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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 39

The Producers' Representatives of the Canterbury Raspberry Marketing Committee—Election Notice (No. Ag. 10640)

PURSUANT to clause 20 of the Schedule of the Canterbury Raspberry Marketing Regulations 1950, notice is hereby given that only four persons having been duly nominated for election to the office of producers’ representative on the Canterbury Marketing Committee, I hereby declare

Philip William Michael Townsend Charles Alexander Harrow William Thomas Harvey, and Ronald Walter Mooney being the persons so nominated, to be duly re-elected as producers’ representatives.

Dated at Christchurch this 10th day of June 1970. M. L. ALLAN, Returning Officer.

Grant of Rock Oyster Farming Lease

PURSUANT to the Rock Oyster Farming Act 1964, the Minister of Marine has granted to Leslie Maurice Blackburn, of Wharehine near Wellsford, the lease of 17 acres of seabed (Lease No. 190), situated at the confluence of the Tauhoa and Whanaki Rivers in Kaipara Harbour, for the cultivation of rock oysters.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of June 1970. P. E. MUERS, for Secretary for Marine. (M. 54/5/190)

New Zealand Dairy Board Election 1970—Declaration of Result

I hereby declare the result of the election in the Taranaki Ward, which closed at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, 24 June 1970, to be:

Candidate Votes Polled Benton, Hardy Seymour 17,852 Macartney, Keith Duncan 1,342 Mehrtens, Kenneth Frederick 31,967

I declare the said Kenneth Frederick Mehrtens to be elected. Dated at Wellington this 25th day of June 1970. J. L. WRIGHT, Returning Officer.

Electrical Wiring Regulations 1961

PURSUANT to the provisions of regulation 18 (3) of the Electrical Wiring Regulations 1961, the following specification is declared suitable for the purposes of those regulations.

Australian Standard A.S. C150-1968 Ap.—Insect Electrocutors. (Declared suitable, subject to the following conditions-

(i) Any plug fitted in accordance with clause 7.4 (ii) is of a type not prohibited from use in New Zealand, and

(ii) The danger marking specified in clause 12.2 is so located that it is conspicuous from any position from which the grid may be seen.)

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of June 1970. E. B. MACKENZIE, General Manager, New Zealand Electricity Department. (8/0/2/18)

Advance Prices for Cheese Intended for Export

PURSUANT to the Dairy Board Act 1961, the New Zealand Dairy Board has fixed the prices to be paid for all cheese manufactured from milk or cream delivered to a dairy factory in the season commencing on the 1st day of June 1970 and acquired by the New Zealand Dairy Board, 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 New Zealand rindless cheddar cheese-60 lb 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 said regulations—

(a) For “Finest” grade, 94 points or over, the price of 18.20c per pound;

(b) For “Finest” grade, 93 points or over but under 94 points, the price of 18.00c per pound;

(c) For “First” grade, 92 points or over but under 93 points, the basic price of 17.15c per pound;

(d) For “First” grade, 91 points or over but under 92 points, the price of 16.95c per pound;

(e) For “Graded”, 88 points or over but under 91 points, the price of 16.10c per pound;

(f) For “Seconds”, 80 points or over but under 88 points, the price of 14.05c per pound.

2. In the appropriate cases the following amounts shall be added to or deducted from the prices fixed in paragraph 1 hereof where cheese has been classified by the Department of Agriculture in respect of cheese sediment test:

Classification A—an addition of 0.10c per pound; Classification B—no alteration; Classification C—a deduction of 0.05c per pound; Classification D—a deduction of 0.10c per pound.

3. Cheese shall be packed in fibreboard cartons each containing a net weight of 60 lb 3 oz of actual cheese, excluding wrapping.

4. In computing the weight of rindless cheese for which payment is to be made by the Board, the weight of all cheese comprised in any consignment submitted for grading under the said regulations shall be ascertained as follows:

(a) Each carton of cheese containing a net weight of 60 lb 3 oz of actual cheese, excluding wrapping, shall, subject as hereinafter provided, be computed at 60 lb;

(b) The weight of all cheese in any such consignment shall be determined on the basis of the weight as ascertained by the grader of the several cartons selected by him for weighing and set out in the grader’s certificate issued in respect of that consignment, and the cartons 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 underweights in each such certificate in relation to the prescribed weight of 60 lb 3 oz per carton;

(c) If the average weight, ascertained as aforesaid, of the cheese comprised in any grader’s certificate be less than 60 lb 3 oz per carton, such deficiency shall be deducted from a weight of 60 lb per carton for the purpose of computing payment therefor;

(d) If the average weight, ascertained as aforesaid, of the cheese comprised in any grader’s certificate exceeds the prescribed weight of 60 lb 3 oz per carton, then the amount of such excess shall not be taken into account for the purpose of computing payment therefor.

5. The prices fixed by the Board shall not be paid for any cheese manufactured otherwise than in compliance with the said regulations.

6. The price to be paid by the Board for any cheese which, with the approval or at the request of the Board, 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 cheese as hereinbefore provided, adjusted by such appropriate addition or reduction as corresponds with the additional costs or the reduced costs incurred in such special manufacture, preparation, or packing. Any such approval or request of the Board may include a stipulation limiting the additional cost to be incurred and may dispense with the requirements of paragraphs 3 and 4 hereof, and, in that event, payment shall be made for the actual net weight of the cheese exported. The adjustment to prices referred to in this paragraph shall be computed by the Board and the computation of the Board shall be final.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of June 1970. F. L. ONION, *Chairman, New Zealand Dairy Board.

Prices of Butter Intended for Export

PURSUANT to the Dairy Board Act 1961, the Dairy Products Prices Authority has fixed the prices to be paid for all butter manufactured from milk, or cream delivered to a dairy factory in the season commencing on the 1st day of June 1970 and acquired by the New Zealand Dairy Board, pursuant to Part II of the said Act, at the several prices and upon the terms, stipulations, and conditions following, that is to say: