Scenic Reserve.

SCHEDULE

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT—PART MOKAU RIVER SCENIC RESERVE—WAITOMO COUNTY

PART Lot 28, D.P. 4329, being part Mokau-Mohakatino No. 1H Block, situated in Blocks V and VI, Mokau Survey District: Area, 2,376 acres, more or less. As shown on the plan marked L. and S. 4/985, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of August 1965.

R. J. MACLACHLAN, Director-General of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 4/985; D.O. 13/4)

National Roads Act 1953—Declaration of Subsidised Works

PURSUANT to section 2 of the National Roads Act 1953, as amended by section 2 of the National Roads Amendment Act 1959, the National Roads Board has, by resolution dated the 22nd day of July 1965, varied its declaration of subsidised works dated the 13th day of April 1960 and published in Gazette, 21 April 1960, No. 26, page 528, in the following manner:

By deleting paragraph numbered 11 and substituting therefor:

“11. Hire charges on an hourly basis (working time only) for plant, but not the capital cost of plant used in the construction and maintenance of roads, at rates adopted by the local authority, such rates to cover the cost of plant operation at no profit after making the following transfers from Plant and Machinery Operating Account and complying with the conditions enumerated below:

(a) Depreciation, based on the estimated working life of each machine and limited to the capital cost of the machine is to be transferred to a Plant Purchase or Renewal Fund Account or other appropriate reserve account.

(b) Subject to statutory requirements (e.g., section 104 of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956) sales of plant are to be credited to the Plant and Machinery Operating Account. Where plant is not fully depreciated and is sold or otherwise disposed of, the book value is to be transferred from the Plant and Machinery Operating Account to the Plant Renewal Fund Account.”